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by Larry Gardella
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Gordon,
Gail beat me to the bunch on the recommendation of Arizona. While Alabama
has had some good shorebirds in August (the next American Birds will include
discussion of several great days in Montgomery last year), it is too hot for
someone to want to come here to bird.
Arizona is hot, too. But it cools down some in August. And if you do the
Mount Lemon drive, you get the thrill of starting the day in desert already
quite warm in the morning and moving up through various ecoclines, with it
being quite cool at the top even in mid-afternoon.
Larry Gardella
Montgomery, AL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gail Mackiernan" <katahdinss@...>
To: <BIRDCHAT@...>
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [BIRDCHAT] birding in August?
> Hi Gordon,
>
> If I were going somewhere that is exciting in August, and not TOO
> expensive,
> I would go to Arizona. Not only is this Arizona's "second spring" but
> August
> is a great time for rarer vagrants to show up. Although right now some
> good
> birds are about, such as Sinaloa Wren and Flame-colored Tanager. If you
> have
> not been to Arizona, it can really blow you away -- or even if you have --
> our last trip we did the whole state, from the Grand Canyon to the Mexican
> border and had a great time. Flights into Phoenix can be great values, as
> well.
>
> Gail Mackiernan
> Silver Spring, MD
>
> p.s. If you want a more exotic destination, perhaps consider the Canopy
> Tower in Panama which has great "green season" rates
>
> on 06/21/2009 7:51 AM, Gordon Bonnet at jaggy227@... wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm a high school teacher, and have the summer off -- it looks like I
>> will have some time to travel in August & I was wondering if anyone
>> might have some recommendations. I know a lot of the local birding
>> activity (I'm in upstate New York) has died down by August -- picks
>> up again in mid-September with migration. So, I'm wondering if
>> anyone has a recommendation for somewhere that might be good birding
>> in late summer. I'd love to go somewhere exotic, but realistically
>> (from a time & money perspective) I'm probably looking at US, Canada,
>> or western Europe.
>>
>> Any recommendations?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Gordon Bonnet
>> Trumansburg NY
>>
>> BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
>> Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
>
> BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
> Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
>
>
BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
Gail beat me to the bunch on the recommendation of Arizona. While Alabama
has had some good shorebirds in August (the next American Birds will include
discussion of several great days in Montgomery last year), it is too hot for
someone to want to come here to bird.
Arizona is hot, too. But it cools down some in August. And if you do the
Mount Lemon drive, you get the thrill of starting the day in desert already
quite warm in the morning and moving up through various ecoclines, with it
being quite cool at the top even in mid-afternoon.
Larry Gardella
Montgomery, AL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gail Mackiernan" <katahdinss@...>
To: <BIRDCHAT@...>
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [BIRDCHAT] birding in August?
> Hi Gordon,
>
> If I were going somewhere that is exciting in August, and not TOO
> expensive,
> I would go to Arizona. Not only is this Arizona's "second spring" but
> August
> is a great time for rarer vagrants to show up. Although right now some
> good
> birds are about, such as Sinaloa Wren and Flame-colored Tanager. If you
> have
> not been to Arizona, it can really blow you away -- or even if you have --
> our last trip we did the whole state, from the Grand Canyon to the Mexican
> border and had a great time. Flights into Phoenix can be great values, as
> well.
>
> Gail Mackiernan
> Silver Spring, MD
>
> p.s. If you want a more exotic destination, perhaps consider the Canopy
> Tower in Panama which has great "green season" rates
>
> on 06/21/2009 7:51 AM, Gordon Bonnet at jaggy227@... wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm a high school teacher, and have the summer off -- it looks like I
>> will have some time to travel in August & I was wondering if anyone
>> might have some recommendations. I know a lot of the local birding
>> activity (I'm in upstate New York) has died down by August -- picks
>> up again in mid-September with migration. So, I'm wondering if
>> anyone has a recommendation for somewhere that might be good birding
>> in late summer. I'd love to go somewhere exotic, but realistically
>> (from a time & money perspective) I'm probably looking at US, Canada,
>> or western Europe.
>>
>> Any recommendations?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Gordon Bonnet
>> Trumansburg NY
>>
>> BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
>> Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
>
> BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
> Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
>
>
BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
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