<div dir="ltr">Jim.<div><br><div>I would go to Texas in April, starting with Sabine Woods near Port Arthur - check the photos on their website! Continuing down the coast to High Island - especially the rookery at Smith Oaks with herons, spoonbills, cormorants and - alligators! Take at least half a day to bird Anahuac NWR.</div><div>From there to the Bolivar Peninsula with stops at Rollover Pass and Bolivar Flats and on to the ferry to Galveston. From there you can stop at several wildlife refuges and the Kings Ranch. I like to stop at the Laguna Atascosa NWR on the way to SPI - South Padre Island. At SPI I find the birding at the Convention Center and Sheepshead Road just as good as at High Island.. After that on to the Rio Grande Valley, Santa Ana NWR, Bentsen State Park etc. Time permitting you could also go up to the Edwards Plateau, but it is a long drive. </div><div><br></div><div>I have done some or all of this in four different years and would love to go again in 2026! If anybody would be interested in going, please contact me at my below email! Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Good Birding!</div><div><br></div><div>Hans</div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM Jim Betz via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> ... if you had a week to 10 days - in 2026 - and birding here in the <br>
U.S. ... ???<br>
<br>
I'm thinking Bosque del Apache, somewhere in Texas, Florida, Maine, <br>
Arizona, or ....<br>
<br>
My primary interest is in photographing <br>
birds ... not new/rare species.<br>
<br>
- Jim<br>
<br>
P.S. If time of year is important, please include that. Thanks!<br>
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