Come join us on our annual spring West Texas trip on May 2-6, 2011.  We will be birding the Big Bend area, the Christmas Mountains, and the Davis Mountains of West Texas.  Some of the key birds include Colima Warbler, Gray Vireo, Montezuma Quail, Mexican Jay, Lucifer Hummingbird, Elf Owl, Blue-Throated Hummingbird, Hepatic Tanager, Common Black-Hawk, Varied Bunting, and many more.  See last years trip list at the bottom of the page.

Price is $500.00 per person.  (Does not include travel, lodging, food, or any other expenses)

There is a minimum of 3 people and a MAXIMUM of only 5 people.

Call or email me for more information.  (361) 549-5677 or mcintyrebirds@hotmail.com

Our tentative schedule:

May 2- Big Bend Area

May 3- Big Bend Area

May 4- Christmas Mountains/Davis Mountains

May 5- Davis Mountains/Lake Balmorhea

May 6- Davis Mountains

WEST TEXAS TRIP LIST May 3-7, 2010

1. Blue-Winged Teal
2. Wild Turkey
3. Scaled Quail
4. MONTEZUMA QUAIL
5. Common Loon
6. WESTERN GREBE
7. CLARK'S GREBE
8. Black Vulture
9. Turkey Vulture
10. Osprey
11. GRAY HAWK
12. COMMON BLACK-HAWK
13. Red-Tailed Hawk
14. American Kestrel
15. American Coot
16. Killdeer
17. Lesser Yellowlegs
18. Spotted Sandpiper
19. Whimbrel
20. Semipalmated Sandpiper
21. Least Sandpiper
22. Long-Billed Dowitcher
23. Wilson's Phalarope
24. RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
25. Ring-Billed Gull
26. Least Tern
27. Rock Dove
28. Eurasian Collared-Dove
29. White-Winged Dove
30. Mourning Dove
31. Inca Dove
32. Greater Roadrunner
33. WESTERN SCREECH-OWL (heard only)
34. Great Horned Owl (heard only)
35. ELF OWL
36. Lesser Nighthawk
37. Common Poorwill
38. White-Throated Swift
39. BLUE-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
40. MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD
41. LUCIFER HUMMINGBIRD
42. Black-Chinned Hummingbird
43. Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
44. Acorn Woodpecker
45. Golden-Fronted Woodpecker
46. Ladder-Backed Woodpecker
47. Northern Flicker
48. Olive-Sided Flycatcher
49. Western Wood-Pewee
50. Hammond's Flycatcher
51. Gray Flycatcher
52. Dusky Flycatcher
53. Cordilleran Flycatcher
54. Black Phoebe
55. Say's Phoebe
56. Vermilion Flycatcher
57. Ash-Throated Flycatcher
58. BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER
59. TROPICAL KINGBIRD
60. Cassin's Kingbird
61. Western Kingbird
62. Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
63. Loggerhead Shrike
64. Bell's Vireo
65. GRAY VIREO (heard only)
66. Yellow-Throated Vireo
67. PLUMBEOUS VIREO
68. Hutton's Vireo
69. Warbling Vireo
70. Western Scrub-Jay
71. Mexican Jay
72. Chihuahuan Raven
73. Common Raven
74. Violet-Green Swallow
75. Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
76. Cliff Swallow
77. Barn Swallow
78. Black-Crested Titmouse
79. Bushtit
80. White-Breasted Nuthatch
81. Cactus Wren
82. Canyon Wren
83. Bewick's Wren
84. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
85. Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
86. Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher
87. Western Bluebird
88. TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE
89. Hermit Thrush
90. Northern Mockingbird
91. Curve-Billed Thrasher
92. CRISSAL THRASHER
93. European Starling
94. American Pipit
95. Cedar Waxwing
96. VIRGINIA'S WARBLER
97. COLIMA WARBLER
98. LUCY'S WARBLER
99. Yellow Warbler
100. Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Audubon's)
101. BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER
102. Wilson's Warbler
103. Yellow-Breasted Chat
104. HEPATIC TANAGER
105. Summer Tanager
106. Western Tanager
107. Green-Tailed Towhee
108. Canyon Towhee
109. Rufous-Crowned Sparrow
110. Chipping Sparrow
111. Brewer's Sparrow
112. BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW
113. Vesper Sparrow
114. Lark Sparrow
115. Black-Throated Sparrow
116. Lark Bunting
117. White-Crowned Sparrow
118. Northern Cardinal
119. Pyrrhuloxia
120. Black-Headed Grosbeak
121. Blue Grosbeak
122. LAZULI BUNTING
123. Indigo Bunting
124. VARIED BUNTING
125. Painted Bunting
126. Red-Winged Blackbird
127. Western Meadowlark
128. Brewer's Blackbird
129. Great-Tailed Grackle
130. Brown-Headed Cowbird
131. Orchard Oriole
132. Scott's Oriole
133. House Finch
134. Lesser Goldfinch
135. Pine Siskin
136. House Sparrow