Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!nmtsun!john From: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Where to go Message-ID: <1572@nmtsun.nmt.edu> Date: 2 Dec 88 16:05:25 GMT References: <712@picuxa.UUCP> Reply-To: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman) Organization: Zoological Data Processing Lines: 22 Although I have not birded widely in the western U.S., I have some recommendations for picking up western species. 1. Southeast Arizona: Cave Creek, Onion Saddle, Patagonia, Madera Canyon (much better in spring and summer). 2. South Texas: Bentsen SP-Santa Ana-Laguna Atascosa, even in winter. 3. Northern California: Bodega Bay-Point Reyes-Moss Landing, any time of the year. I don't have extremely wide experience in selecting western bird sites, but I've worked all these spots; they should be quite productive. The Northern California sites reflect my relative prejudice away from passerines and towards mud, shore, and waterbirds, but Point Reyes should produce good landbirds. -- John Shipman/Zoological Data Processing/Socorro, New Mexico USENET: ucbvax!unmvax!nmtsun!john CSNET: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu ``A lesson from past over-machined societies...the devices themselves condition the users to employ each other the way they employ machines.'' --Frank Herbert