Rare birds, prehistoric times, outlaw legends, and dance halls! Where can birders glimpse rare species, stand in the belly of million-year-old geology, hear tales of Civil War gunpowder caches and outlaw treasures, and listen to music from a 1920s dance hall? Longhorn Cavern State Park on and under the Edwards Plateau region of Central Texas […]
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When birders contemplate wilderness, they often imagine a tropical forest, a roadless green space where rare birds and magical creatures like jaguars may be found. Others think of being in the deep mountains, in thin air; inhospitable and rocky habitats where only an Andean condor or a mountain goat may feel at home. I have
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When you think of birding hotspots near you, what areas come to mind? Do you enjoy visiting a nearby park rich in ecology that is home to both many year-round birds as well as uncommon breeding birds? Do you travel to dense forests to seek out birds that live in the deepest parts of the
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Birding Nevada If you want to add Himalayan snowcock to your North American list, you’ll have to climb to above the tree line in the Ruby Mountains of northern Nevada—and many birders do. North of Las Vegas, Nevada is one of the most sparsely populated states in the United States, and the most arid. Still,
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