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Wanna get away? Why not make plans to participate in the first Birding &
Butterfly Festival based in Laredo next month?
Jim Hailey, the Monte Mucho Audubon Society and the Laredo Convention and
Visitors Bureau have put together a truly remarkable wide ranging list of
field trip destinations, many on large private ranches such as the Halff
Brothers Ranch...
Webb, Zapata, and surrounding southwest Texas counties comprise one of the
most tropical, least surveyed regions in the nation. Did I mention Martin
Reid is leading multiple trips to the Halff Brothers Ranch? If you've seen
any of Martin's re****ts from the area, you'll know what a gold mine of
biodiversity this ranch can be....
Trips will be limited to 12 participants and will be filled on a first
come
first serve basis.
-----------------------------------------------
Birding & Butterfly Festival - February 7-10, 2008
http://www.montemuchoaudubon.org/LaredoFestival.html
For more info, contact Jim Hailey at:
361-288-2759 or greenj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Distances:
Austin to Laredo =3D 3.5 hrs
Houston to Laredo - 5.2 hrs
Google Mapa:
http://tinyurl.com/2w54go
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Field Trip Information
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San Ygnacio/Guerra Ranch
Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:15 am-3:00 pm
Trip Leaders: Martin Hagne, Dr. Tim Brush & Joel Ruiz
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Salineno, Chape=F1o, Falcon Dam
Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:15 am-3:00 pm
Trip Leaders: Joshua Rose & Danny Gunn
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Chaparral WMA
Thur., Fri., only 6:15 am-3:00 pm
Trip Leader: Byron Stone
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El Tordillo Ranch
Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:15 am-3:00 pm
Trip Leader: Jim Hailey
This 1000 acre ranch is located about 12 miles from Laredo.
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Halff Bros. Ranch
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Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:15 am-3:00 pm
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Trip Leader: Martin Reid
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This 20,000 plus operating ranch is about one and one-half hours north of
Laredo.
South Texas has very few areas that provide such diversified habitat for
so
many types of birds, butterflies and dragonflies as does Halff Brothers
Ranch. The Frio River runs through the center of the ranch and feeds more
than 4000 acres of hardwood bottomland.
We have noted two species of rare birds, including the Rufous-capped
Warble=
r
feeding along the roots of massive on the vertical sides of the Frio River
banks. We have also photographed the Mountain Plover during the winter.
And
the sod fields nearby are home to a wintering flock of Mountain Plovers.
Martin is the only person eligible to birding trips on the property and
has
discovered numerous unusual to rare species on the property in the past 5
o=
r
6 years.
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Lobo Creek Ranch & Reyna Property
Thur., Fri., Sat 6:45 am - 2:00 pm
Trip Leaders: Jim Sinclair & Raul Delgado
Well managed 1000 acre ranch 10 miles east of Laredo...
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Lago Del Rio & Casa Blanca SP
Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:45 am - 2:00 pm
Trip Leader: Joel Simon & Lowell Woodward
Lago del Rio is the private property of the International Bank of
Commerce.
A visit here and you will not believe you are in Laredo, Texas. The bank
uses the property for entertaining guest and have done a magnificent job
of
landscaping.
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Killam & La Bota Ranches
Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:45 am - 3:00 pm
Trip Leaders: Tom Langschied & Susan Foster
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Butterfly Trip
Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Trip Leader: Mike Quinn & Penny Warren
This trip will focus on butterflies and will be taken along the Rio Grande
on the Paso Del Indo Trail.
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Las Palmas & Gravel Pits
Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:45 am - 1:00 pm
Trip Leader: Gene Blacklock & Tom Miller
These are the two city birding trails along the Rio Grande River. Here we
find White-collared Seedeaters, Audubon's & Altamira Orioles, wrens,
sparrows, waterfowl, wading birds, and is the location of the Blue Bunting
found on the CBC two years ago.
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Bird Banding
Thur., Fri., Sat., 7:00 am - 12:00 pm
Trip Leader: Brent Ortego
Dr. Brent Ortego will be banding birds along the Paso Del Indio trail
adjacent to the Rio Grande River.
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Trip Leaders
http://www.montemuchoaudubon.org/PDFfiles/Trip%20Leaders.pdf
Program Schedule
http://www.montemuchoaudubon.org/PDFfiles/Festival%20Program.pdf
Registration Form
http://www.montemuchoaudubon.org/PDFfiles/RegistrationForm.pdf
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Hailey [mailto:greenj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sunday, December 16, 2007 8:37 PM
To: TEXBIRDS ; TOS LIST
Cc: Mike Quinn
Subject: Laredo Birding & Butterfly Festival--February 7-10, 2008
V=C1MANOS =C1 LAREDO!
It is time to register now for the Laredo Birding and Butterfly Festival.
Here is your chance to experience The Last Great Frontier. Join the Monte
Mucho Audubon Society and the Laredo Convention and Visitors Bureau for
field trips and programs focusing on birds and butterflies of the Rio
Grand=
e
plain.
Our trips will take you to private ranches not open to the public,
familiarize you with local birding hot spots and trails for you
to re-visit in the near future and provide you with a bird banding
experience along the Rio Grande.
In addition, our evening programs will feature well known speakers in
their
field - Martin Hagne, Gene Blacklock, Tim Brush and Ted Lee
Eubanks. Afternoon seminars will also be offered by our speakers and trip
leaders covering areas of their expertise.
The headquarter hotel for the event is the Holiday Inn Civic Center
located
at 800 Garden Street, adjacent to IH 35.
Reservations can be made using the conference name at a special rate
(including a full breakfast beginning at 5:30 am) by calling the hotel
direct at (956) 727-5800 or toll-free 800-465-4329. Complete information
may be obtained by calling 800-361-3360 or visiting the Monte Mucho
Audubon
Society website:
http://www.montemuchoaudubon.org/LaredoFestival.html
It will take you to a page were you can find all pertinent information
abou=
t
our Festival. Use the links on the left to access PDF files with all the
necessary information and a registration form.
Register early if you want to be sure to get the field trips that most
interest you.
Trips will be limited to 12 participants and they will be filled on a
first
come first serve basis. We will do our best to accommodate your trip
request.
SEE YOU IN LAREDO FEBRUARY 6, 2008
Jim Hailey
President
Monte Mucho Audubon Society
Jim Hailey
La Mariposa Ranch
Department of History--TAMUK
President: Monte Mucho Audubon Society
P. O. Box 177
Realitos, TX 78376
mailto:greenj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.jimhailey.com
Phone: 361-288-2759
Cell: 361-522-3522
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make plans to participate in the first Birding & Butterfly Festival
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ed in Laredo next month?<br><br>Jim Hailey, the Monte Mucho Audubon
Society=
and the Laredo Convention and Visitors Bureau have put together a truly
re=
markable wide ranging list of field trip destinations, many on large
privat=
e ranches such as the Halff Brothers Ranch...<br>
<br>Webb, Zapata, and surrounding southwest Texas counties comprise
on=
e of the most tropical, least surveyed regions in the nation. Did I
mention=
Martin Reid is leading multiple trips to the Halff Brothers Ranch? If
you&=
#39;ve seen any of Martin's re****ts from the area, you'll know
what=
a gold mine of biodiversity this ranch can be....<br>
<br>Trips will be limited to 12 participants and will be filled on a first
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come first serve
basis.<br><br>--------------------------------------------=
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br>Field Trip
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on<br>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br=
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pm<br>T=
rip Leaders: Martin Hagne, Dr. Tim Brush & Joel Ruiz<br>
<br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br>Salineno,
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Joshua Rose & Danny
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Byron
Stone<br><br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br>E=
l Tordillo Ranch<br><br>Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:15 am-3:00 pm<br>Trip Leader:
J=
im Hailey<br>
<br>This 1000 acre ranch is located about 12 miles from
Laredo.<br><br>----=
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br>Halff Bros. Ranch<br>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br><br>Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:15 am-3:00
pm<br>
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Reid<br>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br><br>This 20,000 plus operating ranch is
abou=
t one and one-half hours north of Laredo.<br><br>South Texas has very few
a=
reas that provide such diversified habitat for so many types of birds,
butt=
erflies and dragonflies as does Halff Brothers Ranch. The Frio River runs
t=
hrough the center of the ranch and feeds more than 4000 acres of hardwood
b=
ottomland.<br>
<br>We have noted two species of rare birds, including the Rufous-capped
Wa=
rbler feeding along the roots of massive on the vertical sides of the Frio
=
River banks. We have also photographed the Mountain Plover during the
winte=
r. And the sod fields nearby are home to a wintering flock of Mountain
Plov=
ers. Martin is the only person eligible to birding trips on the property
an=
d has discovered numerous unusual to rare species on the property in the
pa=
st 5 or 6 years.<br>
<br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br>Lobo Creek
Ranch=
& Reyna Property<br><br>Thur., Fri., Sat 6:45 am - 2:00 pm<br>Trip
Lea=
ders: Jim Sinclair & Raul Delgado<br><br>Well managed 1000 acre ranch
1=
0 miles east of Laredo...<br>
<br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br>Lago Del Rio
&am=
p; Casa Blanca SP<br><br>Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:45 am - 2:00 pm<br>Trip
Leader=
: Joel Simon & Lowell Woodward<br><br>Lago del Rio is the private
prope=
rty of the International Bank of Commerce. A visit here and you will not
be=
lieve you are in Laredo, Texas. The bank uses the property for
entertaining=
guest and have done a magnificent job of landscaping.<br>
<br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br>Killam & La
=
Bota Ranches<br><br>Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:45 am - 3:00 pm<br>Trip Leaders:
To=
m Langschied & Susan
Foster<br><br>------------------------------------=
-----------<br>
<br>Butterfly Trip<br><br>Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8:00 am - 1:00 pm<br>Trip
Lea=
der: Mike Quinn & Penny Warren<br><br>This trip will focus on
butterfli=
es and will be taken along the Rio Grande on the Paso Del Indo Trail.<br>
<br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br>Las Palmas
&=
Gravel Pits<br><br>Thur., Fri., Sat. 6:45 am - 1:00 pm<br>Trip Leader:
Gen=
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a=
long the Rio Grande River. Here we find White-collared Seedeaters,
Audubon&=
#39;s & Altamira Orioles, wrens, sparrows, waterfowl, wading birds,
and=
is the location of the Blue Bunting found on the CBC two years ago.<br>
<br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br>Bird
Banding<br>=
<br>Thur., Fri., Sat., 7:00 am - 12:00 pm<br>Trip Leader: Brent
Ortego<br><=
br>Dr. Brent Ortego will be banding birds along the Paso Del Indio trail
ad=
jacent to the Rio Grande River.<br>
<br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br>Trip
Leaders<br>=
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tionForm.pdf</a><br>
<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Jim Hailey [mailto:<a
oncli=
ck=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href=3D"mailto:greenj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" target=3D"_blank">greenj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>]<br>Sent: Sunday,
=
December 16, 2007 8:37 PM<br>
To: TEXBIRDS ; TOS LIST<br>Cc: Mike Quinn<br>Subject: Laredo Birding &
=
Butterfly Festival--February 7-10, 2008<br><br><br>V=C1MANOS =C1
LAREDO!<br=
><br>It is time to register now for the Laredo Birding and Butterfly
Festiv=
al. Here is your chance to experience The Last Great
Frontier. J=
oin the Monte Mucho Audubon Society and the Laredo Convention and Visitors
=
Bureau for field trips and programs focusing on birds and butterflies of
th=
e Rio Grande plain.<br>
<br>Our trips will take you to private ranches not open to the public,
fami=
liarize you with local birding hot spots and trails for you<br>to re-visit
=
in the near future and provide you with a bird banding experience along
the=
Rio Grande.<br>
<br>In addition, our evening programs will feature well known speakers in
t=
heir field - Martin Hagne, Gene Blacklock, Tim Brush and Ted Lee
Eubanks.&n=
bsp; Afternoon seminars will also be offered by our speakers and trip
=
leaders covering areas of their expertise.<br>
<br>The headquarter hotel for the event is the Holiday Inn Civic Center
loc=
ated at 800 Garden Street, adjacent to IH 35.<br><br>Reservations can be
ma=
de using the conference name at a special rate (including a full breakfast
=
beginning at 5:30 am) by calling the hotel direct at (956) 727-5800 or
toll=
-free 800-465-4329. Complete information may be obtained by
call=
ing 800-361-3360 or visiting the Monte Mucho Audubon Society website:<br>
<br><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href=3D"htt=
p://www.montemuchoaudubon.org/LaredoFestival.html"
target=3D"_blank">http:/=
/www.montemuchoaudubon.org/LaredoFestival.html</a><br><br>It will take you
=
to a page were you can find all pertinent information about our Festival.
U=
se the links on the left to access PDF files with all the necessary
informa=
tion and a registration form.<br>
<br>Register early if you want to be sure to get the field trips that most
=
interest you.<br><br>Trips will be limited to 12 participants and they
will=
be filled on a first come first serve basis. We will do our
bes=
t to accommodate your trip request.<br>
<br>SEE YOU IN LAREDO FEBRUARY 6,
2008<br><br>  =
; Jim Hailey<br>
President<br>&nb=
sp; Monte Mucho Audubon
Society<br><br><br><b=
r><br>Jim Hailey<br>La Mariposa Ranch<br>Department of
History--TAMUK<br>Pr=
esident: Monte Mucho Audubon Society<br>
P. O. Box 177<br>Realitos, TX 78376<br>mailto:<a onclick=3D"return
top.js.O=
penExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"mailto:greenj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"
target=
=3D"_blank">greenj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
><br>Website: <a onclick=3D"return
top.j=
s.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.jimhailey.com/"
target=
=3D"_blank">http://www.jimhailey.com</a><br>
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