By a wonderful twist of fate, four people canceled their reservations for the TOS Choke Canyon field trip, and since yours truly was #4 on the waiting list, I just barely got in! So I'll be going to Choke Canyon State Park on December 8th and 9th. I've decided to go the cheap route, as usual, and split a camping site with my parents (since they have all the neat camping gadgets). I won't get to spend a majority of the day with them because of the field trip, but they're happy for an opportunity to go camping with or without me.
Choke Canyon is an especially great area because it is the cross roads of three different areas of birds. You can southern birds, hill country birds, as well as some west Texas birds. So there is quite a variety to look forward to! Also, within an hour drive away are the Masked Ducks and Gray Kingbird that have been feverishly reported on TEXBIRDS, so I might have to make a side trip out there to see them, if they're still around.
I've never birded this county before, so every bird will be a welcome sight for county 100s. There is no point in making a county 100s target list, because every bird needs to go on it! So instead, I'm just using what little eBird data, the field trip blob, and TEXBIRDS postings I can find to make a target list for lifers. The following birds have at least three records at Choke Canyon State Park between November and January that I need for my life list:
- Olive Sparrow
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Sandhill Crane
- Cave Swallow
- Audubon's Oriole
- Sage Thrasher
- Common Paraque
- Eastern Screech-Owl
- Green-winged Teal
- Bronzed Cowbird
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