The Birds of
the 6th Annual
Birdiest Festival
in America
by Joel Simon, Program Coordinator
The one thing making this festival so outstanding was the sheer numbers of individuals of each species so easy to find and see up close! Two rainy fronts (luckily mostly at night) grounded the neo tropic migrants up and down the coast.
233 Birders
27 States
134 Texans
58 Locals
(23 birders registered on site after online cut-off)
Warblers, warblers everywhere, anywhere you look!
• Thirty-one species of warblers seen
• A new festival record of Palm Warbler
Shorebird enthusiasts
• Thirty-four species seen
• Hudsonian Godwit, Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Raptors
• Twenty-two species seen
• Swallow-tailed Kite
• Aplomado Falcon, nesting near Port Aransas.
Two BEST BIRDS
• Black-Capped Vireo seen at Packery Channel
• Two Black Rails at Guadalupe Delta Preserve
How Good Was the Birding?
• Clay Taylor’s 10-hour “BIG DAY” set a record 156 species!
• Festival host South Texas Botanical Gardens had a one-day “Bird Walk” of 92 species in three hours!!!
2023 total
268 species
adding five new species, bringing its SIX-YEAR total to 317 species! Adding Pre and Post Trips, BFIA’s GRAND TOTAL now stands at 341 species!
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APRIL 24-28, 2024
