tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post115553085000465221..comments2023-12-19T09:09:30.696-06:00Comments on Birding is *NOT* a Crime!!!: Ten Places Every Birder Should Go Before They Die...Continental U.S./Canada only (ie no Hawaii or Alaska for now)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1155843609206454592006-08-17T14:40:00.000-05:002006-08-17T14:40:00.000-05:00Bombay Hook NWR in DE is an alternative site for b...Bombay Hook NWR in DE is an alternative site for birding in the Mid-Atlantic, as is Hawk Mountain in PA.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00163297234733313179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1155757337318657222006-08-16T14:42:00.000-05:002006-08-16T14:42:00.000-05:00BTW Heather, those pins and patches on your web si...BTW Heather, those pins and patches on your web site are killer! And Asa Wright would probably make my top 10 international destinations list...but that's a list for another day.<BR/><BR/>There have been some great suggestions, but it's easy to cherry-pick and say "you missed this spot or that spot". Coming up with the actual top ten is the hard part, you have to make some tough choices.<BR/><BR/>It's been a while since we had a poll here, so I think this will be our next poll question: Top Ten places to go birding before you die. I'll try to set up the poll so that we can get the final results in order. So keep coming for your suggestions for the top 25 or 30 spots, and those places will all be choices in the poll.<BR/><BR/>I'm also going to make this a separate post.Birding is NOT a crime!!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/01649531002323526543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1155756657780200102006-08-16T14:30:00.000-05:002006-08-16T14:30:00.000-05:00How about the north end of the Salton Sea, where t...How about the north end of the Salton Sea, where the Whitewater River channel feeds into the delta? BTW, a blue footed booby has been hanging around there this week.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307979735087653210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1155580126954474682006-08-14T13:28:00.000-05:002006-08-14T13:28:00.000-05:00Mike -- I was talking about what BINAC's hypotheti...Mike -- I was talking about what BINAC's hypothetical birder needs or doesn't need to see, not me specifically. I lived in Fort Collins for 12 years (plus California, Wyoming, ...); need a co-leader? ;)Bill Pulliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333438671130100114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1155565733451502032006-08-14T09:28:00.000-05:002006-08-14T09:28:00.000-05:00Glad to see you added Sax Zim Bog! I been to 5 of ...Glad to see you added Sax Zim Bog! I been to 5 of the spots you mentioned on your list. Bill you need to join me on a Observ Bird Tour of Colorado in April. We saw all the birds you mention except the Trumpeter Swan.<BR/><BR/>Other places I would add:<BR/>1. Gunnella Pass in Colorado for Ptarmigans.<BR/>2. Pinery Canyon in the Chirachuas Mts (sp?) in SE Arizona<BR/>3. Sabal Palm Sanctuary in LRGV Texas.<BR/>4. Pawnee Grasslands Colorado.<BR/>5. Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory Duluth, MNMike's Soap Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887508742836524362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1155534414931919732006-08-14T00:46:00.000-05:002006-08-14T00:46:00.000-05:00Some suggestions:Crane Time on the PlatteOne of th...Some suggestions:<BR/><BR/>Crane Time on the Platte<BR/><BR/>One of the Intermountain staging grounds where you can stand in thin mile-high air amidst more waterfowl than the mind can comprehend, after having watched lekking Sage Grouse at dawn<BR/><BR/>Monterey Bay at Petrel Time (honestly, can you really have lived a complete birding life without having gone to sea with Rich Stallcup or Debi Love Shearwater?)<BR/><BR/>Somewhere in the Rockies/Pacific high countryBill Pulliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333438671130100114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1155533019634264972006-08-14T00:23:00.000-05:002006-08-14T00:23:00.000-05:00So.. this birder never needs to see a Sage Grouse ...So.. this birder never needs to see a Sage Grouse of any species? Calliope and Rufous Hummingbirds(MALES!! Not those godhelpus fall migrants!) in flower-filled mountain meadows are electives? Take a pass on Ptarmigans and Rosy Finches? Trumpeter Swans need only be seen as vagrants, without the white-capped peaks and cobalt blue skies of their natural backdrop? Juniper Titmouse is just a drab little bird, after all?<BR/><BR/>I'd say axe some of the repetitive eastern migrant traps and add a few spots from the Square States, places with more elevation than population. I need to sleep on this one...Bill Pulliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333438671130100114noreply@blogger.com