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The Endangered Ones with Eric Carpenter

  • Friday, April 21, 2017
  • 7:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Refuge Headquarters
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The Endangered Ones

Endangered Ones Trip

This tour will span the refuge in search of its two endangered songbirds. Experts on the species will take you to shady, relatively moist woodlands of oak and juniper to listen and look for Golden-cheeked Warblers. At the other end of the refuge, we will listen for the raspy songs of Black-capped Vireos in and around thickets of scrubby oaks, sumacs, and greenbriars. Along the way we hope to spot other Hill Country birds,

Targets: Golden-cheeked Warbler, Black-capped Vireo

van from HQ 30 Min 1way Easy to Moderate between locations *stop between locations




AMERICAN BIRDING ASSOCIATION (ABA)
The ABA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides leadership to birders by increasing their knowledge, skills, and enjoyment of birding. We are the only organization in North America that specifically caters to recreational birders. We also contribute to bird and bird habitat conservation through our varied programs.



ERIC CARPENTER

Eric Carpenter grew up in Houston where he started his birding obsession at the age of 10 alongside his dad and brother, eventually moving to Austin by way of San Antonio in 1994. Eric has served on the Texas Bird Records Committee since 2004 (Secretary since 2011) and also volunteers his time as a co-author of the Texas section for _North American Birds_ and as a reviewer of eBird records for the state. He was the first to see over 500 species (505) in the a single year in Texas during his Texas Big Year in 2003. He has been involved with Texas pelagic trips since the early 1990s and has been helping co-lead or organize them for the past 10+ years. Locally, his home away from home is Hornsby Bend where he did a Big Year in 2005 (249 species) and where he has lead the Monthly Survey for the past 11 years - you can often find him there scoping out shorebirds on the aromatic "sludge" ponds. He is very fortunate to have a loving wife, Maggie, who not only tolerates his obsession but encourages it as she is an avid birder herself.. A sign that it was "meant to be" came on their first trip together to Big Bend where they found the first (and still only) Fan-tailed Warbler found in the state. Eric & Maggie are retired and live in southwest Austin. When they aren't there...they are almost certainly birding.
Assistant: DEBORAH HOLLE

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