Best place to go birding?

So you want to rent one of the big lenses and go birding somehwere in the U.S. Where would you go?

Fall to early spring in the Texas Rio Grande valley and gulf coast is pretty hard to beat. You get the northern migration and birds coming in from the south. A lot of state parks really carter to birders and the World Birding locations offer a wide variety of species. There's always the chance of getting something rare; this year a Amazon Kingfisher at Laredo and Red-Throated Becard at Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco (got it).

4huskers wrote in post #18291577
Fall to early spring in the Texas Rio Grande valley and gulf coast is pretty hard to beat. You get the northern migration and birds coming in from the south. A lot of state parks really carter to birders and the World Birding locations offer a wide variety of species. There's always the chance of getting something rare; this year a Amazon Kingfisher at Laredo and Red-Throated Becard at Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco (got it).

Sounds like a good time/place

Thanks

domat wrote in post #18291487
So you want to rent one of the big lenses and go birding somehwere in the U.S. Where would you go?

Drive around the Florida coast and the prairies and marshes inland. No matter the time of year, you're on birds.

Very best,

You're in New York? Go to Nickerson Beach State Park and Jamaica Bay NWR.

MalVeauX wrote in post #18292376
Drive around the Florida coast and the prairies and marshes inland. No matter the time of year, you're on birds.

Very best,

I will be in the Miami area in May. Any specific areas?