SBNWR Migration Celebration (Photos from Sunday visit)

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San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge Annual Migration Celebration
April 16-18

Main activities begin at the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge at 9 a.m. Saturday. The EarthQuest Birds of Prey show will be presented at 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., and the Reptile Identification and Ecology presentation will be at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

People can join tours Sunday morning and the start of the children’s programs will be at noon. The EarthQuest Birds of Prey Show will be 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. and the Reptile Identification and Ecology presentation is set for 2 p.m.

EarthQuest Birds of Prey Shows

Earthquest Environmental Education and Wildlife programs



Migration Celebration 2010

The Facts

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Well, we made it down to SBNWR today. Quite an adventure on the Marsh Buggy tour! Saw a lot of birds (Least & American Bitterns, Green Herons, Skimmers, Black-necked Stilts, etc.). Shooting from the buggy was like riding a mule down the Grand Canyon! They do this one weekend a year. Torrential rains limited our birding, but we had a great time anyway. The BBQ was superb, the folks were friendly and we saw a bit of the Raptor show too. This is a Hybrid Falcon (Gyr-Peregrine). He was eating his chicken leg reward for a great flight demonstration...

[houtex01]

Very nice Bruce...riding in one of those buggies looks interesting...looks like they took you through some marshy terrain...would they stop to allow you to take pictures?

Ron

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Originally Posted by houtex01

Very nice Bruce...riding in one of those buggies looks interesting...looks like they took you through some marshy terrain...would they stop to allow you to take pictures?

Ron

Thanks, Ron. That was the problem really. The ride was very bumpy. Like riding a mule down the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon! We were sitting on hay bales too. It was nearly impossible to shoot while moving, especially telephoto. We stopped a few times, but not for photos. It was fun anyway. Particularly interesting was how the buggy flushed out birds in front of it in the marsh. That was how we saw the Least and American Bitterns. In general, the rain limited the picture taking. At the mid point, we had to end the trip early and be rescued by our vans due to the downpour. Saturday's weather was perfect, they say. They had an exhibit of the photo contest winners and runners up too. We saw at least one of Tim's shots. The Wildflowers are going nuts, particularly the Irises and Spider Lilies.

[ldelacruz]

Bruce,
Do you teach marriage counseling by chance. I can barely get on TPF much less go to SBNWR and every weekend your out on a trip. Way to go!

[lhdvies]

Nice Bruce-don't know how I missed this one.

[Stargazer77517]

Cool trip I bet. The bird shots are amazing.

[Tim T]

Very cool shots of the off road vehicles. I'd love to try that sometime.