The Texas Coast in April is one of the most reliably exciting destinations in all of North American birding, and the American Birding Association will be taking full advantage of the area’s wild diversity of breeders and migrants at its 2009 Convention. As always, WINGS will be represented by several leaders on the Convention field trips, and Senior Leader Rich Hoyer is offering a pre-Convention tour of some of the richest birding sites in Northeast Mexico, including Gomez Farías and the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve. Nearly 100 species of tropical birds, among them a number of Mexican endemics, reach the northern limits of their range here.

Double-striped Thick-knee. Photo: Chris Wood.

For more information or to register for this tour, which begins in Brownsville and ends at the Convention hotel in Corpus Christi, call us at 888 293-6443 or write to wings@wingsbirds.com (note that the contact information in ABA’s brochure is incorrect). And then start looking forward to a memorable tropical adventure!