Experience the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival: A 5-Day Journey!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

In 2024 the festival will be held from November 6-10th. More info here: www.rgvbf.org/ 0:00 Intro 0:45 Pre-festival 2:29 Day 1 4:54 Day 2 9:13 Day 3 11:08 Day 4 15:40 Day 5 21:18 Final Thoughts

[@brighteyedbirding]

That festival seems incredible! Would be a dream to go there! Thanks for sharing the experience and awesome video!

[@AnthonyNykamp]

I saw you guys guiding the tour at Laguna Atascosa last November. You helped me find my first olive sparrow!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

I’m so glad we could help get that for you! 👍 Atascosa is definitely one of the best spots for them

[@johnpradarelli9991]

Wow, that seems like a really fun time! Glad I could experience a glimpse of it through your video. And that Bare-throated Tiger Heron would have been so awesome to see in person!

[@crystalbrooks5875]

We are planning to go in November this year. We will be driving from WV to TX w a brief stop in Louisiana. I am so excited. We have a stop planned to attempt to see a Whooping Crane before heading to the final stop in Rio Grande Valley. The trip may get expanded to more like 2.5 weeks 😂

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Probably at the refuge in Corpus Christi I bet!

[@crystalbrooks5875]

@@BadgerlandBirding Port Aransas

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Yup that's the one!@@crystalbrooks5875

[@vjackiw]

It was so wonderful seeing Kalema Livingstone again! He was our guide on a Rockjumper birding tour to Uganda I went on. He's a great birder and a marvellous guide!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

That’s awesome! He was super nice 👍

[@ricardoguerra9411]

Born and raised in the RGV , Glad to see that Birders are experiencing the Magic that is the Valley, Enjoyed this video.

[@bluekatgal7300]

The bare throated tiger heron shows up as only third sighting in US so very rare to get to see. You were so fortunate. Thx for sharing. Yea !!!!

[@darylbernard2616]

There is simply no place like The Valley!

[@sylviamaulding2237]

The last Festival I went to was in 2019, The San Diego Birding Festival. I got 2 Lifers, for 702 in US.

[@Beryllahawk]

This looked SO FUN! What a fascinating event to attend, and exhausting too I bet. Exhausting the best way of course - I have family in Texas. Maybe, just maybe, I can convince them to make an effort to come do this together...! It'd be incredible.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

You should!!

[@Chris_Wolfgram]

Sounds like a really good time 🙂 I'm am SO freaking anxious to be down there ! My itinerary is looking like May 2nd - 9th 👍

[@Mr.BirdNerd]

Wow! Great birds and video I still can’t believe that u found the third bare throated tiger heron in the us I am also a young birder and u guys have inspired me so much!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

That’s great! 👍

[@kathrynclark9921]

Yes i volunteer at Biggest Week In American Birding, Ohio

[@BadgerlandBirding]

That’s a great festival!

[@timjozwiak2293]

What a neat experience! You take a negative (rain) and made it a positive. Thank you for representing Wisconsin! 😊

[@jennieorrthomas5141]

We've been to the Verde Valley Birding Festival several times, especially when we had a timeshare nearby in Sedona.

[@bluekatgal7300]

Really glad you saw all the birds. So nice.

[@richarddial1188]

So happy for you guys that looks very fun! That bare throated tiger heron was so beautiful

[@birdman5223]

I gotta get down there while I’m able😎 Great stuff guyz

[@barbaracole709]

That looks like so much fun! I love that the raven has a job!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Yeah he wasn’t doing a very good job when I was filming him though 🤣

[@jimmosley3382]

Have been to the Featival of the Cranes at Bosque Del Apache NWR multiple times.

[@NathanWebb-c5h]

That was an awesome bird festival. One time I thought I saw a bare-throated tiger-heron here in south Alabama close to the Florida panhandle. It may have gotten blown off course and ended up here accidentally. If that's what it was, then it would be seen for the fourth time in the U.S.

[@birdswithbeau]

I actually have a trip planned for South Pardre later this year! Its awesome to see some hotspots on video!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

We’ve got a lot of other TX vids that go over hotspots as well!

[@Shrock568]

I watched this video a second time to see what a bird festival/ conference was like, because I am going to the Missouri Bluebird Society conference this July! The Missouri young Birders Club emailed me one day and told me they were sponsoring me to go to the conference and they want me to help run the Missouri River Bird Observatory/ Missouri young birders club booth at the conference! I am looking forward to meeting new people, visiting booths at the conference, going on bird walks ,and more!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

That’s so cool! Hope you have a great time!

[@Shrock568]

What is the difference between a bird conference and a bird festival?

[@wikusburger5226]

Amazing Video!!That Night Heron is amazing!!The White-necked Raven you can find here in South Africa near cliffs.

[@thinkpurple]

WOW what a cool festival! These videos bring me so much joy. I always feel like I learn a lot, and I definitely would never have a chance to see these species of birds. Love to see more Nathaniel :)

[@Kennedy_Struggles]

This is so cool! Ill be going to the indiana dunes birding festival this year and while its near home so i dont expect to see too much new stuff, this video has got me really excited to attend my first festival

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Festivals have a great atmosphere!

[@TheBirdingThrifter]

Great video! I hope to attend one day. Have only been to the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival so far. (In AZ). Hope to get to a festival in Tucson in August.

[@jasonrad9332]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@aurora571000]

What does it cost to go to a birding festival? Currently working with a very tight budget. I was looking at the information on the Tampa festival, less than 2 hours away. Besides your travel, you’re looking at a few motel nights, registration and then you can see the exhibit hall, not sure if all speakers were included. Your organizer mentioned volunteering, maybe that would reduce the costs, but still be able to have some fun. I have already seen many of the area birds on personal or Audubon field trips. Any comments or suggestions?

[@BadgerlandBirding]

You know it really depends on the festival, with some of them I do believe you get free admission for volunteering. I would just look at the website of the one you want to go to and see what the prices are. The cost would probably depend on how many field trips you decide to go on

[@RoseGrace100]

What a great place for birding. I was just there last month. I heard about the parrots in Harlingen that you saw. I also heard they are in Brownsville.

[@ShepStevVidEOs]

Who named the roadside hawk? They’re like “is that a new species of hawk? By the road? I know what to call it!”

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Probably someone who was extremely unimpressed by it or perhaps held a personal grudge lol

[@PossiblyAHuman-d5j]

imagine aba code > 3