The Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival is always a fun time!  We went to a few new places, got a lifer, and enjoyed the valley specialty birds.

Adventure begins at: 13:27 

Show notes 

Morro Bay Birding Festival
Spring Chirp
Quill and Finch journals  Discount Code: HannahandErik
"New 'remarkably tame' tinamou species discovered in Amazon mountains may already be at risk of extinction"
Sandhills Brewery
Spanky’s Burgers
Rancho Lomitas
Christmas Bird Count 

eBird Trip Report 

Birds/Animals mentioned 

Tropical Parula
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl 

Intro Bird Call: Great-tailed Grackle (Recorded Hidalgo, Texas April, 2025)
Outro Bird Call: Plain Chachalaca (Recorded Hidalgo, Texas November 2025) 

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