Please join the San Vito Bird Club on Sunday, March 9th at 7:00am, for our regular Bird Walk. Meet at the Wilson Botanical Garden (OTS Las Cruces) recepcion office. Binos and experienced guides provided…as always, no charge.
Sorry for the short notice but sometimes, whatta-ya-gonna-do?
Baird’s Trogon, female. Photo courtesy of Helen LeVasseur.
Please join the San Vito Bird Club this Sunday (February 9th) at 7am for a bird walk about the spectacular grounds of the Wilson Botanical Garden.
If you have never been on one of these bird walks:
*Entrance to the Garden is free.
*Binoculars are provided.
*Experienced birders will assist in identifying the many species of colorful birds, butterflies and plants.
*Meet at the RECEPCION office at 7am.
*Coffee and social time follows the walk, which generally ends about 9-9:30.
We hope you can join us.
Photo courtesy of Helen LeVasseur.
Take Two: we will try again this Sunday for a Bird Walk — wish us luck!
Our last attempt was two weeks ago and we were chased away by rain (continuing to fall as I write . . .).
In between drops, however, birds and butterflies are still about so please meet us at the Las Cruces Reception Building at 7:00 am.
We’ll be there for the usual free, open-to-the-public Bird/Nature Walk — your friends and family are invited.
We will have binoulars to lend and, as always, beautiful sights to see.
Crimson-fronted Parakeet, a Wilson Botanical Garden/Las Cruces regular.
Please join us this Sunday, November 3 at 7 am in the Wilson Botanical Garden at the Tropical Studies Las Cruces Biological Station.
We meet at the Reception Building and have binoculars to share.
On our last Bird Walk, we saw two of these beautiful birds and one of them was carrying nesting material. Let’s go look for a glimpse of one, sitting on the nest!
After walking for about an hour, we will have coffee and social time in the dining room. These Nature Walks are free and open to the public. Please bring your friends, neighbors and families.
Hope to see you there.
Crested Caracaras. Photo by Helen LeVasseur
Please join us for Bird and Nature Walk at the Wilson Botanical Garden this Sunday, October 20.
We will meet at the Reception Building at 7:00 am.
Binoculars will be available, as always. These Walks are free and open to the public so please invite your friends and families.
After the Walk, we will repair to the dining room for coffee and chatting. And maybe we will spot these beauties along the way!
Please join the San Vito Bird Club for our regular Sunday Bird Walk on Oct. 6th. Meet Greg and Helen at their place, El Tangaral, at 7:00am. Park alongside either of the two gates or just inside the property.
A comfortable walk going down and back up the driveway should bring a number of charismatic local and migrant bird species (and possibly monkeys). Time and weather permitting, we will then proceed across the El Tangaral upper garden to the renowned Magic Road for a short walk.
This walk should conclude about 9:00am. Binoculars and guides are available and as always…there is no charge.
Hope to see you at El Tangaral.
White-faced Monkey and Silver-throated Tanager; photos courtesy of Helen LeVasseur
Please join the San Vito Bird Club for a very special guided Bird Walk at Finca Cantaros (Finca Cantaros Environmental Association). Meet outside the green gate at 7:00am, on Sunday, Sept 22. There is no charge for this walk but donations to Cantaros are always welcome.
If you have walked the trails of Finca Cantaros before, you already know…it’s spectacular.
If this walk will be your first visit, you will find:
*Great biodiversity–bird life, plant life and butterflies.
*Laguna Zoncho–a picturesque lake. Water birds are often seen.
*Easy walking trails…custom pollinator gardens…panoramic views.
As always, binoculars available as needed. Hope you can join us.
Blue-winged/Green-winged Teal hybrid (aka ‘The Magic Duck’). Photo courtesy of David A. Rodriguez.
Please join us, the San Vito Bird Club, for another Sunday birdwalk at the Wilson Botanical Garden on Sept. 8th. Meet up at the Recepcion office at 7am. As always, these walks are free-free-free. First timers are welcome. Binoculars, guide books and actual naturalists are available for your use.
Southern migrant birds are now trickling back to their southern home! And by ‘trickling’ I’m not referring to those pesky spots you see on your car…JA-JA-JA.
Rendering of some northern migrant bird, courtesy of Greg Homer
Please join the San Vito Bird Club, at 7:00am on Sunday, Aug. 25 for our regular Wilson Garden Bird Walk. Meet up at the recepcion office where our odyssey will begin. Need binoculars? We’ll provide them.
This Sunday is the last Sunday in August, which doesn’t mean a damn thing…I’m just making small talk. But the northern migrant birds traditionally start to arrive in Sept, so…
Coffee and social time will follow in the Comedor. Hope to see you there; everyone welcome.
Bird drawing, courtesy of Greg Homer
Just a reminder, as promised, to join us tomorrow, Sunday, June 16 at 7:00 am at the Reception Building at OTS/Las Cruces/Wilson Botanical Garden.
If it is raining, we will wait a bit and if it looks promising, we’ll venture out. Birds pop out too, after the rain, to look for food — enhancing our chances of seeing them.
All San Vito Bird Club Bird Walks are free and open to the public. As usual, we will have binoculars to lend. The Walk is followed by a coffee social hour in the dining room.
Hope to see you there!
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