March 10th – Afternoon arrival to Rockport, Texas.   If you are flying, the Corpus Christi airport is closest. Late afternoon photography trip to a local park to photograph shorebirds which often include Long-billed Curlew, Ruddy Turnstones, Royal Terns, Great Blue Herons and many other species. Evening presentation on bird photography.  Hotel: A nice hotel in Rockport. 

March 11th and 12th – Each morning we will have a Whooping Crane photography boat trip where we will photograph Cranes in the sloughs and bayous of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.   The boat often allows for close approaches to these amazing birds.  We will also visit offshore islands which harbor Roseate Spoonbills, Reddish Egrets and other birds.  We will break for lunch and then each afternoon photograph Whooping and Sandhill Cranes, Black-bellied Whistling Ducks and other birds from blinds on private property. Hotel: A nice hotel in Rockport.

March 13th – One more morning boat trip to photograph the Whooping Cranes followed by return to the hotel and check out.  Then we will head to Kingsville, Texas and check in to our next hotel.  In the afternoon we will visit a local photo ranch which has sunken blinds.  Golden-fronted Woodpeckers, Green Jays and Black-crested Titmouse are a few of the interesting birds which come to the blinds.  Hotel: A nice hotel in Kingsville

March 14^th – We will spend a full day at the ranch today.  In the morning, we will be in the photo blind which attracts large numbers of Crested Caracaras, the Harris’s Hawks are fairly reliable here.  In the afternoon we will photograph in either the songbird blinds again or at the wetland blind, which also attracts some nice deer for reflection shots in the afternoon.  Hotel: A nice hotel in Kingsville

March 15^th – We will check out and do a bit of shorebird photography in Corpus Christi in the morning, then we can drop you at the airport or if you drove you can head home.