[texbirds] Bentsen SP Bird Walk 7-14-13

From: "Roy Rodriguez" <Roy.Rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 12:17:57 -0500
7-14-13
TexBirders, 

 

Birds seen throughout Bentsen-RGV State Park and HQ gardens listed
below.  No recent report of the Varied Bunting.

 

Birds seen around the HQ gardens include Green Herons, Plain
Chachalacas, Great Kiskadees, Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Groove-billed Anis,
Olive Sparrows, Clay-colored Thrush, Long-billed & Curved-billed
Thrashers, Lark Sparrows and Painted Bunting.

 

Not expected this time of year were several Orchard Orioles (five males,
three females) in the re-veg area north of the Administration Bldg.  A
small group of Wild Turkey has been seen roaming throughout the park.  

 

Northern-beardless Tyrannulet is vocal along the main park road just
past the Nature Center and Maintenance Yard.

 

After dark, Common Pauraque, Lesser & Common Nighthawk, Eastern
Screech-Owl and Elf Owl were seen and/or heard throughout the park,
especially in the Acacia Loop and at the Nature Center. 

 

Park list:   

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Mottled Duck

Plain Chachalaca

Northern Bobwhite

Least Grebe

Neotropic Cormorant

Anhinga

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Little Blue Heron

Cattle Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Gray Hawk

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Killdeer

Black-necked Stilt

Pectoral Sandpiper

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

Inca Dove

Common Ground-Dove

White-tipped Dove

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Greater Roadrunner

Groove-billed Ani

Eastern Screech-Owl

nighthawk sp.

Common Pauraque

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Green Kingfisher

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Great Kiskadee

Couch's Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

White-eyed Vireo

Green Jay

Purple Martin

Bank Swallow

Cave Swallow

Black-crested Titmouse

Verdin

Clay-colored Thrush

Northern Mockingbird

Long-billed Thrasher

Curve-billed Thrasher

Olive Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Painted Bunting

Dickcissel

Red-winged Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Bronzed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Hooded Oriole

Altamira Oriole

House Sparrow

 

Thanks.

 

Roy J Rodriguez

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park

World Birding Center

Park Interpreter/Naturalist

            

2800 South Bentsen Palm Drive

Mission, Texas 78572

(956) 584-9156 office, Ext. 234

(956) 584-9126 fax

roy.rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:roy.rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

 

Thursdays: Bentsen Experience Tour - 9:00-11:00a

Fridays: Fridays on Foot! - 6:30-8:00p

Saturdays: Creatures of the Night 8:00-10:00p

Sundays: Bird Walk 8:30-10:30a

 

Special Programs! 

Feathers & Flight: Saturday, July 20, 2013 from 2-4 pm

Wonders of Bird Migration: Saturday, August 24, 2013 from 2-4 pm

 


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