[texbirds] Cannon Road Loop
- From: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 17:21:39 -0400 (EDT)
Hi, all!
The "Western Contingent" of the Birder Patrol (MJ Syvertsen, Pat Heirs,
Joyce Davidson, and myself) headed out to Cannon Road this morning after
reports of Yellow-green Vireo by the Brushes got our juices going! Dipped on
the vireo, but we had nice encounters with common breeders in the NWR tract,
including cooperative Groove-billed Anis. They've changed the entrance
ramp to Adams Garden Reservoir on me once again (it's now on the northwest
corner), but after finally finding it we had nice looks at a male Ruddy Duck
not quite into breeding plumage, and several Least Sandpipers. The
reservoir itself had gobs of cormorants, both whistling ducks, and over at the
east
end both night herons, several Green Herons, and tons of Bank Swallows
swooping around. You can no longer circle the whole reservoir, so we ended up
going north on an adventuresome dike where the best sighting was several
juvenile Horned Larks that were very Sprague's Pipit-like! Coming back down
Weaver Road the girls enjoyed the various stages of cotton along the road,
and once at the sod farms about all we could pick out among the hordes of
grackles were a couple of yellowlegs and some Killdeer. The "Rangerville
Resaca" had several Black-necked Stilts jumping around like pogo sticks,
along with a single Avocet and both flavors of yellowlegs together. After a
quick look at the pond at the WMA we headed out by way of Jimenez Road and
back down to 281. A quick stop at Zacatal yielded a gorgeous Roseate
Spoonbill among the hordes of egrets, plus a Wood Stork for the year on the
south
side!
Wrapped up with 68 species for the morning. Pictures are posted here:
http://miriameaglemon.com/photo_gallery/2013%20Field%20Trips/July/Cannon%20R
oad%20Loop.html
Bird List:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Wood Stork Mycteria americana
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
American Coot Fulica americana
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Purple Martin Progne subis
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
Dickcissel Spiza americana
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
68 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
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