Howdy Texbirders Howdy Texbirders, A beautiful day at Estero and a great bird walk with about 10 participants. So many good looks at some great birds. Had 3 Groove-billed Ani that hopefully will hang in for the winter like they did several years ago. I think I forgot to put them into my ebird report found below so will go back and add them in. We do our walks on Wed.,, Sat. and Sunday mornings and would love for you to join us. The phrase, "come one, come all," would make me super happy, so----------- Bird for your health, Forget your worries, You'll be happier. Huck Hutchens, Park Host, Estero Llano Grande SP Weslaco, Texas Estero Llano Grande SP WBC (LTC 054), Hidalgo, US-TX Dec 6, 2014 8:00 AM - 1:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) 84 species (+1 other taxa) Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 24 Greater White-fronted Goose 4 Gadwall 14 American Wigeon 2 Blue-winged Teal 30 Cinnamon Teal 2 Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) 1 Northern Shoveler 35 Northern Pintail 10 Green-winged Teal 18 Canvasback 1 Redhead 1 Ring-necked Duck 3 Ruddy Duck 6 Least Grebe 2 Pied-billed Grebe 4 Neotropic Cormorant 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Anhinga 1 American White Pelican 10 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 1 Snowy Egret 9 Little Blue Heron 2 Tricolored Heron 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4 White Ibis 1 Roseate Spoonbill 2 Turkey Vulture 6 White-tailed Kite 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sora 3 Common Gallinule 8 American Coot 75 Black-necked Stilt 40 American Avocet 16 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Stilt Sandpiper 15 Wilson's Snipe 8 Caspian Tern 2 Inca Dove 4 Common Ground-Dove 6 Mourning Dove 9 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Common Pauraque 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Rufous Hummingbird 1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 4 Ringed Kingfisher 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Green Kingfisher 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 15 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 American Kestrel 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Kiskadee 8 Tropical Kingbird 1 Couch's Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Green Jay 4 Tree Swallow 1 Cave Swallow 1 Black-crested Titmouse 5 House Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Curve-billed Thrasher 1 Long-billed Thrasher 3 Northern Mockingbird 18 European Starling 8 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Nashville Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 20 Great-tailed Grackle 35 Orchard Oriole 1 Very odd looking oriole, color suggested Hooded but no real noticeable white wing bars, smeared black at base of black bib. Calling it an Orchard because of previous discussions on it. Lesser Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow 50 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20810271 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner