[texbirds] Frontera Audubon Thicket, 6/25/12
- From: antshrike1@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:21:48 -0400 (EDT)
This morning I checked out Frontera Audubon Thicket in Weslaco so we could have
some summer ebird data. A Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet called and sang from
near the entrance. Green Kingfisher was on the long, shady pond. Several
Green Parakeets fed on berries on the Washingtonia Palms. And this guy popped
up several times with a parent singing in the background. Can you recognize it?
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Birds/bird6-25-12095_resize.jpg
Afterwards I checked out the flood channel south of Estero Llano Grande and
found three Wood Storks, a Least Bittern and two Least Terns. The terns got me
to wondering if they nested at the Progreso Sewer Ponds like they did a few
years ago. So I drove over to the south levee and east to the sewer ponds only
to find out they had been completely removed. The dikes had been leveled and
nothing but bare ground remained. This had always been a good spot for the
Weslaco CBC so now we need to find out where they've been relocated.
Frontera is open 8AM to 4PM Tues-Sat and noon to 4PM on Sun. Closed on Mon.
Frontera Audubon Center, Hidalgo, US-TX
Jun 25, 2012 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
31 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 5
Plain Chachalaca 15
Great Egret 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2
White-winged Dove 20
Inca Dove 3
White-tipped Dove 6
Green Parakeet 5
Red-crowned Parrot 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 6
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 8
Green Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 8
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1
Brown-crested Flycatcher 2
Great Kiskadee 3
Couch's Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Green Jay 2
Purple Martin 2
Black-crested Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 2
Northern Mockingbird 5
Long-billed Thrasher 2
Curve-billed Thrasher 1
Olive Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Great-tailed Grackle 12
Bronzed Cowbird 1
House Sparrow 5
Dan Jones, Weslaco
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