Had nine people join me as I led a Beginner's Bird Hike at Government Canyon State Natural Area in Helotes area. Highlights--FOS Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Black-bellied Whistling Ducks , Common Ravens, Osprey. Had a lot of fun. James Sheppard San Antonio, TX ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: James Sheppard <sheppard11953@xxxxxxxxx> To: "sheppard111953@xxxxxxxxx" <sheppard111953@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 4:11 PM Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Government Canyon State Natural Area, Mar 30, 2013 ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx" <do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx> To: sheppard11953@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 4:07 PM Subject: eBird Report - Government Canyon State Natural Area, Mar 30, 2013 Government Canyon State Natural Area, Bexar, US-TX Mar 30, 2013 8:45 AM - 11:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Led Beginner's Bird hike -- 68/77 degrees cloudy 27 species (+1 other taxa) Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Black Vulture 5 Turkey Vulture 14 Osprey 1 White-winged Dove 1 Mourning Dove 4 Common Ground-Dove 4 Black-chinned Hummingbird 2 hummingbird sp. 2 Crested Caracara 4 Eastern Phoebe 4 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 White-eyed Vireo 7 Western Scrub-Jay 1 Common Raven 5 Carolina Chickadee 6 Black-crested Titmouse 4 Verdin 2 Bewick's Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Spotted Towhee 3 Lincoln's Sparrow 6 Northern Cardinal 14 Brown-headed Cowbird 21 American Goldfinch 2 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13573223 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