Hi Texbirders, what a beautiful morning for a birdwalk! We were joined by 25 participants, which included a very nice group from Bentsen Grove. We found some target birds...a NORTHERN-BEARDLESS TYRANNULET at Willow #4 seen by all! 2 GROOVE-BILLED ANI were seen at Pintail #5 again. And GRAY HAWK from the parking lot and levee. We had many novice birders who enjoyed great scope views of the LRGV specialties. Major & Mary will be leading the 8:30 birdwalks, Sunday through Tuesday. We'll be back next Thursday. HAPPY BIRDING! Mark & Joanie Hubinger USFWS Volunteers Santa Ana NWR Alamo, Texas Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, US-TX Jan 18, 2014 8:30 AM - 11:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: morning bird walk 47 species Mottled Duck 4 Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler X Green-winged Teal X Plain Chachalaca 10 Least Grebe 1 Great Egret 1 White-faced Ibis 1 Turkey Vulture X Harris's Hawk 1 Gray Hawk 2 Black-necked Stilt 25 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Long-billed Dowitcher 20 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Mourning Dove X White-tipped Dove 2 Groove-billed Ani 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 American Kestrel 1 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1 Eastern Phoebe 3 Great Kiskadee X Tropical Kingbird 1 White-eyed Vireo 2 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Green Jay 5 Black-crested Titmouse 4 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 3 Bewick's Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Northern Mockingbird 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4 Olive Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird X Altamira Oriole 3 Lesser Goldfinch X House Sparrow X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16415470 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