[texbirds] Hudwits Still @ Estero!
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- Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 17:18:24 -0400 (EDT)
Hi, all!
Wanted to get the subject news out there, but before that, I met Phil Pryde
and company from San Diego at Sabal Palm Grove, hoping to get their target
Ringed Kingfisher before they had to run back to Harlingen to fly home.
Dipped on that, but we had nice views of the usual Valley specialties,
including a lifer White-eyed Vireo for the group! I think the highlight was
the
nesting Least Grebes (at both ponds) and more White-tipped Doves than you
could shake a stick at! A distant Green Kingfisher was at the big blind,
and we flushed a Pauraque along the trail that unfortunately only I saw
well...
After I kissed the crew goodbye I blasted over to Estero to try for those
Hudsonian Godwits, and thank God they were still around! Got marvelous
looks at both birds, along with stunning Stilt, Pectoral, and White-rumped
Sandpipers! A group of Wilson's Phalaropes fed feverishly, and their
"resident" Green-winged Teal was feeding as well. Made a loop around the
Tropical
Zone and picked up Ani for the day at the Puddle.
Pictures are posted here:
http://miriameaglemon.com/photo_gallery/2014%20Field%20Trips/May/Sabal%20Pal
m%20Grove.html
Bird List:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Great Egret Ardea alba
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Green Heron Butorides virescens
White Ibis Eudocimus albus
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
American Coot Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Purple Martin Progne subis
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
55 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
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