[texbirds] Resaca de la Palma SP - Saturday Bird Walk plus changes beginning in May

From: Sherry Wilson <rollingsoles@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:03:34 -0500
outdoors!  One of the best sightings was a low-flying Caracara turning
close over the tram.  While there were few migrants - Chimney Swifts and
swallows in the air, Indigo Buntings on the ground, with very few warblers
or hawks - plenty of birds are busy with nesting.
Bird walks will continue every Saturday through April.  May through August
Bird Walks will be the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the Month and
Butterfly/Insect Walks will be the 1st and 3rd Sunday.

Altamira Orioles are busy building nests throughout the park.  In another
week some should be ready for occupancy.  The most visible nest at the
moment is toward the end of the grasslands area along the tram road.  From
the road you can watch the weaving as it progresses.  Kiskadees and Verdin
already occupy their nests.  Watch for returning Yellow-billed Cuckoos in
the Sugar Hackberry trees.

The Golden-fronted Woodpeckers nesting in the dead tree at Hunters Lane
continue to pop in and out of their hole.  Don't expect to find much water
in the resaca, however.  There are only small pools remaining in this
area.  This morning we found the Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers as well as
Killdeer, but no peeps.  Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs are in the pool to
the left of the South Mexican Olive Deck.

-- 
Sherry Wilson
Resident Park Host
Resaca de la Palma State Park
1000 New Carmen Road
Brownsville, TX  78521
956-350-2920

Bird Walks every Saturday - 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - every 1st & 3rd
Saturday starting in May
Butterfly Walks every Sunday - 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - every 1st & 3rd
Saturday starting in May
Night Hikes every Friday (must RSVP by 5:00 p.m. Thurs)  - small fee
Nature Tram Rides - Wednesday thru Sunday
(Visitor Center closed Mon/Tues)
http://www.facebook.com/resacadelapalma

DIRECTIONS:  The main entrance to Resaca de la Palma State Park is located
on New Carmen Blvd. From Expressway 77/83, exit at Olmito, take FM 1732,
follow for 2.5 miles; turn left at New Carmen Road; follow for 1.5 miles;
shortly after the gravel hump in the road, turn left to enter the park.
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54 species:
American Wigeon  4
Blue-winged Teal  14
Plain Chachalaca  2
Pied-billed Grebe  2
American White Pelican  2
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Cattle Egret  1
White Ibis  9
Black Vulture  6
Turkey Vulture  10
Osprey  1
Swainson's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Coot  5
Killdeer  4
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  11
White-winged Dove  2
Mourning Dove  5
Inca Dove  2
White-tipped Dove  4
Eastern Screech-Owl  1
Chimney Swift  5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Buff-bellied Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker  5
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  1
Crested Caracara  1
Brown-crested Flycatcher  1     heard only
Great Kiskadee  9
Couch's Kingbird  14
White-eyed Vireo  3     heard only
Green Jay  13
Purple Martin  2
Barn Swallow  12
Cave Swallow  3
Black-crested Titmouse  3
Verdin  2
Carolina Wren  2     heard only
Northern Mockingbird  10
Long-billed Thrasher  5
Common Yellowthroat  1     heard only
Northern Parula  1
Olive Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Indigo Bunting  7
Red-winged Blackbird  28
Great-tailed Grackle  30
Altamira Oriole  6


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