[texbirds] Resaca de la Palma State Park - Thursday eBird & Changing Water Levels

From: Sherry Wilson <rollingsoles@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:46:02 -0600
Water is flowing into the resaca as I write and that will have the ducks
moving around a little.  The best variety has been in the first and second
bridge area.  Perhaps the Hooded Merganser will decide to relocate to a
more visible spot from its current remote hideout.
The south end of the park is where the raptors and wading birds were seen
this morning.  The water level will not be changing in the Hunter's
Lane resaca so this should still be the place for Solitary Sandpipers.

Today's Bewick's Wren was on Quail Loop.  It's always an interesting trail,
but if you don't want to walk that far Mesquite Trail is also a good one
for wrens.

Black-throated Gray Warbler is not on today's list but is still found
regularly in the trees around the parking islands.

-- 
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.
Butterfly Walks every Sunday - 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Night Hikes every Friday (must RSVP by 5:00 p.m. Thurs)  - small fee
Nature Tram Rides - Wednesday thru Sunday

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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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69 species (+1 other taxa)
Greater White-fronted Goose 5
Snow Goose 19
Gadwall 53
American Wigeon 3
Mottled Duck 12
Northern Shoveler 41
Northern Pintail 3
Green-winged Teal 5
Bufflehead 1
Least Grebe 15
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Neotropic Cormorant 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
cormorant sp. 2
American White Pelican 9
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 5
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 27
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
White-tailed Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Common Gallinule 1
American Coot 12
Killdeer 7
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Caspian Tern 1
White-winged Dove 1
Inca Dove 5
Common Ground-Dove 1
White-tipped Dove 7
Greater Roadrunner 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Green Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 11
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 7
Crested Caracara 1
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 8
Great Kiskadee 16
White-eyed Vireo 5
Green Jay 33
Tree Swallow 2
Cave Swallow 13
Black-crested Titmouse 6
Verdin 1
House Wren 3
Bewick's Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
Long-billed Thrasher 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 16
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Olive Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 18
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Great-tailed Grackle 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Altamira Oriole 3


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