Here is the list of birds that have been seen at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge this past week. Please feel free to come visit us anytime & join our programs/walks! Species: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Blue-winged Teal Plain Chachalaca Least Grebe Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Turkey Vulture Cooper's Hawk American Coot White-winged Dove Inca Dove Common Ground-Dove White-tipped Dove Ruby-throated Hummingbird Buff-bellied Hummingbird Golden-fronted Woodpecker Ladder-backed Woodpecker Great Kiskadee Couch's Kingbird Green Jay Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bewick's Wren Northern Mockingbird Long-billed Thrasher Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Altamira Oriole House Sparrow Blue Grosbeak Pied-billed Grebe Eared Grebe Great Egret Yellow-crowned Night-Heron White Ibis White-faced Ibis Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Gray Hawk Common Gallinule Black-necked Stilt White-eyed Vireo Black-crested Titmouse Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Summer Tanager Greater Roadrunner Green Kingfisher Great Crested Flycatcher Carolina Wren Clay-colored Thrush Yellow Warbler Wilson's Warbler Olive Sparrow Programs for October 2012: Tuesdays- Wildlife Photography Walks 9am Wednesdays- Butterfly Walks 10am Nature Trams- Saturdays at 9:30am Texas Nature Challenge- Aug 25th-Nov 11/ naturechallenge.tamu.edu Rio Reforestation- Saturday, Oct. 13th, www.fws.gov/refuge/Lower_Rio_Grande_Valley Ayissa Sandoval Public Use Assistant U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Santa Ana NWR 3325 Green Jay Rd Alamo, TX 78516 956.784.7500