[texbirds] Starr County Highlights
- From: "Mary Beth Stowe" <mbstowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'texbirds'" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:24:59 -0600
Hi, all!
Just a quick note to report the highlights from the Birder Patrol trip: a
pair of Wood Ducks flying over at Salineno, and the immature Reddish Egret
that's evidently been hanging around there on and off. At Falcon SP
eagle-eyed Ralph Peterson spotted a Canada Goose along the shoreline as you
drive down the dirt track next to the boat ramp, and follow it until it
looks like you're about to drive into the lake; it was on the left on the
far side of the little inlet. Based on the size we're guessing a
Lesser-definitely not one of the big Canadas.
More later, along with pictures! My bird list below:
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
American Coot Fulica americana
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
66 SPECIES
MB
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
miriameaglemon.com
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