Howdy All! Birding was a little slow today for the morning walk. Had two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks on the Whispering Pines trail head near the front office. Down near the Beaver pond was Chestnut-sided and not too shabby looks at a Swainson's Warbler. Down the Old Road Trail we heard Swainson's Thrush. Also had a small flock of Lesser Scaup make an appearance for the birding 101 program. It was good to have some larger, easier to point out birds for the 42 people that join us on that hike. Just a few minutes ago I heard a singing Philadelphia Vireo just outside my office. A nice way to round out the day. Here's the list: Apr 27, 2013 Tyler SP (PPW-E 065) Traveling 3 miles 240 Minutes Observers: 2 All birds reported? Yes Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.1 6 Mallard 7 Lesser Scaup 4 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Little Blue Heron 2 Black Vulture 3 Turkey Vulture 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 Red-headed Woodpecker 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 5 Eastern Phoebe 3 Great Crested Flycatcher 4 Eastern Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Philadelphia Vireo 6 Red-eyed Vireo 6 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 16 Purple Martin 4 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 Brown-headed Nuthatch 7 Carolina Wren 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Eastern Bluebird 2 Swainson's Thrush 2 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 9 Cedar Waxwing 2 Nashville Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 7 Pine Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Swainson's Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 Yellow-breasted Chat 10 White-crowned Sparrow 7 Summer Tanager 10 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 8 Indigo Bunting 8 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 Pine Siskin Good Birding, Boyd A. Sanders BBA, CIG Interpreter/Exhibit Tech Tyler State Park 789 Park Rd. 16 Tyler, TX 75706 (903)597-5338 boyd.sanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati (When All Else Fails, Play Dead- Red Green) Learn how you can help Texas State Parks: <http://bit.ly/sVdilb> Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner