[texbirds] Tuesday morning birding, Hagerman NWR.

  • From: Jack Chiles <chilesjack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:10:42 -0500

Our group came up with 69 species. Another morning of great birding at the 
refuge. 
Canada Goose  257     Large groups gathered in the marshes.
Wood Duck  17
Mallard  20
Blue-winged Teal  1
Northern Shoveler  5
Neotropic Cormorant  39
Great Blue Heron  37
Great Egret  245     Counted, not estimated.  Feeding in the marshes.
Snowy Egret  154     Counted, not estimated in marshes.
Little Blue Heron  30
Tricolored Heron  3
Cattle Egret  197
Green Heron  1
White-faced Ibis  67
Black Vulture  147
Turkey Vulture  23
Mississippi Kite  6
Red-shouldered Hawk  4
American Coot  3
Semipalmated Plover  2     Feeding in muddy area of Steedman marsh.
Killdeer  15
Black-necked Stilt  2
American Avocet  5
Spotted Sandpiper  10
Solitary Sandpiper  5
Greater Yellowlegs  4
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  2
Western Sandpiper  1
Least Sandpiper  35
Pectoral Sandpiper  6
Stilt Sandpiper  13
Long-billed Dowitcher  5
Wilson's Phalarope  3
Forster's Tern  1
Eurasian Collared-Dove  2
White-winged Dove  3
Mourning Dove  13
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Willow Flycatcher  1     Making whit call.
Eastern Phoebe  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  2
White-eyed Vireo  1
American Crow  12
Barn Swallow  8
Cliff Swallow  3
Carolina Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Eastern Bluebird  5
Northern Mockingbird  3
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  1     1 seen in Button Bush on Egret pad. Female.
Lark Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  10
Blue Grosbeak  3
Indigo Bunting  4
Painted Bunting  6
Dickcissel  2
Red-winged Blackbird  60
Eastern Meadowlark  4
Yellow-headed Blackbird  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Orchard Oriole  1
House Sparrow  4
Jack Chiles
Volunteer
Hagerman NWR

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