Hi, all!
Sorry this is a day late, but Griffin, Diane, and I were miraculously able
to refind the reported Vega Gull at the Brownsville Dump, and had nice looks
at Chihuahuan Raven to boot! A run over to South Padre Island got him his
one and only Sandwich Tern amongst the mob of Royals. Common Loon was a
highlight for me, and two Sedge Wrens were calling behind the Convention
Centre. A quick visit to Sabal Palm Grove wasn't terribly birdy as the wind
had picked up considerably, but at least three Tropical Parulas HAD been
seen that day (one of them 40 minutes before we got there)! A few pictures
are on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List (those seen by Griffin only are in brackets):
Gadwall Anas strepera
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Redhead Aythya americana
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Common Loon Gavia immer
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
[Little Blue Heron]
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
American Coot Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
[Spotted Sandpiper]
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Sanderling Calidris alba
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
[Wilson's Warbler]
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
70 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com <http://www.miriameaglemon.com>
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