Location: Santa Ana NWR Observation Date: 10 December Total Birding Time: 6 hours Party Size: 4 Number of Species: 76 We had several Florida birders join me (one gentleman also calls the UK his home) for today's windy and cool bird walk. In addition to seeing 76 species with the Canvasback, Merganzers and Buffleheads as highlights, we saw 2 Armadillos and 1 Rough Green snake. Luckily, we were able to bird Willow, Pintail and Cattail lakes! Birdwalks leave the visitor's center each day at 8:30 a.m. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Number Seen: 16 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Number Seen: 2 Gadwall Number Seen: 70 American Wigeon Number Seen: 4 Mottled Duck Number Seen: 15 Blue-winged Teal Number Seen: 25 Cinnamon Teal Number Seen: 1 Northern Shoveler Number Seen: 120 Northern Pintail Number Seen: 100 Green-winged Teal Number Seen: 45 Canvasback Number Seen: 1 Redhead Number Seen: 1 Ring-necked Duck Number Seen: 10 Lesser Scaup Number Seen: 7 Bufflehead Number Seen: 2 Hooded Merganser Number Seen: 9 Ruddy Duck Number Seen: 3 Plain Chachalaca Number Seen: 14 Northern Bobwhite Number Seen: 3 Least Grebe Number Seen: 6 Pied-billed Grebe Number Seen: 5 Great Blue Heron Number Seen: 2 Great Egret Number Seen: 2 White Ibis Number Seen: 8 White-faced Ibis Number Seen: 30 Turkey Vulture Number Seen: 12 Northern Harrier Number Seen: 6 Harris's Hawk Number Seen: 10 Red-shouldered Hawk Number Seen: 1 Red-tailed Hawk Number Seen: 1 Crested Caracara Number Seen: 2 American Kestrel Number Seen: 3 Peregrine Falcon Number Seen: 1 Common Gallinule Number Seen: 1 American Coot Number Seen: 400 Killdeer Number Seen: 10 Black-necked Stilt Number Seen: 25 Spotted Sandpiper Number Seen: 5 Solitary Sandpiper Number Seen: 2 Greater Yellowlegs Number Seen: 20 Lesser Yellowlegs Number Seen: 5 Least Sandpiper Number Seen: 80 Long-billed Dowitcher Number Seen: 50 Wilson's Snipe Number Seen: 8 Mourning Dove Number Seen: 5 Inca Dove Number Seen: 6 White-tipped Dove Number Seen: 1 Great Horned Owl Number Seen: 1 ommon Pauraque Number Seen: 1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird Number Seen: 2 Green Kingfisher Number Seen: 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker Number Seen: 4 Ladder-backed Woodpecker Number Seen: 4 Eastern Phoebe Number Seen: 6 Vermilion Flycatcher Number Seen: 1 Great Kiskadee Number Seen: 20 Loggerhead Shrike Number Seen: 1 White-eyed Vireo Number Seen: 4 Green Jay Number Seen: 7 Tree Swallow Number Seen: 2 Black-crested Titmouse Number Seen: 6 Carolina Wren Number Seen: 2 Marsh Wren Number Seen: 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Number Seen: 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Number Seen: 2 Northern Mockingbird Number Seen: 1 European Starling Number Seen: 10 Orange-crowned Warbler Number Seen: 4 Common Yellowthroat Number Seen: 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler Number Seen: 15 Olive Sparrow Number Seen: 1 Red-winged Blackbird Number Seen: 75 Altamira Oriole Number Seen: 3 Lincoln's Sparrow Number Seen: 1 Savannah Sparrow Number Seen: 2 House Sparrow Number Seen: 1 Sunny Phillips Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge 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