Good Afternoon Everyone, After some cold days it was nice to have a chance to see some sun, I think the birds felt that way too. We sure saw some great sightings this morning. By 10 am, there were several hawks flying and many songbirds calling. We had some great looks at a Lincoln Sparrow and at a Great Blue Heron that was doing its best imitation of a perched Night-Heron. We hope to see you out here birding soon! Species Count Lesser Scaup 2 Plain Chachalaca 45 Neotropic Cormorant 3 Double-crested Cormorant 1 American White Pelican 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 2 Snowy Egret 1 Little Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 1 Cooper's Hawk 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Gray Hawk 1 Rock Pigeon 15 White-winged Dove 2 Mourning Dove 1 White-tipped Dove 10 Ringed Kingfisher 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 11 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 5 Black Phoebe 1 Vermilion Flycatcher 1 Great Kiskadee 17 Couch's Kingbird 1 White-eyed Vireo 1 Green Jay 13 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Black-crested Titmouse 1 House Wren 2 Clay-colored Thrush 1 Curve-billed Thrasher 2 Long-billed Thrasher 3 Northern Mockingbird 6 Orange-crowned Warbler 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Olive Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 7 Red-winged Blackbird 30 Great-tailed Grackle 55 House Sparrow 37 Have a wonderful and safe holiday season! Hannah Buschert Park Ranger 1-Naturalist World Birding Center Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (956) 584-9156 x 235 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