[texbirds] 3/30/14 Bentsen Bird Walk

From: Hannah Buschert <Hannah.Buschert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TexBirds (texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:54:52 +0000
Good Morning Texbirders,
We sure had pleasant weather morning for a bird walk, approximately 70 degrees, 
very little wind, and a partly cloudy sky!  We started off with the 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Altamira Oriole in the Mini-Resaca at the 
Headquarters.  (If you want to see a picture of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
working on its sapwells, check out our Facebook page!)  At the Nature Center, 
we had the Clay-colored Thrush and the Buff-bellied Hummingbird.  Then at the 
Resaca, we had the Forster's Terns put on a fishing show for us and saw several 
rising kettles of Turkey Vultures and Broad-winged Hawks.  At the Kiskadee 
Blind, a Northern Beardless Tyrannulet stopped calling right as I identified 
it, but we had close up looks at several Golden-fronted Woodpeckers and Green 
Jays.  On the way back, we saw more Broad-winged Hawks moving through.

We are half way through our Hawk Watch, make sure to see it!  Daily until April 
30th, 8:30am-12:00pm at the Hawk Tower, weather permitting.

Species Count
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck       2
Plain Chachalaca               10
Great Egret         3
Tricolored Heron              1
Turkey Vulture  50
Northern Harrier              1
Red-shouldered Hawk   1
Broad-winged Hawk       50
Gray Hawk          3
Black-necked Stilt            1
Forster's Tern    5
White-winged Dove       12
White-tipped Dove         6
Buff-bellied Hummingbird           1
Belted Kingfisher             1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker    6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker              1
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1
Great Kiskadee 10
Green Jay            15
Cave Swallow    10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   2
Clay-colored Thrush        1
Orange-crowned Warbler            1
Olive Sparrow    5
Northern Cardinal            6
Red-winged Blackbird    26
Great-tailed Grackle       12
Altamira Oriole  2
House Sparrow 10

Happy Birding!

Hannah Buschert
Park Ranger 1-Naturalist
World Birding Center
Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Hannah.Buschert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Hannah.Buschert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
(956) 584-9156 x 235

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[texbirds] 3/30/14 Bentsen Bird Walk

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