Hi, all!
Took veteran chaser George Kenyon up to Laredo today to hopefully see the
Amazon Kingfisher; we arrived at Zacate Creek where the good news was that
there was a group of birders already there, but the bad news was that they
hadn't seen the bird yet! :( Several people told us that the bird often
moved over to Tres Laredos Park (Dos Laredos on Google Maps) after 9:00, so
after exchanging a bunch of phone numbers we headed over there, and again
were encouraged by the same group we had encountered at Zecate, only to
discover that we missed the bird by about ten minutes! :( :( But she had
flown upriver and around the corner, so George and I along with a Winter
Texas from Mission named Diana hoofed down towards the bridge, where a small
tributary forked off that we suspected she had gone down. So we set up
watch, enjoying Green Kingfishers, Great Blue and Black-crowned Night
Herons, and an Osprey in the meantime. George and I started upriver a
little more when Diana waved us back: she had spotted the bird deep in the
vegetation on the other side! Eventually the bird came out and perched in
the open (but still on the Mexican side), and after what seemed an eternity
she finally went after a fish and then did a "victory lap" over the river
where (as best as we can determine) she DID fly into American air space! :)
So George was a happy camper as this got him closer to his goal of 800 ABA
birds! We then made a quick stop at Salineno to do some
feeder/river-watching before heading home.
A few pictures are on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List:
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus
American Coot Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
45 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com <http://www.miriameaglemon.com>
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
