[texbirds] Anzalduas & Old Military Hwy

From: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 16:02:34 -0400 (EDT)
Hi, all!
 
Birded the above areas this morning, the highlight being a Zone-tailed Hawk 
 at Anzalduas, or at least what I'm assuming is a Zonie:  perhaps due to  
wear, the bird had some brownish tones, and rather than looking black with 
white  bands, the tail from underneath looked pale with darker bands, with a 
thicker  terminal band (the bird was perched).  He showed some minor white 
flecking  on the head, but was entirely dark otherwise; wings were too short 
for either an  all-dark Whitetail or a Swainson's.  Perhaps it was a 
juvenile; don't know  what else it would be.  A Swainson's Hawk being chased by 
some 
swallows was  also interesting!
 
Pictures are here:
 
http://miriameaglemon.com/photo_gallery/2013%20Field%20Trips/July/Old%20Mili
tary%20Highway.html
 
EBird Lists:
 
Old Military Highway/Levee, Hidalgo, US-TX
Jul 5, 2013 6:59 AM - 9:36  AM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Comments:      Starting at the corner of Bentsen Palm Drive & Old Military 
Hwy, following  the levee to Anzalduas Park.
41 species
Black-bellied  Whistling-Duck  1
Plain Chachalaca  6
Northern Bobwhite   2
Snowy Egret  1
Black Vulture  2
White-winged Dove   30
Mourning Dove  20
White-tipped Dove  3
Yellow-billed  Cuckoo  4
Groove-billed Ani  5
Golden-fronted Woodpecker   12
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  2
Crested Caracara   1
Brown-crested Flycatcher  5
Great Kiskadee  6
Couch's  Kingbird  7
Western Kingbird  1
Green Jay  6
Purple  Martin  10
Cave Swallow  100
Black-crested Titmouse   3
Verdin  1
Bewick's Wren  1
Clay-colored Thrush   3
Northern Mockingbird  15
Long-billed Thrasher   3
Curve-billed Thrasher  1
European Starling  3
Common  Yellowthroat  4
Olive Sparrow  10
Lark Sparrow   2
Northern Cardinal  8
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Eastern  Meadowlark  1
Great-tailed Grackle  30
Bronzed Cowbird   2
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Hooded Oriole  1
Altamira  Oriole  1
Lesser Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  15

Anzalduas County Pk (LTC 068), Hidalgo, US-TX
Jul 5, 2013 7:59 AM - 9:16  AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
37 species (+1 other  taxa)

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  5
Muscovy Duck (Domestic  type)  4
Neotropic Cormorant  5
Great Egret  1
Snowy  Egret  1
Green Heron  1
Osprey  1
Swainson's Hawk   1
Zone-tailed Hawk  1     Perched bird; black overall,  looking browner on 
wings due to wear, with bright yellow cere and feet; tail  from below actually 
appeared mostly pale with three dark bands, with a thicker  terminal band 
(photos taken; unable to upload)
Killdeer  3
Caspian  Tern  3
Forster's Tern  1
Rock Pigeon  6
Eurasian  Collared-Dove  2
White-winged Dove  9
Mourning Dove   5
Inca Dove  4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2
Golden-fronted  Woodpecker  10
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  3
Northern  Beardless-Tyrannulet  1
Brown-crested Flycatcher  5
Great  Kiskadee  5
Tropical Kingbird  2
Couch's Kingbird   1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  2
Purple Martin  2
Cave  Swallow  50
Northern Mockingbird  12
Olive Sparrow   2
Lark Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged  Blackbird  6
Great-tailed Grackle  20
Bronzed Cowbird   2
Hooded Oriole  1
Lesser Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow   15

Mary Beth  Stowe
McAllen, TX
_www.miriameaglemon.com_ (http://www.miriameaglemon.com/) 



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