Hi, all!
Birded along Old Military Highway this morning before scouring Anzalduas and
then returning to the Butterfly Center, where the Butterfly Festival was in
full swing! Ran into Mark from Brownsville at Anzalduas who had seen the
Greater Pewee earlier, and thankfully his "pit pit pit" call got my
attention (the pewee's, not Mark's.)! I also had a suspicious sapsucker
that I was unable to photograph (but got a nice recording of - not that that
helps as they all sound the same. :-P): it was coming into adult plumage
(but not quite there), showing some red on the cap and throat, but no hint
of a black border around the throat; every photo I could find of a juvie
YBSA had at least SOME kind of border, but I'm assured that RNSAs would be
in adult plumage by now (or nearly so), but that doesn't rule out a hybrid.
A young Gray Hawk was causing havoc, and House Finches were around per
usual.
Nice bugs at NABA - was hoping for an Evan's Skipper, but Two-barred
Flasher, Malachite, Glazed Pellicia, and Violet-banded Skipper are nothing
to sneeze at, either! J
I posted some pics on my Facebook page; non-members should be able to view
it okay:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List:
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
White-tipped Dove
Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
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
Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
63 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com
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