Hi, all!
With a report of a Long-eared Owl at McAllen Nature Center, Pat Heirs and I
decided to head over there despite the crummy weather and take a look; it
was still closed when we got there but we were able to bird the perimeter
and add the normal fare to the day list (we had a pair of Red-crowned
Parrots fly over in Alamo to start the day J). After enjoying three
American Robins flying overhead, we poked around the city park south of the
property and had a pretty Pyrrhuloxia catching a Southern Dogface for
breakfast, and a lady Ladder-backed Woodpecker was pretty cooperative for
pictures!
Then we headed over to Fireman's Park (one of Pat's favorite hotspots) and
saw some nice things, including a male Anhinga, which was new for her
hotspot list! Other good birds included a pair of Vermilion Flycatchers
(the female was actually singing and "displaying", so maybe it was actually
a young male), Solitary Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Green Kingfisher, and a
goofy-looking Green Heron! After a bite to eat we headed back to the nature
center, which was now open, and we joined Ernest in looking for the owl (he
had flushed a Barn Owl but we missed that one) and got a pair of Harris'
Hawks instead. The icing was when Ernest said he had an oriole, which
turned out to be an Audubon's!
No owl, so we headed over to Santa Ana (with a quick stop in Hidalgo to
check on the Monk Parakeets), but Ranger Raul warned us that it was really
pretty muddy back along the Pintail Lakes Trail (Pat wanted to try for the
Sedge Wren), so instead we opted to try and find the Burrowing Owls that
were supposed to be hanging around in my section of the CBC area! We dipped
on that as well, but Pat spotted a couple of pretty Sprague's Pipits, and we
had a beautiful White-tailed Hawk show off on Tower Road.
Some pictures are on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List:
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
American Coot Fulica americana
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora
Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
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
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
58 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com
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