Texbirds,
The main attraction at Santa Ana, the first U.S. and Texas record BAT
FALCON, continues near the Hawk Tower and Jaguarundi Trail from what I can
gather from eBird submissions.
It's also curious to me how many eBird users choose to do a traveling count
from the parking lot to tower and only report the Bat Falcon with no other
species. If you're going to do an incidental, incomplete checklist why not
a stationary observation from the tower or exact location on the trail
system where the falcon is located?? It seems more logical to me if hiking
distance to the falcon is included in the notes rather than expressed as
birding "effort" when birding wasn't the primary objective. Any expert
statistical-minded folks interested in weighing in on this curious
situation?
Best birding,
Justin Bosler
Dripping Springs, Texas
On Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 3:15 PM Sue Ewan <ewans@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Windy morning on the refuge, but some good birds. Come join the fun.
Bird tours begin at the Visitor’s Center daily at 8:30am (except Sunday).
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Volunteers,
John & Sue
Santa Ana NWR--Pintail Lakes Trail, Hidalgo, Texas, US
Dec 10, 2021 8:27 AM - 12:32 PM
Protocol: Traveling
9.3 mile(s)
49 species
Greater White-fronted Goose 1
Blue-winged Teal 35
Northern Shoveler 36
Gadwall 0
Mottled Duck 15
Northern Pintail 15
Ring-necked Duck 4
Lesser Scaup 6
Ruddy Duck 2
Least Grebe 3
Pied-billed Grebe 9
Inca Dove 1
Common Pauraque 1
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Black-necked Stilt 34
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 8
Wilson's Snipe 4
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Neotropic Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 6
White Ibis 17
White-faced Ibis 15
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 1
Harris's Hawk 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Green Kingfisher 1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
Crested Caracara 1
American Kestrel 2
Merlin 1
Great Kiskadee 4
Tropical Kingbird 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 5
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 3
House Sparrow 3
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Altamira Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Great-tailed Grackle 9
Common Yellowthroat 1
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