Nice to have the return of the sun after many days of cloudy skies and cool temps, however our species count was down from the usual. No show on the APFA's....no doubt they were out hunting; taking advantage of the warmer weather. Birding tours are over at the end of March! There are still openings. Call for information and tour reservations. 956-748-3607x119 Good birding all, Cary Atwood & Leon Thurmon Bird tour volunteers Laguna Atascosa NWR Laguna Atascosa NWR (LTC 024), Cameron, US-TX Mar 6, 2014 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: eBird Trail Tracker Comments: Bahia Grande Bird tour 37 species Mottled Duck 2 Redhead 261 Lesser Scaup 10 Northern Bobwhite 9 Double-crested Cormorant 6 American White Pelican 131 Brown Pelican 8 Great Blue Heron 15 Great Egret 2 Reddish Egret 19 Turkey Vulture 10 Osprey 6 Northern Harrier 4 Harris's Hawk 5 White-tailed Hawk 4 Killdeer 1 Greater Yellowlegs 24 Willet 2 Long-billed Curlew 15 Ring-billed Gull 30 Caspian Tern 1 Forster's Tern 8 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1 American Kestrel 1 Loggerhead Shrike 2 White-eyed Vireo 3 Horned Lark 8 Barn Swallow 2 Curve-billed Thrasher 7 Northern Mockingbird 14 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 7 Cassin's Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow 31 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 42 Eastern Meadowlark 16 Great-tailed Grackle 8 -- www.friendsofsouthtexasrefuges.org 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