[texbirds] Bird sightings Bentsen State Park

From: Roy Rodriguez <Roy.Rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 15:43:29 +0000
TexBirders
Bird sightings for January 4, 2015

The clouds parted on Sunday morning and although the sun was out, it was still 
a brisk, cold day.  Nonetheless, we had good birds with a little patience and 
some work.

Outstanding birds seen (photographed) most recently include:

Broad-winged Hawk - juvenile perched along Resaca Vieja Trail  (Mon Jan 6)
Winter Wren - at entrance to Kiskadee Trail
Black-headed Grosbeak - at Kiskadee Blind
The Red-naped Sapsucker, last seen from Kingfisher Overlook, has not been 
reported since Friday, January 2nd.

The feeding stations at the Nature Center, Green Jay Blind and Kiskadee Blind 
continue to be productive.  Resaca Vieja Trail has been good, with some day 
roosting Common Pauraques being reported along with Broad-winged Hawk and 
bobcats.  Kiskadee Trail has a Winter Wren and a Black-headed Grosbeak.  Check 
out brush piles and grasses for a group of mixed sparrows and buntings along 
the Acacia Loop near the Paixtle Circle.


Species

Count

Plain Chachalaca

85

Least Grebe

1

Pied-billed Grebe

1

Neotropic Cormorant

3

Double-crested Cormorant

2

American White Pelican

4

Great Blue Heron

1

Great Egret

1

Snowy Egret

11

Black Vulture

2

Turkey Vulture

5

Sharp-shinned Hawk

2

Cooper's Hawk

3

Broad-winged Hawk       1
Harris's Hawk

1

White-tailed Hawk

1

American Coot

1

Inca Dove

16

Common Ground-Dove

9

White-tipped Dove

11

White-winged Dove

6

Mourning Dove

8

Greater Roadrunner

2

Common Pauraque

1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

1

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

1

Ringed Kingfisher

1

Belted Kingfisher

1

Green Kingfisher

1

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

1

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

1

Crested Caracara

1

American Kestrel

1

Black Phoebe

1

Eastern Phoebe

2

Vermilion Flycatcher

1

Great Kiskadee

6

Couch's Kingbird

2

White-eyed Vireo

1

Green Jay

16

Tree Swallow

11

Black-crested Titmouse

4

Verdin

1

House Wren

1

Winter Wren

1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

6

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

2

Clay-colored Thrush

2

Curve-billed Thrasher

1

Long-billed Thrasher

2

Northern Mockingbird

8

European Starling

2

Black-and-white Warbler

1

Orange-crowned Warbler

3

Common Yellowthroat

2

Yellow-rumped Warbler

1

Olive Sparrow

2

Savannah Sparrow

4

Lincoln's Sparrow

2

Northern Cardinal

6

Black-headed Grosbeak

1

Indigo Bunting

8

Red-winged Blackbird

55

Great-tailed Grackle

37

Altamira Oriole

2

Lesser Goldfinch

2

House Sparrow

48




Roy J Rodriguez
Park Ranger I - Park Interpreter
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
World Birding Center
2800 S Bentsen Palm Drive
Mission, TX 78572
956-584-9156 ext 234
956-584-9126 fax
Roy.Rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Roy.Rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
www.theworldbirdingcenter.com<http://www.theworldbirdingcenter.com/>




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