Hi, all!
Several of us spent a warm morning out at the Yturrias Tract today; Pat
Heirs (and a couple of other people, I think) got a brief but identifiable
look at the reported Yellow-breasted Chat before it fled! A flyover Bank
Swallow was another nice bird, and other highlights included several Blue
Grosbeaks, both adult and juvenile Black-throated Sparrows, a Groove-billed
Ani, and a fly-by Yellow-billed Cuckoo that Ian spotted! A dogfight between
an adult Swainson's Hawk and an immature White-tailed Hawk along Pipeline
Road was entertaining, and we had several Cassin's Sparrows along the road
as well; we only got halfway up due to a lake that even Norma wouldn't
attempt with her SUV! J A Texas Powdered Skipper, a Halloween Pennant, and
a Dung Beetle along the Yturrias Nature Trail were the bug highlights. Oh,
and can't forget the four baby Scissor-tailed Flycatchers on the fence (that
flew before I could get a shot. L)!
A few photos are here:
http://miriameaglemon.com/photo_gallery/2015%20Field%20Trips/June/Yturrias%2
0NWR.html
.or here:
http://tinyurl.com/oa2ju63
.and as an aside, I finally caught up with the last two field trips - Laguna
Seca Road and a Bug Hunt - so you can go to the main 2015 Photo Index Page
and access those two trips from there:
http://miriameaglemon.com/photo_gallery/2015%20Field%20Trips/2015%20Main%20P
age.html
.or here:
http://tinyurl.com/p5xyggn
Bird List from today:
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
Dickcissel Spiza americana
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
43 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
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