Hi, all!
With a report of a Lesser Black-backed Gull in the Boca Chica Tract, I
birded that whole stretch of SR 4 this morning (along with a couple of side
roads); dipped on the gull but had a MOB of Reddish Egrets! The tide was too
high to drive on the beach, so just getting the report that the lady
Black-throated Blue Warbler was still hanging around Sheepshead, I headed up
there (not really expecting anything), and by golly she showed up, along
with a Chestnut-sided Warbler! :-D Had the usual beach bums on the Flats -
Common Tern was nice. Other highlights were my first Botteri's Sparrow of
the year, both Wilson's and Snowy Plover at the same stop, the Aplomado
first thing, and a few White-rumped Sandpipers in with the tons of Dunlin.
Ended up with 74 species for the morning.
A few pictures are on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
White Ibis Eudocimus albus
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
74 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com <http://www.miriameaglemon.com>
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