Hi, all!
Today was the Danish group's last day, and subject bird was definitely a
highlight for me, as it was my first for the Valley! (Only those who chose
not to crawl through the bushes chasing a Verdin got to see the Brewer's. J)
The White-collared Seedeater was up and singing in full view at Salineno,
just giving a great show! A pair of Mexican Ducks flew by, but no Muscovy
or Red-billed Pigeon. The Dump Road was productive, however, with both
Bobwhite and Scaled Quail in the same binocular view, and a Black-throated
Sparrow being harassed by a Lark Sparrow! Besides the Brewer's, the County
Park had the group's first Vermilion Flycatchers, White Pelicans, Hooded
Orioles, and Cactus Wren (and some got the Verdin), but the stars were the
two Red-billed Pigeons that wheeled in and landed full view in a tree! The
state park was kinda quiet, but those who had missed Pyrrhuloxia before got
a nice view, and some folks got on a performing Roadrunner. (I snuck over
to the butterfly garden and had loads of Lyside Sulphurs and Elada
Checkerspots, and a beat-up Sickle-winged Skipper and Giant Swallowtail.) A
visit to Rancho Lomitas produced more Scaled Quail and a Painted Bunting,
and while Fleming and I staked out the feeders, the rest went with Jim the
Caretaker down to a pond where they picked up a Belted Kingfisher, so with
the Ringed and Green we got at Salineno, that made it a kingfisher sweep for
most of the group! Back at the feeders I was messin' with a Roadrunner that
was rattling and cooing nearby, but he never did come out for looks for the
group when they returned.
The list below is just what I logged; the group also had Vesper Sparrow and
a couple of other things I missed, I think.
Mallard (Mexican Duck) Anas platyrhynchos
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
71 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
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