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Hi, all!
We had an absolutely awesome day out at South Padre today with visiting
birders Firmin and Marie from San Antonio - the Flats were the best I've
ever seen, with ALL the expected plovers, six species of terns, lotza
shorebirds (including Red Knot - thanks for the head's up, Justin!) No
frigates, tho... :-( The Convention Center had a very cooperative
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and had great looks at a male Redstart. But what
happened at Sheepshead???!!! Almost everything on the north side was
stripped away! A juvie/female Vermilion Flycatcher sure liked it, though,
along with a handful of Baltimore Orioles! A quick stop at Tiocano Lake
added Wood Stork, Avocets, and Stilt Sandpipers to the day list. A few pics
are on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Wood Stork Mycteria americana
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
White Ibis Eudocimus albus
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
American Coot Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
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
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Lesser Nighthawk (at home) Chordeiles acutipennis
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (at home) Melanerpes aurifrons
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
Dickcissel Spiza americana
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
House Sparrow (at home) Passer domesticus
84 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com <http://www.miriameaglemon.com>
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