Hi, all!
The hot stuff first: I was just getting home from the morning's bird
excursion when my friend Pat called and said she had a Crimson-collared
Grosbeak in her yard! Woo hoo!
The rest of my targets were non-existent, and with the gale I'm not
surprised: first went to Santa Ana in hopes of bagging the Virginia Rail,
but instead got two tough-to-get birds: Bufflehead and Eared Grebe on
Pintail Lake 3! The Eared Grebe was new for my Santa Ana list, but a small
flock of Western Meadowlarks was also new, surprisingly! The lighting was
wonderful, and there were loads of ducks and stilts and dowitchers out
there.
My second target was the Prairie Falcon on Anaya Road, and all I got there
was a car-full of dirt with the wind (the guys at Blue Wave are gonna love
me), but picked up a few field-loving birds along the way, along with a
Turkey Vulture that showed white neck feather bases in the wind just like a
Chihuahuan Raven! Last stop was Estero for THEIR Virginia Rail, but no go;
instead, had a flock of about 20 Green Parakeets that were definitely new
for my Estero list, and May was telling me that they were coming in to the
Anacua trees! Their "pet" Black-chinned Hummingbird put in an appearance,
and had some nice photo ops with some of the wintering ducks.
Pictures (along with a video of a Kiskadee yelling and having a Bad Hair
Day) are on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List:
Gadwall Anas strepera
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
Redhead Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Great Egret Ardea alba
White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
Sora Porzana carolina
American Coot Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
American Pipit Anthus rubescens
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
Crimson-collared Grosbeak Rhodothraupis celaeno
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
70 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com
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