[texbirds] Estero: Bird Walk report-- no rarities

From: "John Yochum" <John.Yochum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:00:16 -0500
Today's Bird Walk was great fun with about 22 of us taking part!  There
were many nests and nestlings and fledglings to be seen.  It was a
little hot, so the second half back to Alligator Lake we cheated and
rode the quiet stealthy electric trams.  Water has been drawn down to
fight the cattails in the two biggest lakes (Ibis and Dowitcher) so
waterbird species are definitely down as well.   We camped out at the
Becard nest for a bit, but she did not emerge for her adoring fans:

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck    
Plain Chachalaca (still many mohawked young)    
Great Egret     
Snowy Egret     
Little Blue Heron
        
Green Heron     
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron      
White-faced Ibis        
Turkey Vulture  
Common Gallinule 
        
Killdeer (many young)   
Black-necked Stilt      
Least Sandpiper 
Laughing Gull   
Rock Pigeon
        
Eurasian Collared-Dove  
White-winged Dove       
Mourning Dove   
Inca Dove       
Common Ground-Dove
        
White-tipped Dove       
Yellow-billed Cuckoo    
Groove-billed Ani       
Lesser Nighthawk (with just one egg)    
Common Pauraque
        
Chimney Swift   
Black-chinned Hummingbird       
Buff-bellied Hummingbird        
Green Kingfisher        
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
        
Brown-crested Flycatcher        
Great Kiskadee (with nestlings, near Becard)    
Tropical Kingbird       
Couch's Kingbird        
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird
        
Western Kingbird        
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher       
White-eyed Vireo        
Green Jay       
Purple Martin
        
Bank Swallow    
Black-crested Titmouse  
Carolina Wren   
Clay-colored Thrush     
Northern Mockingbird
        
Long-billed Thrasher    
Curve-billed Thrasher   
European Starling       
Common Yellowthroat     
Olive Sparrow
        
Northern Cardinal       
Red-winged Blackbird    
Great-tailed Grackle    
Bronzed Cowbird 
Brown-headed Cowbird
        
Orchard Oriole  
Altamira Oriole 
Lesser Goldfinch        
House Sparrow   

John Yochum
Park Ranger IV
Estero Llano Grande State Park
Weslaco TX 
956-565-3919
 
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[texbirds] Estero: Bird Walk report-- no rarities

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