[texbirds] Estero Llano Grande-Water is back in Ibis Pond- Fulvous Whistling-Ducks
- From: "Kyle Ohaver" <Kyle.Ohaver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:12:18 -0500
Goof Afternoon Texbirders,
Birding and birds are picking up in the park now that we finally have
water back in Ibis pond. It is a Whistling Duck party of the deck!
Come in and see for yourself. The list below was from this morning bird
tour. Other notables not on the list are Orchard and Altamira Orioles,
Painted Buntings, Black-chinned Hummingbirds all seen in the last few
days.
Sunday morning bird walk leaves at 8:30am. Hope to see you then.
Species
Count
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
50
Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
12
Muscovy Duck (Domestic type) (Cairina moschata (Domestic type))
1
Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)
18
Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus)
3
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
3
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
2
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
25
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
2
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
5
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
2
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
2
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
2
White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
1
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
1
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
1
Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
1
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
1
American Coot (Fulica americana)
2
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
16
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
35
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
3
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
1
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
20
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
18
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
3
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
15
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
1
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
4
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
5
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
300
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
1
Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
5
Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina)
12
White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
1
Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
6
Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
1
Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
1
Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis)
1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
5
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
2
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
4
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
1
Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii)
2
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
1
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
3
Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
2
Purple Martin (Progne subis)
1
Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
1
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
2
Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
13
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
1
Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)
2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
2
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
100
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
500
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
30
Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
50
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
4
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
50
See ya on the trails,
Kyle R. O'Haver
Estero Llano Grande State Park
World Birding Center
Natural Resource Specialist
154-A Lakeview Drive
Weslaco, Texas 78596
956-565-3919 (Phone)
956-565-2864 (Fax)
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