Good afternoon birders,
It was a quiet, peaceful, but very delightful morning of birding.
Everyone got to see many beautiful Harris's Hawks, a Merlin flew over Pintail
Lakes slowly enough that all could watch, two Crested Caracara demonstrated
their moves, and a White-tailed Kite swooped over the trees as we were headed
back to the visitor's center. A good variety of waterfowl floated on placid
water, until a Grebe or Ruddy Duck dove and rippled the surface. Just a lovely
day in the refuge. Bird walks daily at 8:30 am - meet at the Visitor's Center.
John and Sue Ewan
USFWS volunteers
Santa Ana NWR
Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, Texas, US Jan 20, 2017 8:20 AM - 12:24 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Comments: Morning bird walk
48 species (+1 other taxa)
Gadwall 12
Mottled Duck 4
Blue-winged Teal 5
Northern Shoveler 5
Northern Pintail 4
Ruddy Duck 3
Plain Chachalaca 22
Northern Bobwhite 25
Least Grebe 6
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Neotropic Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Tricolored Heron 1
White Ibis 5
White-faced Ibis 2
White-tailed Kite 1
Harris's Hawk 9
Virginia Rail 1 Heard only
Sora 4 Saw one heard two others
American Coot 26
Black-necked Stilt 5
Wilson's Snipe 3
Inca Dove 4
White-tipped Dove 1
Common Pauraque 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Green Kingfisher 2
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 3
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 3
Crested Caracara 2
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Vermilion Flycatcher 1
Great Kiskadee 6
Couch's Kingbird 1
Green Jay 4
Black-crested Titmouse 2
Marsh Wren 3
wren sp. 1
European Starling 35
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 300
Great-tailed Grackle 5
Altamira Oriole 2
House Sparrow 6
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