Good afternoon, birders.
What a beautiful day to bird in Santa Ana NWR! It is certainly
springtime, and the Chachalaca, as well as others are singing throughout the
refuge. Highlights today were a Zone-tailed Hawk, great looks at a Northern
Beardless-Tyrannulet, and even a Bronzed Cowbird made an appearance.
Bird walks continue daily through March, leaving the Visitor's Center
at 8:30 am. Hawk Watch continues daily from 8am - 1pm on the levee through
April 15.
John and Sue Ewan
USFWS volunteers
Santa Ana NWR
Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, Texas, US Mar 16, 2017 8:31 AM - 12:14 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Comments: Morning bird walk
50 species (+1 other taxa)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 25 Flyover
Gadwall 12
Mottled Duck 6
Blue-winged Teal 15
Northern Shoveler 15
Plain Chachalaca 11 Many heard during the day
Least Grebe 3
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Neotropic Cormorant 2
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2
Tricolored Heron 3
White Ibis 4
White-faced Ibis 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Harris's Hawk 5
Zone-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 15
Black-necked Stilt 31
American Avocet 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Inca Dove 1
White-tipped Dove 6 Heard several others during the day
White-winged Dove 1
Mourning Dove 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 4
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2
Crested Caracara 1
American Kestrel 1
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 2
Great Kiskadee 5
Couch's Kingbird 5
White-eyed Vireo 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Tree Swallow 13
swallow sp. X
Black-crested Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 6
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 45
Great-tailed Grackle 18
Bronzed Cowbird 1
Altamira Oriole 2
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