Hello Texbirders,
This morning I held my last Friday Bird Walk of the 2016 season at Frontera
Audubon Sanctuary in Weslaco, Hidalgo county. Wow! What an amazing season it
was! Special rarities like the Crimson-collared Grosbeak and the Blue Bunting
that hung around for most of the while attracted birders from all over the
country and the world making the season really exciting and honestly sort of
crazy at times! I remember a couple of times where I was surprised with 15 or
so participants waiting for me to arrive so that I can hopefully lead them to
the sought after rarities through the masses of people down the narrow trails
in the thicket! Talk about pressure! Thankfully we did manage to see the
special birds that they were looking for some of the times and a great birding
time was had regardless all of the time! It was a great privilege to meet so
many wonderful people and enjoy many great birds with them. Lots of laughs,
smiles, and lifer dances were had on the thicket trails this season.
My first Bird Walk of the year was on Jan. 8th, after that the bird walks went
on every Friday with today (5/6) being the last with the exception of three
Fridays (1/22, 2/12, 4/29) that I missed for different reasons. I think that
the bird walk did happen on 1/22 but I must've forgotten to submit a list to
ebird that time. We managed to add a new species to the bird walk season list
every Friday except for one (3/11).
Below is a list of the 116 species seen on the bird walk in order of appearance
for the 14 Fridays that I have data for.
Thank you all for the memorable season,
Javi Gonzalez
San Juan, TX
1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 8-Jan-16
2 Plain Chachalaca 8-Jan-16
3 Turkey Vulture 8-Jan-16
4 Inca Dove 8-Jan-16
5 White-tipped Dove 8-Jan-16
6 Mourning Dove 8-Jan-16
7 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 8-Jan-16
8 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 8-Jan-16
9 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8-Jan-16
10 Red-crowned Parrot 8-Jan-16
11 Great Kiskadee 8-Jan-16
12 White-eyed Vireo 8-Jan-16
13 Blue-headed Vireo 8-Jan-16
14 Black-crested Titmouse 8-Jan-16
15 Carolina Wren 8-Jan-16
16 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8-Jan-16
17 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8-Jan-16
18 Hermit Thrush 8-Jan-16
19 Clay-colored Thrush 8-Jan-16
20 Long-billed Thrasher 8-Jan-16
21 Northern Mockingbird 8-Jan-16
22 Black-and-white Warbler 8-Jan-16
23 Orange-crowned Warbler 8-Jan-16
24 Pine Warbler 8-Jan-16
25 Yellow-rumped Warbler 8-Jan-16
26 Black-throated Green Warbler 8-Jan-16
27 Crimson-collared Grosbeak 8-Jan-16
28 Northern Cardinal 8-Jan-16
29 Great-tailed Grackle 8-Jan-16
30 Pied-billed Grebe 15-Jan-16
31 Anhinga 15-Jan-16
32 Great Egret 15-Jan-16
33 Green Heron 15-Jan-16
34 White Ibis 15-Jan-16
35 Sharp-shinned Hawk 15-Jan-16
36 Gray Hawk 15-Jan-16
37 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 15-Jan-16
38 Green Parakeet 15-Jan-16
39 Green Jay 15-Jan-16
40 House Wren 15-Jan-16
41 Gray Catbird 15-Jan-16
42 Curve-billed Thrasher 15-Jan-16
43 European Starling 15-Jan-16
44 Ovenbird 15-Jan-16
45 Northern Parula 15-Jan-16
46 Yellow-throated Warbler 15-Jan-16
47 Olive Sparrow 15-Jan-16
48 White-crowned Sparrow 15-Jan-16
49 Lincoln's Sparrow 15-Jan-16
50 Lesser Goldfinch 15-Jan-16
51 House Sparrow 15-Jan-16
52 Greater White-fronted Goose 29-Jan-16
53 Zone-tailed Hawk 29-Jan-16
54 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 29-Jan-16
55 Green Kingfisher 29-Jan-16
56 Tropical Kingbird 29-Jan-16
57 Nashville Warbler 29-Jan-16
58 Common Yellowthroat 29-Jan-16
59 Summer Tanager 29-Jan-16
60 Painted Bunting 29-Jan-16
61 Altamira Oriole 29-Jan-16
62 Black Vulture 5-Feb-16
63 Ringed Kingfisher 5-Feb-16
64 Black-headed Grosbeak 5-Feb-16
65 Eastern Phoebe 5-Feb-16
66 Tropical Parula 5-Feb-16
67 Wilson's Warbler 5-Feb-16
68 Blue Bunting 5-Feb-16
69 Indigo Bunting 5-Feb-16
70 Red-winged Blackbird 5-Feb-16
71 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 5-Feb-16
72 Broad-winged Hawk 19-Feb-16
73 Black-headed Grosbeak 19-Feb-16
74 American White Pelican 26-Feb-16
75 Belted Kingfisher 26-Feb-16
76 Purple Martin 26-Feb-16
77 Snowy Egret 4-Mar-16
78 Black-crowned Night-Heron 4-Mar-16
79 White-faced Ibis 18-Mar-16
80 White-winged Dove 18-Mar-16
81 Merlin 18-Mar-16
82 Couch's Kingbird 18-Mar-16
83 Loggerhead Shrike 18-Mar-16
84 Cedar Waxwing 18-Mar-16
85 Rock Pigeon 25-Mar-16
86 Great Crested Flycatcher 25-Mar-16
87 Solitary Sandpiper 1-Apr-16
88 Laughing Gull 1-Apr-16
89 Chimney Swift 1-Apr-16
90 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 8-Apr-16
91 Worm-eating Warbler 8-Apr-16
92 Blue-winged Warbler 8-Apr-16
93 Clay-colored Sparrow 8-Apr-16
94 Swainson's Hawk 15-Apr-16
95 Killdeer 15-Apr-16
96 Groove-billed Ani 15-Apr-16
97 Tennessee Warbler 15-Apr-16
98 Yellow-breasted Chat 15-Apr-16
99 Mississippi Kite 22-Apr-16
100 Chuck-will's-widow 22-Apr-16
101 Eastern Wood-Pewee 22-Apr-16
102 Brown-crested Flycatcher 22-Apr-16
103 Philadelphia Vireo 22-Apr-16
104 Red-eyed Vireo 22-Apr-16
105 Wood Thrush 22-Apr-16
106 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 22-Apr-16
107 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6-May-16
108 Least Flycatcher 6-May-16
109 Bank Swallow 6-May-16
110 Barn Swallow 6-May-16
111 Swainson's Thrush 6-May-16
112 American Redstart 6-May-16
113 Yellow Warbler 6-May-16
114 Chestnut-sided Warbler 6-May-16
115 Blue Grosbeak 6-May-16
116 Bronzed Cowbird 6-May-16
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