Frontera Audubon Thicket in Weslaco is looking so much more green and lush than past summers and birds were aplenty this morning. Best was a Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet. There were also a couple of Orchard Orioles, Green Kingfisher and a calling Gray Hawk. Frontera is open Tues-Sat 8AM - 4PM and Sunday noon - 4 PM. Frontera Audubon Center, Hidalgo, US-TX Jul 15, 2013 7:55 AM - 11:05 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) 39 species Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 22 Plain Chachalaca 8 Neotropic Cormorant 1 Great Egret 1 Snowy Egret 3 Green Heron 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 Gray Hawk 1 Rock Pigeon 10 White-winged Dove 15 Mourning Dove 1 Inca Dove 6 White-tipped Dove 8 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney Swift 7 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 8 Green Kingfisher 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 8 Green Parakeet 2 Red-crowned Parrot 1 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1 Brown-crested Flycatcher 12 Great Kiskadee 4 Tropical Kingbird 2 Couch's Kingbird 2 Loggerhead Shrike 1 White-eyed Vireo 4 Green Jay 1 Purple Martin 2 Black-crested Titmouse 7 Carolina Wren 4 Northern Mockingbird 15 Long-billed Thrasher 2 Olive Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 3 Great-tailed Grackle 12 Orchard Oriole 2 Lesser Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow 2 Dan Jones, Wesalco Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner