Hi, all!
Took visiting birders Mike and Sally from Britain out today; with the rain
overnight I thought Frontera would be a good place to check for migrants!
We weren't disappointed, with highlights including Philadelphia Vireo,
Blue-winged Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Mississippi
Kites, a Solitary Sandpiper, a Painted Bunting, a couple of
Chuck-will's-widows, and two snappy Green Kingfishers! Simon K. had a
Bell's Vireo which we couldn't get on, but he DID find us a stunning
Chestnut-sided Warbler! :) After finally dragging ourselves away from there
we stopped for lunch then headed up to CR 20 in the La Sal Viejas area,
adding Baird's and Pectoral Sandpipers, a Roadrunner, lots of Scissortails,
Indigo Buntings, a Bullock's Oriole, and a kingbird chasing a Harris' Hawk!
On the way home we passed a great little wetland on FM 493 that had tons of
shorebirds (see list below)!
Bird List:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Mottled Duck
Plain Chachalaca
Northern Bobwhite
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Mississippi Kite
Harris's Hawk
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Stilt Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Chuck-will's-widow
Chimney Swift
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Green Kingfisher
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Crested Caracara
Green Parakeet
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Green Jay
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Black-crested Titmouse
Verdin
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Clay-colored Thrush
Long-billed Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Olive Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow
83 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
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