> > Howdy Texbirders, > Last several days at Estero has been really birdy with two days of a > Zone-tailed Hawk circling over and around the visitor's center. Been ebirding > between 70 to 80 species for the last week or so. Our Common Pauraques are > always a big hit with visiting birders. Notable species being seen are > Fulvous-Whistling Duck, Lesser Scaup, Cinnamon Teal, Peregrine Falcon and a > Virginia Rail shows itself on occasion. Bird walks are Wed., Sat. and Sunday > beginning at 8:30 AM and is free with paid admission to the park. Come out > and see us and if interested in today's ebird report, take a look below. > Remember to > > Bird for your health, > Forget your worries, > You'll be happier. > > Huck Hutchens, Park Host, Estero Llano Grande SP. > Weslaco, Texas > > > Estero Llano Grande SP WBC (LTC 054), Hidalgo, US-TX > Nov 18, 2013 7:55 AM - 3:10 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 3.0 mile(s) > 79 species > > Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1400 The Llano Grande Lake is wall to wall > Black-bellies > Fulvous Whistling-Duck 9 > Gadwall 44 > American Wigeon 2 > Mottled Duck 18 > Blue-winged Teal 12 > Cinnamon Teal 2 > Northern Shoveler 50 > Northern Pintail 17 > Green-winged Teal 1 > Redhead 1 > Ring-necked Duck 24 > Lesser Scaup 3 > Ruddy Duck 19 > Plain Chachalaca 10 > Least Grebe 3 > Pied-billed Grebe 4 > Anhinga 1 > American White Pelican 150 > Great Blue Heron 1 > Great Egret 1 > Snowy Egret 8 > Little Blue Heron 1 > Tricolored Heron 2 > Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 > Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4 > Black Vulture 1 > Turkey Vulture 9 > Osprey 1 > Cooper's Hawk 1 > Red-tailed Hawk 1 > Sora 5 > Common Gallinule 6 > American Coot 120 > Black-necked Stilt 14 > American Avocet 25 > Killdeer 4 > Spotted Sandpiper 1 > Solitary Sandpiper 1 > Stilt Sandpiper 55 > Long-billed Dowitcher 35 > Wilson's Snipe 1 > Mourning Dove 2 > Inca Dove 2 > Common Ground-Dove 2 > White-tipped Dove 9 > Eastern Screech-Owl 1 > Common Pauraque 4 > Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 > Buff-bellied Hummingbird 2 > Belted Kingfisher 1 > Golden-fronted Woodpecker 18 > Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 > American Kestrel 1 > Peregrine Falcon 1 > Eastern Phoebe 1 > Vermilion Flycatcher 1 > Great Kiskadee 12 > Tropical Kingbird 3 > Loggerhead Shrike 1 > White-eyed Vireo 1 > Green Jay 4 > Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12 > Black-crested Titmouse 5 > House Wren 1 > Marsh Wren 1 > Carolina Wren 1 > Bewick's Wren 1 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 > Long-billed Thrasher 1 > Orange-crowned Warbler 4 > Nashville Warbler 1 > Northern Cardinal 2 > Red-winged Blackbird 125 > Great-tailed Grackle 35 > Altamira Oriole 2 > Lesser Goldfinch 3 > House Sparrow 34 > > View this checklist online at > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15707362 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) > > 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