Banding at our land near Edinburg (Hidalgo Co.).--small numbers but no complaints! Regards, Tim Brush Edinburg, TX Brushwood South, Hidalgo, US-TX Oct 4, 2014 7:15 AM - 11:30 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Mark Conway, Ki Brush and I--banding and watching birds from banding table--shallow standing water on trail and in woods between west and central clearing--from heavy rains in September--saw one toadlet--a few mosquitoes 22 species (+1 other taxa) Cooper's Hawk 1 Mark saw brown-backed bird fly low--shut the neighbors' chickens up Broad-winged Hawk 240 groups taking off and heading south, mid-morning Swainson's Hawk 1 adult on its own--may or may not be migrating Rock Dove (Domestic type) 6 flying over White-tipped Dove 1 heard singing Mourning Dove 3 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 2 Great Kiskadee 1 Tropical/Couch's Kingbird 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 7 perching in trees and foraging out over fields Green Jay 3 banded! Barn Swallow 15 Black-crested Titmouse 2 came to feeder--one landed on a pole for a while Bewick's Wren 1 seen first, then banded Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 1 foraging near water drip and feeder but may have been following titmice Curve-billed Thrasher 3 Northern Mockingbird 2 Yellow Warbler 2 Olive Sparrow 1 singing early--may have been north of land a bit Northern Cardinal 2 male and female, banded! Red-winged Blackbird 3 flying over Great-tailed Grackle 11 flying over or off plot House Sparrow 5 heard off plot View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20026486 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/tx) 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