21 people joined us on our bird walk today. We had a lot of nice birds but bombed out on the Kingfishers today. However one of our Pauraques returned to its usual day roost after an absence of over a week. Highlights for me were seeing the Rufous and Buff-bellied Hummingbirds (not always easy to get this year), a Blue-headed Vireo, Ovenbird and a FOS Ash-throated Flycatcher. Birds are singing and migration is starting. It is a beautiful time of year in the Rio Grande Valley, with the Huisaches in full bloom and the Retamas getting ready to flower. COME ON SPRING!!! Pat DeWenter Weslaco Estero Llano Grande SP, Hidalgo, US-TX Mar 3, 2013 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) 69 species (+1 other taxa) American Wigeon 1 Mottled Duck 4 Blue-winged Teal 2 Cinnamon Teal 1 Northern Shoveler 8 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 12 Ring-necked Duck 2 Lesser Scaup 1 Ruddy Duck 4 Plain Chachalaca 2 Least Grebe 4 Pied-billed Grebe 4 Neotropic Cormorant 2 Anhinga 3 American White Pelican 8 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 1 Snowy Egret 6 Little Blue Heron 3 Tricolored Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 5 Roseate Spoonbill 3 Black Vulture 3 Turkey Vulture 4 White-tailed Kite 1 Northern Harrier 2 Harris's Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 15 Killdeer 8 Black-necked Stilt 12 American Avocet 15 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Least Sandpiper 8 Stilt Sandpiper 20 Long-billed Dowitcher 10 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 White-winged Dove 1 Inca Dove 1 White-tipped Dove 4 Common Pauraque 1 Rufous Hummingbird 1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 5 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 American Kestrel 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher 1 Great Kiskadee 2 Couch's Kingbird 1 Tropical/Couch's Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 3 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Green Jay 2 Purple Martin 3 Black-crested Titmouse 2 Carolina Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Northern Mockingbird 2 Long-billed Thrasher 1 Ovenbird 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 30 Great-tailed Grackle 6 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 House Sparrow 6 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13268914 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