Yesterday's morning visit to Estero provided the usual great diversity, some excellent looks at Soras and Wilson's Snipe, plus a show-stealing Zone-tailed Hawk in the Tropical Zone. Regards and good birding, Tim (and John) Brush Edinburg, TX Estero Llano Grande SP WBC (LTC 054), Hidalgo, US-TX Nov 29, 2013 8:40 AM - 12:10 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) 68 species (+1 other taxa) Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 8 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 6 Gadwall 10 American Wigeon 4 Blue-winged Teal 12 Cinnamon Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 20 Northern Pintail 5 Green-winged Teal (American) 7 Ring-necked Duck 16 Ruddy Duck 10 Plain Chachalaca 1 Least Grebe 3 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Snowy Egret 1 White Ibis 8 Turkey Vulture 10 Northern Harrier 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Zone-tailed Hawk 1 <a href=" http://www.flickr.com/photos/olivaceousj/11124289866/"; title="Zone-tailed Hawk by John Brush, on Flickr"><img src=" http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3781/11124289866_b4d8fc83f2.jpg"; alt="Zone-tailed Hawk" /></a> Sora 5 Common Gallinule 6 American Coot 45 Black-necked Stilt 3 American Avocet 14 Killdeer 6 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Stilt Sandpiper 50 Least Sandpiper 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 15 Wilson's Snipe 2 Inca Dove 2 Common Ground-Dove 1 White-tipped Dove 2 Barn Owl 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 1 Ringed Kingfisher 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Vermilion Flycatcher 2 Great Kiskadee 5 Tropical Kingbird 5 Couch's Kingbird 1 White-eyed Vireo 2 Green Jay 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Cave Swallow 12 Black-crested Titmouse 2 House Wren 4 Marsh Wren 1 Carolina Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Northern Mockingbird 4 Orange-crowned Warbler 6 Common Yellowthroat 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Olive Sparrow 3 Savannah Sparrow 7 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 12 Great-tailed Grackle X Lesser Goldfinch 2 House Sparrow 40 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15800668 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