Howling winds kept the smaller birds hidden in the brush, but the Laguna was covered with coots, ducks, and grebe. Highlights included a Green Heron at water crossing #1 while the Vermilion Flycatcher continues on lute's Camp Road. Tours are beginning to fill up so call for reservations. 956-748-3607 X111. Tours Thursday - Monday 8:30 - 12, Friday at 1 PM alternating between Bahia Grande and Laguna Atascosa. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 4:51 PM Subject: eBird Report - Laguna Atascosa Birding Van Tour, Feb 20, 2015 To: dkelly163@xxxxxxxxx Laguna Atascosa Birding Van Tour, Cameron, US-TX Feb 20, 2015 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 14.0 mile(s) Comments: wind 30 mph with gusts even higher 44 species Gadwall 14 Blue-winged Teal 27 Northern Shoveler 59 Lesser Scaup 2 Ruddy Duck 75 Northern Bobwhite 4 Pied-billed Grebe 46 Double-crested Cormorant 6 American White Pelican 11 Great Egret 13 Snowy Egret 3 Little Blue Heron 4 Green Heron 1 Roseate Spoonbill 6 Turkey Vulture 9 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 2 Harris's Hawk 3 White-tailed Hawk 2 American Coot 500 Sandhill Crane 22 Killdeer 1 Long-billed Curlew 22 Wilson's Snipe 2 Ring-billed Gull 1 Forster's Tern 4 Common Ground-Dove 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Crested Caracara 4 American Kestrel 4 Eastern Phoebe 1 Vermilion Flycatcher 1 Great Kiskadee 2 Couch's Kingbird 4 Loggerhead Shrike 1 White-eyed Vireo 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Tree Swallow 12 Curve-billed Thrasher 1 Northern Mockingbird 22 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Savannah Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 39 Eastern Meadowlark 6 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22009557 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Donna and Alvin Kelly RV Volunteers Home is where you park it! Currently Laguna Atascosa NWR 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