A blustery day at Laguna Atascosa but still some marvelous viewing.
Highlight of the day was a King Rail and more Little Blue Herons than I've
ever seen together before. I actually think I under-counted them.
The wind kept most of the smaller birds down but the Sprague's Pipit was
still fairly easy to find although it stayed in the grassy edge more than
usual.
Bird tours continue through the month of March. Call for reservations 956
244-2019.
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Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 4:50 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Laguna Atascosa Birding Van Tour, Mar 7, 2016
To: dkelly163@xxxxxxxxx
Laguna Atascosa Birding Van Tour, Cameron, Texas, US
Mar 7, 2016 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
20.0 mile(s)
Comments: starting temp 72, ending temp 80, wind beginning 14 and
ending with 21 with gust to 33 mph
66 species (+1 other taxa)
Gadwall 2
Mottled Duck 8
Blue-winged Teal 11
Northern Shoveler 75
Northern Pintail 4
Green-winged Teal 2
Redhead 12
Ring-necked Duck 2
Bufflehead 2
Northern Bobwhite 6
Least Grebe 2
Pied-billed Grebe 62
Neotropic Cormorant 17
Double-crested Cormorant 34
American White Pelican 8
Great Blue Heron 7
Great Egret 15
Snowy Egret 8
Little Blue Heron 63 There were large flocks of Little Blue Heron in
numerous locations, both mature and juve. I have never seen so many at one
time. No doubt about the ID
Tricolored Heron 25
Reddish Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
White Ibis 80
White-faced Ibis 30
Roseate Spoonbill 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 9
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Harris's Hawk 1
White-tailed Hawk 1
King Rail 1 Large cinnamon brown rail with boldly contrasting dark and
broad white bars on flanks. Found in fresh water pond. Bird was visible for
5 minutes.
Black-necked Stilt 11
American Avocet 8
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Western Sandpiper 29
Long-billed Dowitcher 25
Wilson's Snipe 45
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
Gull-billed Tern 22
Caspian Tern 28
Forster's Tern 44
White-tipped Dove 1
Mourning Dove 15
Greater Roadrunner 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
Crested Caracara 2
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
White-eyed Vireo 3
Tree Swallow 1
swallow sp. 10
Carolina Wren 1
Cactus Wren 1
Long-billed Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 6
Sprague's Pipit 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 36
Eastern Meadowlark 23
Great-tailed Grackle 1
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Donna Kelly
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