[texbirds] Fwd: eBird Report - Salineño (LTC 080), Sep 1, 2014

From: Tim Brush <txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx>
To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 08:44:41 -0500
For Labor Day, John and I decided to head upriver to check out Salineno and
nearby spots, to see what was around. We were happy to have Stephanie
Galla, Tiffany Kersten, and Javi Gonzalez join us. We didn't see the
hope-for Red-billed Pigeon or Muscovy Duck, but we did see a Wood Duck
flying down-river (regional rarity, especially in the summer). We had a
3-oriole morning, despite missing Baltimore and Orchard (migrants often
seen in the area). Interesting to see an Audubon's Oriole molting its
tail--had a "fork-tailed" look, with older outer tail-feathers and new,
shorter inner tail-feathers growing in).
Below is the list from Salineno; along FM 2098 we also saw a pair of
American Kestrels (again, a regional rarity in summer). 2098 is the road
that leads from US 83 toward Falcon Dam and Falcon State Park, of course
plenty will come in over the next few months to make the species a common
wintering bird.

We heard Black-tailed Gnatcatchers in the thorn-scrub at Starr County Park,
but saw only Blue-gray there.

Falcon State Park was quiet in the mid-day heat, but we got a few "new"
species at the Roma Bluffs observation platform on the way home.

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Date: Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 7:07 PM
Subject: eBird Report - SalineÃ±o (LTC 080), Sep 1, 2014
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SalineÃ±o (LTC 080), Starr, US-TX
Sep 1, 2014 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
Comments:     sunny and warm, water high--with John Brush, Tiffany Kersten,
Javi Gonzalez and Steffany Galla--watched from river parking area and
walked up trail to spot near cypress
41 species (+1 other taxa)

Wood Duck  1     eclipse (non-breeding) male flying downstream
Plain Chachalaca  2
Neotropic Cormorant  4
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Tricolored Heron  1     first-year plumage
Green Heron  1
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  12
Osprey  2
Spotted Sandpiper  3     flying tight flock, calling
Least Sandpiper  5
Laughing Gull  2
Common Ground-Dove  1
White-winged Dove  120
Mourning Dove  6
Ringed Kingfisher  1
Green Kingfisher  2
Golden-fronted Woodpecker  3
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  1
Crested Caracara  1
Brown-crested Flycatcher  2
Great Kiskadee  2
Couch's Kingbird  5
White-eyed Vireo  1
Green Jay  2
Bank Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  30
Cave Swallow  5
Cliff/Cave Swallow  10
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher  2
Long-billed Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  5
Yellow Warbler  3
Olive Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  2
Great-tailed Grackle  12
Hooded Oriole  2     adult male plus probable female--on upstream island
Bullock's Oriole  3
Altamira Oriole  1
Audubon's Oriole  3     one pair plus one heard only
House Sparrow  4

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