[texbirds] Fwd: eBird Report - Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Feb 13, 2015

From: Tim Brush <txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx>
To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:17:08 -0600
Did a little scouting at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge this
morning--nice to get out, and happy to hear lots of singing, plus Sprague's
Pipit.
Regards and good birding,
Tim Brush
Edinburg, TX

Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, US-TX
Feb 13, 2015 8:35 AM - 10:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments:     partly sunny and mild--checked Willow and Pintail Lakes and
adjoining areas--equipment working at Pintail to improve water
access--water flowing into north-central section as of now
51 species (+1 other taxa)

Gadwall  4
Mottled Duck  2     Pintail
Northern Shoveler  6
Green-winged Teal  16
Plain Chachalaca  4
Least Grebe  1
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Great Blue Heron  1     river
White-faced Ibis  1     Willow--assume this species based on overall
abundance
Turkey Vulture  5
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Harris's Hawk  2
Grey Hawk  1     calling along river south of Pintail
Common Gallinule  2
American Coot  5
Black-necked Stilt  3
Greater Yellowlegs  6
Rock Dove (Domestic type)  4     flyovers
White-tipped Dove  2
Mourning Dove  4
Green Kingfisher  1     heard at Willow
Golden-fronted Woodpecker  7
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  3
American Kestrel  1     Pintail
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet  1     heard pier-calls at Willow
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Kiskadee  12
White-eyed Vireo  8     all unseen singing males
Green Jay  10
swallow sp.  5
Black-crested Titmouse  4
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  6     4 singing males and 2 females duetting with them
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5     one hawking tiny gnats near tree tower
Long-billed Thrasher  6     4 singing, 2 calling
Northern Mockingbird  3
Sprague's Pipit  1     flushed from grassy western section of
Pintail-classic Sprague's flight, though not very high before dropping back
down
Orange-crowned Warbler  6
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Olive Sparrow  3     all singing
Savannah Sparrow  2     in grassy section of Pintail
Lincoln's Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  6     4 singing males, seen and heard
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  50     mostly vis. ctr. feeding station
Great-tailed Grackle  4
Altamira Oriole  2     pair around tree tower parking lot
Lesser Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  12     vis. ctr. feeding station

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