Texbirders, a windy day did not stop 7 birders from joining us this morning and were rewarded by a flock of 5 GROOVE-BILLED ANI, still out at Pintail #5 in the dry grasses. They were vocalizing, as well. Other highlights included a fly-over GRAY HAWK, a singing but not seen NORTHERN- BEARDLESS TYRANNULET on the Chachalaca Trail, and CLAY-COLORED THRUSH at the south edge of Willow #2. See you tomorrow! Mark & Joanie Hubinger USFWS Volunteers Santa Ana NWR Alamo, Texas Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, US-TX Jan 10, 2014 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) Comments: morning bird walk 51 species Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 2 Mottled Duck 12 Blue-winged Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 25 Northern Pintail 4 Green-winged Teal 50 Plain Chachalaca 8 Least Grebe 1 Great Egret 1 Turkey Vulture 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Harris's Hawk 3 Gray Hawk 1 Black-necked Stilt 20 Greater Yellowlegs 6 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Least Sandpiper 15 Long-billed Dowitcher 4 Common Ground-Dove 2 White-tipped Dove 1 Groove-billed Ani 5 continuing birds seen at Pintail #5 (dry pond), vocalizing, photographed by several on our birdwalk Golden-fronted Woodpecker 4 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Crested Caracara 1 American Kestrel 1 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Kiskadee X Tropical Kingbird 1 White-eyed Vireo 2 Green Jay X Tree Swallow X Cave Swallow X Black-crested Titmouse X Carolina Wren 3 Bewick's Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Clay-colored Thrush 1 Northern Mockingbird 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 4 Nashville Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10 Olive Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Indigo Bunting 1 Red-winged Blackbird X American Goldfinch X House Sparrow X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16319267 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) 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