Good Morning Texbirders, We were joined by 7 others for the morning birdwalk, many looking for Groove-billed Ani, which we did not find...yet! A bit windy. However, it was a beautiful, sunny morning in the refuge. Some of our highlights included Gray Hawk, Stilt Sandpiper, and Clay-colored Thrush. We'll go out again at 1:00PM for a Nature Walk. Join Major & Mary for 8:30AM Birdwalks, Sunday through Tuesday. We return Thursday through Saturday for the same. Mark & Joanie Hubinger USFWS Volunteers Santa Ana NWR Alamo, Texas Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, US-TX Jan 4, 2014 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) Comments: morning birdwalk 55 species Mottled Duck 2 Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler X Northern Pintail 4 Green-winged Teal X Plain Chachalaca X Least Grebe 1 American White Pelican 25 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Gray Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Black-necked Stilt 12 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Stilt Sandpiper 2 Long-billed Dowitcher 15 Mourning Dove 2 Inca Dove 3 Common Ground-Dove 1 White-tipped Dove 1 Green Kingfisher 1 heard at Willow #1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 American Kestrel 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Kiskadee 4 Tropical Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 3 Green Jay 2 Tree Swallow 1 Cave Swallow X Black-crested Titmouse 2 Carolina Wren 3 Bewick's Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Clay-colored Thrush 1 Long-billed Thrasher 2 Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling X Orange-crowned Warbler 6 Common Yellowthroat 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 Olive Sparrow 3 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 3 Indigo Bunting 2 Red-winged Blackbird X Western Meadowlark 6 Great-tailed Grackle 2 American Goldfinch X House Sparrow X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16216445 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