Good afternoon Texbirders, Below is the list of birds seen on this morning's Santa Ana Bird Walk. Come join us every morning at 8:30am for our guided bird walk (through the end of the month) and don't forget our daily Hawk watch from 8am to 1pm (until April 15). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:10 PM Subject: eBird Report - Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Mar 20, 2013 To: jennifer_owenwhite@xxxxxxx Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, US-TX Mar 20, 2013 8:30 AM - 11:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: Windy overcast day. Difficult viewing 44 species Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 Gadwall 1 American Wigeon 1 Blue-winged Teal 1 Cinnamon Teal 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Northern Pintail 1 Hooded Merganser 1 Spotted by several viewers on the morning bird walk at Willow Lakes no 3 about 10 am. Confirmed with Ibird field guide. Brown with "bad hair" crest on head. Grayish back and no white on crest. Plain Chachalaca 1 Least Grebe 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 White-faced Ibis 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Harris's Hawk 1 Swainson's Hawk 1 American Coot 1 Black-necked Stilt 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Least Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Crested Caracara 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Vermilion Flycatcher 1 Great Kiskadee 1 Couch's Kingbird 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 Green Jay 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Purple Martin 1 Tree Swallow 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 Long-billed Thrasher 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Olive Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Great-tailed Grackle 1 Altamira Oriole 1 House Sparrow 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13460557 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- *Jennifer Owen-White* Refuge Manager - Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Service Manager - South Texas Refuge Complex 3325 Green Jay Rd Alamo, Texas 78516 --------------------------- office: 956-784-7541 cell: 956-357-1222 fax: 956-787-8338 www.fws.gov/refuge/santa_ana Like Santa Ana on Facebook!<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Santa-Ana-National-Wildlife-Refuge/170238683043294?ref=hl> 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