Hi Texbirders,
The air was filled with bird song today. There was a perpetual chorus of
Long-billed Thrashers, Olive Sparrows, White-tipped Doves, Altamira Orioles
... the list goes on. Many gave us looks as well. Four White-tailed Hawks
overhead at once was definitely a highlight, especially when two of them
engaged in a dramatic sky dance for several minutes. Two Merlin and our
first Monarch butterfly in a while rounded out the morning.
Guided walks leave from the Visitor Center at 8:30 am every day, through
March 24. HawkWatch begins March 15 and takes place on the levee near the
Visitor Center from 8am-1pm every day of the week for a month. Extra eyes
would be very helpful!
Steve and Laura Paulson
USFWS Volunteers
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
Alamo, Texas
Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, Texas, US
Mar 8, 2017 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.8 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly sunny, humid, 76-86 degrees.
56 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 9
Gadwall 15
Mottled Duck 8
Blue-winged Teal 25
Cinnamon Teal 1
Northern Shoveler 20
Green-winged Teal 1
Plain Chachalaca 1 heard only
Least Grebe 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Egret 3
Tricolored Heron 2
White Ibis 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Cooper's Hawk 2
Harris's Hawk 6
White-tailed Hawk 4
Gray Hawk 1 heard only, both at start and end of walk. Call coming
from trees between canal and ag field on east side of front entrance area.
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
American Coot 25
Black-necked Stilt 6
Killdeer 2
Long-billed Curlew 2 flying over Pintail
Inca Dove 2
White-tipped Dove 2 A couple of seen but basically we heard them
everywhere we were except in the open out at Pintail.
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2
Merlin 2
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 3 heard only
Eastern Phoebe 2
Vermilion Flycatcher 1
Great Kiskadee 6
Couch's Kingbird 3
White-eyed Vireo 6 heard all over, eyes on at least one
Green Jay 4
Black-crested Titmouse 3
Verdin 2 heard only
Marsh Wren 1 heard only
Carolina Wren 1 plus more calling
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Clay-colored Thrush 1
Long-billed Thrasher 7
European Starling 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 6 one seen, others calling all over
Olive Sparrow 6 A few seen but they were singing everywhere today.
Savannah Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 4 A couple seen but more were singing.
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Eastern Meadowlark 4
Great-tailed Grackle 6
Altamira Oriole 6
House Sparrow 1
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