What a difference a day makes. No fog today, but birds were harder to find. We finished the tour with 51 species, the highlight being a Blue-headed Vireo. We don't usually find this species this far away from the visitor center. Tours are filling up quickly. Call for information and reservations. 956-748-3607x119 Laguna Atascosa NWR (LTC 024), Cameron, US-TX Feb 16, 2014 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: eBird Trail Tracker Comments: Laguna Atascosa Unit 51 species Gadwall 23 American Wigeon 23 Mottled Duck 2 Northern Shoveler 78 Northern Pintail 13 Green-winged Teal 35 Redhead 47 Ring-necked Duck 2 Lesser Scaup 3 Bufflehead 5 Ruddy Duck 37 Pied-billed Grebe 6 Double-crested Cormorant 8 Anhinga 1 Great Blue Heron 3 Great Egret 2 Little Blue Heron 5 White Ibis 11 Black Vulture 4 Turkey Vulture 36 Osprey 2 White-tailed Kite 1 Northern Harrier 7 Harris's Hawk 1 White-tailed Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Common Gallinule 1 American Coot 728 Sandhill Crane 4 Black-necked Stilt 35 Killdeer 2 Long-billed Curlew 21 Long-billed Dowitcher 7 Forster's Tern 3 Horned Lark 6 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 Crested Caracara 7 American Kestrel 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 White-eyed Vireo 2 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Long-billed Thrasher 1 Northern Mockingbird 20 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 17 Olive Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 6 Northern Cardinal 1 Eastern Meadowlark 24 Great-tailed Grackle 17 -- Donna and Alvin Kelly Volunteer Birding Tour Leaders Home is where you park it! 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