Another great day for birding on the refuge. Highlights included 50 Little Blue Heron, great views of the Sprague's Pipit and 1 lone Cattle Egret. We were able to compare Great Egret and Cattle Egret almost side by side. A good study of these two white egrets. The number of Dowitchers seem to increase daily. Tours are filling fast; call for reservations and information 956-748-3607x119 Tours Thursday through Monday. Visitor Center is closed Tuesday and Wednesday but the refuge is open with self check in station. Laguna Atascosa NWR (LTC 024), Cameron, US-TX Feb 23, 2014 8:15 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: eBird Trail Tracker Comments: West Lake and Gator Pond Roads 54 species American Wigeon 12 Mottled Duck 2 Blue-winged Teal 3 Northern Shoveler 350 Northern Pintail 10 Green-winged Teal 1 Redhead 10 Lesser Scaup 4 Bufflehead 12 Ruddy Duck 150 Northern Bobwhite 3 Wild Turkey 2 Pied-billed Grebe 5 Double-crested Cormorant 11 American White Pelican 12 Great Blue Heron 2 Great Egret 5 Snowy Egret 1 Little Blue Heron 50 Cattle Egret 1 White Ibis 16 Turkey Vulture 14 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 4 Harris's Hawk 1 White-tailed Hawk 5 Common Gallinule 1 American Coot 235 Sandhill Crane 2 Black-necked Stilt 5 Killdeer 6 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Long-billed Curlew 5 Long-billed Dowitcher 150 Mourning Dove 4 Greater Roadrunner 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 5 Crested Caracara 2 American Kestrel 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Couch's Kingbird 1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 White-eyed Vireo 4 Horned Lark 5 Verdin 2 Long-billed Thrasher 2 Northern Mockingbird 22 Sprague's Pipit 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 51 Savannah Sparrow 4 Red-winged Blackbird 29 Eastern Meadowlark 32 Great-tailed Grackle 15 -- 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