Another beautiful day of birding on the refuge. Best birds of the day and new for this year's tour list were Yellow-throated Warbler and both male and female Vermilion Flycatcher. Cassin's Sparrows are singing and skylarking. Cactus Wren are nesting. The tour season is winding down. Call for information and reservations. 956-748-3607x119 Laguna Atascosa NWR (LTC 024), Cameron, US-TX Mar 15, 2014 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: eBird Trail Tracker Comments: Bahia Grande Unit 49 species Blue-winged Teal 35 Redhead 20 Lesser Scaup 15 Northern Bobwhite 13 Double-crested Cormorant 12 American White Pelican 20 Brown Pelican 5 Great Blue Heron 11 Great Egret 5 Little Blue Heron 1 Tricolored Heron 4 Reddish Egret 5 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 3 Harris's Hawk 3 White-tailed Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Willet 30 Long-billed Curlew 2 Sanderling 4 Laughing Gull 45 Royal Tern 10 Greater Roadrunner 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Crested Caracara 1 American Kestrel 1 Vermilion Flycatcher 2 White-eyed Vireo 6 Horned Lark 9 Verdin 2 Cactus Wren 1 Curve-billed Thrasher 8 Long-billed Thrasher 2 Northern Mockingbird 22 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 55 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Olive Sparrow 2 Cassin's Sparrow 12 Chipping Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 25 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 38 Eastern Meadowlark 23 -- 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