We started out at 58 degrees with a light mist but still managed to tally 67 species. Our visitors today included a first time valley birder so everything was extra special to him. Birds were very vocal despite the intermittent drizzle and we wracked up several White-eyed Vireo and Orange-crowned Warbler. Yellow-rumps were feasting on myriads of tiny gnats. Swallows were too high for an accurate ID other than Purple Martin. Tours only continue through the end of March and beginning to fill up so call for reservations. 956-748-3607 X111. Tours Thursday - Monday 8:30 - 12, Friday at 1 PM alternating between Bahia Grande and Laguna Atascosa. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 1:39 PM Subject: eBird Trail Tracker Report - Laguna Atascosa NWR (LTC 024), Mar 8, 2015 To: dkelly163@xxxxxxxxx Laguna Atascosa NWR (LTC 024), Cameron, US-TX Mar 8, 2015 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: eBird Trail Tracker Comments: West Lake Road, intermittent drizzle 67 species Gadwall 12 Blue-winged Teal 14 Northern Shoveler 8 Northern Pintail 2 Bufflehead 3 Ruddy Duck 75 Northern Bobwhite 22 Pied-billed Grebe 23 Double-crested Cormorant 3 American White Pelican 2 Great Blue Heron 4 Great Egret 5 Snowy Egret 2 Tricolored Heron 11 Green Heron 1 White Ibis 16 White-faced Ibis 9 Turkey Vulture 3 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 1 Harris's Hawk 2 White-tailed Hawk 2 Sora 7 Common Gallinule 1 American Coot 350 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Long-billed Curlew 1 Gull-billed Tern 2 Caspian Tern 1 Forster's Tern 5 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Common Ground-Dove 6 White-tipped Dove 2 Mourning Dove 4 Greater Roadrunner 5 Belted Kingfisher 4 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 3 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 Crested Caracara 3 American Kestrel 3 Merlin 1 Aplomado Falcon 2 Eastern Phoebe 3 Vermilion Flycatcher 1 Great Kiskadee 2 Couch's Kingbird 2 Loggerhead Shrike 1 White-eyed Vireo 14 Green Jay 2 Purple Martin 45 Barn Swallow 10 Verdin 2 House Wren 2 Bewick's Wren 3 Cactus Wren 3 Curve-billed Thrasher 6 Long-billed Thrasher 7 Northern Mockingbird 53 Orange-crowned Warbler 11 Common Yellowthroat 7 Savannah Sparrow 7 Grasshopper Sparrow 3 Lincoln's Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 21 Red-winged Blackbird 55 Eastern Meadowlark 21 Great-tailed Grackle 7 -- Donna and Alvin Kelly RV Volunteers Home is where you park it! Currently Laguna Atascosa NWR 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