Hi, all!
Birded Pipeline Road this morning in Starr County, then went up the road
that abuts the Yturrias Tract as far as I felt comfortable taking the car
(about three miles up); was cold and foggy but thankfully not raining!
Highlights by far were the sparrows: Green-tailed Towhee calling on
"Yturrias Road", along with some Spizella sparrows (I've posted one picture
as a quiz bird), several Vespers and Lark Sparrows, a few Lincoln's,
Cassin's, and Blackthroats, a couple of Whitecrowns, and tons of Savannas
(all along both roads). There were also tons of Brewer's Blackbirds along
Pipeline Road near a cattle ranch (along with tons of cowbirds and
Redwings), and EBird flagged the seven Long-billed Curlews I had along the
north end of Pipeline in the ag fields! Some pictures are on my Facebook
page:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List:
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
53 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com <http://www.miriameaglemon.com>
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