Hi, all!
Well, today was a little more productive, and we found Steve and Marion all
their targets! :-) Highlights included the continuing Rose-throated Becard,
Clay-colored Thrush, the Pauraque pair, and a White-tipped Dove (all at
Estero), McAllen Nature Center's Audubon's Oriole (and the leucistic
Cardinal), and Anzalduas' Sprague's Pipits! We spent the rest of the
afternoon chilling at Bentsen's feeders (but not before getting excited over
a "rare" butterfly that turned out to be an Orange Satyr Moth...)! A few
pics are on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
"Mexican" Duck Anas platyrhynchos diazi
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
American Coot Fulica americana
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
American Pipit Anthus rubescens
Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
74 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com <http://www.miriameaglemon.com>
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