Greetings Texbirders, A lovely last day of February for birding around the Laguna Atascosa. Despite the wind, we still managed lots of waterfowl and shorebirds, although the songbirds were hunkered down. Best bird(s) of the day were the groups of Long Billed Curlews..groups small, groups large, groups in the grass, and singles strolling across the road...too funny... Join us for a birding tour during this *migration* season! Cary Atwood& Leon Thurmon Birding Volunteers Laguna Atascosa NWR Laguna Atascosa NWR (LTC 024), Cameron, US-TX Feb 28, 2014 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM Protocol: eBird Trail Tracker Comments: Laguna Atascosa Birding Tour 53 species Snow Goose 31 Gadwall 31 American Wigeon 15 Mottled Duck 2 Blue-winged Teal 50 Northern Shoveler 185 Northern Pintail 52 Green-winged Teal 55 Redhead 106 Lesser Scaup 22 Bufflehead 12 Ruddy Duck 22 Pied-billed Grebe 5 Double-crested Cormorant 6 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 9 Little Blue Heron 17 Reddish Egret 3 White Ibis 48 White-faced Ibis 1 Black Vulture 3 Turkey Vulture 19 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 3 Harris's Hawk 2 White-tailed Hawk 5 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 257 Sandhill Crane 33 Black-necked Stilt 2 American Avocet 1 Killdeer 4 Greater Yellowlegs 10 Long-billed Curlew 50 Marbled Godwit 3 Long-billed Dowitcher 70 Gull-billed Tern 10 Common Ground-Dove 1 Greater Roadrunner 1 Crested Caracara 7 American Kestrel 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Couch's Kingbird 2 Loggerhead Shrike 3 White-eyed Vireo 1 Green Jay 1 Horned Lark 5 Northern Mockingbird 6 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Savannah Sparrow 15 Red-winged Blackbird 16 Eastern Meadowlark 20 Great-tailed Grackle 26 -- www.friendsofsouthtexasrefuges.org 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