Hi, all!
Just a quick report this time, as it's getting past my bedtime. J Pulling
up to the Oak Motte off Sand Dollar around Packery Channel, a lady informed
me she had a Lazuli Bunting among other things. Had a ton of Indigos there
(along with orioles of both flavors and hummers attacking the coral bean and
oranges), but ran into a young man who encouraged me to walk the length of
San Dollar to look for the Townsend's Warbler, and in the process the Lazuli
popped up in the yard with the feeders! The lighting wasn't the best, and I
thought it was a male at first, but the (lousy) pictures show it to be a
female, but you CAN make out the bold white wing bar. Ran into several
birders (including two who were working on getting over 100 for the day - I
told them they shouldn't have a problem J), and we perused the neighborhood;
the gentleman who owned the property where the Townsend's had been very
graciously invited us right into his yard while he worked on his homemade
slide! There was a report of an ani, and one of the guys did hear it, but
most of us couldn't refind it.
To back up, Port Aransas was pretty productive: the Gray-cheeked Thrush was
still at the Birding Center, and a very friendly male Northern Parula posed
for pictures! I had a late female Myrtle Warbler on the boardwalk, along
with a female Redhead (had the male yesterday). Port Road was a WONDERFUL
place for shorebirds, with tons of Wilson's Phalaropes, Stilt Sandpipers,
and peeps, including lots of White-rumped Sandpipers! (I thought I had a
Baird's, but the photo proved it to be a dull Whiterump.) Goodies at
Paradise Pond included an extremely friendly Swainson's Thrush, a
Philadelphia Vireo that made a lot of people happy J, Bay-breasted,
Magnolia, and Chestnut-sided Warblers. Charlie's Pasture was another great
place for shorebird photography, as well as for spoonbills and other waders.
And I discovered to my chagrin that Semipalmated Sandpipers aren't the only
peeps to make that little warble that I thought was unique to them: I
caught some Least Sandpipers doing the same thing. L
After the aforementioned Packery Channel I headed over to Padre Island; only
had enough time to cruise the "free access" beach, which nevertheless had
nice shorebirds and larids to shoot, including Piping Plover and mating
Gull-billed Terns. Bird List:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Redhead Aythya americana
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
White Ibis Eudocimus albus
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Sora Porzana carolina
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
American Coot Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Purple Martin Progne subis
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
Northern Parula Setophaga americana
Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
Dickcissel Spiza americana
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
113 SPECIES
SO FAR: 283 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
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