[texbirds] McAllen Nature Center birding, Hidalgo Co.

From: Javier Gonzalez <javsterkayak7@xxxxxxxxx>
To: texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:10:51 -0500
Hello, Texbirders
Did some birding this crisp morning at the McAllen Nature Center and had a
great time! The park offers some nice open areas and a lengthy trail of
mature native habitat. Lots of good birds out there with a mix of RGV
specialties and migrants with 6 warbler species seen.

Current temporary seasonal hours: Sat.-Sun. from 8:00am-12:00pm. Really
worth checking out!

It's really lush in there after all these rains we've been getting. If you
plan to go soon it's best to take some rain boots and some bug spray.

This is an underbirded park with lots of potential, it could use some more
ebird lists and great bird finds!

Great birding to all,

Javi Gonzalez, San Juan TX


Here's my list.

McAllen Nature Center (LTC 065), Hidalgo, US-TX
Sep 14, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     First cold front of the season. Really nice fresh weather
with overcast skies.
50 species (+3 other taxa)

Plain Chachalaca  5
Great Blue Heron  1
Snowy Egret  1
Green Heron  1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Harris's Hawk  1
Inca Dove  1
Common Ground-Dove  5
White-tipped Dove  3
White-winged Dove  15
Mourning Dove  7
Groove-billed Ani  3
Common Pauraque  3
Chimney Swift  8
Ringed Kingfisher  1     On canal pipe
Green Kingfisher  1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker  8
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Willow Flycatcher  1     seen and heard giving "wit" call
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Brown-crested Flycatcher  2
Great Kiskadee  4
Tropical Kingbird  1     HO
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
White-eyed Vireo  3
Green Jay  2
Bank Swallow  2
Cave Swallow  8
swallow sp.  20
Cactus Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Clay-colored Thrush  5     Quite a few in different parts of the park
Curve-billed Thrasher  4
Long-billed Thrasher  3
Northern Mockingbird  12
European Starling  4
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Mourning Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  4
Canada Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  3
Yellow-breasted Chat  4
Olive Sparrow  5
Northern Cardinal  4
Dickcissel  2
Great-tailed Grackle  10
Baltimore Oriole  8
Lesser Goldfinch  10
House Sparrow  3

View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19829133


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