Hi, all!
Internet's acting funky, so can't post pictures, but the Birder Patrol had a
very successful outing today, starting at the "Mountain Plover Fields" along
FM 1599 where we finally found some distant Mountain Plovers to the north, a
little further down the road than we got them Wednesday. The masses of
Sandhill Cranes almost upstaged the plovers, and a handful of geese flew
over as well! Continuing on, a tractor was plowing a field that was just
loaded with Caracaras and White-tailed Hawks of all ages! A very small pond
just after the road turns to dirt had a Snipe and a Vermilion Flycatcher as
special birds.
From there we headed to Osprey Overlook at Laguna Atascosa, and after
diligent searching Pat finally singled out the male Eurasian Wigeon! He
kept disappearing so not everyone got to see him, but she also pinned down a
couple of Canvasbacks and a female Bufflehead in the throng. When not
searching for the wigeon the group was entertained by the local Alligator
that seemed to be going after a Tricolored Heron. Back at the headquarters
we searched in vain for the Tropical Parula, but it HAD been seen by others
(the place was a zoo today between the happy families and happy hunters out
there :)). My list had 69 species for the day, but there were additional
things seen.
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
American Wigeon Anas americana
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Redhead Aythya americana
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret Ardea alba
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
American Coot Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
American Pipit Anthus rubescens
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
69 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com <http://www.miriameaglemon.com>
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