Bentsen-RGV State Park Sunday Bird Walk March 3, 2013 Hello, The Red-naped Sapsucker continues at Bentsen-RGV State Park near the boat ramp "Wall Blind" (feeder #5). It has been working the Black Willow trees. Good news for birders - Thanks to the efforts of the USFWS, we now have water at the Hawk Tower Resaca which has already begun to attract ducks and shorebirds. The Bentsen-RGV State Park Hawk Watch is on and continues through April 30 from 9am to noon daily at the Hawk Tower. Hop on the 8:30 am Tram and join us at the Hawk Tower. No tram service on Mondays. New schedule for Bird Tours: Sundays & Wednesdays 8:30 to 10:30 am. Bird List 3-3-13 Species American Wigeon Mottled Duck Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Plain Chachalaca Neotropic Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Anhinga Great Egret Snowy Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Harris's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Gray Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Caspian Tern Forster's Tern White-winged Dove Mourning Dove Inca Dove White-tipped Dove Greater Roadrunner Eastern Screech-Owl Buff-bellied Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Golden-fronted Woodpecker Red-naped Sapsucker Ladder-backed Woodpecker Crested Caracara Merlin Black Phoebe Great Kiskadee Loggerhead Shrike White-eyed Vireo Green Jay Cave Swallow Black-crested Titmouse Verdin Ruby-crowned Kinglet Clay-colored Thrush Northern Mockingbird Long-billed Thrasher American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Olive Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle Altamira Oriole Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Cheers, Roy J Rodriguez Park Naturalist, World Birding Center Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park roy.rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:roy.rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (956) 584-9156 office, Ext. 234 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