[texbirds] Red-naped Sapsucker continues at Bentsen SP
- From: Roy Rodriguez <Roy.Rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:32:39 +0000
Hi TexBirders,
The Red-naped Sapsucker continues at Bentsen-RGV State Park.
It is a male, seen Jan 6, 8 & 9. Look for it around Green Jay Blind or feeder
station #6.
The birdiest spots have been the Nature Center, Green Jay Blind, Kingfisher
Overlook and the re-veg area near the Admin Bldg.
Other birds of interest being seen include: Gray Hawk, Green & Ringed
Kingfishers, Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, Couch's Kingbird & Clay-colored
Thrush.
Jan 8 Bird Walk list:
Species
Count
Greater White-fronted Goose
3
Mottled Duck
8
Blue-winged Teal
2
Plain Chachalaca
63
Northern Bobwhite
3
Pied-billed Grebe
1
Neotropic Cormorant
2
American White Pelican
1
Great Blue Heron
2
Great Egret
4
Snowy Egret
2
Green Heron
1
Black Vulture
2
Turkey Vulture
17
White-tailed Kite
2
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1
Accipiter sp.
1
Red-shouldered Hawk
2
Gray Hawk
1
Red-tailed Hawk
1
American Avocet
3
Killdeer
2
Spotted Sandpiper
1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
21
White-winged Dove
2
Mourning Dove
9
Inca Dove
12
Common Ground-Dove
6
White-tipped Dove
10
Greater Roadrunner
1
Eastern Screech-Owl
1
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
1
Ringed Kingfisher
1
Belted Kingfisher
1
Green Kingfisher
1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
6
Red-naped Sapsucker
1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
3
Crested Caracara
2
American Kestrel
1
Peregrine Falcon
1
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
1
Black Phoebe
2
Eastern Phoebe
1
Vermilion Flycatcher
1
Great Kiskadee
12
Couch's Kingbird
1
Loggerhead Shrike
1
White-eyed Vireo
1
Green Jay
22
Tree Swallow
5
Cave Swallow
25
swallow sp.
10
Black-crested Titmouse
5
Verdin
1
House Wren
3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4
Clay-colored Thrush
2
Curve-billed Thrasher
1
Long-billed Thrasher
3
Northern Mockingbird
8
Orange-crowned Warbler
4
Common Yellowthroat
1
Yellow-rumped Warbler
8
Olive Sparrow
1
Savannah Sparrow
1
Lincoln's Sparrow
2
Northern Cardinal
11
Red-winged Blackbird
80
Great-tailed Grackle
20
Brown-headed Cowbird
2
Altamira Oriole
2
Lesser Goldfinch
2
House Sparrow
35
January 2014 Interpretive Programs for all ages.
Bird Walk 8:30-10:30am Sundays
Nature Walk 2-3pm Mondays
Bird Walk 8:30-10:30am Wednesdays
Dragonfly Walk 2-4pm Thursdays
Beginners Bird Walk 8:30-10:30am Fridays
Creatures of the Night 6-8pm Saturdays
Good Birding,
Roy
Roy J Rodriguez
Park Naturalist
World Birding Center
Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park
2800 South Bentsen Palm Drive
Mission, TX 78572
Roy.Rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Roy.Rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Telephone (956) 584-9156 Ext 234
Fax (956) 584-9126
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