[texbirds] Resaca de la Palma State Park - 5 Vireos, 10 Warblers & eBird List

From: Sherry Wilson <rollingsoles@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:19:01 -0600
Wednesday was a great day to be outdoors, so although the Visitor Center
was closed we headed out in the morning with some visitors from Katy.  This
was primarily a photo outing so we didn't take a scope for viewing
distant sandpipers.  Dick (husband) and I continued birding the parking
islands and Visitor Center in the afternoon and the list includes these
sightings.

Many warblers were around and they were pretty cooperative.  We saw 10
species: Blackburnian (1, parking islands), Nashville (many), Yellow
(many), Black-throated Green (around the Visitor Center), Black-and-white
(many), Northern Waterthrush (south resaca), Hooded (south resaca),
Wilson's (many), Yellow-throated (1, parking island), and Yellow-breasted
Chat (2 bathing in the water feature, 2 south resaca).

Vireos seen:  White-eyed, Yellow-throated (parking islands), Blue-headed,
Warbling (parking islands), Red-eyed (south resaca).

Although many hummingbirds were around in the morning, by late afternoon
there were very few - the lowest numbers we've seen recently.

Note: The south end of the park will be closed to visitors this weekend and
next (dove hunt).  The Visitor Center is open and the tram will be running
- just not the complete tram loop.

-- 
Sherry Wilson
Resident Park Host
Resaca de la Palma State Park
1000 New Carmen Road
Brownsville, TX  78521
956-350-2920

Bird Walks every Saturday - 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Butterfly Walks every Sunday - 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Night Hikes every Friday (must RSVP by 5:00 p.m. Thurs)  - small fee
Nature Tram Rides - Thursday thru Sunday

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DIRECTIONS:  The main entrance to Resaca de la Palma State Park is located
on New Carmen Blvd. From Expressway 77/83, exit at Olmito, take FM 1732,
follow for 2.5 miles; turn left at New Carmen Road; follow for 1.5 miles;
shortly after the gravel hump in the road, turn left to enter the park.

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65 species (+2 other taxa)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  6     5 chicks
Mottled Duck  8
Blue-winged Teal  15
Plain Chachalaca  5
Least Grebe  5
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Wood Stork  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  7
Snowy Egret  12
White-faced Ibis  2
Roseate Spoonbill  1
Turkey Vulture  2
White-tailed Kite  2
Common Gallinule  1
Killdeer  1
Black-necked Stilt  6
American Avocet  2
peep sp.  25
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  20
White-winged Dove  6
Mourning Dove  6
Inca Dove  6
Common Ground-Dove  2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Groove-billed Ani  16
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  36
Rufous Hummingbird  1
Buff-bellied Hummingbird  1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker  3
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  1
Crested Caracara  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Least Flycatcher  2
Brown-crested Flycatcher  1
Great Kiskadee  4
Couch's Kingbird  4
Barn Swallow  4
Red-eyed Vireo  1
White-eyed Vireo  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Warbling Vireo  1
Green Jay  12
Black-crested Titmouse  4
Verdin  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  5
Northern Mockingbird  5
Long-billed Thrasher  1
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  8
Nashville Warbler  7
Hooded Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  15
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Yellow-throated Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  6
Yellow-breasted Chat  4
Northern Cardinal  7
Indigo Bunting  1
Painted Bunting  1
Olive Sparrow  1
Dickcissel  1
Red-winged Blackbird  40
Altamira Oriole  2
Baltimore Oriole  8
[texbirds] Resaca de la Palma State Park - 5 Vireos, 10 Warblers & eBird List

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