Two Swallow-tailed Kites were in the air this morning, one in the South Mexican Olive area, the other near Hunter's Lane a short time later, coming from a different direction. Park staff reported a kite in the Visitor Center area and this may be the second bird we saw. Both birds were not seen together. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5qnL4WoNN5lVkC9D9GbnCdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink All three kingfishers were seen together - from Yellowthroat Trail at the south resaca. Water in this area is quite a bit higher now so no sandpipers were seen. -- 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 http://www.facebook.com/resacadelapalma 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. *Learn how you can help Texas State Parks:* http://bit.ly/sVdilb 4.7 mile(s) 45 species (+1 other taxa) Plain Chachalaca 8 Least Grebe 1 Neotropic Cormorant 3 Green Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 White Ibis 9 Turkey Vulture 1 White-tailed Kite 2 Swallow-tailed Kite 2 Killdeer 7 White-winged Dove 43 Mourning Dove 4 Common Ground-Dove 3 White-tipped Dove 6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Groove-billed Ani 25 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 2 Ringed Kingfisher 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Green Kingfisher 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 Crested Caracara 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Acadian Flycatcher 2 Empidonax sp. 6 Alder/Willow Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Brown-crested Flycatcher 13 Great Kiskadee 9 Couch's Kingbird 8 White-eyed Vireo 5 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Green Jay 8 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5 Barn Swallow 35 Black-crested Titmouse 6 Carolina Wren 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Northern Mockingbird 4 Long-billed Thrasher 1 Olive Sparrow 7 Northern Cardinal 10 Red-winged Blackbird 20 Altamira Oriole 2 Lesser Goldfinch 6