Ok, here are a few highlights from yesterdays bird count. I already posted about the Prairie Warbler which was the first I have ever seen out there. We also found 3 Nelson's Sparrows and 2 Seaside Sparrows but the really neat surprise was when we had 8 Clapper Rails all calling at the same time. It was quite interesting. We got one going and the rest ended up joining it. We had already found one where the Nelson's Sparrows hang out. as well as a Sora and Virginia Rail. Another thing I would like to point out is you will see I have 3 Mallards classified as domestic type and then 2 more I called wild. These last two birds acted wild but I have no way of knowing for sure. I grew up in Lakewood right next to the Nature Center and I know there have been domestic Mallards out there around Burnett Bay for many years. Link to Prairie Warbler and Nelson's Sparrow pictures. http://smu.gs/1APKpmw David Hanson Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area TOS Member Texas Master Naturalist FeatherFest 2015 Birding Program Leader _dhanson139@aol.com_ (mailto:dhanson139@xxxxxxx) 77 species total 5 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 41 Gadwall Anas strepera 19 American Wigeon Anas americana 2 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 3 Mallard (Domestic type) Anas platyrhynchos (Domestic type) 4 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula 32 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 4 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 3 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 7 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 1 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 9 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus 10 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus 37 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 16 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 2 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 9 Great Egret Ardea alba 4 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 53 White Ibis Eudocimus albus 6 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja 3 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 9 Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans all 9 individuals heard calling 1 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola 3 Sora Porzana carolina 23 American Coot Fulica americana 10 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 6 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 6 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 2 Willet Tringa semipalmata 32 Dunlin Calidris alpina 116 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 2 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 43 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 4 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 4 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 1 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 5 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia (Feral Pigeon) 13 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 9 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 2 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 2 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 1 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 1 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus 12 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 3 Purple Martin Progne subis 3 Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 3 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 1 Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 17 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 11 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula 1 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 13 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 109 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 106 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 3 Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata 2 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 1 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor 4 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 3 Nelson's Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni 2 Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus 2 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 1 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 12 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 2 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 8 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 14 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 18 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 2 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 10 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 40 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 4 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 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