Hi, all!
Road-birded SR 186 along Sacahuistale Flats this morning; best birds were
two singing Audubon's Orioles about 5.5 miles east of FM 1420. Was a good
morning for raptors with my FOS Kestrel, plus an immature Red-shouldered
Hawk, and Botteri's Sparrows were still singing, albeit just the sputtering
part, leaving off the bouncing ball part. Tons of swallows going through!
Also checked out Laguna Point Rec Area; best bird there was a Common Tern.
Fred Stone had a nice selection of shorebirds and larids in the wetlands
beyond the fence, and the Nature Trail was Deer City. Was surprised that
the only waders were Great Blue Herons!
A few pics can be seen on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List:
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Sanderling Calidris alba
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Purple Martin Progne subis
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Dickcissel Spiza americana
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
74 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com <http://www.miriameaglemon.com>
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