[texbirds] Santa Ana Daily Bird Walk, February 14, 2013

  • From: Tiffany Kersten <tiffanykersten@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:36:43 -0600

Thirteen people from around the country and from the UK joined me for
today's bird walk. Highlights were an adult gray hawk circling over
Pintail Lake, and plain chachalacas running off the levee road towards
the feeding station and taking flight headed right for us at eye
level. It was a bit like walking back into the age of dinosaurs.

I had a wonderful three months here and met many incredible, friendly
people. Come visit Forsythe NWR if you ever find yourself in New
Jersey.

Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, US-TX
Feb 14, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
57 species (+1 other taxa)

Gadwall  40
American Wigeon  15
Mottled Duck  10
Blue-winged Teal  20
Cinnamon Teal  8
Northern Shoveler  50
Northern Pintail  30
Green-winged Teal  20
Redhead  2
Ring-necked Duck  8
Bufflehead  1
Ruddy Duck  15
Plain Chachalaca  3
Least Grebe  20
Pied-billed Grebe  10
Eared Grebe  1
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  6
Tricolored Heron  1
White-faced Ibis  14
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1
Harris's Hawk  2
Gray Hawk  1
American Coot  110
Killdeer  6
Black-necked Stilt  30
Greater Yellowlegs  15
Lesser Yellowlegs  25
Least Sandpiper  45
Long-billed Dowitcher  3
White-tipped Dove  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Green Kingfisher  1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker  4
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  2
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  4
Great Kiskadee  12
Loggerhead Shrike  1
White-eyed Vireo  5
Green Jay  4
Purple Martin  2
Black-crested Titmouse  7
Marsh Wren  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  1
American Pipit  3
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  5
Olive Sparrow  3
Savannah Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  200
Eastern/Western Meadowlark  4
Altamira Oriole  2
House Sparrow  20

Tiffany L. Kersten
Visitor Services Specialist
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
3325 Green Jay Road
Alamo, TX 78516
956-784-7500
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