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 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