[texbirds] Santa Ana Daily Bird Walk, Jan 23, 2013

  • From: Tiffany Kersten <tiffanykersten@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:07:06 -0600

Seven people from around the country joined me today. We had both
green and ringed kingfisher at Pintail Lake, and the redhead
continues.

Bird walks are offered daily and leave the visitor center at 8:30 am.

Photos of bird walks are often posted on our Facebook page,
www.Facebook.com/SantaAnaNWR

Santa Ana NWR- Pintail Lakes Trail, Hidalgo, US-TX
Jan 23, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
55 species (+1 other taxa)

Gadwall  30
American Wigeon  5
Mottled Duck  7
Blue-winged Teal  6
Cinnamon Teal  7
Northern Shoveler  20
Northern Pintail  25
Green-winged Teal  15
Redhead  1
Ring-necked Duck  1
Lesser Scaup  7
Bufflehead  2
Least Grebe  4
Pied-billed Grebe  6
Neotropic Cormorant  4
White-faced Ibis  12
Harris's Hawk  6
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Coot  40
Killdeer  6
Black-necked Stilt  30
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  6
Lesser Yellowlegs  6
Least Sandpiper  4
Long-billed Dowitcher  3
Mourning Dove  2
White-tipped Dove  1
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird  1
Ringed Kingfisher  1     pintail lake 2
Green Kingfisher  1     pintail lake 2
Golden-fronted Woodpecker  5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1     on tram road shortly before towers
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  3
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Kiskadee  12
White-eyed Vireo  4
Green Jay  5
Tree Swallow  8
Cave Swallow  50
Black-crested Titmouse  6
Marsh Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  15
Orange-crowned Warbler  7
Common Yellowthroat  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  10
Olive Sparrow  8
Savannah Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  300
Altamira Oriole  2
House Sparrow  15

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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