[texbirds] Santa Ana Daily Bird Walk, January 15, 2013

  • From: Tiffany Kersten <tiffanykersten@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:32:40 -0600

A couple from Wisconsin joined me for the bird walk this morning.
Highlights were a resighting of the Wilson's Phalarope, this time on
Pintail 6 instead of Pintail 3, and a redhead on Pintail 2, which is
somewhat uncommon at Santa Ana, even though 80% of the world's
population winters in the Laguna Madre. A white-tailed hawk greeted us
above Pintail Lake and a Gray Hawk was perched in a tree in Mexico.
Two altimira orioles came in to the feeders today.

The last three evenings, there has been a gray hawk in the parking lot
around 4:30 - 5:30 pm. Last night, there were two, calling incessantly
and flying from perch to perch. Might not be 100% reliable, but worth
a shot if anyone is looking for an easy gray hawk.

Santa Ana NWR- Pintail Lakes Trail, Hidalgo, US-TX
Jan 15, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
49 species

Gadwall  20
American Wigeon  10
Mottled Duck  10
Blue-winged Teal  5
Cinnamon Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  25
Northern Pintail  15
Green-winged Teal  10
Redhead  1     on Pintail 2
Ring-necked Duck  4
Bufflehead  1     on Pintail 2
Ruddy Duck  6
Least Grebe  9
Pied-billed Grebe  14
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  1
White Ibis  2
White-faced Ibis  25
Northern Harrier  2
Harris's Hawk  5
White-tailed Hawk  1
Gray Hawk  1
American Coot  60
Black-necked Stilt  25
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Long-billed Dowitcher  1
Wilson's Phalarope  1     continuing bird, on Pintail 6 today but
often on Pintail 3
Inca Dove  2
White-tipped Dove  1      at feeders
Belted Kingfisher  2
Golden-fronted Woodpecker  3
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  2
Crested Caracara  1
Great Kiskadee  7
Green Jay  5
Black-crested Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
European Starling  15
Orange-crowned Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)  2
Olive Sparrow  6
Savannah Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  3
Red-winged Blackbird  50
Altamira Oriole  2     1-2  have been coming to the main feeders
daily; we feed between 8 - 8:30 am
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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