[texbirds] Santa Ana NWR
- From: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 17:19:09 -0400 (EDT)
Hi, all,
Did a "back country" survey of Santa Ana this morning along the auto drive,
along with poking down a bit the Owl, Vireo, Jaguarundi, and Cattail Lakes
Trails. A flyover House Finch was probably the most "out of the ordinary"
thing, but a White-tailed Kite hunting for breakfast along the levee was
fun! The only migrants to speak of were singleton Yellow Warblers and
Least Flycatchers and a flyover Upland Sandpiper, but there were tons of Purple
Martins staging. Bird List follows:
Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, US-TX
Sep 2, 2012 7:10 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 mile(s)
Comments: Auto Tour Loop & short jaunts on trails along said loop
61 species (+4 other taxa)
Blue-winged Teal 2
Plain Chachalaca 23
Least Grebe 1
Neotropic Cormorant 1
Cattle Egret 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
White-faced Ibis 10
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 5
White-tailed Kite 1
Harris's Hawk 1
Gray Hawk 2
Common Gallinule 1
American Coot 3
Killdeer 3
Black-necked Stilt 1
Upland Sandpiper 1
White-winged Dove 168
Mourning Dove 40
Inca Dove 1
Common Ground-Dove 14
White-tipped Dove 14
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Groove-billed Ani 18
Eastern Screech-Owl 2
nighthawk sp. 1
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird 2
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 2
Ringed Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 16
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 11
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Brown-crested Flycatcher 9
Myiarchus sp. 1
Great Kiskadee 18
Tropical Kingbird 1
Couch's Kingbird 21
White-eyed Vireo 11
Green Jay 12
Purple Martin 51
Barn Swallow 1
Cave Swallow 5
Black-crested Titmouse 4
Verdin 2
Bewick's Wren 1
Carolina Wren 14
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Northern Mockingbird 15
Long-billed Thrasher 14
European Starling 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Olive Sparrow 12
Northern Cardinal 9
Dickcissel 1
Red-winged Blackbird 42
Great-tailed Grackle 3
Bronzed Cowbird 50
Orchard Oriole 2
Altamira Oriole 7
House Finch 1 Flyover; distinctive liquid flight note
Lesser Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 13
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
_www.miriameaglemon.com_ (http://www.miriameaglemon.com/)
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