John and I walked around the Willow Lakes trail and adjacent areas at Santa Ana
Refuge this morning. Highlights were Hook-billed Kite, several tyrannulets and
Altamira Orioles, plus plenty of other birds!
Regards,
Tim Brush
Edinburg, TX
Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, Texas, US Apr 13, 2017 7:46 AM - 11:06 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.75 mile(s)
57 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 6
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 1
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 1
Blue-winged Teal 12
Plain Chachalaca 25
Least Grebe 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Turkey Vulture 10
Hook-billed Kite 1 Really great looks at slatey bird. Broad paddle wings.
Barred gray below. Even got to see nicely hooked bill. Will attach doc shot.
Harris's Hawk 2
Grey Hawk 2 From Hawk Tower
Broad-winged Hawk 150
Swainson's Hawk 7
Sora 1
American Coot 11
Long-billed Dowitcher 3
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Inca Dove 1 heard calling around the Hawk Tower
Common Ground-Dove 1
White-tipped Dove 20
White-winged Dove 40
Mourning Dove 17
Chuck-will's-widow 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 18
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 7
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 5 Brown-crested Flycatcher 7
Great Kiskadee 9 One carried spanish moss as nesting material.
Tropical Kingbird 2
Couch's Kingbird 21
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 3
Green Jay 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 3
Cave Swallow 1
Black-crested Titmouse 7
Verdin 1
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 6
Clay-colored Thrush 4
Long-billed Thrasher 5
Northern Mockingbird 8
Common Yellowthroat 4
Olive Sparrow 18
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 5
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1
Great-tailed Grackle 11
Bronzed Cowbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Altamira Oriole 7
Lesser Goldfinch 2
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