Today is my last day at Santa Ana and my last TexBird post for the year. In addition to seeing 81 species of birds today, we saw 4 Javelinas. Bird watching walks will continue daily at Santa Ana leaving the visitor's center at 8:30 a.m. I have enjoyed birding in the valley and sharing the birds seen at Santa Ana with all of you. Thanks to all of you for making my birding an adventure here at Santa Ana. Happy Birding! Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo, US-TX Dec 18, 2012 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 10.0 mile(s) 81 species Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 10 Gadwall 20 American Wigeon 20 Mallard 6 Mottled Duck 5 Blue-winged Teal 5 Cinnamon Teal 3 Northern Shoveler 57 Northern Pintail 60 Green-winged Teal 30 Canvasback 3 Redhead 2 Ring-necked Duck 4 Lesser Scaup 4 Bufflehead 3 Hooded Merganser 7 Ruddy Duck 8 Plain Chachalaca 14 Least Grebe 16 Pied-billed Grebe 15 Eared Grebe 1 Neotropic Cormorant 3 Anhinga 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 1 Snowy Egret 2 White-faced Ibis 17 Turkey Vulture 4 Northern Harrier 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Harris's Hawk 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 Gray Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Common Gallinule 4 American Coot 200 Killdeer 2 Black-necked Stilt 30 Spotted Sandpiper 4 Greater Yellowlegs 23 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Least Sandpiper 30 Long-billed Dowitcher 10 Wilson's Snipe 8 Inca Dove 5 White-tipped Dove 7 Greater Roadrunner 1 Great Horned Owl 1 Common Pauraque 1 Ringed Kingfisher 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 12 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 14 American Kestrel 4 Eastern Phoebe 7 Vermilion Flycatcher 5 Great Kiskadee 23 Couch's Kingbird 1 Loggerhead Shrike 2 White-eyed Vireo 10 Green Jay 7 Black-crested Titmouse 2 Marsh Wren 6 Carolina Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Northern Mockingbird 2 Long-billed Thrasher 4 European Starling 6 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 14 Olive Sparrow 4 Savannah Sparrow 4 Northern Cardinal 3 Red-winged Blackbird 45 Eastern Meadowlark 4 Altamira Oriole 4 American Goldfinch 10 House Sparrow 10 Sunny Phillips, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Final Posting 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