We had a great bird walk this morning at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. I was joined by 7 birders birding Willow, Pintail and Cattail Lakes. We saw 73 species, highlighted by the male Mallard, 1 Gray Hawk, 1 Eared Grebe, 1 Merlin and a "tower" of 15 White-tailed Hawks. The sight of the White-tailed Hawks near Pintail Lakes was amazing with many adults. Happy birding everyone. And I will be leading bird walks Friday and Saturday morning at 8:30. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 20 Gadwall 20 American Wigeon 20 Mallard 1 Mottled Duck 15 Blue-winged Teal 20 Cinnamon Teal 3 Northern Shoveler 50 Northern Pintail 45 Green-winged Teal 50 Redhead 1 Ring-necked Duck 1 Lesser Scaup 10 Ruddy Duck 10 Plain Chachalaca 4 Least Grebe 20 Pied-billed Grebe 15 Eared Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 1 White-faced Ibis 9 Turkey Vulture 10 Northern Harrier 1 Harris's Hawk 7 White-tailed Hawk 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Gray Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Common Gallinule 2 American Coot 125 Black-necked Stilt 30 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 15 Least Sandpiper 20 Long-billed Dowitcher 10 Wilson's Snipe 5 Mourning Dove 6 Inca Dove 6 Belted Kingfisher 2 Green Kingfisher 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 15 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 20 American Kestrel 7 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Green Parakeet 7 Eastern Phoebe 8 Vermilion Flycatcher 4 Great Kiskadee 27 Loggerhead Shrike 2 White-eyed Vireo 8 Green Jay 7 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 Black-crested Titmouse 10 House Wren 2 Marsh Wren 5 Bewick's Wren 1 Carolina Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10 Northern Mockingbird 3 Long-billed Thrasher 15 European Starling 10 Orange-crowned Warbler 4 Olive Sparrow 5 Savannah Sparrow 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 25 Eastern Meadowlark 3 Great-tailed Grackle 1 American Goldfinch 30 House Sparrow 10 Sunny Phillips Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge 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