[texbirds] Santa Ana & Wallace Road
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- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 16:01:57 -0400 (EDT)
Hi, all!
Couldn't get the key to the tank-stopping gate to work, so I opted to do
the hiking survey, which I haven't done for at least two years, and it was
great to get back on the trail again! Had a nice variety of waders,
including about a dozen Yellow-crowned Night Herons of all ages, as well as a
Green
Kingfisher on one of the smaller Pintail Lakes. Was surprised by the
detour along the river--apparently there was quite the cave-in! Clay-colored
Thrushes were relatively "out the yin yang" with a pair in the parking lot,
another couple of pairs along the Willow/Chachalaca Trails, and then
another pair closer to the "roundabout". Three different Beardless
Tyrannulets
called, and it was nice seeing Bank Swallows over the main lake. The most
unusual thing was a Red-shouldered Hawk yelling in the distance; they
should be long gone by now, but apparently I've logged them in the summer
before. Got dripped on a little--we need the rain!
It wasn't even 10:00 by the time I finished that, so headed on up to
Wallace Road just to do some road birding; best bird along this stretch was a
Swainson's Hawk. Blue Grosbeaks, Painted Buntings, and Dickcissels were all
nice summer-time birds, expected along this route. A low-flying Chimney
Swift was new for my Monte Cristo list. The wetlands were bone dry. :-(
Bird list for the morning:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Great Egret Ardea alba
Cattle Egret
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
White Ibis Eudocimus albus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Loggerhead Shrike
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
Dickcissel Spiza americana
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
69 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
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