Hi, all! Didn't get to traverse the whole road due to a huge mesquite that was blocking the way, but it was a pleasant morning out, highlights being the return of cuckoos and anis (even had a Roadrunner), a few lingering Broad-winged Hawk and Shoveler, and my first Olive-sided Flycatcher of the year! All the regulars were around, but aside from the OSFL and BWHAs, no migrants to speak of. Since I finished up early I took a swing around Chachalaca Trail; water in Willow Lakes, but few birds (that's where the Shoveler was). Ebird list: Santa Ana NWR (LTC 059), Hidalgo, US-TX May 11, 2014 6:34 AM - 11:06 AM Protocol: Traveling 11.0 mile(s) Comments: Back road survey; 74 - 85 degrees, overcast to mostly cloudy, slight breeze to windy. 47 species Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 8 Blue-winged Teal 4 Northern Shoveler 1 Plain Chachalaca 31 Snowy Egret 1 Green Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 4 Broad-winged Hawk 5 Gray Hawk 3 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 White-winged Dove 254 Mourning Dove 12 Inca Dove 3 Common Ground-Dove 3 White-tipped Dove 14 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10 Greater Roadrunner 1 Groove-billed Ani 3 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 22 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 7 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Brown-crested Flycatcher 8 Great Kiskadee 5 Tropical Kingbird 2 Couch's Kingbird 17 White-eyed Vireo 6 Green Jay 4 Black-crested Titmouse 12 Verdin 1 Carolina Wren 9 Bewick's Wren 2 Clay-colored Thrush 5 Long-billed Thrasher 12 Northern Mockingbird 13 Common Yellowthroat 3 Olive Sparrow 25 Northern Cardinal 12 Red-winged Blackbird 15 Great-tailed Grackle 8 Bronzed Cowbird 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 Hooded Oriole 1 Altamira Oriole 1 Lesser Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow 3 Mary Beth Stowe McAllen, TX _www.miriameaglemon.com_ (http://www.miriameaglemon.com/) 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