Hi, all!
Took visiting birders Wendy and Gordon around yesterday (much nicer than
Saturday); the full trip report with some photos is on Alamo Inn's blog
site:
http://alamoinn1.blogspot.com/
Highlights include the continuing Jacana at Willow Lakes, flyover Sandhill
Cranes on the Pintail Lakes Trail, and THREE Pauraques at Estero right out
in the open! Bird List:
Gadwall Anas strepera
American Wigeon Anas americana
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
Redhead Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Egret Ardea alba
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
White Ibis Eudocimus albus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Sora Porzana carolina
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
American Coot Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
American Pipit Anthus rubescens
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
82 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com
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