[texbirds] South Padre Friday
- From: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 21:43:37 -0400 (EDT)
Hi, all!
After much hemming and hawing I decided to take another vacation day at the
last minute and head out to SPI after the last front, and while not as
phenomenal as last Friday, there were still plenty of birds underfoot,
delighting many! Many of the species from last week (Bobolink, Kentucky
Warbler,
Cerulean Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak) seemed to have disappeared, and
many that were out the yin yang last week (Ovenbirds, Hooded Warblers,
Painted Buntings) just had one or two representatives compared to the hordes of
last time. There were still good numbers of RT Hummers, Indigo Buntings,
Magnolia Warblers, Redstarts, Tennessee Warblers, and both orioles. But
highlights THIS time (for me) included very cooperative Worm-eating and
Blackburnian Warblers, male Cape May and Bay-breasted Warblers, a Least
Flycatcher, and the male Western Tanager coming in to worms that were being
offered! (The other warblers were chowing down on those as well...) It was
freezing cold out there first thing with a stiff north wind, but it warmed up
nicely. Out back there were hordes of Franklin's Gulls, along with a few
Black Terns that were FOS for me. The sapsucker is still hanging around (she
knows a good deal when she sees it ;-)) and the American Bittern was still
out on the boardwalk... When I first arrived I drove out on the beach and
was treated to a nice Peregrine!
Pictures will be posted later this weekend. Bird List:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
American Coot Fulica americana
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Sanderling Calidris alba
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
Northern Parula Setophaga americana
Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
Dickcissel Spiza americana
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
89 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
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