[texbirds] South Padre Friday - Take Two
- From: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:01:56 -0400 (EDT)
Hi, gang~ Apparently this didn't go through the first time, so here we go
again!
Hi, all!
Just wanted to get a quick report out: Dan Jones is absolutely right in
that the Colleys and Zurovecs were troopers today! Robin had Kentucky
Warblers and Wood Thrushes practically feeding out of her hand! :-) It was a
FABULOUS day out there: many folks gave me the old "You shoulda been here
yesterday," but personally, I've NEVER experienced anything like what was out
there today! (And from what people were saying about the weather, today
was a MUCH better day for photography...) Still hundreds of birds with
orioles, grosbeaks, and buntings making like Christmas tree ornaments, and
friendly warblers and thrushes coming up to our feet! I've never seen so many
Hooded Warblers and Ovenbirds in my life!! Tennessees were all over the
place (Scarlet had oranges lined up along the walls and the orioles and
Tennessees were in the chow line), and both Summer and Scarlet Tanagers were at
point blank! A female Cerulean was also underfoot, and a Blackpoll,
Bay-breasted, and Blue-winged Warbler would make occasional appearances. A
Philadelphia Vireo said hello along with a Warbling later, and there were
several Acadian Flycatchers and Wood Pewees to compare. Out along the back
side
my San Diego friend Alice and I saw oodles of Blue Grosbeaks, and an Upland
Sandpiper went zipping by as well (our mutual friend Tony had photographed
an American Golden Plover out there, too)! I'm still reeling from the
show! I think the star for many of us was a very cooperative Swainson's
Warbler who then knocked himself against the building; thankfully he recovered
and flew off. Another star was the transitioning Bobolink who gave stunning
views!
Here's the list: I only made a quick visit along the boardwalk and didn't
make it out to the mudflats or Sheepshead at all, so I'm a little short on
water birds (a frigatebird was seen at Sheepshead and coming our way, but I
don't think anyone at the CC spotted him...) Pictures will be up later
this weekend, as our VNC field trip will be heading back out there tomorrow;
hopefully there will be some stragglers!
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Redhead Aythya americana
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
Sora Porzana carolina
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
American Coot Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Veery Catharus fuscescens
Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
Northern Parula Setophaga americana
Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
Dickcissel Spiza americana
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
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
86 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
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