[texbirds] Tropical Parula at Resaca de la Palma SP

  • From: Mark Scheuerman <mark.scheuerman@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 17:01:07 -0600

The Rio Grande Birding Festival field trip to Resaca de la Palma, had a
Tropical Parula this morning in a mixed flock in the trees in the parking
lot. Also got the see the nearby Amazon Kingfisher! eBird list for the park
is below.
Mark Scheuerman
Sugar Land, TX
(Currently at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival)

Resaca de la Palma SP WBC (Brownsville) (LTC 048), Cameron, US-TX
Nov 9, 2013 7:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments:     RGVBF Easy Resaca Field Trip.
42 species

Mottled Duck  2
Blue-winged Teal  2
Plain Chachalaca  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  4
Cooper's Hawk  1
Harris's Hawk  2
White-tailed Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
White-winged Dove  25
Mourning Dove  20
Inca Dove  3
Common Ground-Dove  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker  5
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  4
American Kestrel  2
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  1
Loggerhead Shrike  1
White-eyed Vireo  3
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Green Jay  25
Black-crested Titmouse  4
House Wren  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6
Long-billed Thrasher  3
Northern Mockingbird  3
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Orange-crowned Warbler  6
Nashville Warbler  1
Tropical Parula  1     Similar to N Parula, but with a black mask from the
bill to behind the eye and no white crescents above/below the eye and more
extensive yellow-orange on throat and belly. Seen at close range only
briefly and not photographed. Seen in the trees in and around the parking
lot.
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Lincoln's Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Eastern Meadowlark  1
Great-tailed Grackle  40

View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15622935

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