[texbirds] Varied Bunting YES (Bentsen SP)
- From: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:34:53 -0400 (EDT)
Hi, all!
First off, I wanted to pass on that the Varied Bunting was very visible
today, but along the RIGHT fork of the Rio Grande Trail; I first heard the
bird at the traditional spot by Marker 10 along the left fork, but he was WAY
out there, so on the way out I decided to check out the right fork, and
there he was, not yards off the trail! There were really no landmarks along
to trail to point out his position; best advice I can give is to familiarize
yourself with the song and let your ears guide you! Other Bentsen
highlights included a pair of soaring Anhingas, and a Bronzed Cowbird
performing
"The Helicopter" at the Rio Grande Trailhead tram stop.
I actually started at Quinta Mazatlan, where the best bird was a
female-type Black-and-white Warbler! Ran into John Brush and friend, where a
Red-crowned Parrot obligingly came in (although in the photos the red crown
looks
rather dark, yet it doesn't strike me as a Lilac-crowned; feedback is
welcome). At any rate, real Red-crowns were calling up a storm early on!
Dipped on Dan Jones' odes, but a pretty Bordered Patch was the consolation
prize.
Pictures and a recording of the Varied Bunting are here:
http://miriameaglemon.com/photo_gallery/2013%20Field%20Trips/June/Quinta%20M
azatlan.html
Bird List (those seen only at one location or the other are annotated):
QM: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
BSP: Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
QM: Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
BSP: Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
QM: Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora
QM: Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis\
BSP: Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
BSP: Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
BSP: Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
BSP: Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
BSP: Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
QM: Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
BSP: Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
QM: Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
QM: Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
QM: Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
QM: European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
QM: Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
BSP: Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
QM: Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
BSP: Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
QM: Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
QM: Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
BSP: Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
QM: Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
QM: House Sparrow Passer domesticus
42 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
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