A chilly morning, with fewer species than normal, but a few we don't see too often, including a few pair of Chihuahuan Ravens and a pair of Sprague's Pipits. Birds are on the move....and a switch got flipped last week, as so many songbirds are beginning to sing, too! Join a birding tour here at the Refuge by calling for a reservation at 956-748-3607 for either Bahia Grande or around the freshwater Laguna Atascosa and adjacent ponds now hosting lots of waterfowl and waders. Cary Atwood & Leon Thurmon Birding Tour Volunteers Laguna Atascosa NWR Laguna Atascosa NWR (LTC 024), Cameron, US-TX Feb 27, 2014 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: eBird Trail Tracker Comments: Bahia Grande Bird tour 36 species Gadwall 15 Northern Shoveler 10 Redhead 65 Lesser Scaup 65 Northern Bobwhite 4 Double-crested Cormorant 12 American White Pelican 185 Great Blue Heron 7 Reddish Egret 15 Turkey Vulture 2 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 5 Harris's Hawk 6 White-tailed Hawk 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Avocet 1 Long-billed Curlew 30 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1 Crested Caracara 3 American Kestrel 1 Merlin 1 Aplomado Falcon 1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 White-eyed Vireo 1 Chihuahuan Raven 8 Horned Lark 3 Cactus Wren 1 Curve-billed Thrasher 2 Northern Mockingbird 13 Sprague's Pipit 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Olive Sparrow 3 Savannah Sparrow 22 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 404 Eastern Meadowlark 17 <http://www.friendsofsouthtexasrefuges.org> Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner