Our intern saw the following species while out and about on the refuge this week: 10 Mottled 20 Blue-winged 3 Great Blue 4 Great Egret 1 Snowy Egret 1 Tricolored Heron 30 White Ibis 1 Roseate Spoonbill 1 Osprey 20 Black-necked Stilt 1 American Avocet 5 Willet 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 5 Long-billed Curlew 20 Common Ground-Dove 10 White-tipped Dove 8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Crested Caracara 5 Loggerhead Shrike 20 Green Jay 3 Black-crested Titmouse 10 Lark Sparrow 4 Eastern Meadowlark 20 Great-tailed Grackle 2 Altamira Oriole Marion Mason Ranger 956-748-3607 Join us for National Public Lands Day, Sept 29, 8 - 12 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