Trip : South Texas Day Three Login
4 Locations, 112 Sightings
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ELGSP
Fulvous Whistling-Duck ELGSP
Mottled Duck ELGSP
Blue-winged Teal ELGSP
Cinnamon Teal ELGSP
Northern Shoveler ELGSP
Red-breasted Merganser LANWR
Chachalacas
Plain Chachalaca SANWR
New World Quail
Northern Bobwhite LANWR
Grebes
Least Grebe (h) SANWR
Pied-billed Grebe SANWR
Pelicans
American White Pelican ELGSP
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron LANWR
Great Egret ELGSP
Snowy Egret ELGSP
Little Blue Heron SANWR
Tricolored Heron SANWR
Reddish Egret LANWR
Cattle Egret SANWR
Green Heron ELGSP
Black-crowned Night-Heron ELGSP
Ibises and Spoonbills
White Ibis LANWR
Roseate Spoonbill LANWR
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture LANWR
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Osprey LANWR
White-tailed Kite SANWR
Mississippi Kite SANWR
Kettle of twenty birds was seen when we stepped from the car around 8:45am.
Cooper's Hawk SANWR
Harris's Hawk ELGSP
Broad-winged Hawk SANWR
Kettle of a dozen individuals with one Missisippi Kite circling around 9:15am
Swainson's Hawk ELGSP
White-tailed Hawk LANWR
Red-tailed Hawk SANWR
Caracaras and Falcons
Merlin LANWR
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Common Moorhen ELGSP
American Coot ELGSP
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover LANWR
American Golden-Plover ELGSP
Semipalmated Plover LANWR
Killdeer ELGSP
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt ELGSP
American Avocet ELGSP
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Lesser Yellowlegs ELGSP
Solitary Sandpiper SANWR
Willet SANWR
Spotted Sandpiper ELGSP
Long-billed Curlew FA
On a suburban lawn adjacent to Frontera Audubon
Red Knot SANWR
Least Sandpiper ELGSP
Pectoral Sandpiper ELGSP
Dunlin LANWR
Buff-breasted Sandpiper ELGSP
Long-billed Dowitcher ELGSP
Wilson's Phalarope ELGSP
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Laughing Gull SANWR
Gull-billed Tern LANWR
Caspian Tern LANWR
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon SANWR
White-winged Dove SANWR
Mourning Dove SANWR
Inca Dove FA
White-tipped Dove FA
Cuckoos, Roadrunners and Anis
Yellow-billed Cuckoo SANWR
heard and seen. Under tail marked with curved
Greater Roadrunner LANWR
six individuals were seen (two pairs, two solo) on the entrance road about an hour before sunset.
Groove-billed Ani FA
Typical Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl (h) SANWR
heard only, two individuals
Great Horned Owl SANWR
One owlet was seen on the nest
Goatsuckers
Lesser Nighthawk LANWR
Sitting on the road quite close to the car, allowing detailed observation of white collar. When it flew, we observed its white wing markings.
Common Nighthawk (h) LANWR
Common Pauraque LANWR
At least ten individuals were seen calling and hawking for insects from the auto loop (some times in pairs), five or six others were heard.
Swifts
Chimney Swift FA
heard and seen
Hummingbirds
Buff-bellied Hummingbird SANWR
Woodpeckers
Golden-fronted Woodpecker SANWR
Ladder-backed Woodpecker SANWR
Tyrant Flycatchers
Great Kiskadee SANWR
Couch's Kingbird SANWR
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher LANWR
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike LANWR
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo SANWR
Red-eyed Vireo SANWR
Jays and Crows
Green Jay SANWR
Swallows
Purple Martin SANWR
Northern Rough-winged Swallow SANWR
Bank Swallow SANWR
Cliff Swallow SANWR
Cave Swallow ELGSP
Barn Swallow ELGSP
Chickadees and Titmice
Black-crested Titmouse SANWR
Wrens
Carolina Wren FA
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Gray Catbird FA
Northern Mockingbird SANWR
Long-billed Thrasher SANWR
Starlings
European Starling SANWR
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit ELGSP
Wood-Warblers
Blue-winged Warbler SANWR
Nashville Warbler FA
Northern Parula SANWR
female
Common Yellowthroat ELGSP
Yellow-breasted Chat FA
Emberizids
Olive Sparrow SANWR
Lark Sparrow LANWR
Grasshopper Sparrow SANWR
This is our official 450th life bird
Lincoln's Sparrow SANWR
Cardinals and Saltators
Crimson-collared Grosbeak FA
male individual seen at the feeders
Northern Cardinal FA
Painted Bunting FA
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird SANWR
Eastern Meadowlark LANWR
Great-tailed Grackle SANWR
Bronzed Cowbird SANWR
Altamira Oriole SANWR
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow FA
Estero Llano Grande State Park = ELGSP
Frontera Audubon = FA
Santa Ana NWR = SANWR
Laguna Atascosa NWR = LANWR
Trip Notes

Weather was extremely hot and muggy, with varying clouds and occasional breeze.

In addition to the female Northern Parula, we observed a hybrid Northern x Tropical Parula.

Other critters included Pocket Gopher, Coyote, White-tailed Deer, Eastern Cottontail, and Spiny-backed Orb Weaver.

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