trips : Paradise Birding Texas Day 5 login
photos by Bill Walker, click thumbnails to enlarge
95 Species at 2 Locations
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Chachalacas
Plain Chachalaca SPAS
Several birds posed cooperatively at the feeders by the visitor's center.
Grebes
Pelicans
Cormorants
Darters
Anhinga SPAS
Bitterns and Herons
Ibises and Spoonbills
New World Vultures
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Osprey B
Caracaras and Falcons
Aplomado Falcon B
this particular bird was wearing two bands. Given the banding and the location, we believe this bird is not ABA-countable.
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Sora B
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover B
I originally marked this photo as a Sanderling, but Ron Pittaway notes that it is in fact a Black-bellied Plover
Stilts and Avocets
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Willet B
Dunlin B
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Pigeons and Doves
Hummingbirds
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher SPAS
Seen from the photo blind at the Resaca at Sabal Palm. I originally marked this photo as a Green Kingfisher, but Ron Pittaway notes that it is in fact a Ringed Kingfisher.
Green Kingfisher SPAS
Seen from the photo blind at the Resaca at Sabal Palm.
Woodpeckers
Tyrant Flycatchers
Jays and Crows
Green Jay SPAS
Larks
Swallows
Chickadees and Titmice
Wrens
Sedge Wren B
Several were calling from opposite the Botteri's sparrow on Old Port Isabel Road.
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Starlings
Wood-Warblers
Tanagers
Emberizids
Botteri's Sparrow B
Many of these birds were calling from the side of Old Port Isabel Road, but none would show themselves.
Cardinals and Saltators
Blackbirds
Old World Sparrows
Brownsville, TX = B
Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, TX = SPAS
Trip Notes
Sabal Palm Grove Sanctuary, Laguna Madre Nature Trail, Hwy 100, Old Port Isabel Road
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