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112 Species at 4 Locations
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Mottled Duck ELGSP
Chachalacas
New World Quail
Grebes
Least Grebe (h) SANWR
Pelicans
Bitterns and Herons
Great Egret ELGSP
Snowy Egret ELGSP
Cattle Egret SANWR
Green Heron ELGSP
Ibises and Spoonbills
White Ibis LANWR
New World Vultures
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Osprey LANWR
Mississippi Kite SANWR
Kettle of twenty birds was seen when we stepped from the car around 8:45am.
Broad-winged Hawk SANWR
Kettle of a dozen individuals with one Missisippi Kite circling around 9:15am
Caracaras and Falcons
Merlin LANWR
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Plovers
Killdeer ELGSP
Stilts and Avocets
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Willet SANWR
Long-billed Curlew FA
On a suburban lawn adjacent to Frontera Audubon
Red Knot SANWR
Dunlin LANWR
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Caspian Tern LANWR
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon SANWR
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.
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
Woodpeckers
Tyrant Flycatchers
Shrikes
Vireos
Jays and Crows
Green Jay SANWR
Swallows
Bank Swallow SANWR
Cave Swallow ELGSP
Barn Swallow ELGSP
Chickadees and Titmice
Wrens
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Starlings
Wagtails and Pipits
Wood-Warblers
Northern Parula SANWR
female
Emberizids
Lark Sparrow LANWR
Grasshopper Sparrow SANWR
This is our official 450th life bird
Cardinals and Saltators
Crimson-collared Grosbeak FA
male individual seen at the feeders
Blackbirds
Old World Sparrows
Estero Llano Grande State Park, TX = ELGSP
Frontera Audubon, TX = FA
Santa Ana NWR, TX = SANWR
Laguna Atascosa NWR, TX = 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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