September 2009 South Texas birding

Sept 1 Dixieland Park with 3 dogs, improved section only: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Pied-billed Grebe 6, Neotropic Cormorant 3, Great Egret 1, Snowy Egret 28, American Coot 2, Killdeer, Laughing Gull 2, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Purple Martin 50, Bank Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1, Northern Mockingbirds, Yellow Warbler, Great-tailed Grackle, House Sparrow South Padre Island Extremely rushed visit: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 30, Mottled Duck 2, Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Reddish Egret 1, Green Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4, White Ibis, White-faced Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill 7, Osprey 1, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, American Oystercatcher 1, Black-necked Stilt, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Willet, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Curlew, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Least Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull, Least Tern, Black Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Black Skimmer, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Common Nighthawk, Buff-bellied Hummingbird 1, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher 1 (my first of season), Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Empidonax sp., Great Crested Flycatcher, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Couch's Kingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Purple Martin, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow, Northern Mockingbird, Tropical Parula 1, Yellow Warbler, Prairie Warbler 1, Northern Waterthrush, Mourning Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Canada Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Seaside Sparrow 1, Blue Grosbeak 1, Great-tailed Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole 1 (my first of season!), House Sparrow

Sep 3 Estero Llano Grande SP Down Mntc Road onto Levy, to Alligator Lake and back past Dowitcher to HQ then Lakeview: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Mottled Duck 1, Blue-winged Teal, Plain Chachalaca, Northern Bobwhite 4, Least Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Neotropic Cormorant, Anhinga 1, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron 2, White-faced Ibis 1, Roseate Spoonbill 20, Wood Stork 8, Turkey Vulture, Osprey 1, White-tailed Kite, Harris's Hawk, Swainson's Hawk 1, Common Moorhen, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull, Eurasian Collared-Dove 1, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Common Ground-Dove, White-tipped Dove, Red-crowned Parrot, Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1, Groove-billed Ani, Barn Owl 1, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Green Kingfisher, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher 1, Least Flycatcher, Empidonax sp., Great Crested Flycatcher, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Couch's Kingbird, Western Kingbird 2, White-eyed Vireo,Green Jay, Purple Martin, Barn Swallow, Black-crested Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Mockingbird, Long-billed Thrasher, Curve-billed Thrasher, Yellow Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Canada Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Olive Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Dickcissel, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Bronzed Cowbird, Orchard Oriole, Altamira Oriole 1 (my first at this park!), Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow

Sep 5 Estero Llano Grande SP Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 50, Fulvous Whistling-Duck 7, Mottled Duck 1, Blue-winged Teal 75, Plain Chachalaca 6, Northern Bobwhite 1, Least Grebe 40, Pied-billed Grebe 1, Neotropic Cormorant 3, Great Blue Heron 3, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, White-faced Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill 20, Wood Stork 40, Turkey Vulture 6, Osprey 1, White-tailed Kite 4, Cooper's Hawk 1, Harris's Hawk 1, Swainson's Hawk 1, Crested Caracara 1, King Rail 1, Common Moorhen, ,American Coot 1, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull 1, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Common Ground-Dove, White-tipped Dove, Groove-billed Ani, Eastern Screech-Owl 1, Common Pauraque 3, Buff-bellied Hummingbird ,Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Green Kingfisher 2, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1, Least Flycatcher, Empidonax sp. , Great Crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Couch's Kingbird, Barn Swallow, Carolina Wren 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Mockingbird, Long-billed Thrasher, Curve-billed Thrasher, European Starling, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat 1, Olive Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Painted Bunting 1, Dickcissel, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Orchard Oriole, Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow

Sep 6 Arroyo Colorado Unit Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Least Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Harris's Hawk 1, Sora 1, Common Moorhen, White-winged Dove, Great Horned Owl 3, Common Nighthawk 2, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Empidonax sp., Great Crested Flycatcher 3, Brown-crested Flycatcher 1, Great Kiskadee, Black-crested Titmouse 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Mockingbird, Long-billed Thrasher, Northern Waterthrush, Yellow-breasted Chat, Olive Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Painted Bunting 1, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole

Sep 7 Dixieland Park with three dogs, a grass fire, a plowed-under sorghum field, and lots of construction but nevertheless: Plain Chachalaca X, Pied-billed Grebe 3, Neotropic Cormorant 3, Great Egret 1, Snowy Egret 3, Green Heron 2, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1, White-tailed Kite 1, Killdeer 2, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Laughing Gull 5, Forster's Tern 1, Rock Pigeon 2, White-winged Dove 4, Mourning Dove 2, Inca Dove 1, Common Ground-Dove 6, Ringed Kingfisher 1, Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1, Vermilion Flycatcher 1 (first of season!), Tropical Kingbird 1, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4, Purple Martin 10, Cave Swallow 2, Barn Swallow 30, Northern Mockingbird 8, Curve-billed Thrasher 3, Olive Sparrow 2, Dickcissel 1, Great-tailed Grackle 2, Bronzed Cowbird 2, Altamira Oriole 1 (I think the first I've seen in this park!), House Sparrow 6

Sep 8 Harlingen Thicket WBC (LTC 028) with 3 dogs: Killdeer 2, White-winged Dove 6, Mourning Dove 2, Groove-billed Ani 7, Golden-fronted Woodpecker 2, Empidonax sp. 2, Great Crested Flycatcher 2, Couch's Kingbird 1, White-eyed Vireo 2, Bank Swallow 2, Cave Swallow 2, Barn Swallow 10,Northern Mockingbird 2,Curve-billed Thrasher 2, Olive Sparrow 7, Northern Cardinal 3, Great-tailed Grackle 2, Orchard Oriole 1, Altamira Oriole 1 (maybe my first at this park), Lesser Goldfinch 8

Sep 11 Estero Llano Grande SP Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Green Heron, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Wood Stork, Turkey Vulture, Harris's Hawk, Crested Caracara, Common Moorhen, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Rock Pigeon, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Common Ground-Dove, White-tipped Dove, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Great Kiskadee, Couch's Kingbird, White-eyed Vireo, Purple Martin, Cave Swallow, Barn Swallow, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, House Sparrow

Sep 13 Estero Llano Grande SP Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Roseate Spoonbill, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, White-tailed Kite, Cooper's Hawk, Common Moorhen, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Common Ground-Dove, White-tipped Dove, Common Pauraque 4, Chuck-will's-widow 1, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher 1, Eastern Wood-Pewee 1, Empidonax sp., Great Kiskadee, Couch's Kingbird, Green Jay, Barn Swallow, Carolina Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Clay-colored Thrush 2, Northern Mockingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, European Starling, Indigo Bunting 3, Painted Bunting 2, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Bronzed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole 10, Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow

9/14 Estero Llano Grande SP Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal 4, Plain Chachalaca, Least Grebe 1, Neotropic Cormorant 1, Anhinga 4, Great Blue Heron 1, Great Egret 1, Wood Stork 20, Turkey Vulture 6, Osprey 1, White-tailed Kite 4, Peregrine Falcon 1, Common Moorhen, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull 2, Rock Pigeon 1, Eurasian Collared-Dove 1, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Common Ground-Dove, White-tipped Dove, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Vermilion Flycatcher 1, Great Kiskadee, White-eyed Vireo 1, Barn Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Mockingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, European Starling 3, Mourning Warbler 1, Dickcissel, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Bronzed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole 4, Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow. Steve Sinclair from Valley Morning Star was over, so I took him back to Lakeview. We found a big six-foot Bull Snake and the skin of a Texas Patched-Nose Snake!

9/15 South Padre Island Mottled Duck 4, Blue-winged Teal 64, Brown Pelican 27, Neotropic Cormorant 1, Least Bittern 2, Great Blue Heron 12, Great Egret 15, Snowy Egret 33, Little Blue Heron 10, Tricolored Heron 15, Reddish Egret 3, Cattle Egret 46, Green Heron 3, Black-crowned Night-Heron 5, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3, White Ibis 66, Roseate Spoonbill 14, Wood Stork 1, Osprey 2, Harris's Hawk 1, Peregrine Falcon 1, Common Moorhen 18, Black-bellied Plover 2, Snowy Plover 1, Wilson's Plover 1, Semipalmated Plover 2, Piping Plover 3, Killdeer 1, Black-necked Stilt 6, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Willet 28, Lesser Yellowlegs 1, Long-billed Curlew 2, Marbled Godwit 5, Ruddy Turnstone 5, Sanderling 20, Western Sandpiper 20, Least Sandpiper 30, Stilt Sandpiper 100, Short-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull 144, Least Tern 6, Gull-billed Tern, Caspian Tern, Forster's Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Black Skimmer 1, Eurasian Collared-Dove 1, Mourning Dove 1, Groove-billed Ani 1,Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3, Olive-sided Flycatcher 2, Eastern Wood-Pewee 1, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 3, Least Flycatcher 3, Empidonax sp. 14, Vermilion Flycatcher 1, Great Crested Flycatcher 2, Eastern Kingbird 6, Warbling Vireo 2, Northern Mockingbird 2, Yellow Warbler 11, Mourning Warbler 1, Wilson's Warbler 10, Canada Warbler 1, Yellow-breasted Chat 3, Lark Sparrow 4, Blue Grosbeak 1, Great-tailed Grackle 83, Baltimore Oriole 5

Sep 16 Estero Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Mottled Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler 1, Green-winged Teal, Neotropic Cormorant, Great Egret, Tricolored Heron, Turkey Vulture, White-tailed Kite 1, Broad-winged Hawk 1, Peregrine Falcon 1, Common Moorhen, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, White-winged Dove, Inca Dove, White-tipped Dove, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Green Kingfisher 1, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Great Kiskadee, White-eyed Vireo, Barn Swallow, Northern Mockingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, European Starling, Dickcissel, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Baltimore Oriole, Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow South Padre Island Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Mottled Duck 8, Blue-winged Teal, Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Reddish Egret, Cattle Egret, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Osprey 2, Common Moorhen, Black-bellied Plover 2, Snowy Plover, Semipalmated Plover 1, Piping Plover 1, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, Willet, Whimbrel 1, Marbled Godwit 2, Laughing Gull, Forster's Tern, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Olive-sided Flycatcher 1, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 3, Least Flycatcher, Empidonax sp., Eastern Kingbird, Warbling Vireo 1, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler 1, American Redstart 1, Northern Waterthrush 1, Wilson's Warbler, Canada Warbler 1, Yellow-breasted Chat 1, Clay-colored Sparrow 2 (six weeks early!), Blue Grosbeak 1, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Baltimore Oriole 2

9/17 Estero Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, ,Mottled Duck 8, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler 8, Green-winged Teal, Plain Chachalaca 4, Least Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Neotropic Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant 1, Anhinga 4, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Green Heron 1, White Ibis 2, Wood Stork 5, Turkey Vulture, Harris's Hawk, Peregrine Falcon 1, Sora 1, Common Moorhen, American Coot 1, Killdeer , Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet 3, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Solitary Sandpiper 1, Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Rock Pigeon, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Common Ground-Dove, White-tipped Dove, Eastern Screech-Owl 1, Common Pauraque 2, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher 2, Green Kingfisher 2, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher 1, Least Flycatcher, Empidonax sp., Great Crested Flycatcher 2, Great Kiskadee, Tropical Kingbird 1, Couch's Kingbird 1, White-eyed Vireo 1 ,Green Jay 1, Northern Mockingbird, Long-billed Thrasher 1, Curve-billed Thrasher 2, European Starling 3, Yellow Warbler, American Redstart 1, Mourning Warbler 1, Dickcissel, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Bronzed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow

Sep 18 Estero My 28th Butterfly Walk since arriving as Park Naturalist: Pipevine and Giant Swallowtails, Large Orange, DAINTY and Lyside Sulphurs, TAILED ORANGE, Little Yellow, SILVER-BANDED HAIRSTREAK, Ceraunus and Western Pygmy-Blue, Fatal Metalmark, American Snout, White Peacock, Monarch, Sickle-Winged Skipper, White and Tropical Checkered-Skippers, Turk's-cap White-Skipper, Clouded and Fiery Skippers, Whirlabout, Southern Broken-Dash. El Zacatal after work: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 360, Mottled Duck 2, Pied-billed Grebe 3, Neotropic Cormorant 208, Anhinga 7, Great Egret 17, Snowy Egret 11, Cattle Egret 10, Common Moorhen 3 ,American Coot 28, Killdeer 1, Forster's Tern 9

Sep 20 Ted Hunt/510 Bayview Little Blue Heron 1, Roseate Spoonbill 4, Osprey 2, Black-necked Stilt 2 South Padre Island Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 9, American Wigeon 1, Mallard (Domestic type) 1, Mottled Duck 8, Blue-winged Teal 10, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail 6, Pied-billed Grebe 1, Brown Pelican 37, Neotropic Cormorant 1, Least Bittern 2, Great Blue Heron 17, Great Egret 10, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron 6, Tricolored Heron 8, Reddish Egret 4, Cattle Egret 10, Black-crowned Night-Heron 17, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 5, White Ibis 77, White-faced Ibis 12, Roseate Spoonbill 8, Osprey 5, Clapper Rail 7, Sora 1, Common Moorhen 27, Black-bellied Plover 5, Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, Spotted Sandpiper, Willet 18, Lesser Yellowlegs, Whimbrel 1, Long-billed Curlew 1, Marbled Godwit 5, Ruddy Turnstone 2, Sanderling, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull, Least Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Caspian Tern, Forster's Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Black Skimmer 4, Eurasian Collared-Dove 1, Groove-billed Ani 1, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher 1, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Empidonax sp., Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird 6, Bell's Vireo 1, Warbling Vireo 4, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Cave Swallow, Barn Swallow, Northern Mockingbird 3, Yellow Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler 1, American Redstart 1, Mourning Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's Warbler, Canada Warbler 2, Seaside Sparrow 1, Blue Grosbeak 1, Painted Bunting 1, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Baltimore Oriole 3

9/21 Estero training exercise with Wes and Estella; also had Hispid Cotton Rat, Harvester Ant, Tarantula, Br Longtail, W peacock, Monarch, Queen, Red saddlebags, wandering Glider, RedTailed Pennant, Common Green Darner, Roseate Skimmer, Blue and SpotTailed Dashers, Gambusia, RedEared Slider, Diamondback Watersnake, Texas Spotted Whiptail, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Mottled Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Least Grebe, Neotropic Cormorant, Least Bittern, Common Moorhen, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Common Ground-Dove, Eastern Screech-Owl, Common Pauraque, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Ringed Kingfisher 1, Belted Kingfisher 1, Green Kingfisher 1, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher, Empidonax sp., Great Kiskadee, White-eyed Vireo, Northern Mockingbird, Long-billed Thrasher, Curve-billed Thrasher, Yellow Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Canada Warbler, Dickcissel, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Baltimore Oriole

Sep 22 Valley Nature Center at lunchtime for half hour: Plain Chachalaca 15 ,White-winged Dove 38, Mourning Dove 2, Inca Dove 4, White-tipped Dove 4, Buff-bellied Hummingbird 5, Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6, Great Kiskadee 5, Couch's Kingbird 4, White-eyed Vireo 1, Carolina Wren 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2, Clay-colored Thrush 2, Northern Mockingbird 2, Curve-billed Thrasher 1, Yellow Warbler 1, Wilson's Warbler 6, Great-tailed Grackle 10, House Sparrow 110

Sep 24 Falcon State Park Huck Hutchens, Bryan Zvolanek, and John Yochum--Northern Bobwhite 4, Neotropic Cormorant 3, Great Blue Heron 3, Great Egret 5, Snowy Egret 2, Black Vulture 1, Turkey Vulture 14, Osprey 1, Crested Caracara 5, Killdeer 5, Laughing Gull 2, Herring Gull 3, White-winged Dove 2, Common Ground-Dove 3, Greater Roadrunner 3, Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird 8, Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1, Ladder-backed Woodpecker 4, Empidonax sp. 1, Vermilion Flycatcher 2, Great Crested Flycatcher 1, Great Kiskadee 2, Couch's Kingbird 2, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1, Loggerhead Shrike 2, White-eyed Vireo 2, Green Jay 3, Barn Swallow 1500, Cactus Wren 2, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 15, Northern Mockingbird 8, Curve-billed Thrasher 4, Nashville Warbler 8, Yellow Warbler (Northern) 10, Black-and-white Warbler 2,Common Yellowthroat 1, Wilson's Warbler 1, Olive Sparrow 5, Lark Sparrow 10, Northern Cardinal 3, Pyrrhuloxia 1, Indigo Bunting 2, Dickcissel 4, Yellow-headed Blackbird 4, Great-tailed Grackle 300, Baltimore Oriole 20. Salineno Pied-billed Grebe 1, Great Blue Heron 2, Snowy Egret 5, Turkey Vulture 2, Osprey 2, Cooper's Hawk 1,Spotted Sandpiper 3, Solitary Sandpiper 1, Inca Dove 3, Common Ground-Dove 3, Groove-billed Ani 2, Ringed Kingfisher 1, Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1, Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1, Alder Flycatcher 1, Great Crested Flycatcher 2, Great Kiskadee 3, Couch's Kingbird 3, Green Jay 2, Bank Swallow 10, Barn Swallow 500, Black-crested Titmouse 2, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9, Nashville Warbler 2, Mourning Warbler 2, Olive Sparrow 2, Northern Cardinal 6, Great-tailed Grackle 2

Sep 26 from my perch at the grand opening of South Padre Island WBC (LTC 035) Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Mottled Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Pied-billed Grebe, Brown Pelican, Neotropic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Reddish Egret 1, Cattle Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Common Moorhen, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, Whimbrel 1, Western Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull, Forster's Tern, Royal Tern, Belted Kingfisher 1, Purple Martin 4, Barn Swallow, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle

Sep 30 Estero traditional route, plus lakeview: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler 1, Plain Chachalaca, Least Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, American White Pelican 60, Neotropic Cormorant 2, Anhinga 1, Great Blue Heron 2, Great Egret 6, Snowy Egret 2, Little Blue Heron 1, Tricolored Heron 2, Green Heron 1, White Ibis 3, White-faced Ibis 9, Wood Stork 3, Turkey Vulture 9, Osprey 1, Northern Harrier 1, Harris's Hawk 1, Red-shouldered Hawk 1, Broad-winged Hawk 1, Sora 2, Common Moorhen, American Coot 6, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet 1, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper 1, Lesser Yellowlegs, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Caspian Tern 1, Forster's Tern 2, Rock Pigeon 2, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Common Ground-Dove, White-tipped Dove 1, Eastern Screech-Owl 1, Common Pauraque 3, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird, Ringed Kingfisher 1, Belted Kingfisher 1, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker 3, Empidonax sp., Great Crested Flycatcher 1, Great Kiskadee, Couch's Kingbird, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1,Loggerhead Shrike 1, White-eyed Vireo 2, Green Jay 3, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1, Bank Swallow, Cave Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-crested Titmouse, Carolina Wren 3, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Mockingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, European Starling, Nashville Warbler 3, Mourning Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal, Dickcissel, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Bronzed Cowbird, Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow Frontera Audubon Ctr (LTC 058) quick lunchtime walk: Plain Chachalaca, White-winged Dove, Inca Dove, White-tipped Dove, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Empidonax sp., Great Crested Flycatcher 1, Brown-crested Flycatcher 1, Great Kiskadee, Couch's Kingbird, White-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo 3, Black-crested Titmouse 2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3, Northern Mockingbird, Nashville Warbler 5, Yellow Warbler 1, Black-throated Green Warbler 1, Ovenbird 3, Mourning Warbler 1, Canada Warbler 1, Summer Tanager 1, Northern Cardinal 3, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow


				*Rio Grande Valley birds, butterflies, dragonflies through the eyes of an ex-Buckeye* *September 2009 South Texas birding*



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