Southern Texas 2004 (1 Viewer)

I just came back from a trip in southern Texas, from 28 April to 11 May 2004. Places visited were: High Island, Port Bolivar, Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Rivera, Laguna Atascosa NWR, Brownsville, Sabal Palm Audubon Center & Sanctuary, South Padre Island, Harlingen, Laguna Vista, Santa Ana NWR, Anzalduas County Park, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mont Meta Cemetery, Salineno, El Rio RV Park, Falcon State Park, San Ygnacio, Friedrich Wilderness Park, Guadalupe River State Park, Baytown, and McFadden NWR.

So, here is the list of the 219 species observed during that trip:

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Plain Chachalaca
Scaled Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Gray Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara
Aplomado Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Clapper Rail
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Dove
Red-billed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Green Parakeet
Red-crowned Parrot
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Elf Owl
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Chuck-will's-widow
Chimney Swift
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ringed Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Green Jay
Brown Jay
Tamaulipas Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Black-crested Titmouse
Verdin
Cactus Wren
Canyon Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Long-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
White-collared Seedeater
Olive Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Botteri's Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Audubon's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Gaga,
What a trip! Your US list is now larger than mine!

Hey, Gaga:

Glad you had such a productive trip. If I may ask, where did you get the Black-tailed Gnatcatcher?

Steve in Houston

Steve Gross said:

Hey, Gaga:

Glad you had such a productive trip. If I may ask, where did you get the Black-tailed Gnatcatcher?

Steve in Houston

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Hi Steve, we found the Black-tailed Gnatcatcher near Salineno, on the Rio Grande.