Santa Ana NWR, 2/9/10

'Twas a cool, blustery morning at Santa Ana NWR. Not much going on. I really had to work to dig out a few warblers and kinglets. It's not too good when a Wilson's Warbler is the best bird of the morning. And a not too good picture either.



Blue-headed Vireo.



Gadwall 100
Mottled Duck 4
Blue-winged Teal 15
Northern Shoveler 100
Northern Pintail 4
Green-winged Teal 2
Green-winged Teal (American) 3
Ring-necked Duck 7
Ruddy Duck 3
Plain Chachalaca 2
Least Grebe 12
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Neotropic Cormorant 5
Great Egret 9
Snowy Egret 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 3
Harris's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Common Moorhen 12
American Coot 100
Black-necked Stilt 3
Mourning Dove 1
White-tipped Dove 2
Green Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 3
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 9
Eastern Phoebe 4
Vermilion Flycatcher 2
Great Kiskadee 13
White-eyed Vireo 3
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Green Jay 10
Tree Swallow 4
Cave Swallow 2
Black-crested Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 3
House Wren 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 14
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10
Clay-colored Thrush 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 7
Wilson's Warbler 1
Olive Sparrow 4
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Altamira Oriole 1
House Sparrow 1

On the way home I passed a recently mowed field with a dozen young White-tailed Hawks looking for mouse corpses.

Edinburg Scenic Wetlands, 2/7/10

I headed over to Edinburg Scenic Wetlands this morning to look for the Northern Flicker that has been present the past few weeks. I couldn't find it but was happy to find only my second-ever-for-Hidalgo County Field Sparrow.





Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 45
Gadwall 25
Blue-winged Teal 120
Northern Shoveler 100
Green-winged Teal (American) 20
Lesser Scaup 10
Ruddy Duck 40
Least Grebe 7
Pied-billed Grebe 2
American White Pelican 3
Neotropic Cormorant 5
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 7
Snowy Egret 3
Cattle Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 13
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Common Moorhen 15
American Coot 65
Killdeer 5
Black-necked Stilt 13
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 7
Stilt Sandpiper 2
Long-billed Dowitcher 35
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 3
Inca Dove 4
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 1
Ringed Kingfisher 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 5
Great Kiskadee 2
Couch's Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
House Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Northern Mockingbird 6
Curve-billed Thrasher 4
American Pipit 3
Orange-crowned Warbler 13
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 50
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 3
Great-tailed Grackle 20