Estero Llano Grande State Park, 5/27/07

My target bird this morning at Estero Llano Grande State Park was Purple gallinule. They are an uncommon summer resident in Hidalgo County. After walking around most of the ponds I thought I was out of luck but then found this guy feeding along Ibis pond. I finally got this poor pic of him in a mesquite.



Not much else going on. The small egret rookery was busy.



Brown-crested Flycatcher.


Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 20
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 9
Mottled Duck 1
Blue-winged Teal 2
Green-winged Teal 1 late
Ring-necked Duck 1 late
Plain Chachalaca 5
Least Grebe 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Neotropic Cormorant 8
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 10
Little Blue Heron 10
Tricolored Heron 1
Green Heron 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
White-faced Ibis 1
Purple Gallinule 1
Common Moorhen 5
American Coot 30
Killdeer 5
Black-necked Stilt 5
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Least Tern 2
White-winged Dove 10
Mourning Dove 5
Inca Dove 2
Common Ground-Dove 3
White-tipped Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Common Nighthawk 1
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 2
Green Kingfisher 2
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Brown-crested Flycatcher 8
Great Kiskadee 6
Couch's Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Purple Martin 2
Cave Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 1
Black-crested Titmouse 1
Northern Mockingbird 6
Long-billed Thrasher 1
European Starling 5
Olive Sparrow 2
Lark Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Great-tailed Grackle 50
Bronzed Cowbird 1
Lesser Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 5