Frontera Audubon Thicket, 1/23/10

I spent a pleasant morning at Frontera Audubon Thicket in Weslaco despite the large flock of Turkey Vultures that have been spending the winter there. Though it has been a good winter for unusual birds in south Texas, the regular wintering birds still seem to be low in numbers. This is my first Ovenbird of the year at Frontera.



This sharp-looking male Black-throated Gray-Warbler has not been reported very often and probably spends more time at the neighbors to the south.



Here's a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.



Plain Chachalaca 4
Least Grebe 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Anhinga 1
Turkey Vulture 150
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Inca Dove 15
White-tipped Dove 2
Green Parakeet 2
Red-crowned Parrot 8
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 1
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Ringed Kingfisher 1
Green Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Kiskadee 2
Couch's Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Black-crested Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 3
House Wren 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Northern Mockingbird 4
Long-billed Thrasher 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 6
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Wilson's Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 1