Antshrike's Bird Blog: Northern Jacana at Santa Ana NWR, 4/4/10

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Northern Jacana at Santa Ana NWR, 4/4/10

I was snoozing comfortably this morning when Mary Gustafson called to tell me Huck Hutchens had just found a Northern Jacana at Santa Ana NWR. Well this is a pretty good Hidalgo County year tick so I ran over and luckily another birder had refound the jacana at Pintail Lake. It seems to be a young bird just molting into adult plumage.

After giving up on trying to get a good pic of the jacana I decided to go over to Willow Lake to look for my county year tick Louisiana Waterthrush. I found one right where I have seen them in years past on the northeast end of the lake.

I spent a couple of hours yesterday morning on the hawk tower at Santa Ana hoping to maybe see some interesting migrants passing through. Not a lot going on but five Mississippi Kites were nice.

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Listers, Come out of the closet!

I have a problem. I am a lister. There. I said it. I'm not ashamed of it. There's lots of birders out there who look down their noses at listers. But I bet they have lists too. They list in the privacy of their homes. Maybe behind the locked door of the bathroom. Come on listers. Come out of the closet (or the bathroom)! Oh I know what they say about listing. You go blind or hair grows on the palms of your hands. But it's not true. In fact listing is good for you. So make your lists and don't feel guilty about it.