A White-throated Thrush has been reported from this feeding station also and at other locations in the park. All I could see was a friendly Clay-colored thrush.
Walking in from the parking lot I saw another uncommon in winter oriole, a male Hooded. There's been a pair hanging around the visitor's center at Bentsen.
The Altimira Orioles were easy to see as usual. The feeding stations at Bentsen is probably the best place to find one in the RGV.
By the parking lot a small flock of Lark Sparrows fed on the seemingly unpalatable grass burrs.
This Pyrrhuloxia looks a little out of place at a feeder with the more expected American Goldfinches. This is a good winter for Pyrrhuloxias all across the Valley.
Normally Broad-winged Hawk is rare in the Valley but there seems to be one at most birding locations this winter. This one was surveying the feeding station by the park entrance.
Every feeding stations seemed to have a Lincoln's Sparrow or two sculking around the edges.
Here's the list for the morning.
Plain Chachalaca 20
Pied-billed Grebe 1Black Vulture 18
Turkey Vulture 5
Cooper's Hawk 2
White-tailed Hawk 1
Gray Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 2
Killdeer 5
Caspian Tern 1
Inca Dove 4
White-tipped Dove 4
Mourning Dove 15
Ringed Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 4
Crested Caracara 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Vermilion Flycatcher 1
Great Kiskadee 30
White-eyed Vireo 1
Green Jay 25
Tree Swallow 5
Black-crested Titmouse 2
Verdin 2
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Clay-colored Thrush 2
Long-billed Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Chipping Sparrow 8
Lark Sparrow 4
Lincoln's Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 15
Pyrrhuloxia 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Western Meadowlark 1
Great-tailed Grackle 17
Hooded Oriole 1
Altamira Oriole 6
Audubon's Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 15
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