Frontera Audubon thicket, 5/5/07

Don't know if the thermometer went below 80 this morning. It was warm, windy and muggy at Frontera this morning with few migrants around. Only three warblers. I'm sure they're taking advantage of the southerly winds and travelling north. I found another, or the same as last weekend, Black-billed Cuckoo. They're very uncommon in south Texas in migration.



This Olive Sparrow was singing and having a good time while his wife was scrounging around on the ground for nesting material. Mother Nature knows best!



Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 10
Plain Chachalaca 15
Green Heron 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
White-winged Dove 8
Inca Dove 4
White-tipped Dove 10
Green Parakeet 7
Red-crowned Parrot 5
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Common Pauraque 1
Chimney Swift 10
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 5
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Brown-crested Flycatcher 2
Great Kiskadee 6
Purple Martin 2
Barn Swallow 1
Black-crested Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
Long-billed Thrasher 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Ovenbird 1
Olive Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Great-tailed Grackle 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Lesser Goldfinch 2

Last night I checked out the ponds at Llano Grande. Found a White-rumped Sandpiper and two Pectoral Sandpipers. This Long-billed Dowitcher and Yellow-crowned Night-Heron were looking sharp.