Willacy County, 5/11/08

I made another run out to Willacy County to see if I could add any migrants to my Willacy County list. Not to many passerines, but enough new birds to bring my county list up to 200 exactly. I doubt too many people have seen Purple Gallinule in Willacy County.



This singing Botteri's Sparrow was new for the county list. I was pretty sure it was Botteri's before it sang as it was much browner than a Cassin's Sparrow.



Here's some photogenic shorebirds at Port Mansfield. First a Wilson's Plover and then a Ruddy Turnstone.