King Rail at Estero Llano Grande, 3/15/10

This morning I headed over to Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco to look for the Virginia Rail seen yesterday under the boardwalk. While looking along the boardwalk I finally managed a decent pic of a Swamp Sparrow.



Later I saw a little dark rail run out from under the boardwalk but it turned out to be a Sora. I saw five of them this morning but no Virginia's Rail.



Then as I was scoping the island of rushes on the south end of Ibis Pond I was surprised to see this guy. I've only seen a few King Rails in Hidalgo county.



Later he walked out into the open on the south west side of the rushes.





Later I found three Solitary Sandpipers in Grebe Marsh.



Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1
Blue-winged Teal X
Cinnamon Teal 7
Northern Shoveler X
Green-winged Teal X
Ring-necked Duck 5
Ruddy Duck 6
Plain Chachalaca 2
Least Grebe X
Pied-billed Grebe X
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 2
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Turkey Vulture X
Northern Harrier X
King Rail 1
Sora 5
Common Moorhen X
American Coot X
Killdeer 2
Black-necked Stilt 20
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 11
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Common Ground-Dove 2
Red-crowned Parrot 2
Great Kiskadee 1
Purple Martin 5
Tree Swallow 1
Marsh Wren 1
American Pipit 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 1
Savannah Sparrow 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Great-tailed Grackle 5
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 1