Monday, September 20, 2010

South Padre Island, 9/20/10

This morning I headed out to SPI to see what migrants might be downed by the rainy weather. The first bird I found at the base of the causeway in the median plantings was this Chestnut-sided Warbler. I've seen quite a few of them this fall.

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Most of the fifteen species of warblers I saw this morning were at the convention center. This is the second Prothonotary Warbler I have seen this fall.

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Fall warblers are a bit more drab than they are in the spring. Many birders would not recognize this Magnolia Warbler.

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And many would identify this as a MacGillivray's but it's a young Mourning Warbler.

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No mistaking this Kentucky Warbler by the water feature.

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Yellow Warbler is always abundant during the early fall.

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American Redstart.

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Mating Common Green Darners were taking advantage of the recent rains.

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Brown Anole is an introduced species from the American tropics.

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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 30
Brown Pelican 40
Little Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 5
Common Moorhen 2
Laughing Gull 100
Eurasian Collared-Dove 15
Inca Dove 5
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Great Kiskadee 3
Eastern Kingbird 13
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Northern Mockingbird 5
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 8
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 4
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 4
Kentucky Warbler 1
Mourning Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 3
Canada Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Summer Tanager 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Dickcissel 14
Great-tailed Grackle 10
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Sparrow 8

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