Frontera Audubon Thicket, 10/4/10

Beautiful day at Frontera but not too much going on. Hard work produced seven species of warblers. A Cooper's Hawk took a dive at this Green Kingfisher.



Here's a Great Pondhawk munching on a Hackberry Emperor.



Red-bordered Pixie has been easy to see lately.



Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 3
Mottled Duck 1
Plain Chachalaca 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Gray Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 1
Rock Pigeon 8
White-winged Dove 60
Inca Dove 1
White-tipped Dove 6
Common Pauraque 1
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 10
Belted Kingfisher 2
Green Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 8
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
Great Kiskadee 4
Couch's Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 3
Black-crested Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Clay-colored Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 5
Long-billed Thrasher 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Ovenbird 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Great-tailed Grackle 6
Altamira Oriole 1
Lesser Goldfinch 3