Swallow-tailed Kite at Progreso Lakes, 4/11/18

Everyday during spring migration,when I'm home at Progreso Lakes,  I walk out to the lane in front of the house and scan the sky for raptors.  The one I would most like to see is Swallow-tailed Kite.  They pass through the Valley each spring in small numbers and I figure if I give it enough tries one will eventually pop up some day.  Well today was the day!  Yard bird #197.

Despite getting 54 species during the morning it seemed like kind of a slow day.  The Osprey put on a show.

I spent some time with the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds who were enjoying the red Salvia in our garden.

Here's the list for the morning.

Jones yard, Progreso Lakes, Hidalgo, Texas, US
Apr 11, 2018 7:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
54 species (+2 other taxa)

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (fulgens) 600
Muscovy Duck (Domestic type) 4
Mottled Duck (Gulf Coast) 3
Plain Chachalaca 6
Neotropic Cormorant 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Anhinga 1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 3
Tricolored Heron 2
Cattle Egret (Western) 15
Green Heron 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
White Ibis 1
Osprey (carolinensis) 1
Swallow-tailed Kite 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Harris's Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
American Coot (Red-shielded) 4
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Inca Dove 1
White-tipped Dove 2
White-winged Dove 1
Mourning Dove 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5
Green Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Northern) 4
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
Black Phoebe 1
Brown-crested Flycatcher 1
Great Kiskadee 4
Tropical Kingbird 1
Couch's Kingbird 1
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 90
Purple Martin 1
Tree Swallow 8
Bank Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 1
Cliff Swallow 3
Clay-colored Thrush 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 5
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Lark Sparrow 1
Hooded Oriole 1
Altamira Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Great-tailed Grackle 25
House Sparrow 2