A weekend in South Texas
Clifton Ladd , Mikael Behrens, and I spent March 7-10 birding and just being naturalists in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. We started at Falcon State Park and worked our way down to Port Isabel and Brownsville. Attached are my iNaturalist observations, and below are URLs for all of our eBird observations. One of the highlights included going out on the Laguna Madre with George and Scarlet Colley where we got to see a colonial rookery that they are helping to protect. In addition, we found a Mangrove Warbler and a Glaucous Gull as it was getting dark. On Sunday a front arrived and we found early migrants in the wood lots on South Padre Island. The Valley Land Fund has done a great job protecting these small fragments of migrant habitat on the island. Here is a Northern Parula found on one of the Sheepshead lots. Another highlight was the parrot roost at Oliveira Park in Brownsville. We estimated over 100 Red-crowned Parrots, along with White-fronted, Yellow-headed, and Red-lored.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17399781
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17409638
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17343525
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17345656
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17399764
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17349799
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17399766
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17360041
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17399769
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17399770
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17370702
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17370741
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17370852
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17371485
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17373871
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17399771
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17399774
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17399775
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17389052
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17390443
Observaciones
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Lince Americano (Lynx rufus)Autor
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The flashlight is 3.5 inches long. The tracks are about an inch and a half long.
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Chaparro Prieto (Vachellia rigidula)Autor
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Blooming in abundance around Falcon State Park.
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Tortolita Cola Larga (Columbina inca)Autor
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With House Sparrow.
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Jicotea del Río Bravo (Pseudemys gorzugi)Autor
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Three individuals in the middle of the Rio Grande.
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Albahaquilla (Chromolaena odorata)Autor
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Forming a large bush, larger than the White-mist flower I see around Austin.
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Rana Leopardo (Lithobates berlandieri)Autor
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We saw thirty to fifty individuals total amongst the cattails in the culvert on either side of the road.
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Plateaditos Y Parientes (Orden Atheriniformes)Autor
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I was thinking this might be Rough Silverside, but I'm not sure. There were dozens on the edge of the water.
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Mosquitos Enanos (Familia Chironomidae)Autor
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There were hundreds of individuals by an outdoor light.
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Chipe Pecho Manchado (Setophaga americana)Autor
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Appeared wet and tired. The birds was foraging from the undersides of the leaves, possibly aphids.
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Gaviota Reidora (Leucophaeus atricilla)Autor
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There was a flock of about twenty birds. Three or four of the birds had a pink hue to the undersides as can be seen in the additional photo.
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Loro Cabeza Amarilla (Amazona oratrix)Autor
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2 individuals at the roost
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Loro Tamaulipeco (Amazona viridigenalis)Autor
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It was difficult to get a good count of the roost, but i looked like at least 100 individuals.
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Loro Cachetes Amarillos (Amazona autumnalis)Autor
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There were a few individuals, at least 5 at the roost.
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Loro Frente Blanca (Amazona albifrons)Autor
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At least 5 individuals at the roost.
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