Trip Log
 
Species recorded on Texas trip
Rio Grande Valley, Hill Country and West Texas
Stuart Healy, April 8-18, 2010; with Jim Geisler 11-15; David Patick 16-18
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233 species recorded from April 8 to April 18, 2010 (11 birding days)

233 species recorded
11 birding days
6 species photographed, 6 total images
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DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL (10)  
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  
Fulvous Whistling-Duck  
Gadwall  
Mallard  
Mottled Duck  
Blue-winged Teal BWTE20100415TX  
Northern Shoveler  
Green-winged Teal  
Bufflehead  
Ruddy Duck  
GUANS, CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS (1)  
Plain Chachalaca  
NEW WORLD QUAIL (1)  
Montezuma Quail  
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES (1)  
Wild Turkey  
GREBES (3)  
Least Grebe  
Pied-billed Grebe  
Eared Grebe  
PELICANS (2)  
American White Pelican  
Brown Pelican  
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS (2)  
Neotropic Cormorant  
Double-crested Cormorant  
ANHINGAS (1)  
Anhinga  
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (10)  
Great Blue Heron  
Great Egret  
Snowy Egret  
Little Blue Heron  
Tricolored Heron  
Reddish Egret  
Cattle Egret  
Green Heron  
Black-crowned Night-Heron  
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (2)  
White-faced Ibis  
Roseate Spoonbill  
NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)  
Black Vulture  
Turkey Vulture  
OSPREY (1)  
Osprey  
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (9)  
Mississippi Kite  
Northern Harrier  
Cooper's Hawk  
Common Black-Hawk  
Harris's Hawk  
Gray Hawk  
Swainson's Hawk  
White-tailed Hawk  
Red-tailed Hawk  
FALCONS (2)  
Crested Caracara  
American Kestrel  
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (3)  
Sora  
Common Moorhen  
American Coot  
PLOVERS (5)  
Black-bellied Plover  
American Golden-Plover  
Semipalmated Plover  
Piping Plover  
Killdeer  
STILTS AND AVOCETS (2)  
Black-necked Stilt  
American Avocet  
JACANAS (1)  
Northern Jacana  
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES (13)  
Spotted Sandpiper  
Greater Yellowlegs  
Willet  
Lesser Yellowlegs  
Upland Sandpiper  
Ruddy Turnstone  
Sanderling  
Least Sandpiper  
Baird's Sandpiper  
Dunlin  
Buff-breasted Sandpiper  
Short-billed Dowitcher  
Long-billed Dowitcher  
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS (9)  
Laughing Gull  
Franklin's Gull  
Ring-billed Gull  
Least Tern  
Gull-billed Tern  
Forster's Tern  
Royal Tern  
Sandwich Tern  
Black Skimmer  
PIGEONS AND DOVES (7)  
Rock Pigeon  
Eurasian Collared-Dove  
White-winged Dove  
Mourning Dove  
Inca Dove  
Common Ground-Dove  
White-tipped Dove  
PARROTS (2)  
Green Parakeet  
Red-crowned Parrot  
CUCKOOS (2)  
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  
Greater Roadrunner  
OWLS (2)  
Eastern Screech-Owl  
Great Horned Owl  
NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES (1)  
Common Pauraque  
SWIFTS (2)  
Chimney Swift  
White-throated Swift  
HUMMINGBIRDS (4)  
Buff-bellied Hummingbird  
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  
Black-chinned Hummingbird  
Broad-tailed Hummingbird  
KINGFISHERS (3)  
Ringed Kingfisher  
Belted Kingfisher  
Green Kingfisher  
WOODPECKERS (4)  
Acorn Woodpecker  
Golden-fronted Woodpecker  
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  
Northern Flicker  
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (15)  
Eastern Wood-Pewee  
Black Phoebe  
Eastern Phoebe  
Say's Phoebe  
Vermilion Flycatcher  
Ash-throated Flycatcher  
Great Crested Flycatcher  
Brown-crested Flycatcher  
Great Kiskadee  
Tropical Kingbird  
Couch's Kingbird  
Cassin's Kingbird  
Western Kingbird  
Eastern Kingbird  
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  
SHRIKES (1)  
Loggerhead Shrike  
VIREOS (7)  
White-eyed Vireo  
Bell's Vireo  
Black-capped Vireo  
Yellow-throated Vireo  
Blue-headed Vireo  
Hutton's Vireo  
Red-eyed Vireo  
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES (6)  
Blue Jay  
Green Jay  
Western Scrub-Jay  
Mexican Jay  
Chihuahuan Raven  
Common Raven  
SWALLOWS (6)  
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  
Purple Martin  
Tree Swallow  
Violet-green Swallow  
Barn Swallow  
Cliff Swallow  
CHICKADEES AND TITS (2)  
Carolina Chickadee  
Black-crested Titmouse  
PENDULINE TITS (1)  
Verdin  
LONG-TAILED TITS (1)  
Bushtit  
NUTHATCHES (1)  
White-breasted Nuthatch  
WRENS (7)  
Cactus Wren  
Rock Wren  
Canyon Wren  
Carolina Wren  
Bewick's Wren  
House Wren  
Marsh Wren  
GNATCATCHERS (2)  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher  
KINGLETS (1)  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
THRUSHES AND ALLIES (6)  
Eastern Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Townsend's Solitaire  
Hermit Thrush  
Clay-colored Thrush  
American Robin  
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (5)  
Gray Catbird GRCA20100414TX  
Northern Mockingbird  
Sage Thrasher  
Long-billed Thrasher  
Curve-billed Thrasher  
STARLINGS (1)  
European Starling  
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS (1)  
American Pipit  
NEW WORLD WARBLERS (21)  
Blue-winged Warbler  
Tennessee Warbler TEWA20100415TX  
Orange-crowned Warbler  
Nashville Warbler  
Colima Warbler  
Northern Parula NOPA20100414TX-F  
Yellow-rumped Warbler  
Golden-cheeked Warbler  
Yellow-throated Warbler  
Blackpoll Warbler  
Black-and-white Warbler  
American Redstart  
Worm-eating Warbler  
Northern Waterthrush  
Louisiana Waterthrush  
Kentucky Warbler  
Common Yellowthroat  
Hooded Warbler HOWA20100414TX  
Wilson's Warbler  
Painted Redstart  
Yellow-breasted Chat  
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES (18)  
White-collared Seedeater  
Olive Sparrow  
Spotted Towhee  
Canyon Towhee  
Cassin's Sparrow  
Rufous-crowned Sparrow  
Chipping Sparrow  
Clay-colored Sparrow  
Brewer's Sparrow  
Field Sparrow  
Black-chinned Sparrow  
Vesper Sparrow  
Lark Sparrow  
Black-throated Sparrow  
Lark Bunting  
Savannah Sparrow  
Lincoln's Sparrow  
White-crowned Sparrow  
CARDINALS AND ALLIES (7)  
Summer Tanager  
Scarlet Tanager SCTA20100415TX  
Northern Cardinal  
Pyrrhuloxia  
Black-headed Grosbeak  
Indigo Bunting  
Painted Bunting  
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES (12)  
Red-winged Blackbird  
Eastern Meadowlark  
Yellow-headed Blackbird  
Brewer's Blackbird  
Great-tailed Grackle  
Bronzed Cowbird  
Brown-headed Cowbird  
Orchard Oriole  
Hooded Oriole  
Altamira Oriole  
Audubon's Oriole  
Scott's Oriole  
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (4)  
House Finch  
Pine Siskin  
Lesser Goldfinch  
American Goldfinch  
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)  
House Sparrow  
233 species recorded
11 birding days
6 species photographed, 6 total images
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Trip Log
Species recorded on Texas trip
Rio Grande Valley, Hill Country and West Texas
Stuart Healy, April 8-18, 2010; with Jim Geisler 11-15; David Patick 16-18

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