Trip Log

Species recorded on Texas trip Rio Grande Valley, Coast and Houston Area Stuart Healy Feb 8-19, 2011;  with clients February 13-19

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210 species recorded from February 8 to February 19, 2011 (12 birding days in 3 states)

Location	Species Seen	Unique Species	Birding Days
Arizona	26	5	1
New Mexico	6	1	1
Texas	204	183	12

210 species recorded 12 birding days in 3 states	A Z	N M	T X	15 species photographed, 17 total images Images open in New Window, switch to Main Window
DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL (21)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck			x
Fulvous Whistling-Duck			x
Snow Goose			x
Ross's Goose			x
Gadwall			x
American Wigeon	x		x
Mallard	x		x
Mottled Duck			x
Blue-winged Teal			x
Cinnamon Teal			x
Northern Shoveler	x		x
Northern Pintail			x
Green-winged Teal			x
Redhead			x
Ring-necked Duck			x
Greater Scaup			x
Lesser Scaup			x
Bufflehead			x
Common Goldeneye			x
Red-breasted Merganser			x
Ruddy Duck	x		x
GUANS, CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS (1)
Plain Chachalaca			x
NEW WORLD QUAIL (2)
Scaled Quail			x
Northern Bobwhite			x
LOONS (1)
Common Loon			x
GREBES (4)
Least Grebe			x
Pied-billed Grebe			x
Western Grebe			x
Clark's Grebe			x
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS (2)
Neotropic Cormorant			x
Double-crested Cormorant			x
ANHINGAS (1)
Anhinga			x
PELICANS (2)
American White Pelican			x
Brown Pelican			x
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (9)
Great Blue Heron			x
Great Egret			x
Snowy Egret			x
Little Blue Heron			x
Tricolored Heron			x
Reddish Egret			x
Green Heron			x
Black-crowned Night-Heron			x
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron			x
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (3)
White Ibis			x
White-faced Ibis			x
Roseate Spoonbill			x
NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)
Black Vulture			x
Turkey Vulture			x
OSPREY (1)
Osprey			x
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (11)
White-tailed Kite			x
Northern Harrier	x	x	x
Sharp-shinned Hawk	x
Cooper's Hawk			x
Harris's Hawk			x
Red-shouldered Hawk			x	RSHA20110210TX
Gray Hawk			x
White-tailed Hawk			x
Zone-tailed Hawk			x
Red-tailed Hawk	x	x	x
Ferruginous Hawk			x
FALCONS (5)
Crested Caracara			x
American Kestrel	x		x
Merlin			x
Aplomado Falcon			x
Peregrine Falcon			x
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (4)
Clapper Rail			x
Sora			x
Common Moorhen			x
American Coot	x		x
CRANES (2)
Sandhill Crane	x		x
Whooping Crane			x	WHCR20110217TX
PLOVERS (3)
Black-bellied Plover			x
Snowy Plover			x
Killdeer	x		x
OYSTERCATCHERS (1)
American Oystercatcher			x
STILTS AND AVOCETS (2)
Black-necked Stilt			x
American Avocet			x
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES (12)
Spotted Sandpiper			x
Greater Yellowlegs			x
Willet			x
Lesser Yellowlegs			x
Whimbrel			x
Long-billed Curlew			x
Ruddy Turnstone			x
Sanderling			x
Least Sandpiper			x
Dunlin			x
Long-billed Dowitcher			x
Wilson's Snipe			x
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS (8)
Bonaparte's Gull			x
Laughing Gull			x
Ring-billed Gull			x
Herring Gull			x
Caspian Tern			x
Forster's Tern			x	FOTE20110212TX
Royal Tern			x
Black Skimmer			x
PIGEONS AND DOVES (7)
Rock Pigeon	x	x	x
Eurasian Collared-Dove	x		x
White-winged Dove			x	WWDO20110212TX
Mourning Dove	x		x
Inca Dove			x
Common Ground-Dove			x
White-tipped Dove			x
PARROTS (2)
Monk Parakeet			x
Green Parakeet			x
CUCKOOS (2)
Greater Roadrunner		x
Groove-billed Ani			x
OWLS (2)
Eastern Screech-Owl			x	EASO20110215TX-1   EASO20110215TX-2
Great Horned Owl			x
NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES (1)
Common Pauraque			x	COPA20110215TX
HUMMINGBIRDS (1)
Buff-bellied Hummingbird			x
KINGFISHERS (3)
Ringed Kingfisher			x
Belted Kingfisher			x
Green Kingfisher			x
WOODPECKERS (8)
Golden-fronted Woodpecker			x
Red-bellied Woodpecker			x
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker			x	YBSA20110210TX
Ladder-backed Woodpecker			x
Downy Woodpecker			x
Red-cockaded Woodpecker			x
Northern Flicker			x
Pileated Woodpecker			x
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (5)
Black Phoebe			x
Eastern Phoebe			x	EAPH20110210TX
Vermilion Flycatcher			x
Great Kiskadee			x
Couch's Kingbird			x
SHRIKES (1)
Loggerhead Shrike	x		x
VIREOS (2)
White-eyed Vireo			x
Blue-headed Vireo			x
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES (5)
Green Jay			x
Blue Jay			x
American Crow			x
Chihuahuan Raven	x	x	x
Common Raven			x
LARKS (1)
Horned Lark			x
SWALLOWS (3)
Purple Martin			x
Tree Swallow			x
Cave Swallow			x
CHICKADEES AND TITS (3)
Carolina Chickadee			x
Tufted Titmouse			x
Black-crested Titmouse			x
PENDULINE-TITS (1)
Verdin			x
NUTHATCHES (1)
Brown-headed Nuthatch			x
WRENS (6)
Carolina Wren			x	CARW20110211TX
Bewick's Wren			x
House Wren			x
Winter Wren			x
Sedge Wren			x
Marsh Wren	x		x
GNATCATCHERS (1)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher			x
KINGLETS (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet			x	GCKI20110210TX
Ruby-crowned Kinglet			x
THRUSHES AND ALLIES (4)
Eastern Bluebird			x
Hermit Thrush			x
Clay-colored Thrush			x
American Robin			x
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (3)
Northern Mockingbird			x
Long-billed Thrasher			x
Curve-billed Thrasher			x
STARLINGS (1)
European Starling	x		x
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS (1)
American Pipit			x
WAXWINGS (1)
Cedar Waxwing			x
NEW WORLD WARBLERS (7)
Orange-crowned Warbler			x
Nashville Warbler			x
Yellow-rumped Warbler			x
Pine Warbler			x	PIWA20110211TX
Ovenbird			x
Common Yellowthroat			x
Wilson's Warbler			x
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES (15)
White-collared Seedeater			x
Yellow-faced Grassquit			x	YFGR20110217TX
Olive Sparrow			x
Chipping Sparrow			x
Brewer's Sparrow	x
Field Sparrow			x
Vesper Sparrow	x
Black-throated Sparrow			x
Lark Bunting	x	x	x
Savannah Sparrow	x		x
Song Sparrow	x
Lincoln's Sparrow			x
Swamp Sparrow			x
White-throated Sparrow			x
White-crowned Sparrow	x
CARDINALS AND ALLIES (6)
Summer Tanager			x
Crimson-collared Grosbeak			x	CCGR20110215TX-F
Northern Cardinal			x
Pyrrhuloxia			x
Blue Bunting			x
Indigo Bunting			x
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES (13)
Red-winged Blackbird			x
Eastern Meadowlark			x
Western Meadowlark	x		x
Rusty Blackbird			x	RUBL20110210TX   RUBL20110210TX-F
Brewer's Blackbird			x
Common Grackle			x
Boat-tailed Grackle			x
Great-tailed Grackle			x	GTGR20110211TX-F
Brown-headed Cowbird			x
Black-vented Oriole			x
Hooded Oriole			x
Altamira Oriole			x
Audubon's Oriole			x
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (4)
House Finch			x
Pine Siskin			x
Lesser Goldfinch			x
American Goldfinch			x
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)
House Sparrow	x		x
210 species recorded 12 birding days in 3 states	A Z	N M	T X	15 species photographed, 17 total images Images open in New Window, switch to Main Window

Trip Log

Species recorded on Texas trip Rio Grande Valley, Coast and Houston Area Stuart Healy Feb 8-19, 2011;  with clients February 13-19

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