Author Archives: Laura Erickson

February 24: Last morning in Texas and back to the San Antonio Airport

We started out the morning at Las Palmas, hit the gnatcatcher side road, and went back to Las Palmas Trail in Laredo for a splendid experience with White-collared Seedeaters.

Gadwall
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Crested Caracara
Solitary Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Ringed Kingfisher
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
* Ash-throated Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Chihuahuan Raven
* Cliff Swallow
* Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Clay-colored Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
Eurasian Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-collared Seedeater
White-collared Seedeater
Great-tailed Grackle
House Sparrow

27 species, 3 new for year, 282 for year

February 23: Salineño, Falcon, etc.

Salineño, Falcon County Park, Chapeño, Falcon State Park, and San Ygnacio

Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Plain Chachalaca
Northern Bobwhite
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Harris’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Gray Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Spotted Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
* Red-billed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Inca Dove
White-tipped Dove
* Greater Roadrunner
Greater Roadrunner
Greater Roadrunner
Belted Kingfisher
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Couch’s Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Green Jay
* Chihuahuan Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Black-crested Titmouse
Verdin
Bewick’s Wren
* Cactus Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Clay-colored Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
Long-billed Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
* White-collared Seedeater
Olive Sparrow
* Cassin’s Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
* Black-throated Warbler
* Lincoln’s Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
* Pyrrhuloxia
Pyrrhuloxia
Pyrrhuloxia
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Altamira Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Audubon’s Oriole
House Sparrow

74 species, 9 new for year, 279 total for year)