Texas Birding Trip - 2006                         

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This page contains information and photos from the second out-of-state birding trip for the "Senior Birding Buddies".  The trip took place April 22-29, 2006 in Concan, Texas and the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Our itinerary:

April 22 - Fly from St. Louis into Houston, then to San Antonio and bird/drive to Concan, bird at Concan- Stay overnight at Neal's Lodges;

April 23 - Bird all day at Concan- drive to Laredo in evening, stay overnight in Loredo;

April 24 - Bird at Zapata, San Ygnacio, Falcon State Park and Falcon Dam - stay overnight in Rio Grande City;

April 25 - Bird at Chapeno, Bentsen State Park, Anzalduas County Park, and McAllen Sewer Pond (Yech!) - stay overnight in McAllen;

April 26 - Bird at Santa Ana NWR, Valley Nature Center, Frontera Audubon Society Weslaco Thicket, and Estero Llano Grande Lake - stay overnight in Brownsville ;

April 27 - Bird at Port Isabel/Road to South Padre Island, South Padre Island, Sabal Palm Audubon Center, Brownsville - Utah Avenue (Tamaulipas Crow and nest), and Boca Chica Tract - stay overnight in Brownsville;

April 28 - Bird at Laguna Atascosa NWR and Harlingen City Lake - stay overnight in Harlingen;

April 29 - Bird at South Padre Island in the morning, leave for flight back to St. Louis.

"Senior Birders" at Neal's Lodge in Concan, TX- from Left to Right:

Dave Pierce, Elliot Glassman, "Yours Truly".

 

        Click Here to see favorite photos from this trip.

 

 



Birds seen (202 different Species over the 8 day period, including 45 North American life birds for me):
 

4/22/06

4/24/06

4/26/06

Houston

San Ygnacio

Estero Llano Grande Lake

European Starling

White-tailed Kite

Little Blue Heron

Rock Pigeon

Red-billed Pigeon

American Avocet

 Common Grackle

Green Jay

Snowy Egret

 Mourning Dove

Couch's Kingbird

Northern Shoveler

 Great-tailed Grackle

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Skimmer

San Antonio -- to Concan

Great Egret

Western Sandpiper

Eastern Meadowlark

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

    Roseate Spoonbill

House Sparrow

Bronzed Cowbird

White Pelican

Scissors-tailed Flycatcher

Altimira Oriole (on the nest)

Long-billed Dowitcher

House Finch

Great Kiskadee

 Pectoral Sandpiper

Cliff Swallow

Ringed Kingfisher

Least Sandpiper

Barn Swallow

Mississippi Kite

 White-rumped Sandpiper

Northern Mockingbird

Blue Grosbeak

   4/27/06

Western Kingbird

Chihuahuan Raven

Port Isabel/Road to South Padre Island

Turkey Vulture

White-tipped Dove

Willet

White-winged Dove

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Sanderling

Loggerhead Shrike

Green Heron

Black-bellied Plover

Eastern Bluebird

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Wilson's Plover

Red-winged Blackbird

Harris's Hawk

Ruddy Turnstone

American Crow

White-tailed Hawk

Least Tern

Say's Phoebe

Falcon State Park

Caspian Tern

Neal's Lodge - Concan

Verdin

American Oystercatcher

Black Phoebe

Cactus Wren

Herring Gull

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Bullock's Oriole

Reddish Egret

Northern Cardinal

Curve-billed Thrasher

Forester's Tern

Common Ground Dove

Falcon Dam

Gull-billed Tern

Purple Martin

Osprey

Brown Pelican

Black-crested Titmouse

Pied-billed Grebe

Ring-billed Gull

Eastern Phoebe

Laughing Gull

South Padre Island

Chipping Sparrow

Neotropic Cormorant

Snowy Plover

Carolina Wren

Rio Grande City

Baltimore Oriole

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Lesser Nighthawk

Redhead

Summer Tanager

4/25/06

 Marsh Wren

Lesser Goldfinch

Chapeno

Royal Tern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Audubon's Oriole

 Sandwich Tern

Yellow-breasted Chat (heard - later seen at Santa Ana during the trip)

Brown Jay

Double-crested Cormorant
 

4/23/06

Great Blue Heron

Sora

Neal's Lodge - Concan

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Gray Catbird

Olive Sparrow

Bentsen State Park

Yellow Warbler

Long-billed Thrasher

Killdeer

Whimbrel

Spotted Towhee

Plain Chachalaca

Sabal Palm Audubon Center

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Anhinga

Spotted Sandpiper

Bushtit (on the nest)

Blue-winged Teal

Eastern Kingbird

Black-capped Vireo (heard)

Pyrrhuloxia

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Hooded Oriole

Anzalduas County Park

Tennessee Warbler

White-eyed Vireo

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Brownsville - Utah Avenue

White-throated Sparrow

Gray Hawk

Tamaulipas Crow (and nest)

Nashville Warbler

Clay-colored Robin

Boca Chica Tract

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Least Grebe

Horned Lark

Blue-headed Vireo

American Coot

Dunlin

Clay-colored Sparrow

McAllen Sewer Pond

Piping Plover

Lincoln's Sparrow

Common Tern

Bridled Tern

Carolina Chickadee

Black-necked Stilt

4/28/06

Yellow-throated Warbler

Baird's Sandpiper

Laguna Atascosa NWR

Lark Sparrow

Dickcissel

Northern Bobwhite

Indigo Bunting

4/26/06

Wood Thrush

Red-eyed Vireo

Santa Ana NWR

White Ibis

Pine Siskin

Groove-billed Ani

Savannah Sparrow

Black Vulture

Northern Parula

Lesser Scaup

Vermillion Flycatcher

White-faced Ibis

Mallard

Wilson's Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Ring-necked Duck

Cooper's Hawk

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Harlingen City Lake

Black-throated Green Warbler

Bank Swallow

Muscovy Duck

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Broad-winged Hawk

4/29/06

American Goldfinch

Mottled Duck

South Padre Island

Magnolia Warbler

Gadwall

Clapper Rail

White-crowned Sparrow

Cinnamon Teal

Least Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Tri-colored Heron

Orchard Oriole

Bewick's Wren

Common Moorhen

 

Song Sparrow (heard)

Cattle Egret

 

Eastern Screech Owl

Greater Yellowlegs

 

Inca Dove

Purple Gallinule

 

Greater Roadrunner

Least Bittern

 

Canyon Towhee

Green Kingfisher

 

Painted Bunting

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

 

Crested Caracara

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

 

Chimney Swift

Valley Nature Center

 

Common Raven

Golden-winged Warbler

 

Cave Swallow

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

 

Red-tailed Hawk

Frontera Audubon Society Weslaco Thicket

 
 

Black & White Warbler

 


 Favorite Bird Photos From this Trip (place pointer over Thumbnail for caption - click on any photo thumbnail to view full size):