DATES: 11/30-12/5
OBSERVERS: Mike Wile, Lori Wile, Brock Orwig, Leigh Edwards, David Crowe,Lois
LOCATIONS: Jones SP, Anahuac NWR, Aransas NWR,Brownsville Dump,
Sable Palm Sanctuary, Santa Anna NWR, Rio Grande Bentsen
SP,
salineno, Falcon Dam, San Ygnacio, Houston

Species COUNT:175

Special Thanks to Brush Freeman for help with locations.

Birds of Note:

Least Grebe (Santa Anna)
American White Pelican
American Bittern
Neotropic Cormorant
Reddish Egret
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill (Aransas)
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Ross' Goose (South of Houston)
Cinnamon Teal
White-tailed Kite
Gray Hawk (Santa Anna)
White-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara (Falcon Dam)
Whooping Crane (Aransas)
Clapper Rail
Red-crowned Parrot (Brownsville)
Eastern Screech-owl (Salineno)
Pauraque (Bentsen)
Short-eared Owl (Attwater)
Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Sable Palm)
Ringed Kingfisher (Santa Anna)
Green Kingfisher (Santa Anna)
Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Jones SP)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (a couple wintering in the valley)
Green Jay
Brown Jay (Salineno)
Mexican Crow (6 at dump)
Brown-headed Nuthatch (Jones SP)
Sedge Wren (Anahuac)
Sprague's Pipit (Attwater)
Northern Parula (Worn-plumaged male at Santa Anna-had us excited for a
minute)
Golden-crowned Warbler (Santa Anna)
Olive Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Altamira Oriole
White-collared Seedeater ( San Ygnacio)