Subject: Texas Trip Report - Part 2 (long)
Date: May 22 15:18:54 2001
From: Jack Stephens - jstephens62 at home.com


Species seen in Texas 4/25-5/6/01


AR= Anahuac Refuge
BB= Brazos Bend
BF= Bolivar Flats
BR= Brownsville
HB= Hazel Bazemore Park
GI= Galveston Island
KA= Katy
KI= Kingsville
KR= King Ranch
LA= Louisiana
PP= Pollywog Pond
SP= Sabal Palms
SW= Sabine Woods
*= First ABA sighting
**= Life bird


SPECIES SEEN
>From 4/28/2001 to 5/6/2001 ~ All Places ~ 201 seen
GREBES
Least Grebe* SP
Pied-billed Grebe BB,SP
CORMORANTS
Neotropic Cormorant BF,HB
Double-crested Cormorant BF
ANHINGAS
Anhinga BB
PELICANS
American White Pelican BF,KI
Brown Pelican BF
DUCKS, SWANS, GEESE
Fulvous Whistling-Duck** AR, GI, KI
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck KA, BB, KI, BR
Ruddy Duck KI
Muscovy Duck** BR
Wood Duck BB
Mallard AR
Mottled Duck AR, BB, GI, HB, KI
Blue-winged Teal AR, HB, KI
Northern Shoveler AR, KI
Lesser Scaup BF, KI
Red-breasted Merganser BF
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS
Reddish Egret GI
Tricolored Heron AR
Little Blue Heron AR, BF, KR
Snowy Egret AR, BF, BB, KI
Great Blue Heron BF, BB, KI
Great Egret AR, BF, PP, KI
Cattle Egret AR, GI, KA,
Green Heron AR, HB
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron BB
Black-crowned Night-Heron AR
IBIS AND SPOONBILLS
White Ibis AR, BB
White-faced Ibis AR, BB
Roseate Spoonbill LA, KI
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Black Vulture AR, GI, BB, HB, KI, BR
Turkey Vulture AR, GI, BB, HB, KI, BR
HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
White-tailed Kite KR,BR
Cooper's Hawk KR
Harris's Hawk KI, KR, BR
Red-shouldered Hawk BB
Broad-winged Hawk BR
White-tailed Hawk KI, BR
FALCONS AND CARACARAS
Crested Caracara KA, KR, BR
GUANS, CHACHALACAS AND CURASSOWS
Plain Chachalaca** BR
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, QUAIL AND TURKEYS
Wild Turkey KR
WOOD-PARTRIDGES
Northern Bobwhite KR, BR
RAILS AND COOTS
Virginia Rail AR
Sora LA
Purple Gallinule BB
Common Moorhen BB, BR
American Coot KI
SANDPIPERS
Hudsonian Godwit AR
Marbled Godwit BF
Whimbrel AR, BF
Greater Yellowlegs AR, BF
Lesser Yellowlegs AR, BF, HB, KI
Spotted Sandpiper LA, HB, KI, BR
Willet BF, BR
Ruddy Turnstone BF
Short-billed Dowitcher AR, BF, KI
Long-billed Dowitcher AR, GI, PP
Sanderling BF
Semipalmated Sandpiper AR, BF, PP, KI
Western Sandpiper AR
Least Sandpiper AR, PP, KI
White-rumped Sandpiper AR
Baird's Sandpiper AR
Pectoral Sandpiper AR
Stilt Sandpiper AR
Buff-breasted Sandpiper** KA
Wilson's Phalarope AR, HB, KI
AVOCETS AND STILTS
Black-necked Stilt AR, HB, PP
American Avocet KR
PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
American Golden-Plover** BF
Black-bellied Plover AR, BF
Semipalmated Plover AR, BF
Wilson's Plover BF
Killdeer AR, HB, BR
Piping Plover BF
GULLS AND TERNS
Herring Gull BF
Laughing Gull AR, BF, GI, HB, BR
Gull-billed Tern AR, BF
Caspian Tern BF, KI
Royal Tern BF, GI
Common Tern BF
Forster's Tern BF, HB
Least Tern LA, BF, BR
SKIMMERS
Black Skimmer GI
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Dove KR
Eurasian Collared-Dove HB
Mourning Dove AR, GI, HB, KI, KR, BR
White-winged Dove GI, HB, KI
Inca Dove HI, HB, KI
Common Ground-Dove KR, BR
White-tipped Dove KR, BR
PARROTS
Green Parakeet** BR (not ABA)
NEW WORLD CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo HI, BF
ANIS
Groove-billed Ani KI, KR
GROUND-CUCKOOS AND ALLIES
Greater Roadrunner KR
OWLS
Eastern Screech-Owl** KR, BR
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl* KR
Elf Owl** BR
NIGHTJARS
Common Nighthawk KA, KR
HUMMINGBIRDS
Buff-bellied Hummingbird** KR, BR
Ruby-throated Hummingbird SW, BB, HB
WOODPECKERS
Red-bellied Woodpecker SW
Golden-fronted Woodpecker HB, KI, KR, BR
Ladder-backed Woodpecker KI, BR
Downy Woodpecker HI
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet KR
Eastern Wood-Pewee SW, HB
Willow Flycatcher HB
Eastern Phoebe PP
Vermilion Flycatcher KR
Brown-crested Flycatcher HB, KR, BR
Couch's Kingbird** PP, KR, BR
Western Kingbird KR
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher AR,GI, HB, KI, BR
Eastern Kingbird AR, HB
Great Kiskadee* HB, KR, BR
CROWS AND JAYS
Blue Jay HI
Green Jay KR, BR
American Crow AR, HB
Tamaulipas Crow** BR
Chihuahuan Raven BR
VIREOS AND ALLIES
White-eyed Vireo HB, KR
Yellow-throated Vireo* SW, BB
Philadelphia Vireo* HI
Red-eyed Vireo SW
Warbling Vireo HI
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike AR, KI, KR
WAXWINGS AND SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
Cedar Waxwing HB, BR
THRUSHES
Veery HI
Gray-cheeked Thrush** SW
Swainson's Thrush HI
Wood Thrush HI
Clay-colored Robin BR
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Gray Catbird HI, SW, HB
Northern Mockingbird AR, HI, SW, HB, KI, KR,BR
Brown Thrasher HI
Long-billed Thrasher** KR, BR
Curve-billed Thrasher KR, BR
STARLINGS
European Starling HI, KI, BR
WRENS
Bewick's Wren KR
Carolina Wren HB, BB, PP
GNATCATCHERS
Verdin KR
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow LA, HB
Purple Martin AR, BR
Barn Swallow AR, HB. KR
Cliff Swallow KI
Cave Swallow KI
KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet BR
CHICKADEES, TITS
Carolina Chickadee SW, HB, BB
Tufted Titmouse KR
LARKS
Horned Lark BR
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow HI, HB, KI
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES
Lesser Goldfinch KR
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Tennessee Warbler HI, SW, BR
Orange-crowned Warbler HI
Northern Parula BB
Tropical Parula* KR
Yellow Warbler HI, SW, HB, BR
Chestnut-sided Warbler SW, HB, KR, BR
Magnolia Warbler HI, KR, BR
Black-throated Green Warbler** SW, BR
Blackburnian Warbler BR
Bay-breasted Warbler** SW
Blackpoll Warbler SW
Black-and-white Warbler SW, BR
American Redstart HI, SW
Prothonotary Warbler SW
Swainson's Warbler** Patterson Road
Northern Waterthrush SW
Louisiana Waterthrush AR, BR
Kentucky Warbler* HI
Common Yellowthroat AR, LA, BR
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES
Lincoln's Sparrow HB
Savannah Sparrow LA
Seaside Sparrow BF
Grasshopper Sparrow KR
Lark Sparrow HB, KR
Botteri's Sparrow** KR
Cassin's Sparrow** KR
Olive Sparrow KR, BR
Summer Tanager HI, HB, KR
Scarlet Tanager HI, HB
Dickcissel KA, KR
Rose-breasted Grosbeak HI, SW, LA, HB
Northern Cardinal HI, SW, HB, KR, BR
Pyrrhuloxia KR
Blue Grosbeak SW, KR
Indigo Bunting HI, HB, PP, KR
Painted Bunting HI, HB, KR
BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES
Altamira Oriole** BR
Hooded Oriole KR
Bullock's Oriole HB
Orchard Oriole AR, LA
Audubon's Oriole** KR
Yellow-headed Blackbird KR
Red-winged Blackbird AR, GI, HB
Eastern Meadowlark AR
Great-tailed Grackle GI, HB, KR
Boat-tailed Grackle AR, LA, SW
Common Grackle AR, HB, BR
Bronzed Cowbird HB, KR, BR
Brown-headed Cowbird AR, HB, KR
////---- STATISTICS ----/////
Species seen - 201



Jack Stephens
Edmonds, WA
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