Still worthless on bird counts

One of my faves is the Black-necked Stilt. This pic was taken by bird count leader David.

I am a tag-along rather than a contributor when it comes to bird counts. But I'm learning.

If I see a bird first, which is rare, I simply point in silence. While other spotters point and helpfully offer the name.

The small band of bird counters I trailed for almost four hours at Baytown Nature Center spotted 51 species for July. High tides limited the number of shorebirds. It was hot although we started at 7 a.m.
-- Lana b

The list
29  Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2    Mottled Duck
8    Neotropic Cormorant
20  Brown Pelican
10  Great Blue Heron
6    Great Egret
20  Snowy Egret
15  Little Blue Heron
9   Tricolored Heron
5   Cattle Egret
2   Black-crowned Night-Heron
13 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
5   White Ibis
1   Roseate Spoonbill
4   Black Vulture
1   Turkey Vulture
1   Osprey
1   Swainson's Hawk
3   Killdeer
14  Black-necked Stilt
54  Laughing Gull
4    Least Tern
47  Forster's Tern
3    Royal Tern
1    Sandwich Tern
1    Rock Pigeon
1    Eurasian Collared-Dove
64  White-winged Dove
9    Mourning Dove
12  Common Nighthawk
5    Chimney Swift
1    Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3    Red-bellied Woodpecker
2    Downy Woodpecker
2    Eastern Kingbird
4    Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
2    Loggerhead Shrike
6    Blue Jay
75  Purple Martin
6    Barn Swallow
1    Cliff Swallow
15  swallow sp.
1    Carolina Chickadee
6    Carolina Wren
6    American Robin
16  Northern Mockingbird
20  European Starling
19  Northern Cardinal
4    Red-winged Blackbird
14  Great-tailed Grackle
4    Brown-headed Cowbird
3    House Sparrow