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| Birders and bluebonnets |
Although leader David H. was surprised 24 Blue-gray Gnatcathers were spotted during our bird walk through Baytown Nature Center March 19, we could have used a million gnatcatchers.
Even after a dousing in bug spray, we were eating and swatting gnats during the first hour of the trek. Finally a breeze from the north gave us some relief.
Other highlights noted by Hanson:
* Also high counts for Pied-billed Grebes and Blue-winged Teal
* White-winged Scoter spotted off of the Scott's Bay Overlook that moved quickly down toward Wooster Point.
* Clay-colored Sparrow around the butterfly garden.
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| A white Ibis strikes a pose while David H. looks for a Scoter. |
69 Species
2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
27 Gadwall Anas strepera
5 American Wigeon Anas americana
7 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
23 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
2 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
4 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
7 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
1 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
28 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
11 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
4 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
3 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
3 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
6 Great Egret Ardea alba
17 Snowy Egret Egretta thula
1 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
12 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
8 White Ibis Eudocimus albus
1 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
1 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
2 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
1 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
9 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
4 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
3 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
2 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
150 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
18 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
8 Herring Gull Larus argentatus
10 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
1 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia (Domestic type)
15 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
6 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
1 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
2 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
1 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
1 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
1 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
1 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
1 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
1 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
1 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
1 Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
1 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
2 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
4 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
24 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
2 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
15 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
25 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
3 Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
3 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
7 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) Setophaga coronata coronata
1 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
8 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
2 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
4 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
15 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
14 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
15 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
1 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
5 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
35 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
2 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
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