Texas 2008

Marc van der Aa, Simon Plat
Dates: 10-04-2008 till 23-04-2008
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Results (birdlist)

10-04: Sabine Woods, Willows Pond, Sea Rim State Park, Boy Scout Woods, Bolivar Peninsula, 1st street
11-04: Sabine Woods, Willows Pond, Boy Scout Woods, Bolivar Peninsula, Smith Oaks
12-04: Anahuac Rail Walk, Boy Scout Woods, 1st street, Bolivar Flats, Gavelston, Attwater
13-04: Attwater Prairie Chicken Festival, Lost Maples State Natural Area
14-04: Lost Maples State Park, Kerr Wildlife Management Area, Lake Balmorhea, Fort Davis
15-04: Davis Mountains, Big Bend (Chisos Mountains)
16-04: Chisos Mountains, Boot Spring Canyon
17-04: Big Bend -> Falcon, Falcon State Park, Salineno
18-04: Falcon County Park, Falcon State Park, Salineno, Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park
19-04: Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park
20-04: Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Highway 100, South Padre Island (Convention centre), Frontera Audubon thickets
21-04: Frontera Audubon Thickets, Gavelston
22-04: Gavelston, Bolivar Flats, 1st street, Boy Scout Woods, Anahuac Wildlife refuge, Sabine Woods
23-04: Sabine Woods

 

 

10-04
11-04
12-04
13-04
14-04
15-04
16-04
17-04
18-04
19-04
20-04
21-04
22-04
23-04
Common Loon
1
25
25
Pacific Loon
1
1
Least Grebe
7
2
x
Pied-billed Grebe
4
v
x
xx
v
v
v
x
Clark's Grebe
6
Eared Grebe
10+
Brown Pelican
xx
x
xx
x
x
xx
Double-crested Cormorant
xx
xx
xx
v
1
v
v
v
v
v
v
Neotropic Cormorant
xx
xx
xx
v
x
v
x
x
v
x
x
Anhinga
1
3
1
1
1
1
Great Blue Heron
2
1
3
v
v
1
1
v
v
v
1
Great Egret
xx
x
xx
v
v
1
x
v
v
v
v
v
Reddish Egret
3
2
v
Tricolored Heron
xx
x
xx
v
x
1
v
v
x
x
Little Blue Heron
xx
v
x
v
1
v
2
v
v
v
1
Snowy Egret
x
x
x
v
5
v
v
v
v
v
v
Cattle Egret
xx
xx
xx
x
xx
xx
v
x
xx
xx
xx
Green Heron
3
v
3
2
1
1
1
1
v
v
Black-crowned Night-Heron
6
1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
1
8
3
v
3
1
Least Bittern
2
2
American Bittern
3
White Ibis
xx
xx
xx
x
1
1
v
x
xx
x
White-faced Ibis
c
xx
xx
v
x
v
v
x
xx
x
Roseate Spoonbill
xx
xx
x
2
v
v
v
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
1
10
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
3
xx
v
xx
x
v
v
Snow Goose
2
5
Muscovy Duck
1
American Wigeon
2
Gadwall
2
2
4
Green-winged Teal
1
Mallard
2
2
2
Mottled Duck
2
2
6
v
2
2
2
6
Blue-winged Teal
20
v
xx
v
v
xx
v
2
x
2
Cinnamon Teal
4
Northern Shoveler
1
xx
x
v
5
Redhead
4
Lesser Scaup
20
2
Bufflehead
3
Ruddy Duck
xx
Red-breasted Merganser
2
Black Vulture
2
3
5
x
x
2
v
v
v
v
Turkey Vulture
50
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
c
xx
xx
v
x
v
x
Osprey
1
1
1
1
v
1
3
1
Swallow-tailed Kite
1
White-tailed Kite
1
1
Mississippi Kite
1
2
Northern Harrier
1
5
3
2
1
1
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1
1
Cooper's Hawk
1
Gray Hawk
1
2
Harris' Hawk
5
2
1
6
2
Red-shouldered Hawk
3
1
1
Broad-winged Hawk
1
2
1
1
1
1
Swainson's Hawk
1
2
5
3
3
v
v
2
v
1
White-tailed Hawk
3
2
2
Zone-tailed Hawk
1
Red-tailed Hawk
1
3
v
1
2
v
1
1
3
2
Crested Caracara
1
1
5
v
1
x
v
v
v
3
1
American Kestrel
2
3
2
1
Peregrine Falcon
1
1
Plain Chachalaca
2+
x
xx
xx
Wild Turkey
4
v
3
Attwater Prairie-Chicken
6
Scaled Quail
5
xx
Northern Bobwhite
v
1
Yellow Rail
3
Black Rail
1
Clapper Rail
1
2
Virginia Rail
5
Sora
2
1
1
3
Purple Gallinule
2
1
1
Common Moorhen
2
2
2
v
v
v
v
xx
v
American Coot
x
x
x
cc
x
x
x
xx
v
American Oystercatcher
3
Black-necked Stilt
x
x
xx
v
x
v
v
x
v
xx
v
American Avocet
3000
x
1
3000
American Golden-Plover
1
1
Black-bellied Plover
xx
2
xx
2
xx
Semipalmated Plover
x
1
v
Wilson's Plover
v
5
v
Killdeer
x
v
x
x
x
v
x
v
1
x
v
Piping Plover
30
1
1
Wilson's Snipe
2
2
1
Short-billed Dowitcher
cc
v
cc
Long-billed Dowitcher
v
v
v
Hudsonian Godwit
3
Marbled Godwit
xx
2
xx
Hudsonian Whimbrel
c
xx
v
c
Long-billed Curlew
2
1
4
Upland Sandpiper
x
1
Spotted Sandpiper
1
4
1
v
v
v
v
Solitary Sandpiper
1
3
v
3
2
1
3
Greater Yellowlegs
1
2
1
1
1
Willet
x
v
xx
v
x
1
xx
Lesser Yellowlegs
cc
v
xx
v
2
1
xx
v
Ruddy Turnstone
1
2
v
v
xx
Red Knot
10
xx
Sanderling
cc
xx
xx
Semipalmated Sandpiper
cc
1
v
xx
Western Sandpiper
c
5
1
Least Sandpiper
1
1
x
3
v
White-rumped Sandpiper
1
Baird's Sandpiper
x
1
Pectoral Sandpiper
1
1
1
Dunlin
2
cc
v
cc
Stilt Sandpiper
x
Wilson's Phalarope
xx
2
4
Ring-billed Gull
v
v
5
1
v
American Herring Gull
xx
v
xx
2
xx
Laughing Gull
cc
xx
cc
x
xx
xx
mm
xx
Franklin's Gull
20
1
v
1
Least Tern
3
v
xx
v
x
v
xx
v
Gull-billed Tern
v
1
Caspian Tern
1
1
1
1
x
Common Tern
2
v
v
v
Forster's Tern
x
v
v
Royal Tern
xx
x
c
xx
v
xx
x
Sandwich Tern
x
x
v
v
x
Black Skimmer
50
xx
xx
Rock Pigeon
v
v
v
v
x
v
v
x
v
x
v
Red-billed Pigeon
8
Eurasian Collared-Dove
1
v
v
v
v
v
Mourning Dove
xx
x
xx
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
White-winged Dove
2
1
1
v
x
x
x
xx
x
x
x
1
Common Ground-Dove
v
v
Inca Dove
2
2
2
2
v
v
White-tipped Dove
2
x
v
v
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1
2
4
1
Groove-billed Ani
2
2
Greater Roadrunner
1
1
1
5
4
Great Horned Owl
g
Barred Owl
g
Lesser Nighthawk
x
v
1
Pauraque
3
Common Poorwill
2
Chuck-will's-widow
g
2
1
2
Chimney Swift
x
xx
v
v
x
x
v
White-throated Swift
c
xx
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
1
1
3
v
v
Blue-throated Hummingbird
1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
x
v
x
v
1
x
x
v
v
v
Black-chinned Hummingbird
x
v
v
1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
1
Anna's Hummingbird
1
Belted Kingfisher
2
1
1
Ringed Kingfisher
1
1
1
Green Kingfisher
1
Acorn Woodpecker
v
v
Red-bellied Woodpecker
1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
1
v
x
x
v
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1
1
1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
2
v
1
v
1
2
Downy Woodpecker
1
3
1
Northern Flicker
2
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
1
1
Willow Flycatcher
1
Least Flycatcher
1
Gray Flycatcher
2
Eastern Wood-Pewee
1
2
1
1
1
Black Phoebe
1
Eastern Phoebe
2
Say's Phoebe
xx
xx
Vermilion Flycatcher
1
2
Great Kiskadee
g
1
x
x
xx
x
Couch's Kingbird
v
x
v
v
v
Cassin's Kingbird
v
Western Kingbird
1
x
v
v
1
v
v
Eastern Kingbird
v
x
x
1
xx
v
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
x
v
x
x
x
v
xx
v
v
x
x
x
Ash-throated Flycatcher
3
v
1
1
1
Great Crested Flycatcher
v
Brown-crested Flycatcher
1
1
v
v
v
Horned Lark
2
Bank Swallow
v
v
Tree Swallow
xx
x
xx
v
v
v
v
v
v
Violet-green Swallow
v
v
Purple Martin
x
x
xx
v
x
v
1
v
xx
x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1
v
v
v
xx
x
v
v
v
v
Barn Swallow
cc
xx
cc
x
x
x
x
x
v
x
x
xx
x
Cliff Swallow
2
x
xx
c
x
x
xx
x
x
Cave Swallow
v
v
v
v
American Pipit
5
Cedar Waxwing
15
5
Phainopepla
v
Cactus Wren
3
v
1
v
Canyon Wren
1
1
v
Carolina Wren
3
1
1
v
v
2
v
v
1
Bewick's Wren
2
v
xx
v
v
1
House Wren
1
Sedge Wren
1
Marsh Wren
2
x
v
Gray Catbird
5
v
v
1
1
xx
v
Northern Mockingbird
xx
xx
xx
x
x
x
x
x
xx
x
x
x
x
x
Brown Thrasher
2
2
1
2
Long-billed Thrasher
1
v
v
Curve-billed Thrasher
v
x
Crissal Thrasher
1
1
Eastern Bluebird
2
v
Western Bluebird
v
Townsend's Solitaire
1
Veery
1
1
Gray-cheeked Thrush
1
Swainson's Thrush
1
2
2
Hermit Thrush
1
1
Wood Thrush
1
1
Clay-colored Robin
3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3
2
2
1
1
3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2
x
v
xx
1
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
1
Bushtit
x
1
v
Carolina Chickadee
1
x
x
1
1
Tufted Titmouse
1
Black-crested Titmouse
x
x
v
x
v
v
Red-breasted Nuthatch
2
White-breasted Nuthatch
2
Verdin
1
1
Loggerhead Shrike
x
x
x
x
x
v
x
1
v
v
1
Blue Jay
x
x
x
v
v
Green Jay
4
x
v
v
Western Scrub-Jay
3
5
x
v
Mexican Jay
1
x
American Crow
1
2
2
Chihuahuan Raven
1
v
v
v
v
Common Raven
v
v
v
European Starling
xx
xx
xx
xx
v
v
1
v
x
x
v
House Sparrow
xx
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
xx
x
xx
x
White-eyed Vireo
2
4
v
1
1
1
2
v
v
2
Black-capped Vireo
1
Plumbeus Vireo
1
Yellow-throated Vireo
1
2
Blue-headed Vireo
5
2
1
Hutton's Vireo
v
Warbling Vireo
2
Philadelphia Vireo
1
1
Red-eyed Vireo
3
3
1
1
2
House Finch
xx
xx
x
1
Pine Siskin
3
xx
1
Lesser Goldfinch
2
v
2
Blue-winged Warbler
5
3
1
2
1
Tennessee Warbler
2
2
4
v
v
v
1
Orange-crowned Warbler
1
1
1
1
Nashville Warbler
1
1
4
v
Colima Warbler
2
Lucy's Warbler
1
Northern Parula
v
x
1
2
1
Yellow Warbler
v
Chestnut-sided Warbler
1
1
1
Magnolia Warbler
1
Mirtle's Warbler
6
v
2
2
1
1
5
Audubon's Warbler
2
1
1
Golden-cheeked Warbler
2+
Black-throated Green Warbler
1
4
2
2
2
Blackburnian Warbler
2
Yellow-throated Warbler
1
3
Prairie Warbler
1
2
Palm Warbler
1
Bay-breasted Warbler
1
Blackpoll Warbler
3
4
Cerulean Warbler
1
Black-and-white Warbler
2
3
5
2
3
v
American Redstart
1
1
1
v
Prothonotary Warbler
5
3
1
1
v
1
Worm-eating Warbler
2
2
3
1
1
2
Swainson's Warbler
1
1
Ovenbird
1
4
1
Northern Waterthrush
1
2
6
2
Louisiana Waterthrush
1
2
Kentucky Warbler
1
1
1
Common Yellowthroat
2
1
1
2
v
v
x
v
Hooded Warbler
1
1
2
2
v
Wilson's Warbler
1
1
1
1
Painted Redstart
1
Yellow-breasted Chat
1
v
x
1
Hepatic Tanager
2
Scarlet Tanager
3
1
1
2
Summer Tanager
4
v
v
v
v
1
5
2
Western Tanager
1
Olive Sparrow
2
2
2
v
Green-tailed Towhee
1
Spotted Towhee
1
xx
Canyon Towhee
x
x
1
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
v
v
v
v
Chipping Sparrow
xx
xx
xx
v
x
Clay-colored Sparrow
10
Black-chinned Sparrow
1
Vesper Sparrow
v
v
1
Lark Sparrow
2
v
v
x
v
1
Black-throated Sparrow
6
Lark Bunting
1
Savannah Sparrow
x
v
x
v
v
1
x
v
Seaside Sparrow
2
x
Le Conte's Sparrow
5
Grasshopper Sparrow
1
1
Song Sparrow
1
Lincoln's Sparrow
3
Swamp Sparrow
2
2
v
1
2
White-crowned Sparrow
1
x
1
1
White-throated Sparrow
1
1
1
Dark-eyed Junco
1
1
Northern Cardinal
x
x
x
x
x
x
v
v
v
v
x
x
Pyrrhuloxia
3
v
1
v
v
v
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1
1
1
3
3
x
v
Black-headed Grosbeak
2
1
Blue Grosbeak
1
1
2
Indigo Bunting
v
x
x
x
4
2
Painted Bunting
4
5+
3
Dickcissel
1
20
3
Red-winged Blackbird
cc
xx
xx
x
x
x
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
Eastern Meadowlark
xx
x
x
x
v
1
2
v
v
x
v

Yellow-headed Blackbird

2
Brewer's Blackbird
5
v
v
v
1
Boat-tailed Grackle
xx
xx
x
v
v
Common Grackle
x
x
v
x
x
v
v
v
x
x
v
Great-tailed Grackle
c
xx
xx
xx
xx
v
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
x
Bronzed Cowbird
v
v
xx
v
v
Brown-headed Cowbird
xx
xx
xx
x
x
v
x
x
x
v
Altamira Oriole
4
x
1
Hooded Oriole
2
1
2
Baltimore Oriole
x
4
5
1
v
1
Bullock's Oriole
1
2
Orchard Oriole
xx
xx
x
2
4
v
x
Scott's Oriole
1
5
Daily totals
107
107
133
89
102
64
48
51
109
80
139
92
152
81