Valley Birding, Texas

Howdee all,

Today Jeff and I started our morning birding at La Feria sod farms..our target birds were Bairds and Buff-breasted sandpipers...We saw lots of Upland sandpipers..but not our target birds..

From here we went to Valley Nature Center in Weslaco. We heard that someone had seen a Gold winged warbler a few days ago so we thought we would have a look.

When we arrived I heard some squawking..and found this cutie hiding behind the tree..

Red-lored Parrot

A life bird for usThis bird was also hanging around outside the park..a common bird in this area.

Great Kiskadee 

I took several shotsSo you could see how handsome this bird is.. Kiskadee views….   The park wasn't real birdie…we did see several warbler species but not the Golden winged warbler we were looking for. Scarlet tanager, heard Tropical kingbird and Clay-colored thrush singing.

This cute little red colored squirrel was hanging out..

I think he was watching me

Lots of bunnies around

Yellow-crowned night herons on nests high in the trees, all over the park..

We saw two blue eggs on the path from recent hatchlings..

Lots of Plain Chachalaca ..big noisy bird who hang out in trees…

   White tipped doves were cooing and some on nests..

  From this park we decided to drive to Frontera Audubon…which wasn't open today..

We walked around the grounds outside of the fence..

Indigo buntings flitting about in the flower field..

and this little lizard on a stick thought he was camouflaged..it let me get very close..

Birds of the day

Upland Sandpiper

Great-tailed grackle

Meadowlark

Lark sparrow

Harris Hawk

 

Red-lored parrot

Great Kiskadee

Plain Chachalaca

Great-crested flycatcher

Tropical Kingbird

Black and white warbler

Tennessee warbler

Blue-winged warbler

Orange-crowned warbler

White-eyed vireo

Summer tanager

House sparrow

White-tipped dove

Mourning dove

White winged dove

Yellow-crowned night heron

Clay-colored thrush

Black-bellied whistling duck

Indigo bunting

Spotted sandpiper