Birds seen in South Texas, 18-24 Dec. 2001 (B.Bergstrom, M.Harper). 164 spp.
Locality Codes: H= FM 521 S of Houston to Brazos Bend; S= San
Bernard NWR; A= Aransas NWR; M= Mustang Island; Ki= Kingsville to
Raymondville; Ka= Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin Bay); Sa= Santa Ana NWR; B=
Bentsen RGV SP; C= Chapeno; F= Falcon Dam; Sl= Salineno; W= Weslaco, town
and Llano Grande wetlands; Mc= McAllen; E= Eagle Lake and Attwater Prairie
Chicken NWR; Ed= Edinburg area; Ev= everywhere (or nearly all above localities)
Pied-billed Grebe S,A,M,C
Least Grebe Sa
American White Pelican S,A,M,Ka,C,F
Brown Pelican A,M
Double-crested Cormorant Ev
Neotropic Cormorant M,C,F
Anhinga Sa
Great Blue Heron Ev
Cattle Egret S,A
Great Egret Ev
Snowy Egret S,A,M,Ka
Reddish Egret M,Ka
Little Blue Heron S,A,M
Tricolored Heron A
Black-crowned Night-Heron S,C
White Ibis S,A
White-faced Ibis S
Canada Goose S,A,E
Snow Goose S,A,E
Ross's Goose E
Greater White-fronted Goose A,E
Green-winged Teal Sa,C,F,E
Blue-winged Teal Sa,C,F,E
Cinnamon Teal Sa,C,E
Mallard C
Mottled Duck S,A
Northern Pintail A,Ka,Sa,C,F,W
Northern Shoveler Ev
Gadwall Ev
American Wigeon A,C,F,W
Canvasback A,C
Redhead A,Ka,C,M
Ring-necked Duck S,Sa,C
Ruddy Duck S,A,M
Bufflehead A,M,Ka,C
Red-breasted Merganser A
Hooded Merganser S,A
Lesser Scaup S,Ki,Ka
Black Vulture Ev
Turkey Vulture Ev
Osprey A,M,C,F
Bald Eagle E
White-tailed Kite H
Hook-billed Kite B
Cooper's Hawk B
Northern Harrier E
Harris's Hawk Ki,Sa,C
Red-shouldered Hawk A,C
Gray Hawk Sl
Red-tailed Hawk (+Krider's Hawk) Ev
White-tailed Hawk A,Ki
American Kestrel Ev
Merlin M
Peregrine Falcon C
Crested Caracara Ev
Plain Chachalaca Sa,B,W
Sora S,F
King Rail S
Common Moorhen S,A,Sa,C,F
American Coot Ev
Sandhill Crane H,S,A,Ka,E
Whooping Crane A
Black-bellied Plover A,Ka
Killdeer Ev
Black-necked Stilt Sa
American Avocet A,Ka,Sa,W
Greater Yellowlegs A,M,Ka,Ki
Least Sandpiper M,Ka,W
Semipalmated Sandpiper W
Spotted Sandpiper B,C
Stilt Sandpiper Ka
Dunlin Ka
Sanderling M,Ka
Short-billed Dowitcher A,Ka,W
Long-billed Curlew R
Willet A,Ka,M
Ruddy Turnstone A,R,Ka
Red Knot A
Marbled Godwit A,R,Ka
Common Snipe E
Laughing Gull A,R,M,Ka
Herring Gull A,R,M
Ring-billed Gull Ev
Caspian Tern A,M,Sa,C
Forster's Tern Ev
Rock Dove Ev
Common Ground Dove A,Ka,B,C,E
Mourning Dove Ev
White-winged Dove Ka,B,W
White-tipped Dove B,C,W,Sl
Inca Dove Ka,B,C
Eurasian Collared Dove Ka,Ki
Green Parakeet W,Mc
Great Horned Owl Ka,C
Eastern Screech Owl B
Barn Owl Ki,B
Pauraque Sa,B
Buff-bellied Hummingbird W,Mc
Belted Kingfisher S,A,C
Green Kingfisher Sl
Ringed Kingfisher C,Sl
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Ki,Ka,W,Mc,B,Sa,Sl,F,C
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Ki,Ka,W,Mc,B,Sa,Sl,F,C
(Red-bellied Woodpecker) A
Vermilion Flycatcher Ki
Northern Beardless Tyrannulet B
Couch's Kingbird Ki,C
Great Kiskadee Ki,Ka,B,Sa,Sl,M,W,C,F
Eastern Phoebe Ev
Horned Lark Ed
Green Jay Ki,Ka,B,Sa,Sl,M,W,C,F
Brown Jay Sl
American Crow S
Chihuahuan Raven C
Carolina Chickadee S
Tufted Titmouse Ka,Ki,B,C,F
Bewick's Wren Ka,Ki,C,F
House Wren Ka,Ki,B,F
Cactus Wren F
Carolina Wren A
Marsh Wren S
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Ev
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ev
American Robin W
Northern Mockingbird Ev
Blue Mockingbird W
Long-billed Thrasher B,C
Curve-billed Thrasher Ed
Loggerhead Shrike Ev
European Starling Ev
American Pipit H,A,W
Sprague's Pipit E
White-eyed Vireo S,A
Yellow-rumped Warbler Ev
Orange-crowned Warbler Ev
Common Yellowthroat Ev
Northern Cardinal Ev
Pyrrhuloxia F
Indigo Bunting B
Olive Sparrow Ka,B
Green-tailed Towhee A
Clay-colored Sparrow Ka
Chipping Sparrow Sl
Field Sparrow E
House Sparrow Ev
Lark Sparrow Ev
LeConte's Sparrow E
Lincoln's Sparrow Ev
Savannah Sparrow Ev
Song Sparrow H
Swamp Sparrow S,Ka
Vesper Sparrow C,E
White-crowned Sparrow A
Lark Bunting F
Red-winged Blackbird Ev
Eastern Meadowlark Ev?
Western Meadowlark Ev (positive id at Ka)
Great-tailed Grackle Ev
Bronzed Cowbird Ka
Brown-headed Cowbird Ka
Hooded Oriole W
Altamira Oriole B,C,Sl
Audubon's Oriole C,Sl
American Goldfinch S,Ka
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