I LOVE TEXAS! The heat, the birds and the birders I was with today. It was great. But unlike Arizona, it wasn't a dry heat. It was a sweaty, wet heat. But who cares, I saw over 50 species on a too hot for the birds day and 19 of them were new for the year. And for a change they weren't all life birds. I had actually seen a Great Kiskadee years ago in Belize.
Of course, I was excited about hitting 400 and did that the night I arrived with a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher on the way to Estero. 399 was a Crested Caracara and 401 was a Common Nighthawk, which is a very common bird around here every evening. I should have stayed out late tonight for the Lesser Nighthawk, which is seen even less. Ah well. I did stay out late enough to finish with a Green Kingfisher, but the birds of the day was were a female Rose-throated Becard and a Masked Duck.
But I am tired of telling Siri what to type and she is tired of listening to me blather on and I need to rest for a big day of birding tomorrow.
Tomorrow night I shall try to get into a hotel up near Falcon Dam a little earlier and perhaps be a little wordier, if not birdier.
More photos too. Better ones. Promise
Oh, and here is last night's and today's new year bird list. A big improvement on yesterday's Airport list.
I have taken over from Siri in the typing department, by the way.
399 Crested Caracara
400 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
401 Common Nighthawk
402 Rose-throated Becard
403 White-tipped Dove
404 Groove-billed Ani
405 Common Pauraque
406 Buff-bellied Hummingbird
407 Golden-fronted Woodpecker
408 Brown-crested Flycatcher
409 Great Kiskadee
410 Couch's Kingbird
411 Green Jay
412 Clay-colored Thrush (used to be Robin)
413 Long-billed Thrasher
414 Plain Chacahalaca
415 Bronzed Cowbird
416 Black-crested Titmouse
417 Olive Sparrow
418 Masked Duck
419 Least Grebe
420 Green Kingfisher
Good night all.
Good night, Siri.
Siri wants to type again... Good for her. I will let her finish.
Good nighthawk - ha ha
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