Bird Walk Report 3/13/2010

Bird Walk Report 3/13/2010

Fabulous day on the boardwalks.  Too bad spring break is keeping visitors away because it’s just beautiful outside.  Special today were seen a Vermillion Flycatcher, Wilson’s Snipe and the Sora.

 

Report (by Tim Bradshaw – 47 species):

4    Black-bellied Whistling Duck

4    Mottled Duck

7    Blue-winged Teal

5    Pied-billed Grebe

13    Brown Pelican

3    Doubled-crested Cormorant

11    Great Blue Heron

5    Great Egret

2    Snowy Egret

4   Little Blue Heron

7    Tricolored Heron

2    Reddish Egret

5    Black-crowned Night-heron

3    White Ibis

11    Roseate Spoonbill

2    Osprey

1    Sora

7    Common Moorhen

5    American Coot

7    Black-bellied Plover

3    Black-necked Stilt

2    Spotted Sandpiper

5    Greater Yellow-legs

17    Willet

7    Lesser Yellowlegs

2    Long-billed Curlew

1    Ruddy Turnstone

35    Western Sandpiper

1     Least Sandpiper

85    Dunlin

2    Short-billed Dowitcher

1     Wilson’s Snipe

210    Laughing Gull

35    Ring-billed Gull

7 Forster's Tern

3    Royal Tern

80    Black Skimmer

2    Rock Pigeon

3     White-winged Dove

1    Belted Kingfisher

4    Eastern Phoebe

1    Vermillion Flycatcher

1    Northern Mockingbird

10    Yellow-rumped Warbler

3    Savannah Sparrow

12   Red-winged Blackbird

5    Great-tailed Grackle

 

Please join us on Wednesday March 24^th at 3 pm when we will be showing the last of our John Bax films:  “Backyard Treasures”.  John Bax now lives in Port Isabel, but has been a world traveler and is an award winning nature videographer.  He is well known for his high definition nature films, particularly those about birds and he will be here to answer questions and give comments about his film.   Copies of the DVD's will be available for sale in our gift shop.

  

Saturday March 27 at 11:00 am Keith Hackland, birding guide extraordinaire, will be talking about Birding Optics – what to use and how to use it.  He will also have some optics for sale after the program. 

 

Tuesday March 30^th is National Walk in the Park Day and all area World Birding Centers will be celebrating this day with nature walks and special events in our parks.  The SPIBNC will provide a program on the current birds seen in our park and a bird walk to find them.

 

And Saturday April 10, at 11 am Dr. Luis Materon, professor at UTPA will wrap up our UTPA Natural Science Lecture Series with his presentation on Viruses and their Role in Nature.

 

Don't forget about our Birdwalks on Saturdays and Sundays at 9:30 am and again at 2 pm. 

 

Pelagic trips scheduled for July 17, August 21 & September 11, 2010.  $150 ea out of the Osprey Docks here on South Padre Island.  Call or e-mail for questions and/or reservations.

 

See you on the boardwalks...