South Padre Island, May 15, 2010 Windy and very humid this morning. Number of Species: 53 Common Nighthawk : 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird : 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee : 1 Eastern Kingbird : 7 Barn Swallow : 20 Gray Catbird : 1 Northern Mockingbird : 2 Cedar Waxwing : 2 Yellow Warbler : 1 Magnolia Warbler : 3 Scarlet Tanager : 1 Red-winged Blackbird : 15 Great-tailed Grackle : 24 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck : 8 Mallard (Domestic type) : 1 Mottled Duck : 2 Blue-winged Teal : 1 Brown Pelican : 14 Least Bittern : 1 Great Blue Heron : 7 Great Egret : 1
Snowy Egret : 2 Tricolored Heron : 3 Reddish Egret : 2 Cattle Egret : 2 Green Heron : 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron : 1 White Ibis : 1 Osprey : 1 Clapper Rail : 2 Common Moorhen : 3 Black-bellied Plover : 3 Wilson's Plover : 6 Killdeer : 3 Black-necked Stilt : 9 Willet : 4 Sanderling : 3 Western Sandpiper : 3 Least Sandpiper : 1 Pectoral Sandpiper : 1 Dunlin : 18 Short-billed Dowitcher : 5 Laughing Gull : 30 Ring-billed Gull : 7 Least Tern : 3 Caspian Tern : 2 Black Tern : 2 Royal Tern : 18 Sandwich Tern : 3 Black Skimmer : 5 Eurasian Collared-Dove : 2 White-winged Dove : 1 Mourning Dove : 2
*** We will no longer be offering the Early Birding special; hours of operation for the building are 9 am-5pm.
Please note: Gates at the Convention Center close at 5 pm, so plan accordingly. ***
Boardwalks are open from sunrise to sunset – but to access you need to come to the south entrance of the Birding Center (6801 Padre).
Cate Ball Manager
(956) 243-8179
Don't forget about our Birdwalks: Saturdays and Sundays at 9:30 am.
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...
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center 6801 Padre Boulevard, South Padre Island, TX 78597 call (956) 243-8179