Posted by Alex on April 20, 2004 at 22:10:05:
We had 143 species. Other birds were seen in DeSoto, so I might as well mention those at the bottom anyway. I think Stefan and Raul had some of the ones we did not see. About 25 warblers were seen on Saturday and Sunday, but "ONLY" 18 seen by our group.
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Reddish Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Black-crowned Night-heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Black-bellied Whistling-duck- lifer
Mallard (feral)
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite- three
Snail Kite
Bald Eagle- three
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara
Merlin
King Rail
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Whimbrel- lifer for me
Marbled Godwit- lifer for me, too
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot- breeding plumage
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper- lifer for me and state bird for Brian
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper- lifer for me
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Greater Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern- we saw a lot! maybe 50-75
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Eurasian Collard-dove
Common Ground-dove
Black-hooded Parakeet- 4
Rose-ringed Parakeet- about 15
Monk Parakeet
Smooth-billed Ani- 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo- ~6
Burrowing Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great-crested Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher- 2
Western Kingbird- 2
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
American Crow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wood Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin- 2
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler- 2
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler- 1
Black-and-white Warbler
Cerulean Warbler- one bright blue male- lifer for me
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler- 1 female
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Kentucky Warbler- ~5 or 6
Hooded Warbler- most common warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager- including one very tame male
Savannah Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak- 3 males
Indigo Buntings- 30+; almost all males
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Orchard Oriole- lifer for me; a long-time-no-see bird for Nancy
Baltimore Oriole
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird- lifer
House Sparrow
Other birds seen in DeSoto that we missed that weekend were:
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Hermit Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Canada Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Painted Bunting
Blue Grosbeak