Bird Watcher's Notes

Bird List

Common Name Date Seen Where It Was Seen When Listed
1 -Black Skimmer 7/08/06 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
2 -Wild Turkey 12/23/06 Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
3 -Sanderling 1/1/07 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
4 -Long-billed Curlew 1/1/07 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
5 -Ring-billed Gull 1/1/07 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
6 -Brown Pelican 9/6/08 Corpus dock area - People's Street
7 -Laughing Gull 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
8 -Caspian Tern 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (Visitor's Center parking)
9 -Royal Tern 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (Visitor's Center parking)
10-Sandwich Tern 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (Visitor's Center parking)
11-Forster's Tern 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (Visitor's Center parking)
12-Gull-billed Tern 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (pond by trash dump)
13-White-tail Hawk 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (water treatment pond)
14-Eastern Meadowlark 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (water treatment pond)
15-Blue Grosbeak 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (Ranger Station)
16-Baltimore Oriole 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (Ranger Station)
17-Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (Ranger Station)
18-Piping Plover 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach start)
19-Black-bellied Plover 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach start)
20-America White Pelican 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (boat ramp- Bird Island)
21-Great Blue Heron 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach start)
22-Little Blue Heron 4/19/09 Padre Island National Seashore (Bird Island - wind surfing area)
23-Blue-winged Teal 4/12/09 Padre Island National Seashore (water treatment pond)
24-Northern Mockingbird 4/12/09 Corpus; Pope & Miramar
25-Mourning Dove 4/12/09 Corpus; Pope & Miramar
26-Mottled Duck 4/19/09 Padre Island National Seashore (water treatment pond)
27-Western Kingbird 4/19/09 Padre Island National Seashore (Ranger Station)
28-Hooded Warbler 4/19/09 Padre Island National Seashore (Ranger Station)
29-Red-breasted Grosbeak 4/19/09 Corpus backyard
30-Roseate Spoonbill 4/26/09 Padre Island National Seashore (water treatment pond)
31-Crested Caracara 4/26/09 Padre Island National Seashore (Bird Island - driving there)
32-Red-winged Blackbird 4/26/09 Padre Island National Seashore (boat ramp - Bird Island)
33-Eurasian Collared-Dove 4/26/09 Corpus backyard - fence
34-Great-tailed Grackel 4/29/09 Corpus backyard
35-Common Yellowthroat 4/30/09 Corpus backyard - back garden
36-American Avocet 5/2/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
37-Black-necked Stilt 5/2/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
38-American Coot 5/2/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
39-Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 5/2/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
40-Northern Shoveler 5/2/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
41-Redish Egret (dark morph) 5/2/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
42-Great Egret 5/2/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
43-White-winged Dove 5/2/09 Corpus backyard - feeder
44-House Sparrow 5/2/09 Corpus backyard - feeder
45-Double-creasted Cormorant 5/2/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
46-Inca Dove 5/2/09 Corpus backyard - fence
47-European Starling 5/2/09 Corpus; Robert Wilson Elementary
48-Rock Dove (Feral Pidgeon) 5/2/09 Corpus; Carmel & Fort Worth
49-Golden-fronted Woodpecker 5/6/09 Corpus frontyard
50-Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5/7/09 Corpus backyard
51-Northern Cardinal 5/8/09 Corpus backyard
52-Ruddy Turnstone 5/9/09 Corpus dock area - People's Street
53-Black Tern 5/10/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
54-Cattle Egret 5/23/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
55-American Oystercatcher 5/23/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
56-Barn Swallow 5/23/09 Park Road 22 - Coming from Padre Island National Seashore
57-Snowy Egret 5/24/09 Highway 361 going to Port Aransas
58-Common Moorhen 5/24/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
59-Red-eyed Vireo 5/24/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
60-Dunlin 5/29/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
61-Baird's Sandpiper 5/29/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
62-Black Vulture 5/29/09 Park Road 22 - just outside Padre Island National Seashore
63-Willet 6/5/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
64-Northern Bobwhite 6/14/09 Park Road 22 - just outside Padre Island National Seashore (next to road)
65-Black-crowned Night-Heron 6/19/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
66-Neotropic Cormorant 6/19/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
67-Ruddy Duck 6/19/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
68-Killdeer 6/19/09 Port Aransas - UTA Marine Science Center
69-Redish Egret (white morph ...juvenile) 6/19/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
70-Tricolored Heron 6/20/09 Flour Bluff - Laguna Shores Road; half way to dead end
71-Least Tern 7/4/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
72-Clapper Rail 7/12/09 Mud Flat Area before Texas A&M Corpus Christi
73-Purple Gallinule 7/12/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
74-Least Bittern 7/18/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
75-Domestic Muscovy 7/18/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
76-Fulvous Whistling-Duck 7/19/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
77-Green Heron 7/19/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
78-Black Swan 7/19/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
79-Wilson's Plover 7/19/09 A&M Corpus Christi Mud Flats
80-Snowy Plover 7/19/09 A&M Corpus Christi Mud Flats
81-Loggerhead Shrike 7/19/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
82-White Ibis 7/26/09 A&M Corpus Christi Mud Flats
83-Pied-billed Grebe 7/31/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
84-Chimney Swift 7/31/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
85-Semipalmated Sandpiper 7/31/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
86-Magnificent Frigatebird 7/31/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
87-Great Kiskadee 7/31/09 Packery Channel - Sandy's Pond
88-Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8/1/09 Packery Channel - Neighborhod
89-Bank Swallow 8/1/09 Packery Channel - Neighborhod
90-Painted Bunting (M/F) 8/7/09 Outside Hazel Bazemore Park (off I-37, #14)
91-Green Jay 8/7/09 Hazel Bazemore Park (off I-37, #14)
92-Turkey Vulture 8/7/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
93-Wilson's Warbler - 1st year 8/7/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
94-Semipalmated Plover 8/8/09 A&M Corpus Christi Mud Flats
95-Yellow-crowned Night Heron 8/8/09 A&M Corpus Christi Mud Flats
96-White-faced Ibis -1st year 8/15/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
97-Groove-billed Ani 8/15/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
98-Least Grebe 8/15/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
99-Green Kingfisher 8/16/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
100-Yellow Warbler (M/F) 8/22/09 Outside Hazel Bazemore Park (off I-37, #14)
101-Orchard Oriole 8/22/09 Outside Hazel Bazemore Park (off I-37, #14)
102-Olive-sided Flycatcher 8/22/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37)
103-Nashville Warbler (F) 8/28/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
104-Summer Tanager (F) 8/29/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
105-Great Crested Flycatcher 8/29/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
106-Brown-crested Flycatcher 8/29/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
107-Swainson's Warbler 8/29/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
108-Couch's Kingbird 8/29/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
109-Mourning Warbler 8/29/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
110-Yellow-breasted Chat 8/29/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
111-Greater Scaup 8/29/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
112-Louisiana Waterthrush 9/4/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
113-Buff-bellied Hummingbird 9/4/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
114-Magnolia Warbler 9/4/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
115-Eastern Kingbird 9/4/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
116-Ladderback Woodpecker 9/6/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
117-Acadian Flycatcher 9/6/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
118-Eastern Wood-Pewee 9/6/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
119-Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9/6/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
120-Kentucky Warbler 9/11/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
121-Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 9/11/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
122-Black Crested Mexican Tufted Titmouse 9/12/09 Hazel Bazemore Park (off I-37, #14)
123-Alder Flycatcher 9/12/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
124-Ash-throated Flycatcher 9/12/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
125-American Golden-Plover 9/13/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
126-Broad-winged Hawk 9/18/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
127-Boat-tailed Grackle 9/18/09 Corpus; Fort Worth & Coral
128-Bronzed Cowbird 9/19/09 West Guth Park; Exit 10 from I-37
129-Black-and-white Warbler 9/20/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
130-American Redstart 9/20/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
131-Marbled Godwit 9/20/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
132-Ruff 9/27/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
133-Yellow-throated Warbler 9/27/09 A&M Corpus Christi walking path (close to dorms)
134-Pine Warbler 10/2/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
135-Mallard 10/2/09 West Guth Park (pond); Exit 10 from I-37
136-Lessor Yellowlegs 10/2/09 Hazel Bazemore Park (pond) (off I-37, #14)
137-Belted Kingfisher 10/2/09 Hazel Bazemore Park (pond) (off I-37, #14)
138-Vermillion Flyctacher 10/2/09 Hazel Bazemore Park (river) (off I-37, #14)
139-Grey Catbird 10/3/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
140-Common Tern 10/4/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
141-Herring Gull 10/4/09 Padre Island National Seashore (beach)
142-Yellow-rumped Warbler 10/9/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
143-Olive Sparrow 10/9/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
144-House Wren 10/9/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
145-Scarlet Tanager (F) 10/9/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
146-Red-tailed Hawk 10/10/09 Paridise Pond - Port Aransas
147-Green-winged Teal 10/11/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
148-Brown-headed Cowbird 10/12/09 Flour Bluff - Roscher Rd
149-Long-billed Thrasher 10/13/09 Blucher Park - Corpus Christi
150-Field Sparrow 10/16/09 Pollywog Pond (entrance; flying to castor beans from tall grass)- Exit 13 from I-37
151-Common Grackle (coastal) 10/16/09 Whatabuger (Waterstreet ...downtown) - Corpus Christi
152-Oven Bird 10/16/09 Blucher Park - Corpus Christi
153-White-eyed Vireo 10/17/09 Blucher Park - Corpus Christi
154-Osprey 10/17/09 Flour Bluff - Laguna Shores Road; at Redhead Pond entrance
155-Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Eastern) 10/17/09 Corpus Christi; top of the tree in the front yard
156-Song Sparrow (Southwest) 10/18/09 Blucher Park (high grass around short trees)- Tancahua & Kinney St corner, Corpus Christi
157-Black-throated Green Warbler 10/18/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
158-Savannah Sparrow 10/18/09 Blucher Park (high grass around short trees)- Tancahua & Kinney St corner, Corpus Christi
159-Chipping Sparrow 10/24/09 Blucher Park (high grass around short trees)- Tancahua St, Corpus Christi
160-Northern Flicker 10/25/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
161-Cooper's Hawk 10/25/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
162-Northern Harrier 10/25/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
163-Eastern Phoebe 10/25/09 Pollywog Pond - Exit 13 from I-37
164-Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10/30/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
165-Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10/30/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
166-Grasshopper Sparrow 10/31/09 Blucher Park (short grass around creek)- Corpus Christi
167-Blue-headed Vireo 10/31/09 Blucher Park (#2 near creek)- Corpus Christi
168-American Wigeon 10/31/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
169-Harris's Hawk 10/31/09 Ennis Joslin near Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
170-Redhead 11/06/09 Hans A. Suter Wildlife Area
171-Hooded Merganser 11/06/09 Flour Bluff - Redhead Pond
172-Snow Goose 11/06/09 Baffin Bay, County Road 1132
173-Ross's Goose 11/06/09 Baffin Bay, County Road 1132
174-Greater White-fronted Goose 11/06/09 Baffin Bay, County Road 1132
175-American Kestrel 11/06/09 Baffin Bay, Farm Road 628
176-Sandhill Crane 11/06/09 Baffin Bay, Farm Road 628
177-Marsh Wren 11/07/09 Port Aransas - Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center
178-Orange-crowned Warbler 11/13/09 Benson Rio Grande Valley State Park (feeders), Mission, Texas
179-Plain Chachalaca 11/13/09 Benson Rio Grande Valley State Park (feeders), Mission, Texas
180-Anhinga 11/13/09 Benson Rio Grande Valley State Park (pond), Mission, Texas
181-Ring-necked Duck 11/13/09 Benson Rio Grande Valley State Park (pond), Mission, Texas
182-Altamira Oriole 11/13/09 Benson Rio Grande Valley State Park (pond), Mission, Texas
183-White-tailed Kite 11/13/09 Benson Rio Grande Valley State Park (pond), Mission, Texas
184-White-tipped Dove 11/13/09 Benson Rio Grande Valley State Park (Kiskadee Trail), Mission, Texas
185-Eastern Screech-Owl 11/13/09 Benson Rio Grande Valley State Park (dead tree skag near pond), Mission, Texas
186-Northen Breardless-Tyrannulet 11/13/09 Benson Rio Grande Valley State Park (another trail), Mission, Texas
187-Curve-billed Thrasher 11/14/09 Harlingen Arroyo Colorado, Harlingen, Texas
188-Merlin 11/14/09 Co Rd 1847 at Co Rd 106, Texas
189-Aplomado Falcon (2) 11/14/09 Co Rd 106 at Buena Vista Blvd, Texas
190-Tropical Kingbird 11/15/09 University of Texas (pond), Brownsville, Texas
191-House Finch 11/15/09 University of Texas (pond), Brownsville, Texas
192-Green Parakeet (10) 11/15/09 University of Texas (flying), Brownsville, Texas
193-Lessor Goldfinch 11/15/09 Harlingen Public Library (pond), Harlingen, Texas