Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Birding at Corpus Christi

The last day of my trip was planned to cover Cover Christi. I had visited this city before but for a brief visit. But this time I had planned to visit some of the birding sites and try my luck with "Aplamado Falcon" as well.

I started the day visiting the "Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center". There is a large pond with lot of tall grass around. I could see couple of large alligators in the lake. Also close by was a "Sora" which was feeding without giving much notice to me. In the lake I saw my first Leucistic "Common Gallinule". Also present were "Blue-winged Teal", "Mottled Duck", "Rudy Ducks" and "Gallinules". Also present were a "Green-winged Teal" and a "Pied-billed Grebe". In the trees close by we saw a "Baltimore Oriole", "Indigo Bunting" and "Common Yellow-throat".

Indigo Bunting

Sora

Common Gallinule

Pied-billed Grebe

Green-winged Teal

Northern Shoveller

After this I went to the Paradise Pond. Couple of birders had informed me that a "Lesser Nighthawk" was reported from this site. It was very easy to find the bird. I could also see my first "Yellow-rumped Warbler" of the trip. In the pond we saw "Common Gallinules", "American Coots", "Blue-winged Teals" and "Mottled Ducks". I also saw my first "Bronzed Cowbird" here which was in a mix of "Brown-headed cowbirds". The other birds I saw here were "Nashville Warbler" and "Tennessee Warblers" here.

Lesser Nighthawk

Brown-headed Cowbird and Bronzed Cowbird

Blue-winged Teal

Mottled Duck
From here I went to the Wetland park where I could see lot of shorebirds. We could see "Dowitchers", "Marbled Godwits", "American Avocets", "Black-necked Stilts" and "Great-blue Herons". And on the drive saw an "Osprey" and brief glimpse of an "Aplamado Falcon" which was resting on the wires along the road but flew away just as I was about to get down from my car to take a look. After this I headed towards Botanical Garden where a "Northern Jacana" was reported. The bird was still being seen feeding around the edge of the lake. I got to see the bird and the time was already 2 PM. I had to head towards Dallas which was a long drive from Corpus Christi and it was time to leave. It was a great trip and I hope I will get to do this again.

Dowitcher

Marbled Godwit

Laughing Gull


American Avocet

Mottled Duck

Osprey

Sora

Least Grebe

Lesser Scaup

Northern Jacana

Birds seen during the day :

1 American Avocet 
2 American Coot 
3 Baltimore Oriole 
4 Barn Swallow 
5 Black-and-white Warbler 
6 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 
7 Black-necked Stilt 
8 Blue-winged Teal 
9 Brown-crested Flycatcher 
10 Carolina Wren 
11 Common Gallinule 
12 Common Yellowthroat 
13 Couch's Kingbird 
14 Gray Catbird 
15 Great Blue Heron 
16 Great Crested Flycatcher 
17 Great-tailed Grackle 
18 Green-winged Teal 
19 Indigo Bunting 
20 Killdeer 
21 Least Grebe 
22 Least Sandpiper 
23 Mottled Duck 
24 Neotropic Cormorant 
25 Northern Mockingbird 
26 Northern Shoveler 
27 Pied-billed Grebe 
28 Red-winged Blackbird 
29 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
30 Sora 
31 Stilt Sandpiper 
32 Tennessee Warbler 
33 Tricolored Heron 
34 Turkey Vulture 
35 White-winged Dove 
36 (blank)
37 Northern Parula 
38 Eurasian Collared-Dove 
39 Swainson's Thrush 
40 Ruddy Duck 
41 Purple Gallinule 
42 Laughing Gull 
43 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 
44 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 
45 Lesser Nighthawk 
46 Yellow-rumped Warbler 
47 Bronzed Cowbird 
48 Marbled Godwit 
49 Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 
50 Wilson's Snipe 
51 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 
52 Aplomado Falcon 
53 Lesser Scaup 
54 Northern Jacana
55 Dunlin 
56 Long-billed Thrasher 

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