Starr (and a bit of Zapata) county birding

I had a great day today birding Salineno and other Starr/Zapata (barely) locations with Rick N.

We started the day with Red-billed Pigeons sitting on the island upriver from the Salineno boat ramp at 735 AM. Two birds posed on a treetop before vanishing. We walked down the dirt two track along the river, and three birds appeared in the tree tops on the same island. I got some digipics before they flew past us and to the Mexican side on their way downriver. Rick saw the Seedeaters as we were coming back down.

The female Black-headed Grosbeak is coming to the feeders at Salineno along with the usual suspects (Audubon's and Altamira Orioles, Bewick's Wrens, Olive and Lincoln's Sparrows, White-tipped and White-winged Doves, Orange-crowned Warblers, Cardinal and Pyrrhuloxia, Long-billed Thrasher, etc. etc. etc.

We headed up to Falcon State Park and discovered a female Painted Bunting coming to feeders in the RV camping area. We missed the Green-tailed Towhee that had been in the AM. Gambel's White-crowned Sparrows were in the same area, along with Pyrrhuloxias and more.

We cruised around some side roads and found Clay-colored and Brewer's Sparrows at the north end of Chele Rd. east of Falcon State Park. Lark Buntings were in the area as well. Field Sparrows were about halfway down the road towards 2098. Taking the long way home on Alvaros Rd got more sparrows (lots of Black-throated and Vesper) and a pair of Chihuahuan Ravens. 

LRGV Run-around - the end

Friday we went to Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park and started out with a White-crowned Sparrow, Hooded Oriole, Pyrrhuloxia, Curve-billed Thrasher, Black Phoebe, Cave Swallow, and a domestic feral Muscovy Duck near the HQ.  We finally walked in to the nature center feeders and the spectacle of feeding time kept us entertained with Altamira Orioles, Clay-colored Thrush, more Plain Chachalacas, Green Jays, Great Kiskadees, Northern Cardinals, and other great birds.  We jumped on the first tram to save time and went to the Kiskadee Blind, where we saw more Clay-colored Thrush, a Verdin, Olive Sparrows, a Hermit Thrush, and yet no White-throated Thrush.  Off to feeder #10, where we arrived at the same time as the volunteers.  We had about a ten minute wait for the Audubon's Oriole, an immature decked out in yellow and black.  It was already hot, sunny, and windy. Back to the Kiskadee Blind, where we again met the volunteers and waited in vain for the White-throated Thrush. 

We headed to Anzalduas County Park where it was hot and windy.  Still.  Joe immediately found a Black-throated Gray Warbler, and we wandered around and had great looks at a Northern-Beardless Tyrannulet.  Then it was off to the floodway and a forced march for the Sprague's Pipit. It didn't take long to find one, and we walked up to the area where it landed to find it marching around on the dead grass in plain view!  Another joined it, and we were stunned to see these birds at close range walking around in the short grass.  Wow!  Where's my camera?  Three White-tailed Hawk immatures were fighting over a snake, grabbing it away from each other and fighting over it in flight.  Off to Taco Express in Mission for ... more tacos! 

After lunch, we decided to take John McClung up on his generous invitation and we headed to Casa Santa Ana B&B.  We joined the multitudes that had been waiting since 730 AM for the White-throated Thrush.  We hadn't been there ten minutes when Joe and Tim were both on the bird!  The rest of us missed it.  Another ten minutes later, and the other Tim was on it!  Within twenty minutes we'd all had great looks at this super stealthy bird.  Wait, what next?  I'd planned to spend the whole afternoon as it's a nice place to sit in the shade and enjoy the breeze. 

We'd had some folks miss or nearly so the Cactus Wren on OPIR on day one, so we went back to Mission Nature Park.  As soon as we walked ten feet we spotted one on a prickly pear in the open.  These pretty birds have intricate markings and are such clowns, I'm glad it was putting on a show.  Try as I might, I couldn't find a Bewick's Wren.  The vote was back to the hotel, so away we went with a quick stop at Walmart for one and a look around for blackbirds including Bronzed Cowbirds for the rest of us. 

A couple hours at Frontera again on Saturday morning before the airport yielded a Painted Bunting and a near miss on the Blue (again).  We spent about 3 days birding (given their late arrival), saw 172 species, drove 520 miles, and had some of the best tacos in the LRGV at Nanas and Taco Express.  We walked 5-7 miles a day, and everyone had a WOW bird or three - including me. 

LRGV Run-around continued

It must have been a month or six weeks ago I got a call from a friend who doesn't drive asking "How's the public transportation in the LRGV?".  I can't remember if I was able to choke down a laugh or not, because the reality is it's easier to get a bus to Monterrey, Mexico than it is to get a bus from Brownsville to McAllen, much less any sort of birding area bus.  Some areas have excellent public transport, like South Padre Island, but it would generally be difficult for birders to get to birding sites using only public transport. 

That was the start of the discussions that lead to my going birding with four birders from my old stomping grounds in Ohio across the LRGV - in three and a half days.  Day one was described in my previous post http://marybirds.blogspot.com/2016/02/cameron-county-run-arounds.html. 

Thursday the guys seemed more awake (having had an hour and a half's sleep at best on Tuesday's drive in from Laredo in the wee hours).  We headed to Santa Ana, where we spent some time watching the feeders and the Plain Chachalaca's antics as the volunteers filled the feeders at 8 AM.  We walked out to the Willow Lakes, and after watching the Cinnamon Teal (that's an oxymoron) and Least Grebe, and hearing a Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, we kept going on out to Pintail Lake.  At Pintail, we joined the masses watching one or the other of the Northern Jacana juvenals, admiring the stately American Bittern, tawny brightness of the Fulvous Whistling-Ducks, Eared Grebe, Bufflehead, and the masses and masses of roosting shorebirds on the southeastern-most lake. Did I mention these guys liked to walk? 

We wandered back to the HQ, made the obligatory stop in the gift shop, and headed to Estero.  Unfortunately my digiscoping phone smashed into a million smithereens in the parking lot at Santa Ana, so I have few photos. 

It wouldn't be a visit to the LRGV without a stop at Estero Llano Grande State Park.  We started with a little sit at the hummer feeders, where we quickly had all three hummers (Buff-bellied, Black-chinned, and Ruby-throated).  We headed out to the 17 Yellow-crowned Night-Herons and the Common Pauraque, which was a hit all around.  We wandered back to the deck and decided to go for tacos at Nanas. 

After tacos it was time for Frontera.  I know, I know, Frontera is not at its best in the heat of a hot and windy day.  But how else to squeeze everything in?  We mostly missed the rarities, but there were still new birds coming in to the feeders.  I was the only one to see the Zone-tailed when it flew over, so we stayed on the deck after closing and waited for the vultures to come in.  We didn't have to wait long before the immature came in and sailed by a few times, yellow cere and legs shining in the evening sun and the barred flight feathers and tail obvious.  Later, an adult with a more boldly banded tail appeared, and then it was an immature again.  Tim was able to find a high-flying Purple Martin (year tick!) and get me on it. 

Since it was already late, we drove around between Texas/88, Border, 12th street, and Business 83 until we found 4 Red-crowned Parrots.  These loud raucous birds perched in a tree top and we watched them preen, until another group with a Yellow-headed Parrot joined them.  They quickly flew off, and we followed one group and another until we found a citrus tree loaded with fruit - and parrots.  The birds were lined up on the wires holding fruit and more were in the trees.  They spooked again (cover your ears!) and they were off to a Chinaberry tree, where we were able to set up a scope and find some Lilac-crowned Parrots with the Red-crowneds and Yellow-headed.  That was a long day, and a good one. 

Cameron County run-arounds

Friends from the Holmes County Ohio area were supposed to arrive in Brownsville last night, and I'd arranged to meet them this morning and go birding for the day.  I was almost in Brownsville when they called and said their flight had been diverted to Laredo and they were coming in by van having had no sleep.  Seems it was too foggy to land in Brownsville, and the other airports were closed already.  Would have been nice if the mobile app for American had had that info instead of telling me the plane made it in OK...

So after they had a chance to shower and get some breakfast - seems the Comfort Suites would give them a refund when they called from Laredo - we went birding. 

We hit Sabal Palm, Old Port Isabel Road, the boat ramp on US 48, SPI Convention Center, and the south end of Buena Vista Rd.  Aplomados were distant on OPIR at the nest platform, but another bird was close and flying low over the highway at the south end of Buena Vista.  A single Cassin's Sparrow perched up for us on OPIR in the heat of the day.  One of the more memorable moments for me was when a pair of American Oystercatchers flew across Rte 48 and kept calling at high volume until they landed - about 50 feet away.  So many birds we take for granted, it was a pleasure to share them with such an appreciative audience. 

It was a great day talking Ohio birds and birding while looking at Texas birds.  Let's do it again tomorrow!  LOL - and we will. 

Sal del Rey - Phalarope Follies - 2-16-2016

I went out relatively late today with the early morning fog.  I decided to go up to Brushline road to look for Wild Turkeys.  You know Turkeys - bigger than a breadbox, not exactly an identification challenge - and a relatively common bird here.  The catch is, I still haven't seen one for my 2016 Hidalgo Co. list.  So I headed up to the ranch country in the fog. 

I puttered around Brushline Rd south of 186 for a couple miles, not seeing much and not expecting Turkeys, but letting the fog burn off some (ha!) and looking for sparrows.  I didn't see many (except a Swamp Sparrow just to annoy Huck) and the ducks are declining in numbers, but there were a nice assortment of shorebirds to look through. 

As the fog started to clear I went north of 186 on Brushline and listened to the nonstop musical Bewick's Wrens singing in the brush.  I got to the Sal del Rey access and decided to walk in. I'm not sure why.  I just decided forget the turkeys, time to go for a walk. 

It was still so overcast I was a half mile down the road before I realized I'd forgotten a hat.  I put three in the car this morning, but no,  there I am walking in the fog and no hat.  And the fog started burning off just as I got to the lake. 

The fun started with three Snowy Plover on the near beach that flew off before I could point the scope at them and attach the phone.  There was a mass of shorebirds about as far south as I could see, and they seemed so very very white and active I thought they had to be Wilson's Phalarope, but hey, it's February!  That's crazy talk!  So I decided to leave them unidentified and I scanned across the lake. 

Counting Eared Grebes in small clusters across the lake to the west took me a while.  These birds were so spread out and so numerous that I went through them a couple times scanning with the scope.  The third time through I saw ... a small white thing bobbing between groups of grebes.  I stared at it until my eyes blurred.  It looked like a Phalarope.  It looked a lot like... a Red-necked Phalarope.  It took me a good ten minutes to get to where I could get the bird where I could see it on the phones screen after I attached the phoneskope.  That's a record, and not a good one. The pictures don't show much but they show a white blur. Squint really hard and maybe you'll see a bird in the picture. 

About this time a flock of shorebirds is flying through the scope, and I followed them.  They looked a lot like Phalarope.  They looked a lot like Wilson's Phalarope. About 120 of them.  Flying in evasive patterns with nothing pursuing them.  They ended up joining the Eared Grebe flocks.

At this time it's heating up, the heat haze is making the birds look like Salvador Dali painted them, and the sun is beating on my bare head.  I also forgot water.  Duh.  I've only lived in south Texas for ten and a half years, still haven't learned. 

So I hot-footed it out of there.  Sorry for not sending alerts, but the birds were so far off in the heat haze there isn't much sense going today.  Try early in the morning, take a good scope, and don't forget your hat. 

Maybe next time I'll find the Turkeys.

Mountain Plovers, Hidalgo County Texas

I had a nice flock of 16 Mountain Plover southwest of McCook, Hidalgo County, today. See rgvbirds.blogspot.com for directions.  This area of open agricultural lands is hopping with falcons (4 species), Horned Lark, Western Meadowlark, Vesper and Savannah Sparrows, and not much else.  I did see a single Sprague's Pipit in the same field as the Mountain Plover.  It's an interesting area to explore for raptors, and I was lucky to see these Mountain Plover flying by and even luckier to have them land near the road. 

White-throated Thrush at Bentsen today

I was birding with a couple from Michigan today and we spent some time at the Kiskadee Blind at Bentsen.  As a friend says, I'd rather be lucky than good... anyway, the White-throated Thrush originally eBirded on 2/6 came into the water allowing some photos!  We saw the White-throated Thrush before we saw our first Clay-colored Thrush, making for an interesting day.  Yowza!  A parade of birds came to the water including a Nashville Warbler and a Hermit Thrush. 

The immature Gray Hawks were in evidence near the Resaca, and the adult was screaming while we were at the Kiskadee Blind. 

Anhingas were at the Resaca perched in trees, and two small migrating flocks went by as we walked in the park.  We had a flock of Lincoln's Sparrows on the entrance road with about 6 birds, a larger flock of all Lincoln's than I've seen in the park in recent years. 

Red-lored Parrot, Slaughter Park Laredo 2-7-2016

As an eBird reviewer, I flag exotic species that aren't widely established so they aren't visible on eBird outputs.  As a birder, I sometime regret this.  Here's an example, a lovely Red-lored Parrot that we first identified in flight as a Red-crowned Parrot, but a closer look revealed the yellow cheek and the blue crown.  This bird was in Laredo at Slaughter Park, and others had more Red-lored and even some Yellow-headed Parrots at this very birdy site.  Thanks to Teresa K for the photo!

Big Hidalgo County January 2016

So what do you do when you find yourself out of work in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in January?  The answer is obvious at least to me, you go birding!  I got about half way through January doing my usual checking off all the local rarities for our annual Hidalgo County year list friendly competition and realized I had seen a lot of birds.  So I started getting serious about a big January.  I'm not ready to commit to a big year, as the year may see me spending time somewhere other than the LRGV, but I did start admitting to people that I was doing a big January about mid-month.  I ended up with 204 species for January in Hidalgo County, only spending about 2.5 days in other counties.  More birds were certainly possible in the county but I ran out of time to look for them.  Why do a big January? I still haven't decided that, but I have to say February is shaping up as an interesting month with a lot of rare birds in the LRGV! 

1. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis
2. Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
3. Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
4. Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
5. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
6. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
7. Gadwall (Anas strepera)
8. American Wigeon (Anas americana)
9. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
10. Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
11. Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
12. Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
13. Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
14. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
15. Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
16. Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
17. Redhead (Aythya americana)
18. Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
19. Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
20. Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
21. Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
22. Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
23. Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)
24. Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
25. Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus)
26. Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
27. Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
28. Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
29. Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
30. Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
31. American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
32. American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
33. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
34. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
35. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
36. Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
37. Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
38. Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
39. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
40. Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
41. Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
42. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
43. White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
44. White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
45. Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
46. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
47. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
48. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
49. White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
50. Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
51. Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
52. Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
53. Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
54. White-tailed Hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus)
55. Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus)
56. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
57. Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
58. Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
59. Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)
60. Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
61. Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
62. Sora (Porzana carolina)
63. Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
64. American Coot (Fulica americana)
65. Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
66. Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
67. American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
68. Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
69. Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
70. Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
71. Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
72. Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
73. Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
74. Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
75. Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
76. Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
77. Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
78. Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
79. Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
80. Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
81. Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
82. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
83. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
84. Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
85. Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
86. Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
87. Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
88. Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina)
89. White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
90. White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
91. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
92. Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
93. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
94. Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)
95. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
96. Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
97. Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
98. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
99. Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
100. Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
101. Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis)
102. Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
103. Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
104. Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
105. Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
106. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
107. Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
108. Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)
109. American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
110. Merlin (Falco columbarius)
111. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
112. Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
113. Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
114. Red-crowned Parrot (Amazona viridigenalis)
115. Green Parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus)
116. Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma imberbe)
117. Greater Pewee (Contopus pertinax)
118. Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
119. Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
120. Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
121. Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
122. Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
123. Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
124. Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
125. Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii)
126. Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
127. White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
128. Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
129. Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
130. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
131. Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
132. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
133. Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
134. Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
135. Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
136. Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps)
137. Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
138. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
139. Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)
140. Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
141. Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
142. Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
143. Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
144. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
145. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
146. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
147. Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
148. Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
149. Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
150. Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
151. Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
152. Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre)
153. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
154. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
155. American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
156. Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii)
157. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
158. Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
159. Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
160. Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata)
161. Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla)
162. Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
163. Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
164. Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
165. Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)
166. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
167. Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
168. Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens)
169. Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
170. Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
171. Cassin's Sparrow (Peucaea cassinii)
172. Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)
173. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
174. Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
175. Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
176. Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
177. White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
178. Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
179. Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
180. Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
181. Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
182. Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)
183. Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
184. Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
185. Crimson-collared Grosbeak (Rhodothraupis celaeno)
186. Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
187. Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)
188. Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
189. Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
190. Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
191. Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
192. Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
193. Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
194. Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
195. Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
196. Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
197. Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
198. Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
199. Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
200. Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis)
201. House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
202. Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
203. American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
204. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)