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    Date
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Native and Naturalized (85)

  1. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
    # Count: 150
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Carl Park (Tres Palacios R.)
  2. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  3. Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: 21863 Farm to Market Road 457, Bay City, Texas, US (28.838, -95.664)
  4. White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
    # Count: 32
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: 1548 County Road 230, Sargent, Texas, US (28.781, -95.594)
  5. Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  6. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  7. White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  8. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  9. Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: Sargent Beach (CTC 001)
  10. Willet Tringa semipalmata
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  11. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  12. Purple Martin Progne subis
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Meadow Chase Apartments
  13. Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  14. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  15. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Meadow Chase Apartments
  16. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Carmen Pohler
    Location: Palacios Prairie Wetland
  17. American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Sargent Road (FM 457)
  18. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Sargent Beach (CTC 001)
  19. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  20. Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: 1568 County Road 230, Bay City, Texas, US (28.781, -95.594)
  21. Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ayden Horton
    Location: Home
  22. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Matagorda Co., Sargent, Canal Dr
  23. Inca Dove Columbina inca
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ayden Horton
    Location: Grandparents house
  24. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Matagorda Co., Sargent, Canal Dr
  25. Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Sargent Beach (CTC 001)
  26. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Sargent Beach (CTC 001)
  27. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: Sargent Beach (CTC 001)
  28. Least Tern Sternula antillarum
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Sargent Beach (CTC 001)
  29. Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  30. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: LeTulle Park
  31. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Meadow Chase Apartments
  32. Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  33. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Church of Christ
  34. Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Zak Davidson
    Location: 77465, Palacios US-TX 28.75640, -96.26592
  35. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Meadow Chase Apartments
  36. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Sargent Beach (CTC 001)
  37. Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: 1804 County Road 230, Bay City, Texas, US (28.783, -95.591)
  38. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  39. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Sargent Beach (CTC 001)
  40. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  41. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Carl Park (Tres Palacios R.)
  42. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  43. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Carl Park (Tres Palacios R.)
  44. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: 1800 Laurel Street, Bay City, Texas, US (28.955, -95.967)
  45. Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Carl Park (Tres Palacios R.)
  46. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  47. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Janthina House
  48. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Del Norte Neighborhood
  49. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Riverside Park (Matagorda Co.)
  50. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  51. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Meadow Chase Apartments
  52. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Zak Davidson
    Location: 5100 FM-3280, Palacios US-TX 28.64516, -96.32238
  53. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Meadow Chase Apartments
  54. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Matagorda County Birding Nature Ctr (CTC 005A)
  55. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Catherine Claussen
    Location: 2154 County Road 230, Sargent, Texas, US (28.786, -95.586)
  56. American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Zak Davidson
    Location: 77465, Palacios US-TX 28.75640, -96.26592
  57. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Zak Davidson
    Location: 1948 Cockburn Rd, Collegeport US-TX 28.68605, -96.18005
  58. Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Hobratsch
    Location: Trull Marsh (Palacios) (CTC 011)
  59. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: 1804 County Road 230, Bay City, Texas, US (28.783, -95.591)
  60. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Zak Davidson
    Location: 1948 Cockburn Rd, Collegeport US-TX 28.68605, -96.18005
  61. Black Tern Chlidonias niger
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Sargent Beach (CTC 001)
  62. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: 1548 County Road 230, Sargent, Texas, US (28.781, -95.594)
  63. Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: Sargent Beach (CTC 001)
  64. Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: 1800 Laurel Street, Bay City, Texas, US (28.955, -95.967)
  65. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marie Castanon
    Location: 1240 Main St, Palacios US-TX (28.7021,-96.2273)
  66. Green Heron Butorides virescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Carmen Pohler
    Location: Palacios Prairie Wetland
  67. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Carl Park (Tres Palacios R.)
  68. Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Matagorda Co.--Chinquapin rd.
  69. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Church of Christ
  70. Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: 1800 Laurel Street, Bay City, Texas, US (28.955, -95.967)
  71. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Karl Villa
    Location: Riverside Park (Matagorda Co.)
  72. Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: 1804 County Road 230, Bay City, Texas, US (28.783, -95.591)
  73. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: Stone Turf Farm
  74. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: 1800 Laurel Street, Bay City, Texas, US (28.955, -95.967)
  75. Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Del Norte Neighborhood
  76. Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: 1548 County Road 230, Sargent, Texas, US (28.781, -95.594)
  77. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Matagorda County Birding Nature Ctr (CTC 005A)
  78. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Meadow Chase Apartments
  79. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Karl Villa
    Location: Riverside Park (Matagorda Co.)
  80. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Sargent Beach (CTC 001)
  81. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Meadow Chase Apartments
  82. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Meadow Chase Apartments
  83. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Hobratsch
    Location: Trull Marsh (Palacios) (CTC 011)
  84. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: 1800 Laurel Street, Bay City, Texas, US (28.955, -95.967)
  85. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: Meadow Chase Apartments

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Damon Williford
    Location: LeTulle Park

Additional Taxa (3)

  1. Cliff/Cave Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota/fulva
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: 1568 County Road 230, Bay City, Texas, US (28.781, -95.594)
  2. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Steeves
    Location: 1568 County Road 230, Bay City, Texas, US (28.781, -95.594)
  3. Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum auritum/brasilianum
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Armas
    Location: Riverside Park (Matagorda Co.)