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Texas: The Rio Grande Valley in Spring

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with Gavin Bieber as leader

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2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 7 30 Dendrocygna autumnalis
1 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 3 275 Dendrocygna bicolor
1 Snow Goose 1 1 Chen caerulescens
2 Muscovy Duck 1 1 Cairina moschata
2 Gadwall 6 20 Anas strepera
2 American Wigeon 3 8 Anas americana
2 Mallard 3 4 Anas platyrhynchos
2 Mottled Duck 4 8 Anas fulvigula
2 Blue-winged Teal 8 125 Anas discors
1 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
2 Northern Shoveler 3 30 Anas clypeata
2 Northern Pintail 1 6 Anas acuta
2 Green-winged Teal 3 6 Anas crecca
1 Canvasback 3 5 Aythya valisineria
2 Redhead 1 1 Aythya americana
1 Ring-necked Duck 2 6 Aythya collaris
1 Greater Scaup Aythya marila
2 Lesser Scaup 1 3 Aythya affinis
1 Bufflehead 1 6 Bucephala albeola
2 Red-breasted Merganser 2 3 Mergus serrator
1 Masked Duck 1 1 Nomonyx dominicus
2 Ruddy Duck 3 125 Oxyura jamaicensis
2 Plain Chachalaca 7 40 Ortalis vetula
1 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
1 Common Loon 1 1 Gavia immer
2 Least Grebe 5 10 Tachybaptus dominicus
2 Pied-billed Grebe 7 5 Podilymbus podiceps
1 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
2 Northern Gannet 1 1 Morus bassanus
2 American White Pelican 3 175 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
2 Brown Pelican 3 60 Pelecanus occidentalis
2 Neotropic Cormorant 6 30 Phalacrocorax brasilianus
2 Double-crested Cormorant 8 25 Phalacrocorax auritus
2 Anhinga 2 55 Anhinga anhinga
1 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
2 Great Blue Heron 6 5 Ardea herodias
2 Great Egret 8 34 Ardea alba
2 Snowy Egret 7 70 Egretta thula
2 Little Blue Heron 4 40 Egretta caerulea
2 Tricolored Heron 4 32 Egretta tricolor
2 Reddish Egret 3 2 Egretta rufescens
2 Cattle Egret 7 100 Bubulcus ibis
2 Green Heron 4 3 Butorides virescens
2 Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 15 Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2 1 Nyctanassa violacea
2 White Ibis 4 20 Eudocimus albus
1 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
2 White-faced Ibis 2 2 Plegadis chihi
2 Roseate Spoonbill 3 16 Platalea ajaja
2 Black Vulture 5 40 Coragyps atratus
2 Turkey Vulture 7 120 Cathartes aura
2 Osprey 7 6 Pandion haliaetus
1 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
2 Swallow-tailed Kite 2 8 Elanoides forficatus
2 White-tailed Kite 2 2 Elanus leucurus
2 Mississippi Kite 1 3 Ictinia mississippiensis
2 Northern Harrier 4 3 Circus cyaneus
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 5 Accipiter striatus
2 Cooper's Hawk 2 2 Accipiter cooperii
2 Harris's Hawk 7 6 Parabuteo unicinctus
2 Gray Hawk 2 3 Buteo nitidus
2 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 Buteo lineatus
2 Broad-winged Hawk 3 500 Buteo platypterus
2 Swainson's Hawk 3 750 Buteo swainsoni
2 White-tailed Hawk 1 2 Buteo albicaudatus
2 Red-tailed Hawk 4 12 Buteo jamaicensis
2 Crested Caracara 6 12 Caracara cheriway
2 American Kestrel 5 2 Falco sparverius
1 Merlin 3 1 Falco columbarius
2 Aplomado Falcon 2 2 Falco femoralis
2 Peregrine Falcon 2 1 Falco peregrinus
2 Clapper Rail 2 3 Rallus longirostris
1 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
2 Sora 3 8 Porzana carolina
1 Purple Gallinule 1 1 Porphyrio martinica
2 Common Moorhen 5 12 Gallinula chloropus
2 American Coot 6 50 Fulica americana
2 Black-bellied Plover 2 10 Pluvialis squatarola
2 American Golden-Plover 3 110 Pluvialis dominica
2 Wilson's Plover 2 2 Charadrius wilsonia
2 Semipalmated Plover 4 15 Charadrius semipalmatus
2 Piping Plover 1 2 Charadrius melodus
2 Killdeer 7 10 Charadrius vociferus
2 American Oystercatcher 3 2 Haematopus palliatus
2 Black-necked Stilt 8 30 Himantopus mexicanus
2 American Avocet 4 20 Recurvirostra americana
2 Greater Yellowlegs 5 4 Tringa melanoleuca
2 Lesser Yellowlegs 6 20 Tringa flavipes
2 Solitary Sandpiper 3 2 Tringa solitaria
2 Willet 4 50 Tringa semipalmatus
2 Spotted Sandpiper 7 5 Actitis macularius
2 Upland Sandpiper 4 300 Bartramia longicauda
2 Whimbrel 1 10 Numenius phaeopus
2 Long-billed Curlew 1 2 Numenius americanus
2 Marbled Godwit 3 50 Limosa fedoa
2 Ruddy Turnstone 2 15 Arenaria interpres
2 Sanderling 3 60 Calidris alba
2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 15 Calidris pusilla
2 Western Sandpiper 4 30 Calidris mauri
2 Least Sandpiper 6 120 Calidris minutilla
1 Baird's Sandpiper 1 10 Calidris bairdii
2 Pectoral Sandpiper 3 25 Calidris melanotos
2 Dunlin 3 50 Calidris alpina
1 Stilt Sandpiper 3 30 Calidris himantopus
1 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 2 Tryngites subruficollis
2 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 50 Limnodromus griseus
2 Long-billed Dowitcher 3 700 Limnodromus scolopaceus
1 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
2 Laughing Gull 8 1500 Larus atricilla
2 Franklin's Gull 3 150 Larus pipixcan
2 Ring-billed Gull 2 20 Larus delawarensis
2 Herring Gull 3 45 Larus argentatus
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 1 Larus fuscus
2 Gull-billed Tern 6 20 Geochelidon nilotica
2 Caspian Tern 3 8 Hydroprogne caspia
2 Royal Tern 3 60 Thalasseus maxima
2 Sandwich Tern 3 45 Thalasseus sandvicensis
1 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
2 Forster's Tern 2 10 Sterna forsteri
2 Least Tern 2 50 Sternula antillarum
2 Black Skimmer 3 90 Rynchops niger
2 Rock Pigeon 7 40 Columba livia
2 Red-billed Pigeon 2 6 Patagioenas flavirostris
2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 5 Streptopelia decaocto
2 White-winged Dove 8 60 Zenaida asiatica
2 Mourning Dove 8 250 Zenaida macroura
2 Inca Dove 3 12 Columbina inca
2 Common Ground-Dove 6 12 Columbina passerina
2 White-tipped Dove 6 20 Leptotila verreauxi
2 Green Parakeet 2 100 Aratinga holochlora
1 Lilac-crowned Parrot 1 2 Amazona finschii
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 6 Coccyzus americanus
2 Greater Roadrunner 1 1 Geococcyx californianus
1 Barn Owl 1 1 Tyto alba
1 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 1 Megascops asio
1 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
1 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl 1 1 Glaucidium brasilianum
2 Elf Owl 1 2 H Micrathene whitneyi
2 Lesser Nighthawk 2 4 Chordeiles acutipennis
2 Common Pauraque 1 10 Nyctidromus albicollis
1 Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis
2 Chimney Swift 7 30 Chaetura pelagica
2 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 3 8 Amazilia yucatanensis
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6 10 Archilochus colubris
2 Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 2 Archilochus alexandri
2 Ringed Kingfisher 5 4 Ceryle torquatus
2 Belted Kingfisher 5 2 Ceryle alcyon
2 Green Kingfisher 5 1 Chloroceryle americana
2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 8 22 Melanerpes aurifrons
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 2 Sphyrapicus varius
2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 7 4 Picoides scalaris
2 No. Beardless-Tyrannulet 2 4 Camptostoma imberbe
2 Black Phoebe 1 1 Sayornis nigricans
2 Vermilion Flycatcher 3 4 Pyrocephalus rubinus
2 Ash-throated Flycatcher 4 3 Myiarchus cinerascens
1 Great Crested Flycatcher 4 2 Myiarchus crinitus
2 Brown-crested Flycatcher 1 1 Myiarchus tyrannulus
2 Great Kiskadee 8 15 Pitangus sulphuratus
2 Tropical Kingbird 4 7 Tyrannus melancholicus
2 Couch's Kingbird 7 16 Tyrannus couchii
2 Western Kingbird 2 1 Tyrannus verticalis
1 Eastern Kingbird 3 15 Tyrannus tyrannus
2 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 8 155 Tyrannus forficatus
2 Loggerhead Shrike 8 5 Lanius ludovicianus
2 White-eyed Vireo 6 10 Vireo griseus
1 Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
1 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 2 Vireo flavifrons
2 Blue-headed Vireo 5 4 Vireo solitarius
2 Warbling Vireo 2 1 Vireo gilvus
1 Red-eyed Vireo 3 20 Vireo olivaceus
2 Green Jay 7 20 Cyanocorax yncas
2 Brown Jay 1 1 Cyanocorax morio
1 Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus
2 Chihuahuan Raven 6 10 Corvus cryptoleucus
2 Purple Martin 5 20 Progne subis
2 Tree Swallow 7 30 Tachycineta bicolor
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 60 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
2 Bank Swallow 4 2 Riparia riparia
2 Cliff Swallow 6 40 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
2 Cave Swallow 5 90 Petrochelidon fulva
2 Barn Swallow 8 70 Hirundo rustica
2 Black-crested Titmouse 7 5 Baeolophus atricristatus
2 Verdin 2 2 Auriparus flaviceps
2 Cactus Wren 2 3 Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
2 Carolina Wren 2 8 H Thryothorus ludovicianus
2 Bewick's Wren 2 2 Thryomanes bewickii
2 House Wren 8 4 Troglodytes aedon
1 Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
2 Marsh Wren 3 2 H Cistothorus palustris
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 8 Regulus calendula
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 6 Polioptila caerulea
2 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 2 1 Polioptila melanura
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
1 Swainson's Thrush 2 8 Catharus ustulatus
1 Wood Thrush 1 1 Hylocichla mustelina
2 Clay-colored Robin 3 4 Turdus grayi
2 Gray Catbird 3 4 Dumetella carolinensis
2 Northern Mockingbird 8 25 Mimus polyglottos
1 Brown Thrasher 2 1 Toxostoma rufum
2 Long-billed Thrasher 5 5 Toxostoma longirostre
2 Curve-billed Thrasher 3 5 Toxostoma curvirostre
2 European Starling 6 30 Sturnus vulgaris
1 Sprague's Pipit 1 2 Anthus spragueii
1 Cedar Waxwing 3 160 Bombycilla cedrorum
1 Blue-winged Warbler 3 2 Vermivora pinus
2 Tennessee Warbler 2 10 Vermivora peregrina
2 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 4 Vermivora celata
1 Nashville Warbler 4 10 Vermivora ruficapilla
1 Northern Parula 3 8 Parula americana
1 Yellow Warbler 1 1 Dendroica petechia
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 6 Dendroica coronata coronata
2 Black-throated Green Warbler 5 6 Dendroica virens
1 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 1 Dendroica dominica
1 Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
1 Black-and-white Warbler 3 6 Mniotilta varia
2 American Redstart 1 1 Setophaga ruticilla
1 Prothonotary Warbler 3 1 Protonotaria citrea
1 Worm-eating Warbler 3 6 Helmitheros vermivorum
1 Ovenbird 3 2 Seiurus aurocapilla
1 Northern Waterthrush 3 3 Seiurus noveboracensis
1 Louisiana Waterthrush 2 2 Seiurus motacilla
2 Kentucky Warbler 3 5 Oporornis formosus
2 Common Yellowthroat 8 15 Geothlypis trichas
1 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
1 Hooded Warbler 3 20 Wilsonia citrina
2 Wilson's Warbler 3 1 Wilsonia pusilla
2 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 1 Icteria virens
2 Summer Tanager 4 5 Piranga rubra
2 Scarlet Tanager 1 2 Piranga olivacea
2 White-collared Seedeater 2 2 Sporophila torqueola
2 Olive Sparrow 7 15 Arremonops rufivirgatus
2 Cassin's Sparrow 3 2 Aimophila cassinii
1 Botteri's Sparrow Aimophila botterii
2 Chipping Sparrow 2 15 Spizella passerina
1 Clay-colored Sparrow 4 30 Spizella pallida
2 Lark Sparrow 5 80 Chondestes grammacus
2 Black-throated Sparrow 3 5 Amphispiza bilineata
2 Savannah Sparrow 6 6 Passerculus sandwichensis
2 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 1 Ammodramus savannarum
2 Lincoln's Sparrow 7 6 Melospiza lincolnii
1 Swamp Sparrow 1 1 Melospiza georgiana
1 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
2 Northern Cardinal 6 10 Cardinalis cardinalis
2 Pyrrhuloxia 3 4 Cardinalis sinuatus
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 1 Pheucticus ludovicianus
1 Blue Grosbeak 2 7 Passerina caerulea
2 Indigo Bunting 5 50 Passerina cyanea
1 Varied Bunting 2 1 Passerina versicolor
2 Painted Bunting 2 3 Passerina ciris
2 Red-winged Blackbird 8 300 Agelaius phoeniceus
2 Eastern Meadowlark 6 60 Sturnella magna
2 Western Meadowlark 2 4 Sturnella neglecta
2 Brewer's Blackbird 2 25 Euphagus cyanocephalus
2 Great-tailed Grackle 8 1000 Quiscalus mexicanus
2 Bronzed Cowbird 8 150 Molothrus aeneus
2 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 50 Molothrus ater
2 Orchard Oriole 3 50 Icterus spurius
2 Hooded Oriole 2 2 Icterus cucullatus
2 Bullock's Oriole 1 1 Icterus bullockii
2 Altamira Oriole 4 6 Icterus gularis
2 Audubon's Oriole 2 2 Icterus graduacauda
1 Baltimore Oriole 2 12 Icterus galbula
2 Lesser Goldfinch 5 20 Carduelis psaltria
2 House Sparrow 8 40 Passer domesticus

Non-Established Exotics
1 Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis

Mammals
2 Black-tailed Jackrabbit X Lepus californicus
2 Eastern Cottontail X Sylvilagus floridanus
1 Desert Cottontail X Sylvilagus audubonii
1 Mexican Ground Squirrel Spermophilus mexicanus
2 Eastern Fox Squirrel X Sciurus niger
1 Nutria X Myocastor coypus
1 Northern Raccoon X Procyon lotor
1 Coyote Canis latrans
1 White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
2 Javelina X Pecari tajacu

Amphibians and Reptiles
2 American Alligator X Alligator mississippiensis
2 Red-eared Slider X Trachemys scripta elegans
1 Yellow Mud Turtle X Kinosternon flavescens
2 Spiny Softshelled Turtle X Apalone spinifera emoryi
2 Green Anole X Anolis carolinensis
2 Brown Anole X Anolis sagrei
1 Texas Spiny Lizard X Sceloporus olivaceus
2 Texas Spotted Whiptail X Cnemidophorus gularis gularis
1 Laredo Striped Whiptail Cnemidophorus laredoensis
2 Six-lined Racerunner X Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
1 Green Toad X Bufo debilis debilis
1 Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea
1 Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
2 Diamond-backed Watersnake X Nerodia rhombifer
1 Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus orarius
2 Mexican Racer X Coluber constrictor oaxaca

Butterflies
2 Giant Swallowtail X Papilo cresphontes
2 Pipevine Swallowtail X Battus philenor
1 Polydamus Swallowtail Battus polydamus
1 Checkered White X Pontia protodice
2 Great Southern White X Ascia monuste
1 Dainty Sulphur X Nathalis iole
1 Little Yellow Eurema lisa
2 Cloudless Sulphur X Phoebis sennae
1 Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe
1 Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside
1 White-angled Sulphur Anteos clorinde
1 Dusky-blue Groundstreak Calycopis isobeon
1 Gray Hairstreak X Strymon melinus
1 Reakirt's Blue Hemiargus isola
2 Gulf Frittilary X Agraulis vanillae
1 Julia Dryas julia
1 Pearl Crescent X Phycoides tharos
1 Texan Crescent Phyciodes texana
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
1 Common Buckeye Junonia coenia
1 White Peacock Anartia jatrophae
1 Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton
1 Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis
2 Monarch X Danaus plexippus
2 Queen X Danaus gilippus
2 Carolina Satyr X Hermeuptchia sosybius
1 White-striped Longtail Chiodes catillus
2 Checkered Skipper X Pyrgus communis/albescens
1 Funereal Duskywing X Erynnis funeralis
1 Laviana White-Skipper X Heliopetes laviana
2 Fiery Skipper X Hylephila phyleus

Odonates
1 Smoky Rubyspot Hataerina titia
1 American Rubyspot X Hataerina americana
1 Common Spreadwing X Lestes disjunctus
2 Powdered Dancer X Argia moesta
2 Rambur's Forktail X Ishnura ramburii
2 Familiar Bluet X Enallagma civile
1 Desert Firetail X Telebasis salva
2 Common Green Darner X Anax longipes
1 Prince Baskettail X Epitheca princeps
1 Black Setwing X Dythemis nigrescens
1 Pin-tailed Pondhawk X Erythemis plebeja
2 Eastern Pondhawk X Erythemis simplicicollis
1 Great Pondhawk Erythemis vesiculosa
1 Needham's Skimmer Libellula needhami
1 Thornbush Dasher X Micrathyria hagenii
2 Blue Dasher X Pachydiplax longipennis
1 Eastern Amberwing X Perithemis tenera
1 Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerta

Damselflies and Dragonflies
2 Band-winged Dragonlet X Erythrodiplax umbrata
2 Roseate Skimmer X Orthemis ferruginea
1 Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens
2 Red Saddlebags X Tramea onusta

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