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Texas: The Upper Coast

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with Jon Dunn as leader

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9 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 3 15 Dendrocygna autumnalis
8 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 2 10 Dendrocygna bicolor
1 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
5 Snow Goose 1 1 Chen caerulescens
6 Wood Duck 2 2 Aix sponsa
7 Gadwall 1 4 Anas strepera
7 American Wigeon Anas americana
7 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
9 Mottled Duck 5 10 Anas fulvigula maculosa
9 Blue-winged Teal 6 75 Anas discors
1 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
8 Northern Shoveler 2 10 Anas clypeata
2 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
3 Green-winged Teal 1 4 Anas crecca
6 Lesser Scaup 2 2 Aythya affinis
1 King Eider Somateria spectabilis
2 Surf Scoter 2 3 Melanitta perspicillata
1 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
8 Red-breasted Merganser 2 4 Mergus serrator
2 Ruddy Duck 1 6 Oxyura jamaicensis
1 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
4 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
1 Pacific Loon 1 2 Gavia pacifica
4 Common Loon 1 25 Gavia immer
8 Pied-billed Grebe 4 12 Podilymbus podiceps
2 Eared Grebe 1 10 Podiceps nigricollis
1 Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
2 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
9 American White Pelican 2 60 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
9 Brown Pelican 5 100 Pelecanus occidentalis
9 Neotropic Cormorant 7 100 N Phalacrocorax brasilianus
9 Double-crested Cormorant 3 3 Phalacrocorax auritus
8 Anhinga 5 6 Anhinga anhinga
4 Magnificent Frigatebird 1 1 Fregata magnificens
8 American Bittern 3 4 Botaurus lentiginosus
8 Least Bittern 4 2 Ixobrychus exilis
9 Great Blue Heron 7 3 Ardea herodias
9 Great Egret 7 100 N Ardea alba
9 Snowy Egret 7 50 N Egretta thula
9 Little Blue Heron 6 30 Egretta caerulea
9 Tricolored Heron 7 30 Egretta tricolor
9 Reddish Egret 1 4 Egretta rufescens
9 Cattle Egret 7 200 Bubulcus ibis
9 Green Heron 6 10 Butorides virescens
9 Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 6 Nycticorax nycticorax
9 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 6 25 Nyctanassa violaceus
9 White Ibis 6 300 Eudocimus albus
5 Glossy Ibis 1 1 Plegadis falcinellus
1 Glossy Ibis x White-faced Ibis Plegadis falcinellus x P. chihi
8 White-faced Ibis 7 200 Plegadis chihi
9 Roseate Spoonbill 6 50 N Platalea ajaja
9 Black Vulture 7 20 Coragyps atratus
9 Turkey Vulture 7 20 Cathartes aura
9 Osprey 2 1 Pandion haliaetus
7 Swallow-tailed Kite 3 2 Elanoides forficatus
6 White-tailed Kite 1 3 Elanus leucurus
8 Mississippi Kite 2 16 Ictinia mississippiensis
2 Bald Eagle 1 2 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
8 Northern Harrier 5 5 Circus cyaneus
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 Accipiter striatus
3 Cooper's Hawk 3 1 Accipiter cooperii
8 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 2 Buteo lineatus alleni
8 Broad-winged Hawk 5 30 Buteo platypterus
8 Swainson's Hawk 5 10 Buteo swainsonii
8 Red-tailed Hawk 5 2 Buteo jamaicensis borealis
3 Crested Caracara 4 2 Caracara cheriway
2 American Kestrel 2 1 Falco sparverius
6 Merlin 4 2 Falco c. columbarius
7 Peregrine Falcon 3 1 Falco peregrinus
7 Yellow Rail 1 3 Coturnicops noveboracensis
4 Black Rail 1 1 Laterallus jamaicensis
8 Clapper Rail 2 10 Rallus longirostris saturatus
8 King Rail 2 6 Rallus elegans
4 Virginia Rail 2 7 Rallus limicola
8 Sora 5 4 Porzana carolina
8 Purple Gallinule 3 3 Porphyrio martinica
7 Common Moorhen 6 50 Gallinula chloropus
7 American Coot 4 100 Fulica americana
9 Black-bellied Plover 5 100 Pluvialis squatarola
8 American Golden-Plover 4 50 Pluvialis dominica
7 Snowy Plover 1 4 Charadrius alexandrinus
9 Wilson's Plover 2 2 Charadrius wilsonia wilsonia
9 Semipalmated Plover 5 20 Charadrius semipalmatus
9 Piping Plover 3 50 Charadrius melodus
9 Killdeer 6 10 Charadrius vociferus
8 American Oystercatcher 3 6 Haematopus palliatus
9 Black-necked Stilt 7 40 Himantopus mexicanus
9 American Avocet 3 2000 Recurvirostra americana
8 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
9 Solitary Sandpiper 4 2 Tringa solitaria solitaria
9 Greater Yellowlegs 5 25 Tringa melanoleuca
9 Willet ("Eastern") 6 20 Tringa s. semipalmatus
9 Willet ("Western") 4 50 Tringa s. inornatus
9 Lesser Yellowlegs 6 200 Tringa flavipes
7 Upland Sandpiper 3 19 Bartramia longicauda
9 Whimbrel 5 100 Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
6 Long-billed Curlew 1 2 Numenius americanus
8 Marbled Godwit 3 6 Limosa fedoa
4 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
9 Ruddy Turnstone 4 10 Arenaria interpres morinella
9 Red Knot 2 30 Calidris canutus
9 Sanderling 4 400 Calidris alba
8 Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 50 Calidris pusilla
8 Western Sandpiper 3 80 Calidris mauri
8 Least Sandpiper 5 5 Calidris minutilla
4 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
4 Baird's Sandpiper 1 5 Calidris bairdii
8 Pectoral Sandpiper 6 30 Calidris melanotos
8 Dunlin 3 1000 Calidris alpina hudsonia
9 Stilt Sandpiper 3 25 Calidris himatopus
8 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 10 Tryngites subruficollis
9 Short-billed Dowitcher 3 200 Limnodromus griseus hendersoni
1 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus griseus
9 Long-billed Dowitcher 5 200 Limnodromus scolopaceus
8 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
7 Wilson's Phalarope 1 1 Phalaropus tricolor
9 Laughing Gull 6 500 Larus atricilla
3 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
1 Little Gull Larus minutus
4 Bonaparte's Gull 1 1 Larus philadelphia
9 Ring-billed Gull 4 10 Larus delawarensis
9 Herring Gull 3 30 Larus argentatus smithsonianus
3 Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
1 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
9 Least Tern 4 50 Sternula antillarum
9 Gull-billed Tern 6 10 Geochelidon nilotica
9 Caspian Tern 4 4 Hydroprogne caspia
9 Black Tern 3 15 Chlidonias niger
9 Common Tern 3 20 Sterna hirundo
9 Forster's Tern 5 30 Sterna forsteri
9 Royal Tern 3 300 Thalasseus maxima
9 Sandwich Tern 4 80 Thalasseus sandvicensis
9 Black Skimmer 3 200 Rhynchops niger
1 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
9 Rock Pigeon 7 10 Columba livia
9 Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 25 Streptopelia decaocto
9 White-winged Dove 4 10 Zenaida asiatica
9 Mourning Dove 7 30 Zenaida macroura
9 Inca Dove 4 3 Columbina inca
3 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
9 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4 2 Coccyzus americanus
2 Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
1 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
1 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
2 Great Horned Owl 1 2 Bubo virginianus
4 Barred Owl Strix varia
1 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
6 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
9 Chimney Swift 6 30 Chaetura pelagica
1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
9 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 3 Archilochus colubris
9 Belted Kingfisher 6 4 Megaceryle halcyon
9 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 5 Melanerpes erythrocephalus
9 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 4 Melanerpes carolinus
6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 1 Sphyrapicus varius
9 Downy Woodpecker 5 3 Picoides pubescens
3 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
9 Red-cockaded Woodpecker 2 4 Picoides borealis
5 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus auratus
9 Pileated Woodpecker 2 2 Dryocopus pileatus
9 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 4 Contopus virens
9 Acadian Flycatcher 2 5 Empidonax virescens
1 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
9 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 2 Myiarchus crinitus
1 Great Kiskadee 1 1 itangus sulphuratus texanus
1 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
3 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
9 Eastern Kingbird 7 50 Tyrannus tyrannus
9 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 6 8 Tyrannus forficatus
8 Loggerhead Shrike 7 6 Lanius ludovicianus
9 White-eyed Vireo 5 8 Vireo griseus
9 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 3 Vireo flavifrons
6 Blue-headed Vireo 5 5 Vireo solitarius
5 Warbling Vireo 4 3 Vireo gilvus gilvus
3 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
8 Red-eyed Vireo 6 30 Vireo olivaceus
9 Blue Jay 5 15 Cyanocitta cristata
9 American Crow 4 10 Corvus brachyrhynchos
8 Fish Crow 3 6 Corvus ossifragus
7 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
9 Purple Martin 7 30 Progne subis
9 Tree Swallow 7 500 Tachycineta bicolor
9 N. Rough-winged Swallow 3 8 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
8 Bank Swallow 5 5 Riparia riparia
9 Cliff Swallow 7 50 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
8 Cave Swallow 2 5 Petrochelidon fulva
9 Barn Swallow 7 50 Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
9 Carolina Chickadee 4 6 Poecile carolinensis
9 Tufted Titmouse 2 5 Baeolophus bicolor
9 Brown-headed Nuthatch 2 6 Sitta pusilla
1 Brown Creeper Certhia americana montana
9 Carolina Wren 6 6 Thryothorus ludovicianus
8 House Wren 2 2 H Troglodytes aedon
9 Sedge Wren 5 3 Cistothorus platensis
9 Marsh Wren 6 5 Cistothorus palustris
8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 3 Regulus calendula
9 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5 6 N Polioptila caerulea
9 Eastern Bluebird 2 10 N Sialia sialis
6 Veery 1 1 Catharus fuscescens
6 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 1 Catharus minimus
9 Swainson's Thrush 4 4 Catharus ustulatus swainsoni
9 Wood Thrush 5 4 Hylocichla mustelina
2 American Robin Turdus migratorius
9 Gray Catbird 6 10 Dumetella carolinensis
9 Northern Mockingbird 7 30 Mimus polyglottos
9 Brown Thrasher 4 4 Toxostoma rufum
9 European Starling 7 50 Sturnus vulgaris
8 Cedar Waxwing 2 50 Bombycilla cedrorum
7 Blue-winged Warbler 5 8 Vermivora pinus
4 Golden-winged Warbler 1 1 Vermivora chrysoptera
9 Tennessee Warbler 5 20 Vermivora peregrina
7 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 3 Vermivora celata celata
5 Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla ruficapilla
9 Northern Parula 7 20 Parula americana
8 Yellow Warbler 3 3 Dendroica petechia aestiva
4 Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
2 Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
2 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
8 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 5 Dendroica coronata coronata
9 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 3 Dendroica virens
1 Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
1 Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis
6 Blackburnian Warbler 1 1 Dendroica fusca
7 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 10 Dendroica dominica albilora
9 Pine Warbler 2 20 N Dendroica pinus
9 Prairie Warbler 2 2 Dendroica discolor
5 "Western" Palm Warbler 3 3 Dendroica palmarum palmarum
1 Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
6 Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
6 Cerulean Warbler 3 2 Dendroica cerulea
8 Black-and-white Warbler 6 4 Mniotilta varia
8 American Redstart 3 8 Setophaga ruticilla
9 Prothonotary Warbler 6 8 Protonotaria citrea
8 Worm-eating Warbler 3 5 Helmitheros vermivorus
8 Swainson's Warbler 1 1 Limnothlypis swainsonii
6 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
9 Northern Waterthrush 4 5 Seiurus noveboracensis
5 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 2 Seiurus motacilla
9 Kentucky Warbler 4 8 Oporornis formosus
9 Common Yellowthroat 6 Geothlypis trichas
8 Hooded Warbler 5 30 Wilsonia citrine
1 Wilson's Warbler 1 1 Wilsonia pusilla pusilla
1 Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
1 Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus
9 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 2 Icteria virens virens
8 Summer Tanager 7 75 Piranga rubra rubra
9 Scarlet Tanager 4 10 Piranga olivacea
4 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
9 Bachman's Sparrow 1 2 Aimophila aestivalis illinoensis
3 Chipping Sparrow 2 5 Spizella passerina
2 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
9 Savannah Sparrow 5 30 Passerculus sandwichensis
1 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum pratensis
7 Le Conte's Sparrow 1 4 Ammodramus leconteii
7 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 2 6 Ammodramus nelsoni
9 Seaside Sparrow 3 30 Ammodramus maritimus fischeri
7 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 2 Melospiza lincolnii
7 Swamp Sparrow 6 4 Melospiza georgiana
9 White-throated Sparrow 3 5 Zonotrichia albicollis
6 White-crowned Sparrow 2 1 Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys
1 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii
9 Northern Cardinal 7 25 Cardinalis cardinalis
9 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 15 Pheucticus ludovicianus
9 Blue Grosbeak 5 4 Passerina caerulea
9 Indigo Bunting 6 80 Passerina cyanea
8 Painted Bunting 2 15 Passerina ciris pallidior
6 Dickcissel Spiza americana
4 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
9 Red-winged Blackbird 7 400 Agelaius phoeniceus
9 Eastern Meadowlark 6 20 Sturnella magna argutula
9 Common Grackle 7 50 Quiscalus quiscula versicolor
9 Boat-tailed Grackle 6 100 Quiscalus major major
9 Great-tailed Grackle 7 50 Quiscalus mexicanus prosopidicola
9 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 30 Molothrus ater ater
9 Orchard Oriole 7 150 Icterus spurius
9 Baltimore Oriole 5 100 Icterus galbula
1 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
9 House Sparrow 7 20 Passer domesticus

Mammals

3 Virginia Opossum X Didelphis virginiana
4 Nine-banded Armadillo X Dasypus novemcinctus
8 Swamp Rabbit X Sylvilagus aquaticus
4 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
7 Eastern Gray Squirrel X Sciurus carolinensis
4 Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
1 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
3 Nutria (Coypu) Myocastor coypus
3 Coyote Canis latrans
3 Northern Raccoon X Procyon lotor
3 Northern River Otter Ehydra lutris
2 White-tailed Deer X Odocoileus virginianus
4 Atlantic Bottlenosed Dolphin Tursiops truncates

Amphibians and Reptiles

2 Northern Cricket Frog X Acris crepitans
1 Common Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor
1 Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea
1 Squirrel Treefrog Hyla squirella
4 Green Frog X Rana clamitans
5 Bullfrog X Rana catesbeiana
3 Gulf Coast Toad Bufo valiceps
9 American Alligator N Alligator mississippiensis
3 Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia
1 Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis
1 Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus
9 Red-eared Slider X Trachemys scripta elegans
2 Spiny Softshell Turtle X Apalone spinifera pallidus
7 Green Anole Anolis carolinensis
1 Brown Anole Anolis sagrei
1 Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
1 Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus
1 Broadhead Skink Eumeces laticeps
2 Ground Skink Scincella lateralis
1 Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporous undulatus
3 Yellowbelly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster
4 Broad-banded Water Snake X Nerodia fasciata confluens
3 Rough Green Snake X Opheodrys aestivus
1 Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
6 W. Ribbon Snake X Thamnophis proximus orarius
2 Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris
1 Texas Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta lindheimerii
1 Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
1 Southern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix
4 Western Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma
1 Eastern Pygmy Blue Brephidium isophthalma

Butterflies

3 Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor
6 Zebra Swallowtail X Eurytides marcellus
5 Black Swallowtail X Papilio polyxenes
8 Giant Swallowtail X Papilio cresphontes
5 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail X Papilio glaucus
4 Spicebush Swallowtail X Papilio Troilus
7 Palamedes Swallowtail X Papilio palamedes
1 Checkered White Pontia protodice
1 Cabbage White Pieris rapae
4 Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
3 Clouded Sulphur X Colias philodice
4 Cloudless Sulphur X Phoebis sennae
2 Little Yellow X Eurema lisa
1 Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
1 Western Pygmy Blue Brephidium exile
4 American Snout Libytheana carinenta
1 Phaon Crescen Phyciodes phaon
3 Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos
2 Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis
1 Eastern Comma Polygonia comma
1 Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
1 American Lady Vanessa virginiensis
3 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
1 Common Buckeye Junonia coenia
1 Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis
3 Viceroy X Limenitis archippus
3 Goatweed Leafwing X Limenitis arthemis
6 Monarch X Danaus plexippus
2 Queen Danaus gilippus
1 Southern Pearly-Eye Enodia portlandia
4 Little Wood Satyr Megisto cymela
1 Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius
1 Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis
1 Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus
2 Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus
1 Swarthy Skipper Nastra ilherminier
2 Clouded Skipper Lerema accius
1 Northern Broken-Dash Wallengrenia egeremet
1 Twin-spot Skipper Oligoria maculata
1 Salt Marsh Skipper Panoquina panoquin