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Texas: Whooping Cranes and the Rio Grande Valley

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2007 With Michael O’Brien as leader

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6 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2 100 Dendrocygna autumnalis
1 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
5 Greater White-fronted Goose 1 400 Anser albifrons
6 Snow Goose 1 80 Chen caerulescens
2 Ross's Goose Chen rossii
1 Muscovy Duck 1 2 Cairina moschata
6 Gadwall 6 400 Anas strepera
6 American Wigeon 4 600 Anas americana
6 "Northern" Mallard 1 2 Anas p. platyrhynchos
6 "Mexican" Mallard 1 2 Anas platyrhynchos diazi
6 Mallard x Mottled Duck 1 1 Anas platyrhynchos x fulvigula
6 Mottled Duck 2 20 Anas fulvigula
6 Blue-winged Teal 7 300 Anas discors
6 Cinnamon Teal 4 10 Anas cyanoptera
6 Northern Shoveler 6 100 Anas clypeata
6 Northern Pintail 4 400 Anas acuta
6 Green-winged Teal 3 200 Anas crecca
5 Canvasback 3 6 Aythya valisineria
6 Redhead 1 1000 Aythya americana
6 Ring-necked Duck 5 25 Aythya collaris
6 Lesser Scaup 5 2000 Aythya affinis
3 Bufflehead 3 50 Bucephala albeola
6 Common Goldeneye 1 150 Bucephala clangula
2 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
6 Red-breasted Merganser 1 150 Mergus serrator
5 Ruddy Duck 4 10 Oxyura jamaicensis
5 Plain Chachalaca 4 30 Ortalis vetula
4 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
3 Northern Bobwhite 1 12 Colinus virginianus
6 Common Loon 1 30 Gavia immer
6 Least Grebe 2 7 Tachybaptus dominicus
6 Pied-billed Grebe 7 10 Podilymbus podiceps
6 Eared Grebe 1 1 Podiceps nigricollis
3 Northern Gannet 1 50 Morus bassanus
6 American White Pelican 5 500 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
6 Brown Pelican 1 300 Pelecanus occidentalis
6 Neotropic Cormorant 6 75 Phalacrocorax brasilianus
6 Double-crested Cormorant 6 2500 Phalacrocorax auritus
5 Anhinga 2 4 Anhinga anhinga
2 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
6 Great Blue Heron 7 250 N Ardea herodias
6 Great Egret 7 150 Ardea alba
6 Snowy Egret 7 50 Egretta thula
6 Little Blue Heron 1 2 Egretta caerulea
6 Tricolored Heron 6 20 Egretta tricolor
6 Reddish Egret 2 8 Egretta rufescens
6 Cattle Egret 2 3 Bubulcus ibis
2 Green Heron 1 1 Butorides virescens
4 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 4 Nycticorax nycticorax
3 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 6 Nyctanassa violacea
5 White Ibis 3 20 Eudocimus albus
4 White-faced ibis 4 20 Plegadus chihi
6 Roseate Spoonbill 2 75 Platalea ajaja
6 Black Vulture 5 15 Coragyps atratus
6 Turkey Vulture 7 100 Cathartes aura
6 Osprey 6 10 Pandion haliaetus
2 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
6 White-tailed Kite 3 1 Elanus leucurus
6 Northern Harrier 6 10 Circus cyaneus
5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 1 Accipiter striatus
6 Cooper's Hawk 6 5 Accipiter cooperii
6 Gray Hawk 2 1 Asturina nitida
1 Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
6 Harris's Hawk 6 8 Parabuteo unicinctus
1 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
6 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 2 Buteo lineatus
2 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
6 White-tailed Hawk 5 19 Buteo albicaudatus
1 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
6 Red-tailed Hawk 7 25 Buteo jamaicensis
2 Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
6 Crested Caracara 6 10 Caracara cheriway
6 American Kestrel 7 30 Falco sparverius
4 Merlin 2 1 Falco columbarius
1 Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
5 Peregrine Falcon 3 2 Falco peregrinus
1 Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
2 King Rail Rallus elegans
1 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
5 Sora 2 2 H Porzana carolina
6 Common Moorhen 6 10 Gallinula chloropus
6 American Coot 7 300 Fulica americana
6 Sandhill Crane 2 300 Grus canadensis
6 Whooping Crane 1 32 Grus americana
6 Black-bellied Plover 2 50 Pluvialis squatarola
4 Snowy Plover 1 5 Charadrius alexandrinus
5 Semipalmated Plover 1 10 Charadrius semipalmatus
6 Killdeer 6 20 Charadrius vociferus
6 American Oystercatcher 1 12 Haematopus palliatus
6 Black-necked Stilt 3 100 Himantopus mexicanus
6 American Avocet 2 300 Recurvirostra americana
6 Greater Yellowlegs 4 30 Tringa melanoleuca
5 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 1 Tringa flavipes
4 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
6 "Western" Willet 2 200 Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus
6 Spotted Sandpiper 5 5 Actitis macularia
2 Whimbrel 1 1 Numenius phaeopus
6 Long-billed Curlew 2 30 Numenius americanus
5 Marbled Godwit 2 5 Limosa fedoa
6 Ruddy Turnstone 1 8 Arenaria interpres
6 Sanderling 1 75 Calidris alba
6 Western Sandpiper 1 20 Calidris mauri
6 Least Sandpiper 3 50 Calidris minutilla
6 Dunlin 2 200 Calidris alpina
6 Stilt Sandpiper 3 15 Calidris himantopus
1 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 5 Limnodromus griseus
6 Long-billed Dowitcher 3 300 Limnodromus scolopaceus
6 Wilson's Snipe 1 3 Gallinago delicata
6 Laughing Gull 4 2000 Larus atricilla
6 Bonaparte's Gull 1 15 Larus philadelphia
6 Ring-billed Gull 3 500 Larus delawarensis
6 Herring Gull 3 30 Larus argentatus
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
3 Gull-billed Tern 1 9 Gelochelidon nilotica
6 Caspian Tern 2 75 Hydroprogne caspia
6 Royal Tern 1 50 Thalasseus maximus
1 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
6 Forster's Tern 2 200 Sterna forsteri
6 Black Skimmer 1 200 Rynchops niger
6 Rock Pigeon 7 1000 Columba livia
3 Red-billed Pigeon 2 3 Patagioenas flavirostris
5 Eurasian Collared-Dove 4 10 Streptopelia decaocto
6 White-winged Dove 4 60 Zenaida asiatica
6 Mourning Dove 7 100 Zenaida macroura
6 Inca Dove 5 15 Columbina inca
6 Common Ground-Dove 5 5 Columbina passerina
6 White-tipped Dove 5 10 Leptotila verreauxi
6 Green Parakeet 1 35 Aratinga holochlora holochlora
1 White-fronted Parrot 1 2 U Amazona albifrons
6 Red-crowned Parrot 1 1 Amazona viridigenalis
4 Lilac-crowned Parrot U Amazona finschi
2 Red-lored Parrot U Amazona autumnalis
2 Yellow-headed Parrot U Amazona oratrix
6 Greater Roadrunner 1 1 Geococcyx californianus
2 Groove-billed Ani 1 4 Crotophaga sulcirostris
4 Barn Owl 2 10 Tyto alba
6 Eastern Screech-Owl 2 2 Megascops asio mccallii
5 Great Horned Owl 1 1 Bubo virginianus
5 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
2 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
2 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
1 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
6 Common Pauraque 1 5 Nyctidromus albicollis
6 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 2 1 Amazilia yucatanensis
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 1 Archilochus colubris
4 Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 3 Archilochus alexandri
2 Rufous Hummingbird 1 1 Selasphorus rufus
1 Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
6 Ringed Kingfisher 3 4 Ceryle torquata
6 Belted Kingfisher 3 3 Ceryle alcyon
6 Green Kingfisher 1 1 Chloroceryle americana
6 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6 20 Melanerpes aurifrons
5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 2 Sphyrapicus varius
1 Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
6 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 5 8 Picoides scalaris
3 No. Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
4 Black Phoebe 2 1 Sayomis nigricans
6 Eastern Phoebe 6 6 Sayornis phoebe
6 Vermilion Flycatcher 3 2 Pyrocephalus rubinus
1 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
6 Great Kiskadee 5 40 Pitangus sulphuratus
6 Tropical Kingbird 2 2 Tyrannus melancholicus
6 Couch's Kingbird 5 12 Tyrannus couchii
6 Loggerhead Shrike 7 10 Lanius ludovicianus
6 White-eyed Vireo 3 4 Vireo griseus
6 Blue-headed Vireo 5 2 Vireo solitarius
6 Green Jay 6 30 Cyanocorax yncas
5 Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
1 San Blas Jay Cyanocorax sanblasianus
6 Chihuahuan Raven 3 15 Corvus cryptoleucus
1 Horned Lark 1 8 Eremophila alpestris
5 Purple Martin 4 15 Progne subis
5 Tree Swallow 3 30 Tachycineta bicolor
6 No. Rough-winged Swallow 2 2 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
6 Cave Swallow 2 70 Petrochelidon fulva
5 Barn Swallow 1 5 Hirundo rustica
6 Black-crested Titmouse 6 12 Baeolophus atricristatus
6 Verdin 3 1 Auriparus flaviceps
6 Cactus Wren 1 1 Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
2 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
6 Carolina Wren 3 12 Thryothorus ludovicianus lomitensis
6 Bewick's Wren 2 4 Thryomanes bewickii
6 House Wren 5 3 Troglodytes aedon
2 Sedge Wren 1 2 Cistothorus platensis
5 Marsh Wren 1 1 Cistothorus palustris
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 1 H Regulus satrapa
6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 15 Regulus calendula
6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 15 Polioptila caerulea
3 Eastern Bluebird 3 6 Salia salis
3 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
6 Clay-colored Robin 4 2 Turdus grayi
1 White-throated Robin Turdus assimilis
5 American Robin 5 15 Turdus migratorius
1 Gray Catbird 2 1 Durmetella carolinensis
6 Northern Mockingbird 7 75 Mimus polyglottos
6 Long-billed Thrasher 5 4 Toxostoma longirostre
6 Curve-billed Thrasher 2 4 Toxostoma curvirostre
1 Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
6 European Starling 7 200 Sturnus vulgaris
6 American Pipit 2 70 Anthus rubescens
6 Sprague's Pipit 1 2 Anthus spragueii
2 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
6 Orange-crowned Warbler 7 10 Vermivora celata
5 Nashville Warbler 1 2 Vermivora ruficapilla
3 Northern Parula Parula americana
4 Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
3 Yellow Warbler 1 1 Dendroica petechia
5 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 75 Dendroica coronata coronata
6 "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 2 Dendroica coronata auduboni
3 Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 3 Dendroica nigrescens
4 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 3 Dendroica virens
3 Yellow-throated Warbler 3 2 Dendroica dominica
4 Pine Warbler 3 3 Dendroica pinus
5 Black-and-white Warbler 3 2 Mniotilta varia
1 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
3 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
6 Common Yellowthroat 4 4 Geothlypis trichas
1 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
6 Wilson's Warbler 1 2 Wilsonia pusilla
2 Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
3 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
4 White-collared Seedeater 1 1 Sporophila torqueola
6 Olive Sparrow 5 9 Arremonops rufivirgatus
6 Cassin's Sparrow 2 5 Aimophila cassinii
6 Chipping Sparrow 2 30 Spizella passerina
5 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
2 Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
3 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
6 Lark Sparrow 3 10 Chondestes grammacus
5 Black-throated Sparrow 1 2 Amphispiza bilineata
2 Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
6 Savannah Sparrow 5 5 Passerculus sandwichensis
3 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
3 Le Conte's Sparrow 1 2 Ammodramus leconteii
1 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
6 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 12 Melospiza lincolnii
5 Swamp Sparrow 1 1 H Melospiza georgiana
3 "Eastern" White-crowned Sparrow 1 3 Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys
2 "Gambel's" White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelli
1 Crimson-collared Grosbeak Rhodothraupis celaeno
6 Northern Cardinal 6 10 Cardinalis cardinalis
6 Pyrrhuloxia 3 12 Cardinalis sinuatus
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 2 Pheucticus ludovicianus
6 Indigo Bunting 2 15 Passerina cyanea
1 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
6 Red-winged Blackbird 7 300 Agelaius phoeniceus
6 Eastern Meadowlark 3 3 Sturnella magna
6 Western Meadowlark 5 100 Sturnella neglecta
5 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
1 Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
6 Great-tailed Grackle 7 5000 Quiscalus mexicanus
6 Bronzed Cowbird 2 17 Molothrus aeneus
6 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 100 Molothrus ater
5 Hooded Oriole 1 3 Icterus cucullatus
1 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
6 Altamira Oriole 4 10 Icterus gularis
6 Audubon's Oriole 2 4 Icterus graduacauda
4 House Finch 1 10 Carpodacus mexicanus
5 Lesser Goldfinch 4 5 Carduelis psaltria
6 American Goldfinch 3 12 Carduelis tristis
6 House Sparrow 7 150 Passer domesticus

Mammals
2 Nine-banded Armadillo X Dasypus novemcinctus
2 Eastern Cottontail X Sylvilagus floridanus
1 Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus
2 Eastern Fox Squirrel X Sciurus niger
1 Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
1 Muskrat Ondatra zibethica
2 Nutria X Myocastor coypus
2 Coyote X Canis latrans
1 Raccoon Procyon lotor
1 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
1 Bobcat X Lynx rufus
2 Bottlenose Dolphin X Tursiops truncatus
1 Feral Pig Sus scrofa
1 Collared Peccary Tayassu tajacu
2 White-tailed Deer X Odocoileus virginianus
1 Nilgai X Boselaphus tragocamelus

Amphibians and Reptiles
1 Rio Grande Leopard Frog Rana berlandieri
1 Giant Toad Bufo marinus
2 Red-eared Slider X Trachemys scripta elegans
1 Rio Grande Cooter Pseudemys concinna gorzugi
1 Texas Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera
1 Green Anole Anolis carolinensis
2 Rosebelly Lizard X Sceloporus variabilis marmoratus
2 Texas Spiny Lizard X Sceloporus olivaceus
1 Texas Patchnose Snake X Salvadora grahamiae lineata

Butterflies
2 Pipevine Swallowtail X Battus philenor
2 Black Swallowtail X Papilio polyxenes
2 Giant Swallowtail X Papilio cresphontes
1 Cabbage White Pieris rapae
1 Checkered White Pontia protodice
2 Great Southern White X Ascia monuste
2 Orange Sulphur X Colias eurytheme
2 Southern Dogface X Colias cesonia
2 Orange-barred Sulphur X Phoebis philea
1 Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe
1 Lyside Sulphur X Kricogonia lyside
1 Little Yellow X Eurema lisa
2 Sleepy Orange X Eurema nicippe
1 Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole
1 Great Purple Hairstreak X Atlides halesus
1 Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
1 Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon columella
1 Dusky-blue Groundstreak X Calycopis isobeon
2 Reakirt's Blue Hemiargus isola
1 Fatal Metalmark Calephilis nemesis
1 Rawson's Metalmark Calephelis rawsoni
1 American Snout Libytheana carinenta
2 Gulf Fritillary X Agraulis vanillae
2 Zebra Heliconian X Heliconius chantoius
2 Variegated Fritillary X Eutoieta claudia
2 Texan Crescent X Phyciodes texana
1 Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos
1 Vesta Crescent Phyciodes vesta
1 Phaon Crescent X Phyciodes phaon
2 Painted Lady X Vanessa cardui
2 Red Admiral X Vanessa atalanta
1 Tropical Leafwing X Anaea aidea
1 Common Buckeye Junonia coenia
1 Common Mestra X Mestra amymone
1 Empress Leilia Asterocampa leilia
1 Gemmed Satyr Danaus gilippus
2 Carolina Satyr X Hermeuptychia sosybius hermes
2 Queen X Danaus gilippus
1 Monarch Danaus plexippus
1 White-striped Longtail Chioides catillus
1 Brown Longtail X Urbanus procne
1 Mimosa Skipper Cogia calchas
1 Mazans Scallopwing Staphylus mazans
1 Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius
1 Funereal Duskywing X Erynnis funeralis
1 Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus
1 White-patched Skipper Chiomara asychis
1 Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus comminis
2 Tropical Checkered-Skipper X Pyrgus oileus
1 Laviana White-Skipper Heliopetes laviana
1 Fawn-spotted Skipper Cymaenes odilia
1 Clouded Skipper X Lerema accius
1 Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala
1 Olive-clouded Skipper Lerodea dysaules
1 Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus
1 Southern Skipperling Copaeodes minima

True Butterflies (Papilionidae)
1 Pale-banded Crescent Phyciodes tulcis

Brushfoots
1 Sickle-winged Skipper X Achlyodes thraso
1 Sachem Atalopedes campestris

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