It was a perfect day for birding!! Cool temperatures, clear skies, and two wonderful companions—JMM and Daisy!! We left at dawn and drove to Galveston. As usual great birding along the frontage road leading to the causeway and along East Galveston Beach. Here’s the list for the day:
Kildeer
Mourning dove
Mockingbird
Crow
Red-Tailed Hawk
Pigeons
Sparrows
Turkey Vultures
Brown Pelicans (lots)
Belted Kingfisher
Great Egret
White Ibis
Cormorants
Tricolored Heron
Willets (always)
Great Blue Heron
Little Egret
Grackle
Starling
Reddish Egrets
Laughing Gulls (many)
Royal Terns
Ring-billed Gulls
Snowy Plover
Forster’s Tern
Herring Gull
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Black-necked Stilt
Kestrel
Rusty Blackbird
White-tailed Kite
Pretty good for a morning's birding!!
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