Santa Ana and Quinta Mazatlan Birding, TX

Howdee all,

Guess what we did today?…..Yep..More birding.

We returned to Santa Ana in hopes of finding the Hook-billed Kite.

We didn't find the Kite..we did see lots of other birds..

For the second time in two days we saw the Groove-billed Ani..

An couple from Great Britain had noticed one as it went for a drink in the dike..

This bird from a distance could be mistaken for a Great-tailed Grackle..

I wonder how many I have missed…

We were lucky to see not only one..But , two…how exciting…

I don't know why this one was fanning its wings…I think it may have been trying to dry them after taking a dip..or maybe it was some mating dance…

We had fun watching both birds for over a half hour…  I wanted to visit Quinta Mazatlan in McAllen.

Christopher from Picusblog suggested we visit…Thanks Christopher!

What a great little park in the middle of town.

Garden Gate.. Green Jay tiles on either side of the gate..  We followed the trails…a small but very nice park..Feeding stations set up in many areas of the garden..

Lots of nice water features as well..

While sitting and watching birds near the feeders…we heard some squawking..

I found the birds..

Green Parakeets…Life Birds..They looked like a very nice couple…cuddling  and kissing.. On our way out of the park, I stopped to look at a Golden-fronted woodpecker..

Jeff said is that an owl? I looked at the tree and thought it was just part of the tree …

not an owl…

Until I looked at it with my binos..

And saw that it indeed, was an owl

Eastern Screech Owl…Life bird! Does anyone know what type of fungus this is?

Another Great day of birding in the RGV of Texas!

Birds of the Day

Mourning dove
Great tailed grackle
Black-bellied whistling duck
Plain chucalaca
Red-winged blackbird
Orchard oriole
White winged dove
White- tipped dove
Couch's kingbird
House sparrow
Great kiskadee
Mockingbird
Carolina wren
Black-crested titmouse
Long-billed thrasher
White-eyed vireo
Olive sparrow
Coot
Common Moorhen
White-faced ibis
Blue-winged teal
Pied-billed grebe
Least grebe
Sora
Common yellowthroat
Neotropic cormorant
Great egret
Barn swallow
Nashville warbler
Indigo bunting
Little blue heron
Snowy egret
Brown-crested flycatcher
Altamira oriole
Ladder-back woodpecker
Red shouldered hawk
Mississippi kite
Bronzed cowbird
Green heron
Groove-billed Ani
Green parakeet
Buff-bellied hummingbird
Green jay
Cardinal
Eastern screech owl