Road Scholar Birding Trip, Brownsville, Texas - Jan 13th through Jan 16th, 2014
Nature Conservancy, Southmost Preserve
This 1,014 acre preserve is located on a meandering bend of the Rio Grande River and it contains one of the last stands of native Sabal Palm trees in the US. It is an important birding area with nearly 500 species passing through this valley.
Lark Sparrow 
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Mockingbird
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Catus Wren
Turkey Vulture
Our group approaching the Rio Grande River.
Cooper's Hawk
Ringed Kingfisher
Black Vulture
Ring-necked Duck
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Vermilion Flycatcher
Along the road to Boca Chica
Boca Chica Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
We observed many shore birds here at the refuge. This is a sandy eight mile beach on a narrow spit of land between the Rio Grande delta and the salt flats of the lower Laguna Madre, 23 miles east of Brownsville.
Sanderling
Brown Pelicans
Laughing Gull
Caspian Tern (Laughing Gull on the left)
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