There are 33 birds in the list below. 1. Great-tailed Grackle,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,Lots and lots of G.T. grackles; noisy noisy in AM. Tom hates these raucous icterids! Expresses himself.
2. Surfbird,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,29th bird walk. Terrible wind (maybe surfbirds found. They flew away.)
3. Cattle Egret,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,a dozen cattle egrets were a welcome and unusual sight.
4. Least Tern,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,Eggs and young leaster terns on point.
5. Wilson's Plover,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
6. American Oystercatcher,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,One oystercatcher @ the estero-- the other on eggs?
7. Caspian Tern,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,caspian terns (30 May)
8. Blue-footed Booby,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,Sick Blue-footed Booby
9. Red-breasted Merganser,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,scarce
10. Magnificent Frigatebird,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,5 magnificent frigate birds (28 V)
11. Eared Grebe,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
12. Rock Dove,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
13. European Starling,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
14. Turkey Vulture,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
15. American White Pelican,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
16. Brown Pelican,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
17. Snowy Egret,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
18. Great Blue Heron,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,6
19. House Sparrow,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,"Englisher"
20. Willet,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
21. Ruddy Turnstone,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
22. Heermann's Gull,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
23. Common Raven,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
24. Horned Lark,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
25. Say's Phoebe,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,rare Why?
26. Generic Swallow,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
27. Marbled Godwit,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
28. Forster's Tern,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
29. Black Turnstone,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
30. Osprey,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,2
31. Mourning Dove,5/26/1988,Estero Morua
32. Common Nighthawk,5/26/1988,Estero Morua,"Texas Nighthawk 28th 30th"
33. Long-billed Curlew,5/26/1988,Estero Morua