We birded areas today around the mid Lower Rio Grand Valley Area (Alamo, Pharr, etc.) Our base for two nights was the Alamo Inn in Alamo, a birder friendly B&B. Our stay here was OUTSTANDING and we would highly reccomend this bird friendly accomodation. Keith was very helpful with birding suggestions, as well!
We started off at the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge:
Great Kiskadee
Plain Chachalaca
White-Winged Dove
Golden Fronted Woodpecker
Couch's Kingbird
Bronzed Cowbird
The Chachalacas were loud in the early morning!
Black Bellied Whistling Ducks
Little Blue Herons (and Gadwall)
Long-Billed Dowitcher
Black-Necked Stilt
More Dowitchers
White-Faced Ibis
Great Pondhawk (I think)
Ladder Backed Woodpecker
Greater Yellowlegs
Red-Eared Slider
Bronzed Cowbird
Mottled Ducks
Northern Shoveler
lifer Least Grebe
Above and below: Northern Parula
Little Blue Heron white morph
The only Yellow Crowned Night Heron we saw on the trip
Common Yellowthroat
Lifer Green Kingfisher 
This Great Kiskadee was gathering nesting material
migrant Nashville Warbler
Blue-Grey GnatcatcherSome nice Santa Ana NWR Scenery from hear the Hawk Tower
LOCATION OF SANTA ANA NWR (INTERACTIVE)
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