Hidalgo and Starr Counties, 30 August 2003

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="050d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Invertebrate Fauna of Kerr County, Texas</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Invertebrate Fauna of Kerr County, T"><U>home</U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> Hidalgo and Starr Counties, 30 August 2003</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>From trip to Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata and Jim Hogg Counties, 29-31 August 2003</B></div> <div> <B>A complete report of the trip follows.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>7 September 2003 (v.12)</B></div> <bR> <div> I made a weekend run to the Valley in an attempt to see some of the butterfly specialties in the central Valley and then to look for Odonates in Zapata, Jim Hogg and Duval Counties. The trip was a great success, thanks especially to some wonderful guides, and some Olives<I> (Cordia boissieri),</I> Anacuas <I>(Ehretia anacua),</I> and Arroyo Twinevines (~ Climbing Milkweed/<I>Sarcostemma cynanchoides)</I>. I ran out of film and into heavy rain at my last stop in Jim Hogg County and had to skip Duval, but it was late anyway and hungry animals at home beckoned.</div> <bR> <div> After a late start I drove most of the night Friday from Kerrville to San Juan. I was at Santa Ana at dawn Saturday and was rewarded with several fine new Leps for me and a couple of new Odes as well. Met Matt Heindel there and he was kind enough to direct me towards a Red-bordered Metalmark he had found. I was unable to relocate it, but did find another metalmark, well-worn, that i identified as a Rounded (commentary desired and welcome). Butterflies were in decent variety (Julia Heliconian, Zebra Heliconian, Mimosa Skipper, Celia's Roadside-Skipper), but the only large numbers were of Laviana White-skippers and, on one 100-yard stretch of the driving loop, hundreds/thousands of Snouts. Eight Groove-billed Ani's were stumbling around on the road trying to catch the Snouts. Comical bird in a comical situation.</div> <bR> <div> I then drove to Bentsen. On the way, at Hidalgo, i ran into (literally) clouds of Snouts and quite a few Sulphurs all moving southeast. Hundreds of course were DOR. This lasted until i had to turn north toward McAllen and US 83. </div> <bR> <div> Bentsen was crawling with Snouts. I worked the olives at the entrance, finding two White-angled Sulphurs among the many Cloudless and Large Orange Sulphurs. I then went to the garden, where Jan Dauphin, Barbara Ribble and Derek Muschalek found me, identified some good things for me and then let me join them as they showed me some other great things. First we stopped back at the Olives, joined by David Dauphin, to see the White-angled Sulphurs and found at least four, perhaps more, there. </div> <bR> <div> Then to the NABA park where a Gray Cracker they had previously found was still glued to the trunk of a hackberry. I got some stout pictures of it. Charles Jones joined up with us there for a while. We also visited  the <I>Duranta</I> hedge at Mission West RV Park, and then the Mission city parks.</div> <bR> <div> Dave and Jan have a wonderful new house in Mission and are landscaping with an amazing array of native butterfly food plants. Their house will probably be in all future Lep-finding guides! </div> <bR> <div> I then headed west, checking out Charlie's spot below the Roma bridge, only to find it too late for much to be flying, although i did find a couple of nice Odes. Then i went to Salineño, hoping for some cool birds headed to roost, and photographed a Zone-tailed Hawk (seems odd at this location in August).</div> <bR> <div> I spent the night at Falcon State Park, and started the next morning along their shoreline. Black Saddlebags there, and a Reddish Egret (photographed) among the more common birds.</div> <bR> <div> Zapata was next on my list, and i stopped there at the pond next to the library. The Odes were excellent and i photographed a number of new things. Snout numbers were high along the river here as well, increasing on the road north. They became so numerous along the road that i counted by tens the number of dead Snouts on the highway for one mile, for a total of 1340. This level of movement (and death) continued for four miles outside of San Ygnacio. Once away from the Rio Grande by more than a couple miles or so, the Snouts dropped to virtually nil (one here and there at a flower).</div> <bR> <div> In San Ygnacio i stopped first at the square with its planters of purple lantana and found a few things, and photographed a nice female Black Swallowtail. Driving the streets i found a couple of blooming Anacuas, crawling with thousands of Snouts. A gust of wind on one tree made it burst like a dandelion. At the seedeater sanctuary, the butterflies were in good variety and number, though a Common Buckeye was the only new thing for me for the trip. The garden had as nice and varied a group of blooming plants as i saw anywhere else in the valley. I also had two male and two female seedeaters there (and had one male at the Zapata library also).</div> <bR> <div> Jim Hogg and Duval Counties were next in my plans - looking for Odes. There's a reason there are few Ode records there - not much water. Instead i got distracted by the lines of Arroyo Twinevine<I> </I>on the fences in Jim Hogg County. Derek Muschalek had mentioned Saturday the value of this plant as a nectar source (and when i returned home found a post from him about it as well on TexButterflies). So i turned around and visited the first i saw, and then a second and third. Among the better things found were Ocola Skipper, Turk's Cap White-Skipper and Fatal Metalmark. By then rain was threatening, i was out of film (disk space actually) and i headed home. In the meantime i passed dozens of stands of this vine in bloom in both Jim Hogg and Duval Counties. Someone working this weekend might find some great things in those counties, and both NEED to be worked.</div> <bR> <div> As always i crave corrections and discussion on identifications i have made of any of these critters. Thanks to Robert Nuelle, Mike Overton, Dan Hardy, Greg Lasley, Janet Rathjen, John Abbott, Tom Langschied and Bob Behrstock for identifications, confirmations, commentary and corrections.</div> <bR> <div> (USGS) = previously undocumented records according to the USGS website and John Abbott's Odonata Central. I am aware that the USGS site is behind and that Dr. Abbott is redesigning his site, but both remain the most accurate publicly available references i know, and thus their usage as a guide to places needing work and rough working documents for what needs confirming.</div> <bR> <div> * = Photographed (sometimes poorly); pictures visible on my website at:</div> <div> http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/margaret/203/id65.htm for 30 August 2003</div> <div> http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/margaret/203/id68.htm for 31 August 2003</div> <bR> <div> Included below is the usual list of the additional critters seen on the trip.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Zapata and Jim Hogg Counties, 31 August "><U><B>see Zapata and Jim Hogg Counties, 31 August 2003</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County </B></div> <div> <B>8 a.m. to about 11:00 a.m., 30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b185e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Black Setwing, </B><I>Dythemis nigrescens</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b195e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Needham's Skimmer, </B><I>Libellula needhami</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b1e5eff0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="255" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>unknown Skimmer sp., </B>perhaps<B> </B><I>Libellula sp.</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b1a5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b1b5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b1c5e110.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="273" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eastern Pondhawk, </B><I>Erythemis simplicicollis</I></div> <div> above, females; below pair in wheel on rock at pond next to Headquarters</div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b1d5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Roseate Skimmer, </B><I>Orthemis ferruginea</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b1f5e130.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="275" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Large Orange Sulphur, </B><I>Phoebis agarithe</I></div> <div> on Turk's Cap, <I>Malvaviscus arborea</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <div> <B>  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b4f8ae80.jpg" border=0 width="650" height="488" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b505e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Cloudless Sulphur, </B><I>Phoebis sennae</I></div> <div> on Turk's Cap, <I>Malvaviscus</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b205e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Pipevine Swallowtail, </B><I>Battus philenor</I></div> <div> leaving Bindweed sp., <I>Ipomoea sp.</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b225e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b244c070.jpg" border=0 width="332" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Julia Heliconian, </B><I>Dryas iulia</I></div> <div> on Texas Lantana, <I>Lantana horrida</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b255e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gulf Fritillary, </B><I>Agraulis vanillae</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b265eff0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="255" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Leafwing sp., probably Tropical, </B><I>Anaea sp., </I>probably <I>A. aidea</I></div> <div> on Hackberry, <I>Celtis laevigata</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b275e1d0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="285" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b29521d0.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="285" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Phaon Crescent, </B><I>Phyciodes phaon</I></div> <div> on Turk's Cap, <I>Malvaviscus arborea</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b2c52150.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="277" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b2b5e150.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="277" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b345e210.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="545" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b335ebc0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="444" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>cf. Rounded Metalmark, </B><I>Calephelis cf. perditalis</I></div> <div> on Sage sp., <I>Salvia sp.</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b2d2c560.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="342" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>American Snout sp., </B><I>Libytheana carinenta larvata</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <div> <B>Identification by Mike Overton</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b2e5e220.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b307f220.jpg" border=0 width="383" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Carolina Satyr, </B><I>Hermeuptychia sosybius</I></div> <div> on grass sp.</div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b315e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b32c2990.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="409" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Tropical Checkered-Skipper, </B><I>Pyrgus oileus</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b355e140.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b3c57140.jpg" border=0 width="343" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b375e220.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b3b5b220.jpg" border=0 width="347" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b3d5c1f0.jpg" border=0 width="348" height="287" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b3a5e1f0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="287" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Laviana White-Skipper, </B><I>Heliopetes laviana</I></div> <div> on Turk's Cap, <I>Malvaviscus arborea</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b3e5e0f0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="271" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b3f5e0f0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="271" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b405e260.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="294" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Southern Broken-Dash, </B><I>Wallengrenia otho</I></div> <div> on Texas Lantana, <I>Lantana horrida </I>(above), and Sage sp. (?), <I>Salvia sp. (?) </I>(below)</div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b428ae80.jpg" border=0 width="650" height="488" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b438ae80.jpg" border=0 width="650" height="488" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b445eff0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="255" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Clouded Skipper, </B><I>Lerema accius</I></div> <div> on Turk's Cap, <I>Malvaviscus arborea</I> (above), Bindweed sp., <I>Ipomoea sp. </I>(below)</div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b452c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b462c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b475e0c0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="268" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Celia's Roadside-Skipper, </B><I>Amblyscirtes celia</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b485e1a0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="282" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b498a070.jpg" border=0 width="650" height="519" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b4a5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b4b5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mimosa Skipper, </B><I>Cogia calchas</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b4c5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Crab Spider sp. </B>with<B> Emerald Moth sp.</B></div> <div> on Texas Lantana, <I>Lantana horrida</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b4d5e2f0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="303" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Plain Chachalaca, </B><I>Ortalis vetula mccallii</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b4e5e120.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ringed Kinfisher, </B><I>C</I><I>eryle torquata</I></div> <div> Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Bentsen- Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County </B></div> <div> <B>11:30 a.m. to about 2:00 p.m., 30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b515e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b525e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b538acc0.jpg" border=0 width="650" height="460" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b545e160.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="278" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>White Angled-Sulphur, </B><I>Anteos clorinde</I></div> <div> on Texas Olive, <I>Cordia boissieri</I></div> <div> Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b555e0a0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b565e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Lyside Sulphur, </B><I>Kricogonia lyside</I></div> <div> Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b575e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Giant Swallowtail, </B><I>Papilio cresphontes</I></div> <div> on Purple Lantana, <I>Lantana cf. macropoda</I></div> <div> Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b585e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b595e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Snout sp., </B><I>Libytheana sp.</I></div> <div> puddling</div> <div> Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b5a5e180.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b5b5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b5c5e010.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="257" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Zebra Heliconian, </B><I>Heliconius charithonia</I></div> <div> on Texas Lantana, <I>Lantana horrida</I></div> <div> Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b5d5e160.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="278" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Southern Broken-Dash, </B><I>Wallengrenia otho</I></div> <div> on Texas Lantana, <I>Lantana horrida</I></div> <div> Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b5e5e170.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="279" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eufala Skipper, </B><I>Lerodea eufala</I></div> <div> Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b5f5e380.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="312" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Plain Chachalaca, </B><I>Ortalis vetula mccallii</I></div> <div> on St. Augustine Grass, <I>Stenotaphrum secundatum</I></div> <div> Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b605e200.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="288" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Groove-billed Ani, </B><I>Crotophaga sulcirostris</I></div> <div> Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b615e2b0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="299" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b625e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="286" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b635e190.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b645e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Javelina/Collared Peccary, </B><I>Pecari tajacu</I></div> <div> Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>North American Butterfly Association Refuge, Hidalgo County </B></div> <div> <B>2:30 p.m. to about 3:30 p.m., 30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b665e170.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="279" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>unknown dragonfly</B></div> <div> North American Butterfly Association Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b675e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b688ae80.jpg" border=0 width="650" height="488" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b695e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b6a5e490.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="329" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b6b5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b6c5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gray Cracker, </B><I>Hamadryas februa</I></div> <div> on Hackberry, <I>Celtis laevigata</I></div> <div> North American Butterfly Association Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b6e5e000.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="256" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Swainson's Hawk, </B><I>Buteo swainsoni</I></div> <div> North American Butterfly Association Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Mission West RV Park </B><I><B>Duranta</B></I><B> hedge, Hidalgo County </B></div> <div> <B>4:00 p.m. to about 4:30 p.m., 30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b70c26d0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="365" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b712c7e0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b722c6a0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="362" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>White Peacock, </B><I>Anartia jatrophae</I></div> <div> on Lavender Golden-Dewdrop, <I>Duranta repens</I></div> <div> Mission West RV Park <I>Duranta</I> hedge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b745e180.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b755e160.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="278" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Brown Longtail, </B><I>Urbanus procne</I></div> <div> on Oleander, <I>Nerium oleander</I></div> <div> Mission West RV Park <I>Duranta</I> hedge, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Mission City Hall new butterfly garden, Hidalgo County</B></div> <div> <B>4:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., 30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b6f5e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="286" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Little Yellow, </B><I>Eurema lisa</I></div> <div> Mission City Hall new butterfly garden, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b735e180.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Soldier, </B><I>Danaus eresimus montezuma</I></div> <div> on Boneset?, <I>cf. Eupatorium sp.</I></div> <div> Mission City Hall new butterfly garden, Hidalgo County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <div> <B>Identification by Mike Overton & Dan Hardy</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Just west of Roma International Bridge, Starr County </B></div> <div> <B>6:00 p.m. to about 7:00 p.m., 30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b765e4f0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="335" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b775e200.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="288" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b785e610.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="353" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Common Green Darner, </B><I>Anax junius</I></div> <div> on grass sp.</div> <div> Below Roma International Bridge, Starr County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b795e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b7a5efb0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>unknown dragonfly</B></div> <div> on Hackberry, <I>Celtis laevigata</I>.</div> <div> Below Roma International Bridge, Starr County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Salineño</B><B>, </B><B>Starr County </B></div> <div> <B>7:30 p.m. to dark, 30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b802c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b812c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b825e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Powdered Dancer, </B><I>Argia moesta</I></div> <div> Salineño, Starr County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b7b5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b7c5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b7d5e150.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="277" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b7e5e360.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="310" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b7f5e120.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eastern Pondhawk, </B><I>Erythemis simpicicollis</I></div> <div> female (above) on grass sp., male (below)</div> <div> Salineño, Starr County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b835e150.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="277" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="b845ef70.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="247" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b855eff0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="255" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Zone-tailed Hawk, </B><I>Buteo albonotatus</I></div> <div> Salineño, Starr County, Texas, 30 August 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX:Hidalgo Co., Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, including the front garden, the butterfly garden at headquarters, A and B trails, the old manager's residence, and the driving loop by car with occasional stops</B></div> <div> [with Matt Heindel part of the time]</div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 1 dark butterfly sp.</div> <div> *1 Pipevine Swallowtail</div> <div> 10 Giant Swallowtail</div> <div> 80 Sulphur sp.</div> <div> 1 Little Yellow</div> <div> *1 Cloudless Sulphur</div> <div> *1 Large Orange Sulphur</div> <div> *1 cf. Rounded Metalmark</div> <div> *1 Julia Heliconian</div> <div> *1 Zebra Heliconian</div> <div> *1 Leafwing sp. , probably Tropical Leafwing</div> <div> 4 Common Mestra</div> <div> *3 Gulf Fritillary</div> <div> *11 Phaon Crescent</div> <div> 1 Tawny Emperor</div> <div> 1 Antonia Hackberry Emperor</div> <div> *1000+ Snout sp.</div> <div> *2 Carolina Satyr</div> <div> 2 Queen</div> <div> *30 Laviana White-Skipper</div> <div> *2 Tropical Checkered-Skipper</div> <div> *2 Mimosa Skipper</div> <div> *2 Southern Broken-Dash</div> <div> *4 Clouded Skipper</div> <div> *8 Celia's Roadside Skipper</div> <bR> <div> 1 Black Witch</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> 2 Common Green Darner</div> <div> 2 red skimmer sp.</div> <div> *1 Needham's Skimmer</div> <div> *4 Roseate Skimmer</div> <div> *10 Eastern Pondhawk</div> <div> *1 Black Setwing</div> <div> 1 Striped Saddlebags</div> <div> 2 Red Saddlebags</div> <div> 4 Black Saddlebags</div> <bR> <bR> <div> IN/VERTEBRATES OF INTEREST</div> <bR> <div> + White Cactus Snail</div> <div> 1 Tarantula Hawk</div> <bR> <div> 16 Rio Grande Leopard Frog</div> <bR> <div> 4 Six-lined Racerunner</div> <div> 1 Rose-bellied Lizard</div> <div> 12 small <I>Sceloporus sp.</I></div> <div> 5 large <I>Sceloporus sp.</I></div> <bR> <div> 1 Hook-billed Kite</div> <div> *6 Plain Chachalaca</div> <div> 1 Solitary Sandpiper</div> <div> 15 Upland Sandpiper</div> <div> 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo</div> <div> 30 Groove-billed Ani</div> <div> 14 White-tipped Dove</div> <div> 1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird</div> <div> 1 Rufous Hummingbird</div> <div> *1 Ringed Kingfisher</div> <div> 2 Brown-crested Flycatcher</div> <div> 1 Willow Flycatcher</div> <div> 1 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet</div> <div> 22 Great Kiskadee</div> <div> 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow</div> <div> 1 Clay-colored Robin</div> <div> 1 White-eyed Vireo</div> <div> 1 Black-crested Titmouse</div> <div> 4 Carolina Wren</div> <div> 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher</div> <div> 1 Yellow Warbler</div> <div> 1 Mourning Warbler</div> <div> 60 Olive Sparrow</div> <div> 1 Dickcissel</div> <bR> <div> 1 Fox Squirrel</div> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Hidalgo Co., Bensten RGV State Park, including the entrance headquarters olive trees, and the butterfly garden</B></div> <div> [with Jan and David Dauphin, Derek Muschalek, Barbara Ribble part of the time]</div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> *5 Giant Swallowtail</div> <div> 1 Pipevine Swallowtail</div> <div> *4+ WHITE ANGLED-SULPHUR</div> <div> 8 Large Orange Sulphur</div> <div> 4 Cloudless Sulphur</div> <div> *16 Lyside Sulphur</div> <div> 1 Ceraunus Blue</div> <div> *1 Zebra Heliconian</div> <div> *20,000+ Snout sp.</div> <div> 1 Gulf Fritillary</div> <div> 2 Common Mestra</div> <div> 2 Queen</div> <div> 1 Common/White Checkered-Skipper</div> <div> 11 Tropical Checkered-Skipper</div> <div> *2 Southern Broken Dash</div> <div> 1 Celia's Roadside-Skipper</div> <div> *1 Eufala Skipper</div> <bR> <bR> <div> IN/VERTEBRATES OF INTEREST</div> <bR> <div> 1 Tricolored Heron</div> <div> *6 Plain Chachalaca</div> <div> *12 Groove-billed Ani</div> <div> 6 White-tipped Dove</div> <div> 2 Great Kiskadee</div> <div> 8 Green Jay</div> <div> 8 Olive Sparrow</div> <div> 1 Altamira Oriole</div> <bR> <div> *8 Javelina</div> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Hidalgo County Co., NABA Park, just east of Bentsen</B></div> <div> [with Jan and David Dauphin, Barbara Ribble, Derek Muschalek, and Charles Jones]</div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 3 Giant Swallowtail</div> <div> 1 Ceraunus Blue</div> <div> 1 Gulf Fritillary</div> <div> 1 Tawny Emperor</div> <div> 1 Tropical Leafwing</div> <div> *1 GRAY CRACKER</div> <div> 1 Laviana White-Skipper</div> <div> 1 Clouded Skipper</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> *1 dragonfly sp. (originally posted as a Common Sanddragon, which would be new for the county, retracted upon the questioning of Bob Behrstock)</div> <div> 2 Eastern Pondhawk</div> <div> 1 Red Saddlebags</div> <bR> <bR> <div> IN/VERTEBRATES OF INTEREST</div> <bR> <div> *1 Swainson's Hawk</div> <div> 1 Northern Bobwhite</div> <div> 1 White-eyed Vireo</div> <div> 3 Dickcissel</div> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Hidalgo Co., Mission RV West </B><I><B>Duranta</B></I><B> hedge</B></div> <div> [with Jan and David Dauphin, Barbara Ribble, and Derek Muschalek]</div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 1 Giant Swallowtail</div> <div> 1 Cloudless Sulphur</div> <div> 1 Little Yellow</div> <div> 4 Lyside Sulphur</div> <div> 1 Western Pygmy-Blue</div> <div> 1 Gray Hairstreak</div> <div> *1 White Peacock</div> <div> 1 Monarch</div> <div> 2 Queen</div> <div> *2 Brown Longtail</div> <div> 1 Whirlabout</div> <div> 1 Fiery Skipper</div> <div> 1 Southern Skipperling</div> <bR> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Hidalgo Co., Mission, old Lucy's Garden</B></div> <div> [with Jan and David Dauphin, Barbara Ribble, and Derek Muschalek]</div> <bR> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 3 Phaon Crescent</div> <div> 3 Queen</div> <div> 1 Eufala Skipper</div> <div> 2 Fiery Skipper</div> <div> 1 Southern Skipperling</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> 1 Roseate Skimmer</div> <bR> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Hidalgo Co., Mission, New City Hall Garden</B></div> <div> [with Jan and David Dauphin, Barbara Ribble, and Derek Muschalek]</div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 1 Giant Swallowtail</div> <div> *1 Little Yellow</div> <div> 1 Cloudless Sulphur</div> <div> 1 Bordered Patch</div> <div> 3 Queen</div> <div> *1 Soldier</div> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Starr Co., Below and west of Roma International Bridge</B></div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 1 Giant Swallowtail</div> <div> 10 Snout sp.</div> <div> 1 skipper sp.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> *1 dragonfly sp. (originally posted as a Common Sanddragon, which would be new for the county, retracted upon the questioning of Bob Behrstock)</div> <div> *1 Common Green Darner</div> <div> 2 Eastern Pondhawk</div> <bR> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>30 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Starr Co., Salineño</B></div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 30 Snout sp.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> *1 Powdered Dancer</div> <div> 1 Eastern Ringtail</div> <div> *2 Eastern Pondhawk</div> <div> 1 Black Setwing</div> <bR> <bR> <div> VERTEBRATES OF INTEREST</div> <bR> <div> 2 Little Blue Heron</div> <div> 1 Tricolored Heron</div> <div> *1 Zone-tailed Hawk</div> <div> 1 Laughing Gull</div> <div> 1 Belted Kingfisher</div> <div> 2 Great Kiskadee</div> <div> 10 Northern Rough-winged Swallow</div> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>31 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Zapata Co., Falcon State Park, Lakeshore near boat ramp</B></div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 60 Snout sp.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> *3 Black Saddlebags (USGS)</div> <div> 2 Red Saddlebags (USGS)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> VERTEBRATES OF INTEREST</div> <bR> <div> 300+ Tiger Beetle sp.</div> <bR> <div> 4 Largemouth Bass</div> <div> 12 Common Carp</div> <bR> <div> 150 Rio Grande Leopard Frog</div> <bR> <div> 2 puddle duck sp.</div> <div> 300 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck</div> <div> 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron</div> <div> 1 Great Blue Heron</div> <div> 2 Great Egret</div> <div> *4 Snowy Egret</div> <div> *1 Reddish Egret</div> <div> 2 Cattle Egret</div> <div> 1 Cooper's Hawk</div> <div> 1 Northern Bobwhite</div> <div> 1 Black Skimmer</div> <div> *50 Laughing Gull</div> <div> *12 Forster's Tern</div> <div> 2 Greater Yellowlegs</div> <div> 2 Spotted Sandpiper</div> <div> *10 Least Sandpiper</div> <div> 18 Upland Sandpiper</div> <div> 1 Great Horned Owl</div> <div> 2 Lesser Nighthawk</div> <div> 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow</div> <div> 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher</div> <div> 1 Wilson's Warbler</div> <div> 25 Dickcissel</div> <div> 2 Eastern Meadowlark</div> <bR> <div> 3 Coyote</div> <bR> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>31 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Zapata Co., Pond area at Zapata County Library</B></div> <div> 26º 54' 02.4”   99º 16' 16.7”</div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 2 Pipevine Swallowtail</div> <div> *5 Giant Swallowtail</div> <div> 1 Lyside Sulphur</div> <div> 4 Cloudless Sulphur</div> <div> *2 Ceraunus Blue</div> <div> *2 Western Pygmy Blue</div> <div> 10 Snout sp.</div> <div> 2 Gulf Fritillary</div> <div> 2 Queen</div> <div> 1 skipper sp.</div> <div> 1 duskywing sp.</div> <div> 1 Southern Skipperling</div> <div> *1 Celia's Roadside-Skipper (USGS)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> *3 Rambur's Forktail</div> <div> 2 Familiar Bluet</div> <div> 1 Powdered Dancer</div> <div> 1 cf. Comanche Dancer</div> <div> 8 Common Green Darner</div> <div> 1 river cruiser sp.</div> <div> *14 Roseate Skimmer (USGS)</div> <div> *20 Eastern Pondhawk (USGS)</div> <div> *18 Blue Dasher (USGS)</div> <div> *3 Eastern Amberwing</div> <div> 3 yellow skimmer sp.</div> <div> 1 red skimmer sp.</div> <div> 1 light blue skimmer sp.</div> <div> *8 Common Whitetail (USGS)</div> <div> *3 Thornbush Dasher (USGS)</div> <div> 1 Band-winged Dragonlet</div> <div> 1 Four-spotted Pennant (USGS)</div> <div> 12 Black Saddlebags (USGS)</div> <div> 10 Red Saddlebags (USGS)</div> <bR> <div> IN/VERTEBRATES OF INTEREST</div> <bR> <div> 20 Rio Grande Leopard Frog</div> <div> 100 Bullfrog </div> <bR> <div> 3 Red-eared Slider</div> <div> 1 Diamond-backed Water Snake</div> <bR> <div> 10 Northern Bobwhite</div> <div> 10 Upland Sandpiper</div> <div> 8 Chimney Swift</div> <div> 1 Belted Kingfisher</div> <div> *10 Great Kiskadee</div> <div> 1 Marsh Wren</div> <div> 1 Common Yellowthroat</div> <div> *1m Blue Grosbeak</div> <div> 1m White-collared Seedeater</div> <div> 1m Bullock's Oriole</div> <bR> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>31 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Zapata Co., San Ygnacio town square</B></div> <div> <B>27º 02' 39.4”   99º 26' 31.3”</B></div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 2 Giant Swallowtail</div> <div> *1 Black Swallowtail</div> <div> 1 Pipevine Swallowtail</div> <div> 1 Large Orange Sulphur</div> <div> 1 Ceraunus Blue</div> <div> 1 Bordered Patch </div> <div> 1 Red-spotted Purple</div> <div> *4 Fiery Skipper</div> <div> *1 Eufala Skipper</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> 6 Black Saddlebags (USGS)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> VERTEBRATES OF INTEREST</div> <bR> <div> 2 Green Jay</div> <bR> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>31 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Zapata Co., San Ygnacio White-collared Seedeater Sanctuary</B></div> <div> <B>27º 02' 36.9”   99º 26' 37.4”</B></div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 2 Giant Swallowtail</div> <div> 2 Cloudless Sulphur</div> <div> *10 Large Orange Sulphur</div> <div> 1 Blue sp.</div> <div> 10 Phaon Crescent (USGS)</div> <div> 2000 Snout sp.</div> <div> *1+ American Snout</div> <div> 1 Bordered Patch</div> <div> *1 Common Buckeye</div> <div> 1 Gulf Fritillary</div> <div> 1 Queen</div> <div> 1 Checkered-Skipper sp.</div> <div> 1 Eufala Skipper</div> <div> 2 Fiery Skipper</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> *20 Powdered Dancer</div> <div> 2 Roseate Skimmer (USGS)</div> <div> 6 Black Saddlebags (USGS)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> IN/VERTEBRATES OF INTEREST</div> <bR> <div> 1 White-tipped Dove</div> <div> 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher</div> <div> 2 Black-crested Titmouse</div> <div> 2 Olive Sparrow</div> <div> 4 White-collared Seedeater</div> <bR> <div> *1 cottontail sp. (prob. Desert Cottontail)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>31 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Jim Hogg Co., FM 649, N of Jct. FM 3073, blooming Arroyo Twinevine on fenceline</B></div> <div> <B>27º 15' 14.4”   98º 56' 45.4”</B></div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> *4 Pipevine Swallowtail</div> <div> 1 Giant Swallowtail</div> <div> *12 Ceraunus Blue</div> <div> *1 Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (USGS)</div> <div> *4 Gulf Fritillary</div> <div> *2 Snout sp.</div> <div> *1 Common Mestra</div> <div> *6 Fiery Skipper (USGS)</div> <div> *4 Eufala Skipper</div> <div> *2 Ocola Ckipper (USGS)</div> <div> *5 dark skipper sp.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> 1 Black Saddlebags (USGS)</div> <div> *1 Eastern Pondhawk (USGS)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> VERTEBRATES OF INTEREST</div> <bR> <div> 2 Chihuahuan Raven</div> <div> 2 Dickcissel</div> <div> 1 Cactus Wren</div> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>31 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Jim Hogg Co., FM 649, just N of Jct. FM 3073, blooming Arroyo Twinevine on fenceline</B></div> <div> <B>27º 14' 26.2”   98º 56' 01.0”</B></div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 3 Pipevine Swallowtail</div> <div> 30 Ceraunus Blue</div> <div> 4 Gulf Fritillary</div> <div> 2 Queen</div> <div> *3 Fiery Skipper (USGS)</div> <div> 2 dark skipper sp.</div> <div> 4 Eufala Skipper</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> 1 Black Saddlebags (USGS)</div> <div> 1 Red Saddlebags (USGS)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> VERTEBRATES OF INTEREST</div> <bR> <div> 5 Upland Sandpiper</div> <div> 1 Yellow-breasted Chat</div> <bR> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>31 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TX: Jim Hogg Co., At canyon cut marsh on FM 3073, W of FM 649, creek/marsh in canyon bottom with blooming Arroyo Twinevine and </B></div> <div> <B>Goat's-beard</B></div> <div> <B>27º 14' 12.3”   98º 55' 17.8”</B></div> <bR> <div> LEPIDOPTERA</div> <bR> <div> 6 Pipevine Swallowtail</div> <div> 2 Giant Swallowtail</div> <div> 2 Lyside Sulphur</div> <div> 2 Orange Sulphur</div> <div> *1 Large Orange Sulphur (white form female)</div> <div> 20 Ceraunus Blue</div> <div> *1 Fatal Metalmark</div> <div> 2 Gulf Fritillary</div> <div> 10 Common Mestra</div> <div> *1 Empress Leilia (USGS)</div> <div> *5 Queen</div> <div> 2 Soldier (USGS)</div> <div> 1 Fiery Skipper</div> <div> *1 Turk's Cap White Skipper (USGS)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODONATA</div> <bR> <div> 2 Black Saddlebags (USGS)</div> <div> 1 Red Saddlebags (USGS)</div> <div> 2 yellow skimmer sp. (USGS)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> VERTEBRATES OF INTEREST</div> <bR> <div> 1 Yellow Warbler</div> <bR> <div> *   *   *   *   *   *   *</div> <bR> <div> <B>29-31 August 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> OTHER INVERTS ON THE ROAD (Bandera, Medina, Atascosa, McMullen, Jim Wells, Brooks, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy, Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb,  Jim Hogg, Duval, Frio, Zavala, La Salle, Dimmit, back to Kerr County)</div> <bR> <div> 6 Pipevine Swallowtail (1 Zapata, 5 Jim Hogg Cos.)</div> <div> 9 Giant Swallowtail (2 Hidalgo, 6 Zapata, 1 Jim Hogg Cos.)</div> <div> 3 Lyside Sulphur (2 Zapata, 1 Jim Hogg Cos.)</div> <div> 12 Cloudless Sulphur (10 Zapata, 2 Jim Hogg Co.)</div> <div> 20 Large Orange Sulphur (20 Zapata Co.)</div> <div> 19,022 Snout sp. (3000 Hidalgo, 16,022 Zapata Co.)</div> <div> 3 Queen (1 Zapata, 1 Jim Hogg, 1 Duval Cos.)</div> <bR> <div> 10 Black Saddlebags (8 Dimmit (USGS), 1 La Salle (USGS), 1 Zapata  (USGS) Cos.)</div> <bR> <div> OTHER VERTS SEEN  (Bandera, Medina, Atascosa, McMullen, Jim Wells, Brooks, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy, Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb,  Jim Hogg, Duval, Frio, Zavala, La Salle, Dimmit, back to Kerr County)</div> <bR> <div> 1 Gulf Coast Toad</div> <bR> <div> 2 Texas Indigo Snake (both DOR)</div> <div> 1 Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Brooks Co.)</div> <bR> <div> 1 Emu (Kerr Co.)</div> <div> 6 Lesser Rhea (Bandera Co.)</div> <div> 11 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (1 Frio, 10 Hidalgo Cos.)</div> <div> Turkey Vulture</div> <div> Black Vulture</div> <div> Cattle Egret</div> <div> Red-tailed Hawk</div> <div> 1 Swainson's Hawk (Frio Co.)</div> <div> 1 Gray Hawk (1 Tigre Grande Crossing on US 83, Zapata Co.)</div> <div> 62 Harris's Hawk</div> <div> 61 Crested Caracara (Frio, Dimmit, La Salle, Starr, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Duval Cos.)</div> <div> 3 Northern Bobwhite (2 McMullen, 1 Jim Hogg Co.)</div> <div> 2 Sora (Frio Co.)</div> <div> Killdeer</div> <div> 14 Upland Sandpiper (8 Zapata, 6 Duval Cos.)</div> <div> 5 Common Nighthawk (4 McMullen, 1 Kerr Co.)</div> <div> 7 Greater Roadrunner (3 Zapata, 4 Jim Hogg Co.)</div> <div> Rock Pigeon</div> <div> 52 Common Ground-Dove (2 Frio, 32 Hidalgo, 8 Starr, 8 Zapata, 1 McMullen, 1 Medina Cos.)</div> <div> Inca Dove</div> <div> Mourning Dove</div> <div> White-winged Dove</div> <div> 2 Eurasian Collared Dove (1 Medina, 1 Jim Hogg Cos.)</div> <div> 1 Eastern Screech-Owl (1 McMullen Co.)</div> <div> hummingbird sp.</div> <div> 2 Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Dauphin's, Hidalgo Co.)</div> <div> Golden-fronted Woodpecker</div> <div> Ladder-backed Woodpecker</div> <div> 3 Great Kiskadee (1 Hidalgo, 1 Zapata, 1 La Salle Co.)</div> <div> 1 <I>Myiarchus sp.</I></div> <div> Couch's Kingbird</div> <div> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher</div> <div> Barn Swallow</div> <div> Cliff Swallow</div> <div> Cave Swallow</div> <div> 58 Chihuahuan Raven (43 La Salle, 15 Zapata Co.)</div> <div> 1 Brown Jay (Rio RV Park at Chapeño, Starr Co.)</div> <div> Blue Jay</div> <div> 1 Cactus Wren</div> <div> 12 Loggerhead Shrike</div> <div> European Starling</div> <div> Northern Mockingbird</div> <div> Curve-billed Thrasher</div> <div> 1 Eastern Bluebird (Hidalgo Co.)</div> <div> European Starling</div> <div> 1 Summer Tanager</div> <div> 3 Pyrrhuloxia (Zapata Co.)</div> <div> Olive Sparrow (Jim Hogg Co.)</div> <div> Lark Sparrow</div> <div> Great-tailed Grackle</div> <div> Red-winged Blackbird</div> <div> Bronzed Cowbird</div> <div> Lesser Goldfinch</div> <div> House Sparrow</div> <bR> <div> 10 ground squirrel sp.</div> <div> 1 cottontail sp. (Hidalgo Co.)</div> <div> 11 cottontail sp. (prob. Desert Cottontail, Zapata Co.)</div> <div> 1 Black-tailed Jackrabbit</div> <div> 1 Raccoon (1 Kerr Co.)</div> <div> 1 Hog-nosed Skunk (1 Kerr Co.)</div> <div> 4 Striped Skunk (4 Kerr Co.)</div> <div> Cat (feral)</div> <div> Dog (mutt, Rottweiler, German Shepherd)</div> <div> 1 Coyote (1 Frio Co.)</div> <div> White-tailed Deer</div> <div> Axis Deer (Frio, Ker Cos.)</div> <div> 1 Sika Deer (Frio Co.)</div> <div> 4 Red Deer</div> <div> 2 Wapiti</div> <div> 1 Springbok</div> <div> 12 Thompson's Gazelle</div> <div> 6 Blackbuck</div> <div> Cattle (Black Baldy, Charolais, Range, Holstein, White Brahman, Black Angus, Hereford)</div> <div> 1 Bison</div> <div> Goat (Boer, Spanish)</div> <div> Sheep (Barbados, Suffolk)</div> <div> 1 Javelina (La Salle Co.)</div> <div> Horse (Tobiano Paint, Overo Paint,, Quarter)</div> <div> 2 Grant's (Boehm's) Zebra (Frio Co.)</div> <div> Ass (Sicilian Donkey)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>