A New Bird for Me!

During this past week in mid-August, I believe I've correctly ID'd this bird seen. If I am wrong, please advise. If it IS what I think it is, it's a new bird for me. They are supposedly common on the southwest border of Texas... [but mainly in Old Mexico]. Dane, one of the hawkwatch experts, tells me they are rare in the Corpus Christi area, but can occasionally be seen. My first sighting [1st photo in the series] was at Hilltop Community Park -and this photo shows sharper details!  Then, in fact, I saw this sparrow species AGAIN at the hawkwatch platform in Calallen Texas, [the hawk watch months between August 1st and November 15th began], but Dane [a gentleman expert who runs the hawkwatch yearly] wasn't there at the time I was there, so I had no help and am relying on my bird guide books.

OLIVE SPARROW
photo taken:  Hilltop Community Park
habitat map:  Sparrow

The Olive Sparrow is easily identified by its olive-colored back (the only sparrow in North America with such a plumage feature), prominent stripe through its eye, and brown stripes on its crown. It is mostly a bird of Mexico, with scattered populations in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Belize. It is also found in the U.S. in southern Texas. They can be a difficult bird to see, given their preference for remaining close to the ground in thick cover. They are frequently heard however, with a distinctive song of accelerating series of chip notes.

OLIVE SPARROW
photos taken: Bazemore Park
habitat map: Sparrow

Another day trip, birding, was walking behind Texas A and M Corpus Christi along the northeast shore of Oso Bay [this area used to be an Army Air Force Base.  Where during WWII President George H W Bush was trained to become a pilot] -Ward Island.  Anyway, along the water's edge and off the trail, here are a few birds seen.. All images below are taken at Oso Bay near Naval Air Station on university property, bike/hike trail..

WILSON'S PLOVER
habitat map: Plover


ROSEATE SPOONBILL
habitat map: Spoonbill


SHORT BILLED DOWITCHER[found in salt water, long billed-very similar, is found in fresh water]
habitat map: Dowitcher


BLACK BELLIED PLOVER
habitat map: Plover

Other birds seen that morning were stilts, little blue herons, white pelicans, brown pelicans, willets, sanderlings, great blue herons, black skimmers, royal terns, common terns, seagull, snowy egrets, great egrets.

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