We scored some cool birds while we were in the valley last week; 140 altogether. Some of the specialties and rarities: Black bellied whistling duckMexican mallardMottled duckPlain chachalacaLeast grebeNeotropic cormorantAnhingaBlack vultureWhite tailed kiteGray hawkHarris’s hawkWhite tailed hawkCrested caracaraSolitary sandpiperGull billed ternCaspian ternRed billed pigeonCommon ground doveWhite tipped doveGreen parakeetRed crowned parrotCommon pauraqueBuff bellied hummingbirdRinged kingfisherGreen kingfisherGolden fronted woodpeckerNorthern beardless tyrannuletVermilion flycatcherAsh throated flycatcherGreat kiskadeeCouch’s kingbirdScissor tailed flycatcherWhite eyed vireoPhiladelphia vireoGreen jayChihuahuan ravenBlack crested titmouseCarolina wrenClay colored robinWhite throated robin (try to find that one in your bird book)Long billed thrasherNashville warblerBlack throated green warblerYellow throated warblerBlack and white warblerLouisiana waterthrushWilson’s warblerYellow breasted chatSummer tanagerScarlet tanagerOlive sparrowCassin’s sparrowBotteri’s sparrowLincoln’s sparrowSwamp sparrowBronzed cowbirdHooded orioleAltamira orioleAudubon’s oriole