Rare sightings for the area:

I found the Sulphur-bellied flycatcher April 30, 2003 at Packery Channel Oak mott in Corpus Christi, Tx. Rare for the area and the eleventh sighting for the state.

Curlew Sandpiper seen Aug. 24, 2002 in Port Aransas, TX.

Red-faced Warbler found May 5, 2005 Packery Channel by Jon McIntyre and I, Corpus Christi, TX.
An amazing record of a female bird present May 6-10 at the Packery Channel area of
Corpus Christi, Nueces, represented a first county record, a first Coastal Bend record, and a second Texas Coast record

Greater Flamingo Nov. 13 Goose Island State Park, Rockport, TX. This juvenile was hatched this year at the Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve in
Yucatán and banded August 14th at the Reserve flamingo nesting grounds.

Greater Flamingo Aug. 17, 2006 Bayside, Tx.

Masked Ducks Nov. 8, 2007 Orange Grove, Tx.

Piratic Flycatcher May 4, 2008 Corpus Christi, Tx.

Green Violet-Ear Hummingbird. April 17, 2009 My yard for one minute and never seen again, Corpus Christi, Tx.

Surfbird, Port Aransas, Tx. jetty. May 4, 2009

Greeen-breasted Mango hummingbird, My yard, Corpus Christi, Tx. Aug. 12, 2009

Northern Wheatear, Beeville, Texas, Jan. 2, 2010