[texbirds] Granger Mountain Plovers and Striped Sparrow 3/8/15
- From: Tim Fennell <tfennell@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TEXBIRDS <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 18:19:51 -0700
I birded the Granger area from noon to 3:00 pm today. Despite periods of
drizzle, the birding was good with good diversity of waterfowl for the Granger
area and my first swallows of the season. Highlights of the 64 species recorded
are below with some details.
Cheers,
Tim Fennell
Round Rock, TX (15 miles north of Round Rock)
Greater White-fronted Goose 2 (CR 359)
Snow Goose 45 (CR 359)
Ross's Goose 2 (CR 359)
Gadwall 30
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 25
Blue-winged Teal 1 (CR 359)
Northern Shoveler 30
Northern Pintail 50
Green-winged Teal 12
Redhead 120
Ring-necked Duck 15
Lesser Scaup 8
Bufflehead 2
Hooded Merganser 6 (CR 359)
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Neotropic Cormorant 4
American White Pelican 3
Mountain Plover 11 (first seen at 12:15 about 200 yards south of CR 346, .25
mile west of CR 347; still there went I passed by at 3:00 pm)
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Wilson's Snipe 3
Burrowing Owl 3 (CR 352, CR 356 and CR 346, video at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQktFoER8FMJJLG3hr56NA/videos)
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 adult (CR 428 Striped Sparrow Spot)
Horned Lark 2
Barn Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 1
Cave Swallow 8
McCown's Longspur 25 (with plovers south of CR 346)
Striped Sparrow 1 (CR 428, poor video at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQktFoER8FMJJLG3hr56NA/videos
Vesper Sparrow 30
Savannah Sparrow 50
White-throated Sparrow 1 (CR 428 Striped Sparrow Spot)
Harris's Sparrow 10 (CR 428 Striped Sparrow Spot)
White-crowned Sparrow 10 (CR 428 Striped Sparrow Spot)
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