[texbirds] Houston Audubon Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary Bird Walk (West Houston)
- From: Richard Gibbons <rgibbo3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:14:40 -0500
It was a nice morning for a bird walk in West Houston. Highlights included
FOS Great Crested Flycatcher, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Pine Siskins, and
finally a male Hooded Warbler at the end of the walk was seen after
participants split off to go to the alternate parking lot. Information for
Spring Bird Walks at Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary can be found at the
Houston Audubon website here:
http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/883/MenuGroup/Sanctuaries2.htm.
Join us next week! Full checklist can be found below.
Richard Gibbons
Houston, TX
Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary (UTC 094), Harris, US-TX
Mar 27, 2013 8:00 AM - 9:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.2 mile(s)
Comments: Walked all trails. Weather was clear and cool. Urban
background noise prevalent.
36 species (+1 other taxa)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) 2
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 2
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 2
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 1
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 8
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1 FOS
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) 5
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 5
swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.) 1 Cliff/Cave
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 3
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 3 singing full song softly
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) 1
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 38
Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) 3
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) 1
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) 1
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) 3 singing first part of song
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 4
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 7
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) 1
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) 3
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 4
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