[texbirds] Re: Lafitte's Cove 4/3 - 21 Warbler Species - Cerulean and Swainson's
- From: Elliott Gordon <tengalloncat@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 22:27:34 -0500
If I may, this was on the Texbirds Facebook group from Richard Liebler:
Lafitte's Cove,tweve hours,of rain,wind and cold...22 species of
warbler(including at least 3 cerulean and my first ever at lafittes
swainsons)scarlet and summer tanagers,baltimore orioles,,89 species total
And he mentioned an Ovenbird was also seen (that he missed).
Elliott Gordon
AF5HH
NW Austin
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:38 PM, John Tharp <jlt290@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> With the weather conditions lined up for a fallout I got done with work and
> headed straight for the coast this afternoon. I made it to Lafitte's about
> 3:45pm where 18 warbler species had already been tallied for the day. I set
> to work playing catch up and managed to find 20 species of warblers by
> sunset, one shy of the 21 reported for the day thanks to a sneaky Palm
> Warbler that was only seen earlier in the morning. Plenty of migrants on
> the move with many waves of birds passing through.
> The best warblers in the afternoon were 2 Male Ceruleans and a single
> Swainson's Warbler. A great day to be out birding, and with northerly winds
> over the Gulf tonight I'd suggest getting out tomorrow if you missed out on
> today's action.
>
> Highlights from the afternoon are below:
>
> Several Upland and Pectoral Sandpipers along Stewart Road
> Scattered groups of American Golden Plover
>
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird - several
> Great Crested Flycatcher
> White-eyed Vireo > 15
> Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
> Blue-headed Vireo
> Red-eyed Vireo - 4
> Hermit Thrush - 1
>
> Blue-winged Warbler - 3
> Tennessee Warbler - 6
> Orange-crowned Warbler - 3
> Nashville Warbler - 3
> Northern Parula > 20
> Yellow-rumped Warbler - many, 2 Audubon's present
> Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 males
> Blackburnian Warbler - 2 males
> Cerulean Warbler - 2 males
> Yellow-throated Warbler ~ 10
> Black and White Warbler > 20
> Worm-eating Warbler - 2
> Swainson's Warbler - 1 at the middle drip
> Prothonotary Warbler - at least 4 individuals
> Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
> Northern Waterthrush - 1
> Kentucky Warbler - 1 male
> Wilson's Warbler ~ 4
> Hooded Warbler > 8
> Common Yellowthroat - 3
>
> Summer Tanager
> Scarlet Tanager
> Blue Grosbeak
> Indigo Bunting
> Orchard Oriole - many
> Baltimore Oriole - several
>
>
> Good Birding,
>
> John Tharp
> Houston, TX
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