Hi, all!
After doing a BBS-style survey of Laguna Seca Road yesterday (highlight
there was a flock of Turkeys), I swung by Jara Chinas Road to see if I could
finally nab the Mountain Plovers for the year. Ran into a very nice man in
a red jeep who had reported that he had just seen them, told me exactly
where, and there they were, gradually coming almost right up to the road!
According to Google Maps the name is Mile 16 Road but is not marked in real
life; going south on Jara Chinas (also not marked; there's a big compression
station at the turnoff from FM 490), Mile 16 goes west with a barren field
on the right and "knee-high" corn on the left. The birds were just east of
the radio tower.
No luck on the Prairie Falcon or Hook-billed Kite at Bentsen afterwards.
Photos can be seen on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List:
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Purple Martin Progne subis
Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
American Pipit Anthus rubescens
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
67 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com
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