[texbirds] Rest of the day in patch
- From: Dan Smith <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds Maillist <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:48:45 -0600
After birding Laguna Gloria this morning, I birded a couple of other spots in
my patch, Davis-White NE Park off Loyola Drive and the Longhorn Dam area with a
view to adding species. NE Park, which is virtually undeveloped and has Walnut
Creek (with water in it) turned out no be be very birding. The grassy areas
bordering the residential neighborhoods are well mowed, so not much in the way
of seeds for sparrows and the like, and the woods didn't yield much either. Did
get a Snipe along the creek, though, which rather surprised me because it
didn't look very snipey. And a scissortail along the woods fringe. Scissortails
in he winter don't surprise me any more.
After lunch, went to the Longhorn Dam area to pick up some waterbirds and
things like kingfisher and added several species. Was pleasantly surprised to
get both night herons and both Ring-billed and Bonaparte's Gulls. Also a very
nice raft of 20-odd Buffleheads hanging out together along with Scaups. All in
all a successful day in getting back on track with the Local Patch.
The big disappointment was NE Park. It's a big, undeveloped woodsy area and
deserves more birds. Maybe as migration picks up and bugs and leaves pick up as
spring progresses.
Dan Smith
dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
512-451-2632
http://www.wordsmithofaustin.com
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