[texbirds] Re: South Padre Island Carpodacus, Psycho-spizella, 4/4/13
- From: "Judy Kestner" <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <antshrike1@xxxxxxx>, <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 12:33:07 -0500
Here is a link to a handy finch id aid:
http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/95627/file-25832341-pdf/tricky_finches_ebird-1.pdf?t=1364574977000
Judy Kestner
Corpus Christi
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Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 8:32 PM
Subject: [texbirds] South Padre Island Carpodacus, Psycho-spizella, 4/4/13
> Wow, what a crazy, beautiful, wonderful day at South Padre Island!
> Birders may have outnumbered the birds, but what the migrants lacked in
> quantity, they made up for in quality. Leading the way was the mysterious
> Carpodacus finch that made its third appearance in as many days at the
> convention center. I'm guessing it's a Purple finch but there were lots
> of votes for Cassin's Finch.
>
> http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/PurpleFinchIMG_7341_resize_zps3885f15a.jpg
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> http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/PurpleFinchIMG_7163_resize_zpsac1d9f80.jpg
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> And then there was the psychadelic Spizella sparrow. It really had people
> confused. It looks like it has gotten into some kind of pollen or sticky
> substance.
>
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> http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/SpizellaIMG_6920_resize_zps2fe4431d.jpg
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> http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/SpizellaIMG_6660_resize_zps9a097c37.jpg
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> The fifteen species of warblers I saw did not include the reported
> Virginia's and Blackburnian Warblers. I had to settle for mundane stuff
> like Swainson's, Prothonotary, Worm-eting, Kentucky and Blue-winged
> warblers.
>
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> http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/SwainsonsWarblerIMG_6851_resize_zpsf0f98ee4.jpg
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> http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Worm-eatingWarblerIMG_6653_resize_zps755f3b3a.jpg
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> South Padre Island, Cameron County, Cameron, US-TX
> Apr 4, 2013 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 5.0 mile(s)
> 48 species
>
> Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 4
> Redhead 50
> Brown Pelican 15
> Cattle Egret 50
> Black-bellied Plover X
> Willet X
> Pectoral Sandpiper 1
> Laughing Gull X
> Franklin's Gull 1000
> Royal Tern X
> Eurasian Collared-Dove 10
> Mourning Dove 5
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8
> Great Crested Flycatcher 1
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 10
> White-eyed Vireo 5
> Warbling Vireo 1
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
> Tree Swallow 1
> Barn Swallow 5
> Cliff Swallow 3
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
> Northern Mockingbird 2
> Worm-eating Warbler 1
> Northern Waterthrush 1
> Blue-winged Warbler 1
> Black-and-white Warbler 8
> Prothonotary Warbler 1
> Swainson's Warbler 1
> Tennessee Warbler 1
> Orange-crowned Warbler 4
> Nashville Warbler 8
> Common Yellowthroat 5
> Hooded Warbler 5
> Northern Parula 4
> Yellow Warbler 1
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
> Black-throated Green Warbler 2
> Chipping Sparrow 2
> Clay-colored Sparrow 2
> Savannah Sparrow 3
> Grasshopper Sparrow 1
> Red-winged Blackbird 20
> Great-tailed Grackle 5
> Orchard Oriole 8
> Purple Finch 1
> House Sparrow 5
>
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> Dan Jones, Weslaco
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