[texbirds] Townsend's Solitaire & other good birds in the Hill Country and the Valley
- From: Robert Becker <robertjbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:06:10 -0700 (PDT)
I headed to Uvalde and Real counties early Friday, and in 1 1/2 days of birding
guided or otherwise advised by the tireless Tripp Davenport I saw/heard a
Townsend's Solitaire, Canyon Wren, Vesper Sparrow, Black-Capped Vireo,
Golden-cheeked Warbler (4), Pine Siskins (50+), Zone-tailed Hawk, Lesser
Goldfinch, Summer Tanager, Black-chinned Hummingbird, House Finch and other
species which I can't list here because I am a lousy note-taker. We birded two
ranches and forded streams, climbed hills and rock faces, bounced over rocks
and generally had a fine time.
I headed to South Padre Sunday and saw 12 warbler species including
Blue-winged, two grosbeak, two buntings. two orioles and a Yellow-billed
Cuckoo, Lincoln's Sparrow, Gray-cheeked Thrush and many Franklin's Gulls on the
beach. I also saw visitors barging into shrubbery where passerines were resting
and heard about some photographers firing flashes off Saturday at dusk at a
Cerulean Warbler in disregard of birding etiquette, good manners and common
sense rules we try to live by. You know who you are, and shame on you.
Photo highlights from the three days are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13451078@N03/
and here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13451078@N03/page2/
Bob Becker
Rancho Viejo
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