[texbirds] Re: Tropical Mockingbird update
- From: Kenny Nichols <kingbird@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "sgmayes@xxxxxxxxxxx" <sgmayes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:31:30 -0500
My wife and I were at Sabine Woods on May 18 and observed both birds make
repeated trips to the nest with large wasp-like prey items. I have no doubt
they were feeding young. Something could have happened to them but they may
have fledged.
Kenny Nichols
Cabot, AR
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On Jun 9, 2012, at 3:13 PM, steve mayes <sgmayes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> TEXBirders,
>
> John Haynes and I went to Sabine Woods on Saturday morning to check out the
> birds and donate a few pints of blood to the local mosquitos. Located the
> Tropical Mockingbird in the usual area immediately east of the entrance. The
> nest that the bird had been sitting on is still present but seems to be
> abandoned. No sign of disturbance but there does not appear to be anything
> happening there -- don't know if this was a predation event or if the
> Tropical/Northern Mockingbird pairing was just unable to produce viable eggs.
> Either way, the bird was still easy to find. Not a whole lot else happening
> there, the Golden-fronted Woodpecker(s) were a no show, though we did hear a
> Melanerpes woodpecker at one point so I expect that they are still around.
> There was a Starling occupying one of the holes in the snag behind the drip
> pond so that's not a good sign. As you might expect at this point, we had no
> migrants but the summering (presumably nesting) Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Brown
> Thrashers and Great Crested Flycatchers were cooperative. Also in the area,
> a lingering American Avocet at Sea Rim and a lone Common Ground-Dove on the
> roadside just west of Sabine Pass were nice to see.
>
> I'll continue the updates on this bird for those who still hope to see it but
> haven't gotten down here yet.
>
> Steve Mayes
> Port Arthur, TX
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