[texbirds] Re: Tropical Mockingbird update
- From: Harlan Stewart <hstewartmail@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Steve Mayes <sgmayes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 22:42:53 -0500
Just a note on the male Golden-fronted Woodpecker: your suspicion that one or
more of the GFWO's are still around was born out this afternoon. The bird
visited a dead tree about 50 yards east of the snag where both GFWO's had been
seen in the past. I haven't seen the female since May 29, however.
http://hstewart.smugmug.com/Nature/GFWO/Sabine-Woods/i-Nhrxqhs/0/M/Golden-fronted-Woodpecker-6-9-M.jpg
http://hstewart.smugmug.com/Nature/GFWO/Sabine-Woods/i-5h5Lknw/0/M/Golden-fronted-Woodpecker-6-9-M.jpg
Today was good for Melanerpes: two Red-bellied Woodpeckers, a female and an
accompanying juvenile, visited a tree along the main trail from the drip
towards the entrance of Sabine Woods. I saw these two birds on the 5th in the
same area, suggesting that they may have a territory in the woods between the
south fence line and the east-west trail just south of the big pond. The
GFWO(s) activity seems to be centered more around the drip/birdbath.
http://hstewart.smugmug.com/photos/i-djccgXQ/0/M/i-djccgXQ-M.jpg
http://hstewart.smugmug.com/photos/i-L28sBPq/0/M/i-L28sBPq-M.jpg
http://hstewart.smugmug.com/photos/i-HZ3NXRR/0/M/i-HZ3NXRR-M.jpg
Harlan Stewart
Nederland, Tecas
On Jun 9, 2012, at 3:13 PM, steve mayes 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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