[texbirds] Tuesday morning birding, Hagerman NWR

  • From: Jack Chiles <chilesjack@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Texbirds <Texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:13:22 -0500

On a cloudy morning with a bit of a nip to the air we enjoyed some really good 
birding and wildlife viewing.
We finished the day with 78 species + 2 other taxa.  Some notable sightings 
were a lone Cackling Goose mixed in with a flock of Lesser Canada Geese near 
the Hagerman Cemetary, 7 Wood Ducks and 6 Hooded Mergansers at Deaver Pond. The 
Blue-winged Teal have started their northward journey and we saw at least two 
dozen. Off the end of Plover we observed 22 American White Pelicans and a 
Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk. We saw a mature Bald Eagle on three different 
occasions, one of which was a close fly by while we were on L pad observing a 
female Spotted Towhee along with Field Sparrows and Song Sparrows. There were 
12 Least Sandpipers and 45 Wilson's Snipe in the marsh north of the road to 
Plover Pad. On the road to Meadow Pond we found a couple of Pileated 
Woodpeckers, a Barred Owl and a Greater Roadrunner. We heard a Marsh Wren and 
saw the first Purple Martins of the season and a Tree Swallow at Mineral Marsh. 
There was a Merlin near the last corner on Refuge Road coming into the refuge. 
Wildlife was abundant with a River Otter catching fish in the lake at the 
bottom of the long hill at Goode.  The otter would dive and then very quickly 
come up quite a distance from where it dove with a fish in its mouth. At Deaver 
there were a couple of a Beaver taking it easy on a small island.  Deer and 
armadillos were seen at several locations and also a group of wild hogs on a 
utility easement near Meadow Pond. It was one of those days when there was 
never a dull moment and a lot of the birds are beginning to sing.
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Jack Chiles, Texas Master Naturalist and volunteer at Hagerman NWR.

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