[texbirds] Tuesday morning birding, Hagerman NWR.

  • From: Jack Chiles <chilesjack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:23:47 -0500

On a wonderful cool summer day birding at the refuge continues to be above 
average for this time of year.  Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-herons 
were seen at Deaver Pond.  Lots of Yellow Warblers were present in the willows 
and Button Bush.  A Common Yellowthroat was a good find near the Big Mineral 
picnic area.  There were lots of wood Ducks in Mineral Marsh.  We also had a 
late straggler Upland Sandpiper near south end of Short Rd. Species count for 
the day was 66.
Canada Goose  165
Wood Duck  29
Mallard  22
Blue-winged Teal  14
Northern Shoveler  8
Neotropic Cormorant  14
Great Blue Heron  22
Great Egret  50
Snowy Egret  106
Little Blue Heron  18
Tricolored Heron  5
Cattle Egret  25
Green Heron  8
Black-crowned Night-Heron  6
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  1
Black Vulture  26
Turkey Vulture  5
Cooper's Hawk  1     This hawk is viewed here from time to time in the summer.
Red-shouldered Hawk  3
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Coot  1
Killdeer  8
American Avocet  4
Spotted Sandpiper  4
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  5
Upland Sandpiper  1
Least Sandpiper  30
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Long-billed Dowitcher  10
Forster's Tern  4
Eurasian Collared-Dove  2
Mourning Dove  8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Barred Owl  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Red-headed Woodpecker  5
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  4
White-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  16
Barn Swallow  3
Carolina Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  6
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Eastern Bluebird  16
Northern Mockingbird  3
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  19
Lark Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  25
Blue Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  8
Painted Bunting  2
Dickcissel  3
Red-winged Blackbird  7
Eastern Meadowlark  20
Yellow-headed Blackbird  2     Immature birds seen in Mineral Marsh.  Good 
habitat this summer for marsh birds.
House Sparrow  1
Jack Chiles
Volunteer
Hagerman NWR

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