7-3-17 (3) Common Pauraque @ Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary
Birding early morning 7/3/17
I(Don) met Charlie Bostwick in the parking lot at 0530. As we headed down the
driveway we heard a single distant note (p'weeer) of a Common Pauraque, our
target bird for the morning. We continued to the corner of the field and waited
for more activity. About 0540 we heard another single Pauraque song note from
the same area, apparently along the far fence line, then another note from
toward the parking lot, and a third note from down Night Jar Pass. We also
heard brief warmup notes from two of the birds. About this same time we heard
our first Chuck song and a distant Great-Horned Owl. We also had a
Black-bellied Whistling Duck call and fly across the 1 st Field and a single
Northern Bobwhite calling occasionally. By 0600 the night jars were through and
the Cardinals had become noisier. White-eyed Vireos and a Bewick's Wren also
sang for us.
This is the first time we have ever tried for Pauraques in the early morning.
Friday I saw and heard (1 note) a Common Pauraque at 2100 while watching
chimney swifts near the Scout Tower. That was only the second time this year we
had heard a Pauraque, but they start calling later at night and we are normally
in.
It would be a great time to try for Pauraque here @ Warbler Woods Bird
Sanctuary. We first reported them in 2005, but we were using avisys in our
early days.
http://www.warblerwoods.org/contact-form.html
Susan Schaezler
WarblerWoods.org, http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L213585?yr=cur
501(c)(3) Cibolo/Schertz/Guadalupe County
Lone Star Land Steward Winner 2011. GCBO Site Partner
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