All,
I have been contacted privately about accessing this location. There were
two checklists from a few years ago attributed to me. They are NOT from
me, and I do NOT have access to the property.
I have deleted those two checklists.
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Kelly Bryan <kelly.b.bryan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Just FYI.
The status of the area of the Davis Mountains you tried to access is
EXACTLY as stated on that sign -- private property and that includes the
roads. Birders must remember that over 95% of Texas is privately owned.
Unfortunately, we heard of a situation that occurred back in the rainy
season where a "bird guide" brought clients into that area, slid off into a
ditch and got stuck. Fortunately, they were helped out by local
residents. However, there are residents there that monitor who comes and
goes from the one entrance road to the area. If you are not a property
owner OR specifically, the invited guest of a property owner and you are
discovered there by the wrong person you will be charged with trespassing.
You will find yourself sitting in the Marfa jail and you will have done a
great disservice to the birding community. Not my opinion, just the facts.
Kelly Bryan
Fort Davis
On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 11:56 PM, Letha Slagle <letha.slagle@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I am an ebirder who is in the Davis mountains tomorrow. I would love towrote:
see the bird. I drove up the dmr road a few days ago and came to a no
tresspassing sign so I turned around and left. Could anyone let me know
if there might be access tomorrow Oct 21? Sincerely L Slagle?
On Oct 20, 2016 10:10 PM, "Kelly B Bryan" <kelly.b.bryan@xxxxxxxxx>
cabin
Sorry, I too forgot to sign out correctly.
Kelly Bryan
Fort Davis
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 20, 2016, at 10:36 PM, Kelly Bryan <kelly.b.bryan@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
the group on this subject until now. Here is the story of the
Christian and the Texbirds community,
We were traveling to Waco today so was not able to respond to you and
Amethyst-throated Hummingbird in the Davis Mountains.
About 2:00 pm last Friday afternoon, Charles Floyd arrived at our
lookto pick up an ATV. We sat down on the front porch/deck, in part, to
thefor an unusual Anna's type female bird that was seen on the Cornell cam
largeprevious day when we were gone. At approximately 2:15 pm I noticed a
thishummingbird hovering in front of the row of feeders on our deck and
immediately told Charles that something different was present. It was
being harassed by other birds but within five minutes it came back and
ontime I saw the gorget color, clearly pinkish-red. Amethyst-throated was
the clear choice of the bird's ID. It still had not accessed a feeding
port on one of the feeders but at 2:31 it finally did.
in half due to the lateness of the season, this bird had over 40 ports
Now, figure the odds. Even though I had reduced the number of feeders
knew12 feeders to chose from. When he settled in to feed, he chose the left
center port on the cam feeder! Even though I had already suggested the
bird's identity to Charles, after it settled in on the cam feeder, I
occurrence.that at the least we had some documentary video of the bird's
discovery.I immediately texted Charles Eldermire, Director of the Cornell Cam
Program, requesting a video capture asap. He did so immediately and the
excitement of the discovery started to grow.
Webb. I was waiting for the next visit and he did not disappoint us
At that point I went inside the cabin to get my camera and my Howell &
feeding on the same perch and at the same feeder port in full direct
sunlight. Within the next two hours I was able to get approximately 30
pictures of the bird and send out a few notifying emails of the
thenCarolyn Ohl arrived but only after the sun was obscured by clouds and
Theby it setting behind the ridge to the west. We last saw him at dusk.
notnext morning he was on the cam feeder at 7:44 am (at sunrise) but was
theseen after that. Four additional observers arrived after 8:30 am but
somebird was a no-show the rest of the day and the next day as well.
Charles Eldermire posted to ebird with my permission. I will post
ofpictures tomorrow on Texbirds Facebook page for those that have not seen
the camera pics. The TBRC submittal is nearing completion. For those
Ouryou that have taken the opportunity to view the hummingbird cam through
Cornell University, I hope you have had a great experience. That is
precisely why we decided to host that program last fall. Since then we
have been fortunate to observe 12 species of hummingbirds on the cam.
cabin list now stands at 15! KBB
christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Christian Walker <
permissionSaw this on eBird. Can we hear the story??
What a cool bird.
Christian Walker
Independent Adjuster
Irving, Texas
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