[texbirds] August 25, 2012 Mitchell Lake Audubon Center 4th Saturday Bird Tour-Census
- From: "Stevan Hawkins" <shawkins4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TexBirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 18:47:17 -0500
TexBirders:
James Sheppard, Robyn Scott, and I saw 1,050 birds comprised of 54
species, four of which species were not identified. We saw a mixture of
early migrants and lingering nesters. In any case it was a delight to do a
late August 4th Saturday Bird Tour-Census in mid-high 90s temperatures
rather than the 105-108 that this trip was done in late August, 2011.
Highlights of the August 25, 2012 trip included: The Willet that was in
Basin 5; Wilson's Phalaropes, 25 in Basin 3; Least and Pied-billed Grebe,
one each and side-by-side, in Bird Pond; the migrant or early winter
Fuertes' Red-tailed Hawk at Skip's Pond; the very early Ruby-crowned
Kinglet that James saw; the two families of Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
at Bird Pond; the Bullock's Oriole adult with four young at Edward's Tank;
the group of 34 Black Vultures, 6 Turkey Vultures, and 4 Crested Caracaras
that were feeding on some large something along the NE edge of the West
Polder. That "something" looked like either a carp or a soft-shelled
turtle.
Special thanks to Mrs. Scott for having the fortitude to do the entire
census of eighteen stops with James and me.
Onward to the October edition of the Mitchell Lake Audubon Center's 4th
Saturday Bird Tour-Census!
Steve
Stevan Hawkins
San Antonio TX
Species List Total of species seen Total stops species seen
at
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 16 1
Blue-winged Teal 2 1
Duck species 4 1
Least Grebe 1 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1 1
Neotropic Cormorant 4 2
Great Blue Heron 1 1
Great Egret 13 4
Snowy Egret 228 8
Tri-colored Heron 5 1
Green Heron 7 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 1
Black Vulture 43 3
Turkey Vulture 17 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 6 5
Fuertes' Red-tailed Hawk 1 1
Crested Caracara 9 6
American Coot 12 6
Killdeer 7 3
Black-necked Stilt 98 7
American Avocet 3 1
Willet 2 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1 1
Least Sandpiper 27 4
Peep species 31 3
Wilson's Phalarope 25 1
Mourning Dove 66 7
White-winged Dove 129 3
Common Ground-Dove 10 3
Chimney Swift 3 2
Hummingbird species 2 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 2 2
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 1
Barn Swallow 15 5
Swallow species 6 1
Verdin 1 1
Carolina Wren 3 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 1
Northern Mockingbird 28 7
Long-billed Thrasher 1 1
European Starling 12 1
Northern Cardinal 20 7
Painted Bunting 1 1
Red-winged Blackbird 47 3
Great-tailed Grackle 61 2
Bullock's Oriole 5 1
House Finch 10 4
American Goldfinch 5 1
House Sparrow 2 2
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