[texbirds] Bastrop Co. (local)
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 10:56:38 -0500
Did Sayers, Old Sayers and Arbuckle roads this morning for about 4 as my
last fling of the spring here. Arrived as the Chuck-wills were still
going...Man is this a good year for those.
Highlights:
1 Singing Wood Thrush, ..Never seen
A Broad-winged Hawk that flew directly in to the dense top of a huge
pecan....Hmm.
1 Singing Kentucky Warbler...Also not seen
2 Juv. Barred Owls ...Old Sayers at the low water crossing.
Red-eyed and a few Yellow-throat Vireos, oddles of Summer Tanagers, 8
Pileated Wood.
At the cattle pens and nearby on Sayers there were likely 160-180 Purple
Martins on the wires and when I looked thru them most were juv.s....Man how
can they already be fledged here? Not only that but they seemed to almost
be in a post breeding flock....A friend allows that she had already seen a
gathering in S. Austin recently....Surely it can't be that they are already
piling up to move elsewhere for the summer...Or?
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Brush Freeman
361-655-7641
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca de los Alacranes., Utley,Texas
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