[texbirds] Bastrop SP Woodcock May 18
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "greg.creacy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <greg.creacy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 10:11:57 -0500
I finished up some point counts begun yesterday in the above and was
stunned and very pleased to flush a Woodcock in a off trail area. These
birds appear to be low density breeders t in Cen-Tex with a handful of well
documented records. Brent O. and I flushed one in this same area on the
Jan. 1 CBC and last year I had one feigning injury within likely 60-80
yards or so tho I did not find young or eggs in the density then The
location (pt. 6) is inaccessible to birders..
Otherwise, 1 singing Kentucky Warbler (HO) on territory (pt. 4) and a
flushed Chuck-will's. The only migrants noted were an early HO Swainson's
Thrush (had one still singing on my place last evening) and an empid that
got away...which may have been a resident Acadian, as it did not vocalize.
Yesterday before the winds picked up, a chinking Rose-breasted Grosbeak
was also on the survey route. A pair of Brown-crested are back on
territory and the numbers of Western Kingbirds and C. Ground-Doves in the
devastated, tho wildly recovering, portions is surprising. A
Yellow-breasted Chat appeared to be on territory. A Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron was at a small pond. Both are firsts for the project....I think
Also had 2 maybe 3 Mourning Cloaks, perhaps due to the quantity of
willows and cottonwoods nearby.(?)
It ain't over unless you decide it to be...It is never "over"....Slower
maybe.
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Brush Freeman
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120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
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Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
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