[texbirds] Bastrop Swallow-tailed Kite etc (kites, kites, kites and a Broad-winged) etc.
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 12:16:52 -0500
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Did some meaningful walks in Tahitian Village this morning as deer flies
do not sleep in at my place. At ~9:35 I had a low flying STKI pass
overhead twice near the north end of Kaneohe and just north of Moku Manu.
Despite another almost two hours I did not see it again even though I drove
nearly all of Tahitian Village. As I suspected these huge birds never
left, but how can they remain so hard to see? I went twice over to the big
hill on Kalama where I could view the entire area but still did not see it
again.
Tahitian Village is just flat filthy with Mississippi Kites I heard them
calling all over the community, many young birds. At the north end of
Kaneohe there is a nest with two recently fledged young nearby....If I had
to guess I would say there are somewhere between 25-30 MIKIs around and
maybe more. Did not see very many flying around and only two down at the
golf course which is odd because there are literally swarms of dragonflies
on the river.
On Akaloa I had great looks at a male Hairy Woodpecker. Pileateds are
found throughout. Saw 5-6 empids but did not stop to check them all out,
also a E. Wood-Pewee and a Yellow Warbler. Most strange is that I only had
one Pine Warbler all morning...Where are they?
I did do Colorado River Refuge briefly but had nothing of note except a
couple of empids, a Belted Kingfisher and a Swainson's Hawk overhead.
Had 9 Western Kingbirds in a flock behind the shopping center where
Lowe's is on the way home, that be a migrating group.
On the drive to Bastrop just before sunrise , there was a flock of 5
Upland Sandpipers crossing 969 near Earhardt Rd.
Have not seen my Rufous yet today but am just home. It was getting hot
and quiet.
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Brush Freeman
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120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
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