[texbirds] Re: Black Phoebe update

From: Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:42:44 -0500
Hi all - 

We went back to Hazel to watch the hawks (not big numbers, but a nice variety) 
and I went down to look for the Black Phoebe again at about 1:15pm.    When I 
got out of the car, I was sure I heard it call a few times from across the 
river.   It was then silent for about 10 minutes, and when I heard it again, it 
popped into view, sitting on branches about 18 inches above the water.   It is 
a VERY handsome bird.

After a few seconds it flew to my side of the river and perched on a big piling 
next to the intake pipes of the water pumping plant, then flew back across the 
river again.   It seems like it calls a lot only when it is active, either in 
flight, or getting ready to fly from a perch.

After a few minutes it flew under the overhanging branches at the river's edge, 
disappeared from sight, and was silent again.   I am guessing that if the bird 
is not immediately visible or audible, just wait it out and it will pop up 
again soon enough.  Its call is more emphatic and sharp than an Eastern Phoebe, 
and it repeats the call notes more rapidly than does Eastern.  


Clay Taylor
TOS Life Member
Calallen (Corpus Christi),  TX
Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 



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Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 11:55 AM
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Subject: [texbirds] Black Phoebe at Hazel Bazemore Cty Park, Corpus Christi, 
Nueces County

Hi all -
About 9:10 am this morning I received a phone call from Dane Ferrell (chief 
hawk counter at Hazel Bazemore Cty. Park) that he and Kevin Georg had just 
found a Black Phoebe at the eastern end of the park, right on the Nueces River. 
    At 9:30 Joel Simon and I relocated the bird in the County Water Authority 
property adjacent to the east end of the park.   I posted a photo of it on the 
TexBirds FaceBook page.

It was at the river, and flew up to perch on posts next to the pumphouse.   It 
then flew around the building and presumably up the hillside.  Dane later said 
that it did the same thing when they found it, so hopefully it has a little 
routine established.   We waited around for about 15 minutes, but it had not 
returned by the time we left.

Last week Dane saw a Say's Phoebe in the park - anybody wanna Phoebe Slam?


Clay Taylor
TOS Life Member
Calallen (Corpus Christi),  TX
Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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