[texbirds] Buffalo Bayou CBC, Houston, Texas: Sunday, December 30th
- From: Adam Wood <birdsondabrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:30:29 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Greetings,
The Buffalo Bayou CBC will be held on Sunday, December 30, 2012 this CBC
season.
This is one of the few CBCs that is set almost entirely in an urban
environment. The count circle does contain a few areas of undeveloped land that
usually hold a few surprises since they are surround by development. The count
circle is centered at the Houston Audubon's Edith L. Moore Sanctuary. It
extends from Memorial Park on the east to beyond Hwy 6 on the west; from the
Southwest Freeway at West Belt on the south to FM 529 near Jersey Village on
the north. This area includes sizable chunks of excellent habitat: Houston
Arboretum, Art Storey Park, Addicks & Barker Reservoirs, Bear Creek Park and
Buffalo Bayou. It is possible to see up to 15 species of sparrows on this
count, including the elusive Henslow's and Grasshopper Sparrows. Other "Special
Birds" seen over the past several years have been: Hooded Merganser, American
Bittern, Solitary Sandpiper, American Woodcock, Common Ground-Dove, Black
Phoebe, Couch's Kingbird, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Spotted Towhee, Eastern
Towhee, Rusty Blackbird, Purple Finch and Pine Siskin. We would like you to
join in the fun and help us eclipse the high count of 132 species. The count
will run from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm when all participants will assemble at Sweet
Tomatoes for the countdown dinner where you will get the opportunity to share
your days' birding stories with your fellow birders and hear what species each
area was able to find as we find out what the total tally for the count will
be. A very nice way to wrap up a long day of birding. There are two ways to
participate: (1) Be a Field Observer - Join one of the teams in the field (2)
Be a Feeder/Yard Watcher - Because so much of the Buffalo Bayou CBC area is
residential, Feeder Watchers (those who stay at home and observe their feeder,
yard and/or neighborhood) are extremely important to the count and greatly
increase the efficiency of the count by observing species that otherwise would
not be seen, such as hummingbirds. Submitting your observations is easy via an
on-line data form accessible on the Buffalo Bayou CBC website. contact
co-compilers Michael Williams, txbfcbc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (preferably by
email) or via phone at 832-723-0653, or Adam Wood,
birdsondabrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, 713-515-1692.
Adam Wood
birdsondabrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
713-515-1692
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