[texbirds] Burrowing Owl, Prairie Falcon, and Sprague's Pipit on King Ranch, 12/03/14 - Kleberg Co.

From: Tom Langschied <TLangschied@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 21:08:02 +0000

TexBirders,
Given the good luck I had in the morning on the Santa Gertrudis Div., Barbara 
Rapstein & I visited the Laureles Division of King Ranch (east of Kingsville 
and also in Kleberg Co.) for a couple of hours in hopes of finding some 
Mountain Plovers.  Unfortunately the plovers did not cooperate, but we were 
treated to a distant but nice view of a perched Prairie Falcon.  Some of the 
other birds of particular note were two Burrowing Owls and one Sprague's Pipit. 
  I should clarify for those not familiar with this part of the ranch, the 
western 1/4 of the Laureles Div. we visited is made up of extensive 
agricultural fields which doesn't usually generate a large bird list but can 
produce some nice open country species.   Further below is the bird list from 
our outing.
Good birding,
Tom Langschied
Kingsville, TX


Birds found on the Laureles Div., King Ranch - Wednesday, !2/03/14

1.       Great Blue Heron  1

2.       Northern Harrier  2

3.       Cooper's Hawk  2

4.       White-tailed Hawk  2

5.       Red-tailed Hawk  2

6.       Sandhill Crane  35

7.       American Avocet  4

8.       Killdeer  10

9.       Greater Yellowlegs  2

10.   Lesser Yellowlegs  1

11.   Least Sandpiper  5

12.   Wilson's Snipe  9

13.   Mourning Dove  24

14.   Burrowing Owl  2

15.   Crested Caracara  4

16.   American Kestrel  6

17.   Prairie Falcon  1

18.   Sprague's Pipit  1

19.   Savannah Sparrow  3

20.   Western Meadowlark  30


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[texbirds] Burrowing Owl, Prairie Falcon, and Sprague's Pipit on King Ranch, 12/03/14 - Kleberg Co.

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