[texbirds] Cameron County Big Day
- From: "Mary Beth Stowe" <mbstowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:58:30 -0500
Hi, all!
The following is from Pat Heirs; I'm still working on processing everything
and will post the link to the web page (which will include the full report)
hopefully tonight, but it might not get done till next weekend. :-P In the
meantime:
"Thought I would share some highlights which I hope you enjoy from our
Birding yesterday.
Mary Beth picked me up about 5:45 and then we stopped in San Benito to meet
up with Michael Marsden who joined us for our exploits.
We started at Sabal Palm at 7AM where we were greeted by the Great Horned
Owl perched nicely on Rabb House surveying his territory. An auspicious
start!
After covering the Resaca trail and the various nooks and crannies there we
moved on to Hwy 48 to check out the Boat Ramp where we did quite well with 3
Oystercatchers and the usual suspects.
Heading for SPI, rain clouds loomed, but we were undeterred. We decided to
have an early lunch stop instead. And that paid off, because after the
downpour, the Convention Center was hopping. Several warblers including a
stunning male Golden-winged and lots of other migrants were active plus a
Magnificent Frigatebird. The rain must have brought him over. Usual
suspects seen. [Ed. Note: she left out the Prairie Warbler that Michael
found! J]
Off to Laguna Vista where we made two stops and nabbed ducks for the day as
well as 11 Wood Storks.
We got our Vultures, Hawks and some Falcons on 100 and also on OPIR where we
had a very cooperative Cassin's Sparrow.
After some discussions we opted for one of Michael's hideaways where we got
our Ruddy Ducks and a couple of other birds and then we headed to Olveira
Park for our Parrot fix.
In all, our count was 145 species birding from basically 7 to 7. Our
toughest non-find was the Aplomado Falcon.
I know Mary Beth will be reviewing her pictures and audio when she gets the
time. She is on a busy schedule right now.
It was a lot of fun yesterday.
Take care all,
Pat"
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
miriameaglemon.com
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