[texbirds] Camp Mabry and Laguna Gloria -- Wednesday 18th
- From: Elliott Gordon <tengalloncat@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:29:20 -0600
Still chilly when I got to C.M. this morning, so I went straight to the
lower pond. There was a Red-tailed Hawk on the entrance road and a
Red-shouldered Hawk at the pond. A large group of Bufflehead were diving
and the males were occasionally taking runs at one another. Also a single
Coot, PB Grebe, and small group of Gadwall. There was a Great Blue Heron in
the short vegetation on the north side, and another sitting on the dam of
the upper pond. A few large groups of Cedar Waxwings flew over. I ventured
into the field south of the pond, a White-throated Sparrow sat up and a
Lincoln's Sparrow ruffled its wet feathers with its foot. There was a ton
of Myrtle's in the trees just to the west edge of the field. A group of
finches in a bare tree back by the pond had an American Goldfinch. I headed
back up the dirt road and ran into a spectacular mixed flock just past the
pond where a Live Oak still has leaves. First, a horde of Carolina
Chickadees and a Downy Woodpecker, then the Hybrid Titmice and Myrtle's
came in. I got lucky and found a Golden-crowned Kinglet, then a Great
Horned Owl swooped out and perched just beyond the "creek."
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Sunny at L.G. but little activity in the parking lot. A family of
Pied-billed Grebes was in the laguna, and I watched one Belted Kingfisher,
hearing another. A Swamp Sparrow sat on a log in the reeds, and a male
Common Yellowthroat came out briefly. Walking around to the lake for a
couple Ring-billed Gulls and male Red-winged Blackbirds. A small mixed
flock at the Gazebo yielded a Downy Woodpecker, Chickadees and Titmice,
Myrtle's, a Blue-headed Vireo that flew in from across the laguna, and
numerous Orange-crowned Warblers. They were interesting to observe as I
noticed a wide variety and colors, from gray above and yellow bellow to
almost uniformly yellow-green, and some drab while others quite bright.
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Elliott Gordon
Austin, TX
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