[texbirds] Choke Canyon on Saturday (9/27) - Wood Storks, Black-crowned Night-Herons, Tree Swallows, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Chihuahuan Raven

From: Christian Walker <christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:56:40 -0500

Hi,
On Saturday I went down to Choke Canyon and birded the South Shore Unit, Quail 
Ridge Run, and the Calliham Unit. The Ebird list below is from the Calliham 
unit. I had a few good birds, including some Wood Storks, a few Tree Swallows, 
one Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and a heard-only raven that I assumed to be a 
Chihuahuan (is that accurate?). Anyway, the overall birding experience was 
surprisingly disappointing - when Ive birded the area in the spring and winter 
there are usually birds everywhere, but on Saturday I had to work for every 
bird I found. South Shore Unit was especially dead. The only highlight there 
was flushing two big coveys of Northern Bobwhites. At the Calliham Unit the 
woods were almost completely silent, and I had to walk about a mile and a half 
to find one small flock of titmice, and a larger flock of gnatcatchers, that 
also had a White-eyed Vireo, the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and a Nashville 
Warbler and Great Crested Flycatcher. 
Granted the lack of birds may have been due to the overcast weather, which at 
around 10:30 am turned into a downpour.  
I ended up trying to escape the rain by wandering down to Hazel Bazemore 
(easily justified - its only an extra forty-five minutes right?).  I had about 
half an hour of clear weather before the rain caught up to me.  Saw about 15 
hawks which was really enjoyable.  Nothing spectacular, but seven Mississippi 
Kites were nice. 
Also this morning at Camp Ben McCullough I had my FOS Lincolns Sparrow, along 
with some sort of distant pewee. 

Good birding,

Christian Walker
Independent Adjuster
Austin, Texas
(512) 431-2495



Begin forwarded message:

> From: ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: eBird Report - Choke Canyon SP (CTC 082), Sep 27, 2014
> Date: September 29, 2014 at 10:47:51 AM CDT
> To: christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Choke Canyon SP (CTC 082), McMullen, US-TX
> Sep 27, 2014 8:55 AM - 11:20 AM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 2.0 mile(s)
> Comments:     Overcast with slight rain, then solid downpour. Otherwise, 0-5 
> mph E, around 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
> 47 species (+1 other taxa)
> 
> Wild Turkey  9
> Wood Stork  35
> Neotropic Cormorant  2
> Great Blue Heron  4
> Great Egret  5
> Snowy Egret  1
> Cattle Egret  1
> Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
> Turkey Vulture  2
> Cooper's Hawk  2
> Harris's Hawk  2
> Killdeer  8
> Least Sandpiper  6
> Eurasian Collared-Dove  3
> White-winged Dove  2
> Mourning Dove  2
> Golden-fronted Woodpecker  2
> Ladder-backed Woodpecker  1
> Crested Caracara  2
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1
> Empidonax sp.  1
> Vermilion Flycatcher  3
> Great Crested Flycatcher  1
> Great Kiskadee  3
> Couch's Kingbird  2
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  2
> White-eyed Vireo  1
> Green Jay  6
> Chihuahuan Raven  1     HO
> Tree Swallow  2
> Bank Swallow  2
> Barn Swallow  15
> Cave Swallow  28
> Black-crested Titmouse  5
> House Wren  1
> Carolina Wren  2
> Bewick's Wren  5
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  32
> Eastern Bluebird  2
> Long-billed Thrasher  1
> Northern Mockingbird  6
> European Starling  45
> Nashville Warbler  1
> Yellow Warbler  2
> Northern Cardinal  13
> Indigo Bunting  1
> Red-winged Blackbird  2
> Great-tailed Grackle  50
> 
> View this checklist online at 
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19966511
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)


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[texbirds] Choke Canyon on Saturday (9/27) - Wood Storks, Black-crowned Night-Herons, Tree Swallows, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Chihuahuan Raven

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