Hi all -
Yep, it's definitely spring, as the Northern Mockingbirds are fighting wars in
my yard (at least three males), and singing their brains out. As always, it is
WHAT they are singing that gets my attention:
(the regulars)
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Black-crested Titmouse snippets
Various swallows and the Purple Martins
Green Jay
Various blackbird and grackle-type sounds
Also (the less-common and migrants)
Groove-billed Ani
Chuck-will's-Widow
Great-crested Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Couch's Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe (and my wintering birds have been gone for weeks!)
Long-billed Thrasher
(and then the truly surprising)
Something that sounds very Quail-like - not entirely sure which one, or WHERE
he heard it
Blue Jay!!! He is doing it PERFECTLY, and often, just to tick me off, as I do
not have Blue Jay for the yard list.
Arrggghhhh......
Oh, yes, the Starling that does the Common Nighthawk call is still here. I was
hoping that one of the Cooper's Hawks would catch and eat that bird over the
winter, but no such luck.
The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have finally arrived, and are warring throughout
the yard. No sign of Buffie.
Saw my FOS Chimney Swift today.
Surprisingly, I did not see any migrating hawks yesterday, and only had a nice
adult Swainson's Hawk today.
Also, a lot of butterflies, but very few skippers: Theona Checkerspots,
Bordered Patch, Texas, Phaon and Vesta Crescents, Little Yellow, Dainty Sulfur,
Common Lyside Sulfur, Large Orange, Common Dogface, Checkered White, Giant and
Pipevine Swallowtails, Snout, Rounded Metalmark, Gray and Mallow-scrub
Hairsteaks, Funereal Duskywing, Variegated Fritillary, and a bunch of Red
Admirals on the Texas Olive, which is finally covered in blossoms after getting
whacked by the January freeze.
Come on, warblers!
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