I stumbled upon a Mockingbird in the San Diego mountains doing a perfect
Curve-billed Thrasher "Whee WHEET!" Who knows where HE got that, as CBTHs
don't occur in California!
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com
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On Behalf Of Clay Taylor
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 4:12 PM
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Subject: [texbirds] Corpus Christi Yard - what the Mockingbird says
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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