[texbirds] Re: Corpus area birding
- From: Clayton Leopold <passerinaciris12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 13:19:43 -0600
I forgot to add, we had 4 spragues pipit in a cut field on the way to the
burrowing owl. Also had a verdin(crazy that he was there) and a horned lark.
On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Clayton Leopold <passerinaciris12@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Spent a full day of birding around the Corpus area. We started at daybreak
> at the impoundment where the two tundra swans were being seen, but they
> were not there. We ran into several duck hunters that offered to let us
> look on their property, claiming they had seen them on Wednesday.
> Unfortunately they wouldn't be able to let us on until after their hunt,
> which we could t have waited around for.
>
> So we moved on to Port Aransas to find the lesser blacked gull that is
> usually found between beach markers 40 and 60. We eventually found him at
> marker 50 or 51, lifer for both Jeff and I! Such a pretty bird too, he
> entertained us for about 10 minutes.
>
> We moved on down the beach, hoping to find the California or glaucous
> gull. We drove every inch of beach from the Port Aransas south jetty to the
> Padre Island National Seashore no driving boundary. And we drove the
> Packery Channel south jetty to the PINS section twice! Unfortunately we
> saw neither of the two target birds or any other wierd gulls. We did
> however have multiple large groups of eared grebes in the surf, sometimes
> 30 in a "pod".
>
> We also saw a very active couple that were doing the horizontal tango in
> a car on the beach, no shame at all.
>
> We moved off the beach and headed inland in a search for burrowing owl
> that have been seen in the farmland south of corpus, after checking every
> culvert and high spot we finally found one in a round bale patch off the
> east side of county road 55, just sound of 2444. I think I saw a precious
> report of one being here as well. He didn't come up at first, but when a
> small mocker stated scolding us he made his appearance.
>
> Overall it was a fun but tiring trip, lots of sitting which my legs don't
> like. Have a Merry Christmas and happy birding!
>
>
> --
> Clayton & Linsey Leopold
> Texas City
>
>
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Clayton & Linsey Leopold
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