[texbirds] Re: Early Warblers, Rio Grande Valley
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Joseph Kennedy <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 15:24:10 -0500
Right one. Just a note that James Hall had a singing male Golden-cheeked
Warbler this morning on a private property while doing habitat
surveys...Could be a drifter, but a singing bird on territory on Aug. 5??
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Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Joseph Kennedy <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Back a good while ago when I was more enthusiastic and tolerant of bugs, I
> did weekly trips to the coastal migrant traps starting in the last week of
> July. Over time I had a dozen species of warblers by this date. Several
> more would be added to the list by the middle of next week. A good part of
> the Louisiana waterthrushes are gone or going as are the golden-cheeks from
> the hill country. And Colima are likely gone from big bend. Some like
> swainson's may make a big jump from the nesting grounds south directly so
> are not seen normally in coastal traps. Cerulean warblers peak around the
> 21st but go southeast and most seem to miss here or me anyway.
> But there are more migrants out there every day. Some may not be migrants
> per se but wanderering birds that no longer keep territories and are
> looking for food or birds going to molt as male painted buntings from at
> least central texas which go to the west coast of mexico to molt and then
> come back east.
>
> A fall cold front can even be better than a spring one but the timing is
> different. Birds move with and after the front using the wind of the front
> to migrate so the front that came through brought birds with it.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Javier Gonzalez <javsterkayak7@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Texbirders,
> > In the past week I've seen 2 warblers that have been flagged as rare on
> > ebird for time of year at two different Birding Centers here in Hidalgo
> > County, LRGV.
> >
> > 8/2 A female Hooded Warbler at the Edinburg Scenic Wetlands.
> > 8/5 A female American Redstart at Quinta Mazatlan
> >
> >
> > Looked on ebird and there are no confirmed sightings of either species
> this
> > early in the LRGV except for one of a Hooded Warbler at Laguna Atascosa
> > 7/4/13, another of a Hooded at Santa Ana 8/6/10, and the earliest for
> > American Redstart on 8/13/06. There are some records not much longer
> after
> > those, and then much more in the middle and end of the month, but none
> for
> > the beginning.
> >
> > Maybe some are moving a bit early this year?? Maybe they are just going
> > unconfirmed on ebird? Maybe we just haven't come across them? Anyone else
> > have any similar sightings? Just curious.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Javi Gonzalez
> > San Juan, TX
> >
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