[texbirds] Re: Eastern Williamson Co. 1/31/14: Whooping Crane and more
- From: "rkost73" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "rkost73@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: "tfennell@xxxxxxxxx" <tfennell@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 11:46:53 -0600
I am currently watching the Whooping Crane in a flock of Sandhills pretty much
exactly where Tim first reported it.
Rich
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> On Dec 31, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Tim Fennell <tfennell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Sorry for the short message earlier today but I haven't figured out the
> settings on my phone so that the body of my TEXBIRD messages aren't garbled.
>
> This morning I found an adult, unbanded Whooping Crane north of Thrall. I was
> first drawn to the area by Sandhills flying in from the south (probably from
> their traditional roost on CR 435). I first saw the bird from 8:00-8:30 am on
> the south side of CR 420 (just east of CR 424) feeding in a plowed field with
> Sandhills and geese (7 Snow, 7 Ross's and 35 Greater White-fronted). I
> studied it again from 10:00-10:30 am as it was feeding in a pasture with
> Sandhills (both species flipping cow patties) on the north side of CR 420.
> There were at least 414 Sandhills.
>
> Other highlights of 75 species for the morning included:
>
> 17 waterfowl species (including 2 Greater Scaup on CR 352 stock pond)
> 1 adult Bald Eagle soaring over Granger Lake (seen from the dam)
> 24 Mountain Plovers feeding in the field NW of the CR 346/CR 347 intersection
> 1 Burrowing Owl on CR 356
> 1 Pileated Woodpecker on CR 348
>
> Cheers and Happy New Year,
> Tim Fennell
> Round Rock, TX (15 miles north of Austin)
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