[texbirds] Re: Eastern Williamson Co. 1/31/14: Whooping Crane and more
- From: "Steven McDonald" <dmarc-noreply-modpost@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "skm0308@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: tfennell@xxxxxxxxx, texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 08:30:21 -0800
I just had the Whooping Crane at CR420 and CR424. It just lifted off with some
Sandhills flying south. Likely landed just over the hill in the next field.
Steven McDonald
Austin
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On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 3:42 PM CST Tim Fennell 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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