[texbirds] El Paso birds

From: jgstudio@xxxxxxx
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 19:59:18 -0500 (EST)
I started the day at 7:30 with my wife and eldest son hiking in the Franklin 
Mountains. The first thing we saw upon getting out of the truck were a herd of 
Steller's Jays. I counted 15 which looked as if they had roosted on the 
hillside in Ocotillo/Lechugilla habitat of all things. This is behind a 
neighborhood with lots of food for them. Lots of Flickers up there as well. 
Later as we came down a canyon, we got into a chorus of Rock Wrens and a covey 
of Gambel's Quail.
I then checked on the Lewis's Woodpecker that I found on our CBC on Sunday. It 
was still there and this time it was swooping down into a Live Oak and 
competing with more Steller's Jays for acorns. I have never before seen this 
species eating acorns.

A trip to Memorial Park was disappointing. It was 11:00 by then and the park 
was fairly dead. I did however re-find the Brown Creeper that Barry Zimmer had 
found on the CBC. He also found (and I photographed the next day) a Blue-headed 
Vireo, a Pygmy Nuthatch, and a Pine Warbler. I was unable to photograph this 
Nuthatch or Warbler.

Next up was the Jonathan Rogers Water Treatment Plant where a Long-tailed Duck 
was found earlier in the week by C.J. Goin of Las Cruces NM. She was fairly 
easy to spot among the hundreds of ducks there. A good day of birding. Photos 
can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/89595062@N02/



John Groves 
El Paso

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