[texbirds] Re: Ferr. Hawk, Red shafted Flicker, Harris Sp.
- From: Stephen Gast <segast23@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "carolyn_dill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <carolyn_dill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:10:26 -0800 (PST)
The two short-eared owls were hunting over the field just to the west of the
Katy Prairie field office entrance. These would have been easily visible from
Hebert Road around 6:10 - 6:20pm Sunday.
The Roadrunner is extremely hard to find out there.
Steve Gast
Houston, Texas
segast23@xxxxxxxxx
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> From: Carolyn Dill <carolyn_dill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Texbirds (texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 10:01 AM
>Subject: [texbirds] Ferr. Hawk, Red shafted Flicker, Harris Sp.
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>There is indeed a ferruginous hawk on the Katy Prairie but the one I saw was a
>standard
>light phase adult, first sighted going southeast between Hebert and Penick,
>then an hour
>later I got much closer, longer looks on Morrison near 529. Two other hawks, a
>harrier
>and a red tailed, swooped low right next to it as if to encourage it to move
>along. Obvious
>difference in size, wing length, "eagle" bill and feathered to the toes.
>Having decided it
>flew far enough south, it promptly headed northwest. I wouldn't be surprised
>if no one
>finds any color phase of ferruginous for the next couple of days as this
>species likes to cover
>a range even hundeds of miles long and then double back to cover the same
>area.
>Dipped on roadrunner and short eared owl, will try again evening.
>
>Paul Rushing Park had a northern flicker of the red shafted variety, near to
>the police station,
>feeding with meadowlarks and brewer's blackbirds nearby.
>
>Kickapoo Road had a lone Harris Sparrow with a flock of white crowned. On the
>way
>to this road, on Betka, was also a flock of about a dozen lark sparrows
>perched up on wire.
>
>Carolyn Dill
>Houston
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