[texbirds] Fwd: Roy Guerrero Pk Austin - Norther Rough-winged Swallows, Merlin, Lesser Goldfinches

From: Christian Walker <christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: TEXBIRDS <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:00:24 -0600
Accidentally replied to eBird. See below
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> From: Christian Walker <christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Roy Guerrero Pk Austin - Norther Rough-winged Swallows, Merlin, 
> Lesser Goldfinches
> Date: February 18, 2015 at 12:48:30 PM CST
> To: ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Went by Roy Guerrero Park in Austin this morning to try to find some 
> Black-crowned Night Herons, which I was unable to do. However, I did have a 
> good mornings birding, with Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Golden-crowned 
> Kinglets, Neotropic Cormorants, and a Merlin. Lots of songbirds singing, and 
> saw the Red-shouldered Hawk pair mating. Oops. Oh and I also saw a pair of 
> Lesser Goldfinches, and heard another - I dont know how unusual that is this 
> far east. I know at Hornsby they are almost never found, but I guess this 
> park is a little closer in. 
> List is below. 
> Good birding,
> Christian Walker
> On Feb 18, 2015, at 12:42 PM, ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> Austin--Roy Guerrero Pk, Travis, US-TX
>> Feb 18, 2015 9:00 AM - 11:20 AM
>> Protocol: Traveling
>> 2.0 mile(s)
>> Comments:     Clear, around 60 degrees F, 0-5 mph S winds.
>> 65 species (+1 other taxa)
>> 
>> Gadwall  70
>> American Wigeon  14
>> Mallard  7
>> Northern Pintail  13
>> Green-winged Teal  23
>> Redhead  6
>> Lesser Scaup  135
>> Bufflehead  27
>> Pied-billed Grebe  10
>> Neotropic Cormorant  5
>> Double-crested Cormorant  8
>> Great Blue Heron  4
>> Great Egret  3
>> Snowy Egret  5
>> Little Blue Heron  2
>> Black Vulture  1
>> Turkey Vulture  4
>> Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
>> Cooper's Hawk  1
>> Red-shouldered Hawk  2     Calling like crazy. Didn't fly when I was close, 
>> then they copulated. Pretty crazy stuff.
>> American Coot  13
>> Least Sandpiper  3
>> Ring-billed Gull  11
>> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  100
>> White-winged Dove  3
>> Mourning Dove  3
>> Belted Kingfisher  1
>> Red-bellied Woodpecker  8
>> Downy Woodpecker  8
>> Northern Flicker  1
>> American Kestrel  1
>> Merlin  1     In a tree by the baseball fields. Good looks, but silhouetted 
>> by the sun. I think it was a female, but couldn't quite see the back/crown 
>> pattern. It was pretty small it might have been male though.
>> Monk Parakeet  1
>> Eastern Phoebe  2
>> Blue-headed Vireo  1
>> Blue Jay  5
>> American Crow  4
>> Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3     At least three. Possibly as many as 
>> five, but could only get on one at a time as they flew over the river just 
>> east of the dam (could easily see the dam). Brown above, with rump slightly 
>> paler (but not obviously paler as in BANS), bigger than BANS, brownish chest 
>> fades out to white belly. Good looks! I think some have been seen around.
>> Carolina Chickadee  7
>> Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse (hybrid)  1     HO
>> House Wren  5
>> Winter Wren  1
>> Carolina Wren  18
>> Bewick's Wren  1
>> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  5
>> Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
>> Ruby-crowned Kinglet  9
>> Northern Mockingbird  8
>> European Starling  15
>> American Pipit  2
>> Orange-crowned Warbler  7
>> Common Yellowthroat  3
>> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  46
>> Chipping Sparrow  2
>> Field Sparrow  7
>> Song Sparrow  4
>> Lincoln's Sparrow  11
>> White-throated Sparrow  9
>> Northern Cardinal  27
>> Red-winged Blackbird  23
>> Common Grackle  15
>> Great-tailed Grackle  4
>> House Finch  2
>> Lesser Goldfinch  3
>> American Goldfinch  16
>> House Sparrow  4
>> 
>> View this checklist online at 
>> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21959128
>> 
>> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
> 
> Christian Walker
> Independent Adjuster
> Austin, Texas
> (512) 431-2495
> 
> 
> 

Christian Walker
Independent Adjuster
Austin, Texas
(512) 431-2495




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