Beautiful morning in the Texas Hill Country. I had most of the Golden-cheeks
between 10:30 & 11:30. One was observed this morning by another observer
pulling cedar bark off of a tree. One thing about Golden-cheeks---when they get
to Texas they don't mess around! Something I have noticed over the years about
Black-capped Vireo in this park. When they start visiting the water feature at
a bird blind they set up a pattern. They like to come in the heat of the day
and the one I observed at Lora's Blind was there 1:10-1:15, so if you've been
wanting to get a good, close photo of one Lora's Bird Blind at South Llano
should be pretty reliable.
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Subject: eBird Report - South Llano River SP (HOTW 093), Mar 21, 2017
South Llano River SP (HOTW 093), Kimble, Texas, US
Mar 21, 2017 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 mile(s)
Comments: 4 hiking miles and 4 driving miles.
48 species (+1 other taxa)
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 10
American Coot 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Inca Dove 2
White-winged Dove 5
Mourning Dove 2
Black-chinned Hummingbird 6
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 2
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 7
Eastern Phoebe 2
Vermilion Flycatcher 3
Ash-throated Flycatcher 2
Black-capped Vireo 4 This species has shown up over a week earlier than I
usually record them for this location. I observed the definite black-headed
male, snow white spectacles, wing bars---really unmistakable with white lower
parts (belly). Observed this one at Lora's Bird Blind for 5 minutes taking a
bath in the water feature. Id'ed 3 others by song. This bird has been seen 3 of
the last 4 days at this bird blind by m.o.b.
White-eyed Vireo 13
Hutton's Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 4
Common Raven 2
Black-crested Titmouse 20 Probably more.
Verdin 5
Canyon Wren 2
Carolina Wren 2
Bewick's Wren 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 Mostly all singing.
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Golden-cheeked Warbler 6 Great views of 2 males over trail to, and near,
Primitive Camping area, rest heard widely spread, did not pursue for visual.
Chipping Sparrow 6
Field Sparrow 8
Black-throated Sparrow 4
Lark Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 5
Vesper Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Canyon Towhee 3
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 2
Spotted Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 10
Western/Eastern Meadowlark 15 Most assuredly Western Meadowlark but didn't
hear them call.
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Scott's Oriole 2
House Finch 8
Lesser Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 4
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35332431
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Rhandy J. Helton
Junction, Texas
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