[texbirds] Re: Good Birding at Sabine Woods this A.M. (23 warblers in A.M.)
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Berner Family <jcazberner@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:26:22 -0500
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I am not sure what the situ is with Sabine Woods but, while not preaching
here, I would like to remind folks to make their contributions via the
silent rangers or whatever is there now...Many of us TOS TOS members put a
lot of personal money into securing that property even though they were too
far away to visit it. It was difficult to procure financial back in the
Eubanks, and Jim Peterson, days when I was just getting started on the
board of directors... The thing used to be a bear to maintain, at least
when I was an officer, and now especially after the hurricanes. The
Whittle's, bless their hearts, and many volunteers work very hard to
maintain it ....If you are not a TOS member (and you don't have to be to
visit Sabine Woods but like you to be :-), a 5.00 donation is such a
trivial thing for anyone's budget, but these donations do add up, just like
at HAS's High Island. I am sure TOS could use anything above that. By this
TOS can maintain the properties (5) and build the funds for even more
purchases. I am not speaking as a TOS board member, but as a long time
Life Member so I hope my comments are OK with the board.
BTW there is a Black-billed Cuckoo just across the fence as I type.
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Berner Family <jcazberner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ken Hartman and I had a nice morning at Sabine Woods this morning,
> although hat and gloves were necessary accessories on a cold windy morning.
> (definitely worth taking a vacation day from work)
>
> We had 15 species of warblers in the first hour and 23 warbler species
> over the 4 hours we were there. Not huge numbers (64 total warblers) but
> nice variety for a small 12 acre refuge like Sabine Woods. Due to the
> strong wind no warblers were at the very tops of the trees--so no warbler
> neck!
>
> Hopefully the North wind will hold them until tomorrow. Canada Warbler was
> also seen this morning by Cody Conway (not by us) before we left around
> 11:15. Golden-winged and Swainson's Warblers have also been seen at Sabine
> in previous days. Dave Dolan had swainson's Warbler at Boy Scout Woods
> today. We also unexpectedly had two blackpolls, a yellow warbler and a
> swainson's thrush in low bushes in a very open area of Pilot Rd. Finally,
> We also saw the previously reported Anahuac Skillern Tract Reeve at 2:40PM
> about 50+ yards East from the road in the flooded high grass with Chris
> Wood & Jessie Barry from Cornell.
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Not Male and female , seen and heard |
> Blue-winged Teal 3 |
> Tricolored Heron 2 |
> Cattle Egret 1 |
> Green Heron 2 |
> White-faced Ibis 7 |
> Roseate Spoonbill 14 |
> Willet 1 |
> White-winged Dove 10 |
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 |
> Common Nighthawk 2 |
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5 |
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 | (Golden-fronted Woodpecker was present but
> we missed it)
> Downy Woodpecker 2 |
> Peregrine Falcon 1 |
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 6 |
> Acadian Flycatcher 2 |
> Eastern Kingbird 6 |
> Loggerhead Shrike 1 |
> White-eyed Vireo 2 |
> Red-eyed Vireo 4 |
> Blue Jay 2 |
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 |
> Purple Martin 2 |
> Barn Swallow 5 |
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 |
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 |
> Swainson's Thrush 2 |
> Wood Thrush 2 |
> Gray Catbird 4 |
> Northern Mockingbird 2 |
> Brown Thrasher 7 |
> Ovenbird 1 |
> Worm-eating Warbler 2 |
> Northern Waterthrush 2 |
> Blue-winged Warbler 2 |
> Black-and-white Warbler 4 |
> Prothonotary Warbler 3 |
> Tennessee Warbler 3 |
> Palm Warbler (Western) 1 Not White breast and flanks. Yellow undertail.
> Rufous cap. Bobbing tail. |
> Orange-crowned Warbler 3 |
> Kentucky Warbler 2 |
> Common Yellowthroat 4 |
> Hooded Warbler7 |
> American Redstart 4 |
> Northern Parula 6 |
> Magnolia Warbler 2 |
> Yellow Warbler 6 |
> Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 |
> Nashville Warbler 1 |
> Blackpoll Warbler 1 |
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 |
> Yellow-throated Warbler 2 |
> Black-throated Green Warbler 4 |
> Yellow-breasted Chat 1 |
> Lincoln's Sparrow 1 |
> Swamp Sparrow 1 |
> White-throated Sparrow 4 |
> White-crowned Sparrow 6 |
> Summer Tanager 5 |
> Scarlet Tanager 1 |
> Northern Cardinal 6 |
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 |
> Blue Grosbeak 2 |
> Indigo Bunting 7 |
> Painted Bunting 1 | male
> Red-winged Blackbird 5 |
> Common Grackle 10 |
> Great-tailed Grackle 10 |
> Brown-headed Cowbird 1 |
> Orchard Oriole 5 |
> Baltimore Oriole 4 |
> John Berner
> W. Houston / Katy
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