Hey there,
I went birding with Bill and Judy Quick and my parents Jim and Marie Walker
this morning - we had a great outing around Granger Lake. We started at Willis
Creek Park with flyover Snow Geese and Sandhill Cranes, good looks at Fox,
Harriss, and Grasshopper Sparrows, and a brief encounter with a mostly
heard-only Sedge Wren along the entrance road. At the CR 348 creek crossing had
great looks at a Winter Wren and a late Gray Catbird. Saw a Great Horned Owl
perched on a fence post along 971. Along CR 428 (Striped Sparrow spot) had good
looks at a Pine Warbler, and just north of here on CR 361 had a female
Ladder-backed Woodpecker. Heard and then saw a flock of McCowns Longspurs at
the bend at CR 360, and then ended the morning with great looks at a Burrowing
Owl.
Good birding,
Christian Walker
Irving, TX
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From: ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: eBird Report - Granger Lake Area (HOTE 031), Nov 26, 2016
Date: November 26, 2016 at 2:31:48 PM CST
To: christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Granger Lake Area (HOTE 031), Williamson, Texas, US
Nov 26, 2016 7:02 AM - 12:37 PM
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 mile(s)
Comments: Overcast, calm, around 55°.
72 species (+3 other taxa)
Snow Goose 20
Wood Duck 4
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 7
Northern Shoveler 2
Double-crested Cormorant 100
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 2
Black Vulture 20
Turkey Vulture 30
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 12
Sandhill Crane 4
Killdeer 5
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Forster's Tern 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
White-winged Dove 1
Mourning Dove 9
Great Horned Owl 1 Perched out on a fence line around 10.
Burrowing Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Female
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 15
Eastern Phoebe 9
Loggerhead Shrike 16
American Crow 7
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse (hybrid) 2
House Wren 7
Winter Wren 1
Sedge Wren 1 Heard in grass along Willis creek entrance Rd
Carolina Wren 5
Bewick's Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Eastern Bluebird 10
Hermit Thrush 4
Gray Catbird 1 Dark gray mockingbird-shaped thrasher with black cap and
bill and rufous vent
Northern Mockingbird 6
European Starling 5
American Pipit 20
McCown's Longspur 30
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
Grasshopper Sparrow 2
Chipping Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 3
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Harris's Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
Vesper Sparrow 18
Savannah Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 8
Lincoln's Sparrow 27
Swamp Sparrow 3
Spotted/Eastern Towhee (Rufous-sided Towhee) 1
Northern Cardinal 12
Red-winged Blackbird 750
Western Meadowlark 2
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Western/Eastern Meadowlark 75
Brewer's Blackbird 800
Brown-headed Cowbird 1500
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32733447
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