[texbirds] Grimes County 4/13/14

From: Rich Kostecke <rkost73@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:49:28 -0700 (PDT)
 
I spent yesterday afternoon looping through Grimes County.  Because there are 
not a lot of reports from the county, I thought some might find this report 
interesting.  I did not stop at Gibbons Creek Reservoir, probably the only 
major birding stop in the county, as it was raining too heavily at the time and 
I did not feel it would be worth the entry fee under those conditions.  I 
basically drove north from Navasota on 3090 until it hits 244, then took 244 
north to 162, then took 162 west to the Navasota River (which marks the 
Brazos-Grimes county line.  I found the Navasota River bottom along 162 to be 
quite intriguing with good potential to kick out something interesting, though 
it was a bit quiet when I was there.  In general, a lot summer breeders have 
yet to arrive and there were fewer migrants around than I had hoped.  Though, 
there was some good movement of Broad-wingeds Hawks pretty everywhere during my 
journey from Austin to Grimes County and
 back.  My list for the county:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  1
Wood Duck  1
Blue-winged Teal  11
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  4
American White Pelican  88
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Cattle Egret  137
Black Vulture  18
Turkey Vulture  21
Red-shouldered Hawk  3
Broad-winged Hawk  23
Swainson's Hawk  1
Killdeer  1
Upland Sandpiper  9
Franklin's Gull  70
Eurasian Collared-Dove  2
Mourning Dove  66
Barred Owl  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  3
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  14
Loggerhead Shrike  3
White-eyed Vireo  12
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  7
Purple Martin  6
Barn Swallow  11
Cliff Swallow  20
Cave Swallow  1
Carolina Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  10
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Eastern Bluebird  8
Northern Mockingbird  44
European Starling  12
Cedar Waxwing  6
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  1
Northern Parula  3
Lark Sparrow  7
Savannah Sparrow  28
Lincoln's Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  5
White-crowned Sparrow  13
Northern Cardinal  59
Dickcissel  1
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Eastern Meadowlark  1
Common Grackle  9
Brown-headed Cowbird  57
House Finch  1
House Sparrow  9


Richard Kostecke, Ph.D.
The Nature Conservancy
318 Congress Ave., Austin, Texas 78701
Email: rkost73@xxxxxxxxx or rkostecke@xxxxxxx
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