Hello,
Went birding with the Stuebners this morning and yesterday in Grayson county.
Highlights yesterday afternoon/evening included 3 different Barred Owls calling
at different creek crossings.
This morning we birded Hagerman NWR and were pleased to run across the Tuesday
morning census group led by Jack Chiles.
Highlights included 1 Bank Swallow, good looks at a Greater Roadrunner, and
lots of waterbirds at a flooded field just n of Plover Road. Here there were
plenty of herons and egrets, a large blackbird flock including 1 male
Yellow-headed Blackbird, and some southbound shorebird migrants including my
FOF Upland Sandpipers.
We checked for the reported Lazuli Bunting near the T just south of Martin
Branch but were unable to find it. We did get good looks at an Indigo x Lazuli
Bunting male in this area - 1 white wing bar, no orange on breast, and white
belly. We spent a good half hour trying to get good looks at this bird as it
liked to forage low in the grasses and would only intermittently come up to
perches to sing for a bit.
Good birding,
Christian Walker
Irving TX
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From: ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: eBird Report - Hagerman NWR, Jul 17, 2018
Date: July 18, 2018 at 12:00:29 AM CDT
To: christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hagerman NWR, Grayson, Texas, US
Jul 17, 2018 6:32 AM - 10:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
9.953 mile(s)
Comments: Clear 5-10 mph S wind around 70-90 degrees
60 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 15
Redhead 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Neotropic Cormorant 4
American White Pelican 1
Great Blue Heron 12
Great Egret 18
Snowy Egret 17
Little Blue Heron 10
Cattle Egret 55
Green Heron 3
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 8
Upland Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 4
Spotted Sandpiper 6
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Least Tern 3
Forster's Tern 45
Eurasian Collared-Dove 4
Mourning Dove 10
Greater Roadrunner 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 3
Eastern Phoebe 3
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 4
Purple Martin 10
Bank Swallow 1 Slim small swallow bright white below with breast band.
Brown above with slightly paler rump. Tapered rear end with narrow slightly
forked tail.
Barn Swallow 50
Cliff Swallow 30
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird 10
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 5
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 15
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 11
Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid) 1 Photo and recording. Male singing
indigo-like phrase in quality but shorter. All blue above with bright white
belly and no orange in breast. 1 narrow white wing bar on each wing. This was
in the area where others have been reporting a Lazuli - just past Martin
Branch almost to the T intersection on the NW side of the road.
Painted Bunting 24
Dickcissel 8
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 Male. Bright yellow head and white wing
patches. Larger than RWBL
Red-winged Blackbird 200
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
House Finch 1
House Sparrow 10
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