[texbirds] Halloween Bird walk results from Kleb Woods Nature Preserve

From: "Collins, Fred (Commissioner Pct. 3)" <Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx>
To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:33:03 +0000
Our Halloween bird walk had 20 participants several in excellent costume and 38 
Halloween species. The walk was special with tricks and treats, as well as a 
special bird list for the day. Participants who identified a bird correctly and 
used the name from the special list were given a treat while those that flubbed 
the identification of failed to use the special name were given a trick 
disguised as a treat. Did you know you can buy some very strange tasting jelly 
beans? The highlights for the day for many was watching me spit out a 
skunk-tasting jelly bean for mentioning a House Wren instead of a Haunted House 
Wren.
The list is below:

12 Greater White-fronted Ghoul
4 Black Vulture
4 Turkey Vulture
1 Blood-tailed Haunt
6 KILLdeer
3 Hair-raisin' Collared-dove
3 Fright-winged Dove
2 Dial M for Mourning Dove
1 big Owl species
1 Mummybird species
6 Blood-bellied Woodpecker
2 Yellow-bellied Bloodsucker
4 Frowny Woodpecker
3 Halloween Flicker
1 American Kes-troll
5 Eastern Phobia
1 Vertigo species
15 Boo Jay
2 American Scarecrow
20 Scarolina Chickadee
6 Tortured Titmouse
6 Blood-breasted Nuthatchet
2 Brown-headed Nuthatchet
2 Grim Creeper
7 Haunted House Wren
5 Scarolina Wren
6 Golden-crowned Killingit
10 Blood-crowned Kinningit
5 Eastern Boobird
1 American Goblin
9 Northern Murderingbird
3 Brown Slasher
7 Pine Box Warbler
2 Chipping Scarow
8 White-throated Scarow
20 Nortehn Cannibal
1 Pine Siskin
4 Haunted House Scarow.

Birds we hoped for but missed included :
Sandhill Ichabod Crane, Franklinstein's Skull, R.I.Pigeon, Poison 
Pill-he-ate-it Woodpecker, Crested Scarascara, Exorcistor-tailed Flycatcher, 
North-by-Northwest-wined Swallow, Purple People Eater Martin, Grave Swallow, 
Wicked Wren, Silence of the Lamberican Pipit, Cedar Axe-swing, Slashville 
Warbler, Swamp Thing Scarow, and Adam's Family Theme Song Sparrow.

Hope you join us on Friday Nov 2 Dr. Keith Arnold, professor emeritus from 
Texas A&M University will present a program on the History of the Texas 
Ornithological Society. He will speak from 9-11 am at Kleb Woods Nature Center, 
20303 Draper Road, Tomball TX 77377. As an active ornithologist for almost 50 
years in Texas he has lived much of the ornithological history of the state. He 
has also been on the Texas Rare Bird Committee for 40 years and has reviewed 
all of the rare bird records for that period. He is a walking encyclopedia of 
bird distribution in Texas. I am sure if you bring his Field Guide to the Birds 
of Texas he will be happy to autograph it for you as well. If you have not had 
an opportunity to meet Dr. Arnold and hear him speak you should not pass up 
this opportunity. Hope to see you here this Friday!



Fred Collins
             (281) 357-5324
Director: Kleb Woods Nature Center
             Cypress Top Historical Park
Commissioner Steve Radack
Harris County Precinct 3
www.pct3.hctx.net<http://www.pct3.hctx.net>



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