[texbirds] High Island 9/30/13
- From: DHanson139@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:10:06 -0400 (EDT)
After seeing the two Mourning Warblers reported at Smith Oaks I headed
there to try and add one to my life list today. I hit Boy Scout Woods first for
just a few minutes and it was pretty quite. Had a single Wilson's Warbler,
Brown Thrasher and a couple of Gray Catbirds there and of course several
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
Then I spent almost two and a half hours at Smith Oaks and it was a little
better over there. I was greeted just inside the back entrance by a very
nice Canada Warbler. I eventually found Magnolia, Hooded, Canada, and A
Redstart. I had maybe 7 White-eyed Vireos with several of them being dark eyed
juveniles, 2 Red-eyed Vireos, Brown Thrashers, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Belted
Kingfisher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and a very pretty juvenile Osprey. I
actually thought for a while I had seen something I had never seen before.
This
young Osprey flew up onto a dead tree limb holding something in it's foot.
It looked like a bird so I took several pictures and when I blew them up at
home it turns out it is a fish that the tail is so shredded it looks like
tail feathers.
No Mourning Warblers though!
4 pictures all from Smith Oaks.
http://smu.gs/1bYvDSt
David Hanson
Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area
Chambers County
Galveston Bay Area Master Naturalist
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