[texbirds] Highlights from recent trip to east Texas - east Texas days
- From: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:54:50 -0500
Greetings All:
I wandered about east Texas on 17 October 2014 and from 20 October 2014
through 24 October 2014 (the intervening days were spent in search of the
Kiamichi Slimy Salamander in Arkansas with my brother). Most of the birds
that struck me as highlights fell into either the seemed a bit late
category or seemed a bit out of habitat category.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 17 OCTOBER 2014
Titus County: 1 Anhinga, 1 American White Pelican, 1 Osprey, 5 Franklin's
Gulls, and 1 Common Yellowthroat at Lake Bob Sandlin State Park.
Camp County: 1 American White Pelican and 1 Franklin's Gull on the Camp
County side of Lake Bob Sandlin. Also 1 Osprey, 1 Blue-headed Vireo, 1
Black-throated Green Warbler, and 1 female Summer Tanager at Barefoot Bay
(which now has a very nice nature trail; trailhead just west of the store).
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 20 OCTOBER 2014
Bowie County: 72 Canada Geese over west Texarkana.
Morris County: 1 Wilson's Warbler at White Oak Creek WMA.
Upshur County: 4 American White Pelicans, 1 Roseate Spoonbill, 1 Osprey,
and 2 Black-throated Green Warblers at Cedar Springs Park.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 21 OCTOBER 2014
Gregg County: 1 Red-headed Woodpecker and 1 Gray Catbird at Post Oak Union
Cemetery. Also 2 Chimney Swifts, 2 Blue-headed Vireos, and 1
Black-and-white Warbler at Easton City Park.
Shelby County: 9 American White Pelicans, 1 Little Blue Heron, 1 Spotted
Sandpiper, and 2 Red-cockaded Woodpeckers along CR 2700/FSR 126 north of
Ragtown Recreation Area. Also 58 American White Pelicans, 4 Wood Storks, 2
Franklin's Gulls, 2 Blue-headed Vireos, and 1 Wilson's Warbler at Ragtown
Recreation Area. The Wood Storks were high, circling, and drifting
southward along the river.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 22 OCTOBER 2014
Sabine County: 42 American White Pelicans and 2 Franklin's Gulls at the end
of Highway 276. Also 1 immature Broad-winged Hawk along Highway 21 just
west of the store/marina/RV park. Also 2 Sedge Wrens, 1 American Pipit, 1
Common Yellowthroat, 1 Wilson's Warbler, and 2 House Finches at the
'Pendleton' store/marina.
San Augustine County: 1 Le Conte's Sparrow along Highway 21 just west of
the Sabine/San Augustin County line. Also 8 American White Pelicans, 1
Osprey, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, and 1 Sedge Wren at Powell Park.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 23 OCTOBER 2014
San Augustine County: 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 1 Blue-headed Vireo, and
19 Cedar Waxwings at Jackson Hill Park.
Trinity County: 1 Blue-headed Vireo and 1 Common Yellowthroat along County
Line Road just south of the Trinity/Houston County line.
Houston County: 27 Cedar Waxwings in Crockett and 1 Sedge Wren at Houston
County Lake.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 24 OCTOBER 2014
Leon County: 1 Le Conte's Sparrow near Leona. 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Tree
Swallow, 2 Barn Swallows, 2 Sedge Wrens, and 1 Common Yellowthroat at the
wetlands along CR 2485 just north of OSR. Also 1 immature Broad-winged
Hawk, 9 American White Pelicans, 1 Osprey, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 3 Forster's
Terns, and 1 Blue-headed Vireo at the Brazos River Authority Campground on
the southeast shore of Lake Limestone.
Robertson County: 9 Wild Turkeys near Petteway (free ranging, appeared
wild, I think coutable) and 1 Blue-headed Vireo at Hall's Lake.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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