[texbirds] Hornsby Bend & Bastrop SP

From: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:36:55 -0500 (EST)
Hi, all!
 
Wow!  It was a MUCH nicer day today at Hornsby Bend, although the  temps 
were still in the 30's to start off with (so a big surprise was seeing an  
American Lady batting around on the auto drive)!  Checking the trees around  
the Admin building yielded a Red-breasted Nuthatch for the trip, as well as a  
tailless "Dixon's" Titmouse.  Still dipped on the goldeneye (although the  
Canvasback was still there), but the photo and recording ops couldn't be 
beat; a  couple of "conversing" Carolina Chickadees really put on a show!  The 
Upper  Ridge Trail gave you a wonderful view of the Colorado River where 
there were  lots of wigeon and Gadwall.  The real action was at the Platt Lane  
trailhead, though, as the lost Buff-bellied Hummer posed, and on the Gravel 
Pit  loop I kicked up a Brown Creeper for the trip!  Sparrows on the 
entrance  road were very cooperative with Song, White-crowned, and Lincoln's 
all 
posing  nicely.
 
Headed over to scout out Bastrop and Buescher State Parks after that, and  
it was like having flashbacks of the Cedar Fire that hit the Laguna and 
Cuyamaca  Mountains so hard in San Diego!  But I was pleasantly surprised at 
the 
 amount of spared habitat, and Pine Warblers were all over!  As was 
reported  last week, there were Hairy and Pileated Woodpeckers along the scenic 
road, and  picked up Blue Jay for the trip at the Buescher entrance.  I can't 
wait to  really do it justice tomorrow morning!
 
Photos and recordings are posted here:
 
_http://miriameaglemon.com/Trip%20Reports/Austin%20Area/Hornsby%20Bend.html_
 
(http://miriameaglemon.com/Trip%20Reports/Austin%20Area/Hornsby%20Bend.html) 
 
Bird List (new for the trip are in CAPS):
 
 
Gadwall                               Anas strepera 
American Wigeon                       Anas americana 
Northern Shoveler                     Anas clypeata 
Green-winged Teal                     Anas crecca 
Canvasback                            Aythya valisineria 
Ring-necked  Duck 
Lesser Scaup                          Aythya  affinis 
Ruddy Duck                            Oxyura jamaicensis 
Eared Grebe                           Podiceps nigricollis 
Great Blue Heron                      Ardea herodias 
Great Egret                           Ardea alba 
Black Vulture                         Coragyps atratus 
Turkey Vulture                        Cathartes aura 
Northern Harrier                      Circus cyaneus 
Red-shouldered Hawk                   Buteo lineatus 
Red-tailed Hawk                       Buteo  jamaicensis 
American Coot                         Fulica Americana 
Killdeer 
Least Sandpiper                       Calidris minutilla 
White-winged Dove                     Zenaida asiatica 
Mourning Dove                         Zenaida  macroura 
Buff-bellied Hummingbird              Amazilia yucatanensis 
Red-bellied Woodpecker                Melanerpes carolinus 
Downy Woodpecker                      Picoides pubescens 
HAIRY WOODPECKER                        Picoides villosus 
PILEATED WOODPECKER                     Dryocopus pileatus 
Eastern Phoebe                        Sayornis phoebe 
BLUE JAY                                Cyanocitta cristata 
American Crow                         Corvus brachyrhynchos 
Carolina Chickadee                    Poecile carolinensis 
âDixonâsâ Titmouse                 
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH             Sitta canadensis 
BROWN CREEPER                           Certhia americana 
HOUSE WREN                              Troglodytes aedon 
Carolina Wren                         Thryothorus ludovicianus 
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER             Polioptila caerulea 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet                  Regulus calendula 
Eastern Bluebird                      Sialia sialis 
Hermit Thrush                         Catharus guttatus 
Northern Mockingbird                  Mimus polyglottos 
European Starling                     Sturnus vulgaris 
American Pipit                        Anthus rubescens 
Orange-crowned Warbler                Oreothlypis celata 
PINE WARBLER                            Setophaga pinus 
Yellow-rumped Warbler                 Setophaga coronata 
CHIPPING SPARROW                        Spizella passerina 
Savannah Sparrow                      Passerculus sandwichensis 
Song Sparrow                          Melospiza melodia 
Lincoln's Sparrow                     Melospiza lincolnii 
White-throated Sparrow                Zonotrichia albicollis 
White-crowned Sparrow                 Zonotrichia leucophrys 
Northern Cardinal                     Cardinalis cardinalis 
Red-winged Blackbird                  Agelaius phoeniceus 
Great-tailed Grackle                  Quiscalus mexicanus 
PINE SISKIN                             Spinus pinus 
American Goldfinch                    Spinus tristis 
House Sparrow                         Passer domesticus 
57  SPECIES 
So far:  102 SPECIES 
Mary Beth  Stowe
McAllen, TX
_www.miriameaglemon.com_ (http://www.miriameaglemon.com/) 


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