[texbirds] Hornsby Bend, Travis County on Sunday
- From: Laurie Foss <lauriefoss@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 17:09:55 -0600
Texbirders,
Shelia Hargis and I took our Sunday field trip group of our Introduction to
Birds and Birding class to Hornsby Bend today. We had two highlights to our
day.
The first was seeing 13 Crested Caracaras working the fields near the CER.
I don't recall ever seeing so many in one place before and we were thrilled
for our students to get such good looks at them.
The second highlight was a repeat from our Saturday class - the male
Vermilion Flycatcher was well seen by all on pond 2 near the greenhouse. He
put on quite a show, flying from a favorite perch out over the water and
back repeatedly.
Our list from the morning follows.
Laurie Foss
Austin, TX
45 species (+2 other taxa)
Gadwall 20
American Wigeon 4
Northern Shoveler 250
Redhead 15
Lesser Scaup 5
Bufflehead 4
Ruddy Duck 35
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Egret 3
Black Vulture 25
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 30
Least Sandpiper 40
Wilson's Snipe 3
White-winged Dove 30
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Crested Caracara 13
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 5
Vermilion Flycatcher 1
Loggerhead Shrike 4
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse (hybrid) 2
Carolina Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7
Eastern Bluebird 3
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 2000
American Pipit 4
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Savannah Sparrow 20
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Eastern/Western Meadowlark 15
Great-tailed Grackle 50
House Finch 8
House Sparrow 10
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