Buoyed by Tom Langschied’s American Redstart in Kingsville recently, this
Wednesday A.M. I decided to make my 3rd stop at the Hwy 281 Rest Area in the
last week in hopes that an American Redstart could be found.
First, and thankfully, the water was turned on today and the small pool was
full. Not so on my two stops last week. I asked an attendant and the
water will remain on for the summer. The north area, by the pool is where I
saw the previous AMRE some 3-4 times over a couple of years, the last of
which was 2014. Today I heard what I’m 90% sure was an AMRE, but never did
see it. The song was coming from the trees north of the pool on the north
side. I had a NY AMRE song on my Sibley app which I played once in the
car - while similar, the two songs, the one on the app and what I heard were
not identical. And there was at least the normal amount of truck noise
from the road. Therefore I did not tick this one. If you are headed north
on 281 it is worth a stop to check this out. I would not make a special
trip just to look for the bird, unless of course you wish to lunch in
Falfurrias.
I had two new birds for that rest area, Eastern Bluebird and F/o BB
Whistling Ducks.
With fledglings: the Bluebirds, two pair of Green Jays, two pair of
Golden-fronted Woodpeckers, BC Titmice and Brown-crested Flycatcher. The
resident Hooded Orioles and a Summer Tanager are always a good show.
Lamont Brown
Denton, Texas but Victoria tonight
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