[texbirds] Incredible fallout in Houston
- From: John OBrien <j26.obrien@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 21:35:50 -0500
Heavy rains overnight brought an amazing fallout of migrants at our house
this morning. When I stepped out of the house at 7:00 there were migrants
flying everywhere, lots of calling and lots of singing. I spent as much
time outside as compatible with getting family fed and watered. A partial
list is below. For perspective, our house is in a pretty much urban
environment with only 1/6 acre of land. This was by far the biggest
grounding of migrants I have ever seen here. It bumped the yard list up to
155.
Birds thinned out later in the morning; probably seeking out larger
woodlots. Russ Pitman Park (about 3 miles away) should have been fantastic
today and will probably be so tomorrow as well.
John O'Brien
Houston
Harris, US-TX
May 12, 2012 7:00 AM - 10:34 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Incredible fallout at the house.
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.4.4
54 species (+1 other taxa)
Neotropic Cormorant 1
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 3
peep sp. 1 Largish and pale; could have been a white-rump
Laughing Gull 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Only the second ever for the yard
BELTED KINGFISHER 1 Flew over calling, heading north
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1 calling; possibly more than one
Least Flycatcher 1 Singing 'Che-bek'
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Singing
Philadelphia Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 13 Many singing
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Cave Swallow 1 First for the yard
Swainson's Thrush 2 One or more singing
American Robin 7 All flying over in a flock
Cedar Waxwing 17
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Tennessee Warbler 8
Nashville Warbler 1
American Redstart 17 Many singing
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 12 Many singing
Bay-breasted Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 12 (!!) One or two singing.
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 17 Many singing
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1 Singing at a distance
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Singing and calling
Indigo Bunting 1
Dickcissel 3
Baltimore Oriole 1 Singing and calling
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