TexBirders,
Yesterday (01/04/17), I spent about 4.5 hours birding the Santa Gertrudis
division of King Ranch primarily west of Kingsville in Kleberg Co. Given the
chilly & windy conditions in the early morning birding was rather slow at first
but picked up as it warmed. Highlights for me of that outing were the Ringed
Kingfisher, Merlin, Verdin, and Hermit Thrush. While I see Merlins rather
regularly this particular one just sat on a low telephone line next to my
vehicle giving above average looks, but of course I was without my camera which
most annoying. The Hermit Thrush was my first of the winter season. I am
very surprised at the lack of wintering sparrows this winter.
Further below is a complete list of birds seen.
Good birding,
Tom Langschied
Kingsville, TX
Santa Gertrudis Div., King Ranch - 01/04/17
1. Gadwall 2
2. American Wigeon 2
3. Mottled Duck 4
4. Blue-winged Teal 20
5. Cinnamon Teal 2
6. Northern Shoveler 30
7. Green-winged Teal 35
8. Ring-necked Duck 8
9. Least Grebe 8
10. Pied-billed Grebe 1
11. Neotropic Cormorant 9
12. Anhinga 1
13. Great Blue Heron 2
14. Great Egret 2
15. Snowy Egret 7
16. Cattle Egret 4
17. White Ibis 9
18. White-faced Ibis 1
19. Black Vulture 8
20. Turkey Vulture 12
21. Northern Harrier 1
22. Harris's Hawk 3
23. American Coot 4
24. Sandhill Crane 25
25. Killdeer 16
26. Spotted Sandpiper 1
27. Greater Yellowlegs 2
28. Lesser Yellowlegs 2
29. Common Ground-Dove 1
30. White-tipped Dove 2
31. Mourning Dove 12
32. Greater Roadrunner 1
33. Ringed Kingfisher 1
34. Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6
35. Ladder-backed Woodpecker 4
36. Crested Caracara 12
37. American Kestrel 10
38. Merlin 1
39. Eastern Phoebe 7
40. Vermilion Flycatcher 6
41. Great Kiskadee 2
42. Couch's Kingbird 4
43. Loggerhead Shrike 11
44. White-eyed Vireo 2
45. Green Jay 10
46. Black-crested Titmouse 2
47. Verdin 1
48. House Wren 1
49. Bewick's Wren 1
50. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
51. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
52. Eastern Bluebird 2
53. Hermit Thrush 1
54. Curve-billed Thrasher 1
55. Long-billed Thrasher 2
56. Northern Mockingbird 12
57. European Starling 6
58. Orange-crowned Warbler 2
59. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 8
60. Olive Sparrow 4
61. Northern Cardinal 9
62. Pyrrhuloxia 1
63. Red-winged Blackbird 1
64. Western Meadowlark 30
65. Eastern Meadowlark 1
66. Great-tailed Grackle 25
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