[texbirds] Lake Granger - Jan 2

From: Mary Ann Melton <mammelton50@xxxxxxx>
To: TEXBIRDS <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 23:04:19 -0600
After working on mundane tasks the first part of the day, I headed out to north 
side of Lake Granger.   Two highlights of the day was a wetland area on CR 356 
that had 9 snipes.  The burrowing owl has not been at his spot on the concrete 
pile the last three times I've been there.  I was sitting near the wildlife 
management area on 356 at sunset hoping for the short eared owls.  I went back 
to the Sore Thumb overlook and then at twilight made one more pass hoping for 
the owls. I was rewarded - one of them flew right over my car about 5-10 feet 
up.  I could see two in the air.
Not included on this list - when I first arrived I could see what I thought 
were terns hunting over the lake at Sore Thumb.  I was more interested in using 
my time to find the elusive mountain plovers and longspurs and prairie falcons 
- so I didn't take time there to do more than note in my mind that I saw 5 or 6 
probable terns.  No luck on the elusive species this trip.  I spent most of my 
time cruising the county roads north of Lake Granger.

mammelton
Jan 2, 2014
Granger Lake Area (HOTE 031)
Traveling
8 miles
130 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:  
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.6.2

8 Mallard
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Northern Harrier
1 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Crested Caracara
2 American Kestrel
2 Greater Yellowlegs
9 Wilson's Snipe
5 Mourning Dove
2 Short-eared Owl
1 Loggerhead Shrike
4 American Crow
1 European Starling
25 Eastern/Western Meadowlark
1 Brewer's Blackbird
30 Brown-headed Cowbird



Mary Ann Melton
Hutto, Texas


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