[texbirds] Re: MORE ON TODAY'S SIGHTINGS: Re: Amazing Amazon
- From: Kathleen Joy <kathleen.joy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "calidris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <calidris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "live4birds@xxxxxxx" <live4birds@xxxxxxx>, "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:06:06 -0800 (PST)
I would like to "second" your well stated post. Our experience yesterday was
similar to yours except the first time we were there was around 7:30 in the
morning when Kenn Kauffman had our bus make a quick stop there on the way to
field trip designation. The bird had been seen earlier but we missed it. Alex
and I came back later on our way home from the RGVBF around 1:30 and did get to
see the kingfisher around 2:15. As you stated the bird was close to the road
but the views were obstructed as she moved around. We would also like to thank
our fellow birders who helped us locate the kingfisher. We did get good views
with our naked eye and binoculars but thanks to the birder who let us look
through his scope - fantastic view.
We had a great time at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival. Besides getting
to see the Amazon Kingfisher we also got to see a Hooked-billed Kite on one of
the Rio Grande River pontoon river trips.
Kathleen and Alex Ybanez
New Caney in Southeast Montgomery County
From: Rex Stanford <calidris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: live4birds@xxxxxxx; texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 7:40 PM
>Subject: [texbirds] MORE ON TODAY'S SIGHTINGS: Re: Amazing Amazon
>
>
>We will recount here our personal experiences today (November 10, 2013) with
>the, indeed amazing, Amazon Kingfisher along Hwy.100, south side, at the
>first resaca that lies east of Expressway. 77. We arrived at about 11:00 AM
>and immediately heard reports that the bird had been seen very shortly
>before we arrived, subsequent to which it had flown eastward and had not
>been re-found. The first sighting we had this afternoon commenced at about
>1:35 PM, and we had a second at about 2:20 PM. (The coveted kingfisher was,
>on these occasions, initially found by others, not by us.) Fortunately,
>quite a few birders were able to see this bird on one or both of those
>occasions. Each time, it perched atop an apparently dead branch or a dead
>tree. In the earliest of this afternoon's sightings, it provided very
>direct, unobstructed observation as it sat upon one of two adjacent dead
>tree trunks. Both of these afternoon sightings were along a stretch of the
>resaca that runs east/west a short distance from the roadway (albeit with
>considerable vegetation often interfering with ease of observation).
>
>We feel sure that all those who have been seeking this bird join us in
>heartfelt gratitude for the work of the law officers who helped ensure that
>traffic was kept away from birders who were using the roadside. Thanks are
>due, also, for the great helpfulness of various birders in getting others,
>including us, onto this exciting bird. Thanks to such individuals, we and
>others were able this afternoon to get our photos of this bird at
>satisfyingly close ranges.
>
>I do not know whether it has been mentioned previously, but this Amazon
>Kingfisher is a female (no red band on the breast), as was the one in early
>2010 in Laredo. We today saw, also, a Belted Kingfisher consuming a quite
>substantial fish atop of dead stub of a tree, and a birder showed us a photo
>taken today of a Green Kingfisher.
>
>Wishing success to all who seek this major rarity!
>
>Rex and Birgit Stanford
>McAllen, TX
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <live4birds@xxxxxxx>
>To: <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 3:26 PM
>Subject: [texbirds] Amazing Amazon
>
>
>> The Amazon was seen again at 218 PM. I'm not getting a lot of reports so I
>> Will keep updating
>>
>> Mary Gustafson
>> Mission Texas
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