[texbirds] Made it to Junction!
- From: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:30:31 -0400 (EDT)
Let's try this again... ;-)
Dropped Bippy off at the shop and procured a rental (with the help and
moral support of Fred & MJ :-)) and managed to get out of town at a decent
hour! The shift in schedule forced a choice of only one Hill Country stop,
and since I wasn't sure if Kerr WMA was gonna be closed for a turkey hunt
tomorrow, I chose South Llano River SP. Then it dawned on me that I probably
had time just to swing by Kerr on my way to Junction, just long enough to
pick up the Black-capped Vireo, as this is the ONLY place I've ALWAYS gotten
them! It was a gorgeous day, and pulled in about 3:00; got down the road
about .3 of a mile and had a Golden-cheeked Warbler right away, that showed
off in typical friendly Goldencheek fashion, singing away! Continued down
to about the mile point (just before entering "Fawn") when a green and gray
bird shot into a tree next to the pullout, and when it shot across the
road into a bush, he gave me just enough of a glimpse to confirm the Blackcap
(and even sang for good measure)! BTW, that's the usual look I get, IF I
even get a look... ;-))
Didn't have anything out of the ordinary driving up from McAllen (the
Pauraque was singing outside my apartment first thing), but other nice "non
Valley" birds included Carolina Chickadee and Common Grackle outside the
hotel! One thing I DID notice a lot of up here were vehicles with "deer
catchers" on the front; might not be a bad investment...
Today's additions brought the trip list up to an even 100! Pictures will
get up as I'm able, but since I'll be getting up at oh dark hundred every
morning to hit the birding areas pre-dawn, I'll necessarily be hitting the
sack early and may not have time to process pics and recordings. Bird List:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
40 SPECIES
So far: 100 SPECIES
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