[texbirds] May 5 - Urban Birding Excursion, Austin
- From: Chuck Sexton <gcwarbler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 11:46:12 -0500
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TexBirders,
I made a special urban birding effort Saturday but the migration
results were pretty slow. I started at the Capitol at dawn, spent a
short while on the U.T. campus, then visited about 10 other parks,
greenbelts, and research areas all within the city limits of Austin.
For my 14-hour effort--16 miles by car and 9 miles on foot--I ended
up with 65 species including just 15 species of migrants. The latter
included an Olive-sided Flycatcher and single Golden-winged, Chestnut-
sided, and Bay-breasted Warblers (among 10 warbler spp.). By day's
end, White-winged Dove (~300) had out-paced Great-tailed Grackle
(~250) as the most numerous bird encountered. Collectively, the most
abundant 10 species made up 75% of the individuals encountered and
probably >95% of the urban avian biomass.
A heavy t-storm has soaked much of Austin overnight, but
unfortunately, I'm exhausted and blistered today and won't be able to
check out the fallout which is undoubtedly occurring. Timing is
everything in migration birding!
Chuck Sexton
Austin, TX
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