[texbirds] Migrants make Utopia
- From: mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 18:14:43 -0700
On 2015-05-05 14:29, John Arvin wrote:
Migrants are indicated at all stations and some are penetrating well
inland.
Utopia, May 5, 2015
Strong SE flow for about 24 hours now, heavy low stratus, streamer
showers off and on, no migrants in yard first few hours then all
heck broke loose with a Philadelphia Vireo right over the porch
just before 10 a.m. It was active off and on a couple hours, about
9 species of warblers went through yard. So after lunch I played
a couple hours of hooky looking at a few of the Utopia area migrant
patches, those with blooming pecans right now. Checked the pecan
patch near 360 crossing, Utopia on the River (UR), the 354 pecan
patch, and the park (Utopia Park - UP) in town, during which the
whole couple hours it showered lightly off and on the entire time.
It was one of the best 5 showings of spring warbler diversity
I have witnessed here in the last dozen springs. Way out west
at about 99.6 is not migrant warblerville, unless you like Nashvilles.
In fact you have to, to live here.
Warbler totals: 14 sps. counting Chat, around 70 individuals.
Northern Waterthrush-2 (white); Black-and-white Warbler-1; Nashville
Warbler-3+; Mourning Warbler-3 (males- one in yard, 2 at park);
Common Yellowthroat-2 (male & fem.); Northern Parula-2 (territorial
pair at UR); Magnolia Warbler-1 (ad.ma. UR); Blackburnian Warbler-1 (
1st yr. ma. at 360 x-ing); Yellow Warbler-24+; Yellow-throated
Warbler-6+
(breeders); Golden-cheeked Warbler-1 (sang just upslope of house);
Black-throated Green Warbler-3 (male and female in yard together, male
at UP); Wilson's Warbler-3; Yellow-breasted Chat-4 (breeders). Over
a dozen shot off and got away un-ID'd. One I thought was a Tennessee.
7 sps. Vireos: 4 breeders are White-eyed, Bell's (roadside mesquite
patch), Yellow-throated, and Red-eyed, 3 migrant species were a
Blue-headed (1-yard), a Warbling (1-UR), and the Philadelphia (1-yard).
Guess I should have gone and gotten a Hutton's and a Black-capped.
Other migrants:
Swainson's (2) and Gray-cheeked Thrush (1 - UR), plus one Thrush
un-ID'd, Catbird (2 - FOS @ park + another 6 p.m. back of house);
Least Flycatcher (3), Orchard Oriole (4), Some moving Dickcissel
besides loads of territorials, esp. along 360 and 354, and on
187 south of town.
Heard a White-tipped Dove from driveway in afternoon when I returned.
One Green Kingfisher at 360 crossing.
Mitch Heindel
Utopia
www.utopianature.com
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