[texbirds] Re: Migrating Couch's Kingbirds
- From: Tim Brush <txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: upupa@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 07:15:31 -0500
Hi Martin, I have seen flocks of Couch's Kingbirds a few times, generally
as they get ready to roost or get going in the morning. It seems like they
disperse a bit during the day. Definitely an unusual sighting.
Best regards,
Tim Brush
Edinburg, TX
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Martin Reid <upupa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear All,
> While showing a couple of visiting birding friends from England around
> Mitchell Lake Audubon Center on the south side of San Antonio this
> afternoon, we saw a few groups of up to a dozen Scissor-tailed Flycatchers
> on the wires at various points. Nice enough, but the last group we saw -
> six or seven birds along the road next to the Police Academy - were
> accompanied by fifteen Couch's Kingbirds. This is the first time I've seen
> more than 3 birds in a group (other than feeding youngsters), and the first
> time I have witnessed migration for this species. Does anyone else have
> experience of this? FYI The TOS Handbook talks about them withdrawing from
> the northern parts of their range in the winter; I saw two at their
> traditional breeding site by the Botanical Gardens on Monday.
> Also, the Black-throated Gray Warbler was still at Denman Park in NW San
> Antonio yesterday morning, along with a Pine Warbler, a few Orange-crowned
> Warblers, and 10+ Nashvilles. We were on limited time, and did not cover
> the entire park.
>
> Finally from yesterday afternoon I caught the tail end of some raptor
> migration from our apartment complex at Fredericksburg Road and Wurzbach in
> San Antonio:
> TUVU - 222; excluding obvious non-moving birds
> BLVU - 13; ditto
> SWHA - 43 (minimum)
> BWHA - 6
> COHA - 4
>
> Martin
>
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> Martin Reid
> San Antonio
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