[texbirds] Odd Harris's Hawk on King Ranch
- From: Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:35:15 -0600
Three of us spent the morning birding on the Santa Gertrudis division of
the King Ranch. It was a reasonably good day for raptors (White-tailed
Kite, White-tailed Hawk, Harris's Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Crested Caracara,
American Kestral, Merlin, Red-shouldered Hawk, and a collection of crazy
looking Red-tailed Hawks). But the strangest raptor of the day was one
particular Harris's Hawk. This bird was perched next to an adult pair.
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A complete list of birds seen follows.
Greater White-fronted Goose 100
Mottled Duck 6
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 8
Northern Pintail 10
Green-winged Teal 10
Ring-necked Duck 4
Lesser Scaup 3
Wild Turkey 14
Least Grebe 2
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Neotropic Cormorant 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 2
Great Blue Heron 1
White-tailed Kite 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Harris's Hawk 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
White-tailed Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Common Gallinule 1
American Coot 50
Sandhill Crane 20
Black-necked Stilt 8
Killdeer 30
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Rock Pigeon 6
European Collared-dove 2
Mourning Dove 50
White-winged Dove 4
Common Ground-Dove 1
White-tipped Dove 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 4
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
Crested Caracara 10
American Kestrel 6
Merlin 2
Eastern Phoebe 8
Vermilion Flycatcher 3
Great Kiskadee 6
Couch's Kingbird 5
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 10
Loggerhead Shrike 10
Green Jay 6
Northern Mockingbird 8
Curve-billed Thrasher 2
European Starling 20
Olive Sparrow 3
Vesper Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 15
Grasshopper Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Western Meadowlark 25
Great-tailed Grackle 200
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Bronzed Cowbird 10
House Sparrow 6
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Jim Sinclair (TX-ESA)
TOS Life Member
Kingsville, TX
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