The Old River CBC (TXOR) was held yesterday with 134 species being
reported. Five of those were write in's. Pine Siskin, American Redstart,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2) and maybe the strangest
being
a fly over Chimney Swift out in the marsh. Another bird that needs
documentation is Lesser Black-backed Gull of which we had seven sitting on an
exposed sandbar.
Our birders braved very high gusty winds and cold temperatures on this
count. I actually think this was a pretty good outcome seeing as how the
Trinity River was still well out of banks which left a fairly large area not
available to us. The tides right up to late Sunday night had been really high
leaving little sandbar exposed until during the day on Monday. It turned out
most of us were unable to use calls for things like rails and sparrows
because the wind was just to high to be effective.
Some odd birds missed on this count were things like Mottled Duck,
White-crowned Sparrow, Clapper Rail, Dark-eyed Junco and Seaside Sparrow. We
did
have a count week Dark-eyed Junco from the day before the count..
David Hanson
Co-compiler Old River CBC
Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area
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