Texbirds:
After being away from the great state of Texas for a while, I was anxious to
bird my patch again. This morning in thick coastal fog, I birded the Olivia and
Port Alto areas. Black-bellied Whistling Ducks were calling in the fog and I
managed to coax a Le Conte's Sparrow from suitable habitat.
Things were a bit slow until about 9am when the fog started to burn off. The
most surprising thing to me were the large number of Long-billed Thrashers
singing from the scrub. I saw and/or heard no less than 11 Long-billed
Thrashers along a 4 mile stretch of CR305 and CR314E. I knew these birds were
in the area but had no idea their concentration was quite this high. Also of
interest, were two Groove-billed Anis near the Olivia cemetery at the
intersection of CR314E and CR 317.
The bay overlook held most of the expected species though of interest to me was
a single Black Skimmer and Sandwich Tern.
Good birding!
Bob Friedrichs
Palacios
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