[texbirds] Re: Patch news - North Austin
- From: "Stevan Hawkins" <shawkins4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 10:58:29 -0500
Dan:
A week and a half ago, on August 24, I had an unusually high number of
Tricolored Herons when I did the Mitchell Lake Audubon Center's 4th Saturday
Bird Census-Tour. http://mitchelllake.audubon.org/ In specific they were
concentrated in Basin 3 along its eastern shore from about 1 o'clock to 4:00
o'clock.
http://mitchelllake.audubon.org/sites/default/files/documents/visitor_map_ju
ly_2012_final.pdf I had the impression that Tricolors had nested there this
year.
In 2013 Crested Caracaras may be more common in northern Bexar County on the
Edwards Plateau than they are at Mitchell Lake. This is base on sightings
while in travel to Government Canyon State Natural Area, in NW Bexar County,
and to Bulverde Rd & Evans Rd, where I work. Since I have not been to GCSNA
for the past month and I have been on layoff for a few weeks..
Onward!
Steve
Stevan Hawkins
San Antonio TX
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Subject: [texbirds] Patch news - North Austin
This morning I got out in my patch for a bit, birding the Colorado River
Nature Preserve on the north bank of the Colorado near the Montopolis Bridge
in Austin. I tallied 22 species, but nothing new in the patch. It seems
there are quite a few Tricolored Herons around central Texas these days, and
I had 2 in view at once from the sandy bank at the end of the left fork of
the main trail. In addition to the usual suspects, I had Prothonotary and
Yellow Warblers, a Roadrunner, Bewick's & Carolina Wrens, a juvenile YC
Night Heron, Great and Snowy Egrets.
An oddity to me for my last several visits to this park and Roy Guerrero
River Park on the south side of the river has been a complete lack of
Caracaras. I don't think I've seen one in either park since about April.
Today my only raptor was a single Turkey Vulture.
As I post this here, I note that Susan had a Tricolored Heron at Warbler
Woods today as well. I wonder if maybe the drought on the coast has them
moving around more than usual these days.
Dan Smith
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