[texbirds] Prairie Falcon in NE Travis, Yellow Warbler at Decker Lake
- From: Sam Fason <scfason@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:05:20 -0600
I birded NE Travis County, this morning, and despite dipping on longspurs
(again), had some great birds, best being a Prairie Falcon (presumably the
same one chuck found on 1/10) harassing a blackbird flock on Wells School
Road. It eventually landed in a tree on the opposite side of the field, and
offered poor scope looks, as the heat waves were terrible. After about 5
minutes, it flew off to the south. Other good birds in NE Travis were the
continuing Eastern Towhee and a hybrid Spotted X Eastern on Carlson Lane,
singing Horned Larks on Wells Lane, and a Great Horned Owl on Skog Rd.
With some time left in the day, I headed to Decker Lake to try for the
American Bittern. I had no luck, but a Herring Gull among the hoards of
Ring-billed Gulls and a Yellow Warbler definitely were nice consolation
prizes.
hybrid towhee:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57637231@N04/8399875727/in/photostream/
yellow warbler:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57637231@N04/8400962950/in/photostream/
horned lark:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57637231@N04/8400963276/in/photostream/
Good Birding,
Sam Fason, Austin
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