[texbirds] Re: Pygmy-owls and an American Robin at King Ranch
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx" <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx>, TEXBIRDS <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:24:37 -0500
The difficulty finding of the Parulas over the past decade on the sand is both
interesting and worrisome
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> On Mar 13, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> A couple of us spent most of Wednesday on the Norias division of the King
> Ranch. We weren't real thrilled with all of the strong winds out of the
> north, but the sun felt nice. Norias has received a fair amount of rain
> lately, and the bromiads seem to be recovering strongly in some areas.
> For me the bird of the day was an American Robin! We simply don't see
> robins down this way in recent years.
>
> We found a pair of Ferruginous Pygmy-owls fairly early in the morning
> before the winds picked up. Other interesting observations were an (early)
> Upland Sandpiper, and a heard only (assumed Tropical) Parula, plus a
> probable flyby later. (Tom Langschied and I had found a Northern Beardless
> Tyrannulet the day before, but we didn't find it on this trip.)
>
> We finished the day on Santa Gertrudis where we had a LeConte's Sparrow in
> with all the Savanna Sparrows.
>
> Full list below:
>
> American Black Vulture, 3
> American Goldfinch, 3
> American Kestrel, 3
> American Robin, 1
> American Wigeon, 6
> Barn Swallow, 2
> Black-crested Titmouse, 10
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 1
> Cattle Egret, 8
> Common Ground-Dove, 4
> Common Starling, 1
> Couch's Kingbird, 3
> Crested Caracara, 9
> Curve-billed Thrasher, 2
> Eastern Bluebird, 1
> Eastern Meadowlark, 4
> Eastern Phoebe, 2
> Eurasian Collared-Dove, 1
> Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, 2
> Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 4
> Great Horned Owl, 1
> Greater Kiskadee, 2
> Greater Roadrunner, 2
> Greater Yellowlegs, 1
> Great-tailed Grackle, 5
> Harris' Hawk, 3
> Northern Harrier, 1
> House Sparrow, 1
> Inca Dove, 2
> Green Jay, 4
> Killdeer, 1
> Lark Sparrow, 4
> Lincoln's Sparrow, 1
> Loggerhead Shrike, 2
> Louisiana Waterthrush, 2
> Mourning Dove, 50
> Northern Cardinal, 3
> Northern Crested Caracara, 8
> Northern Mockingbird, 12
> Northern Shoveler, 4
> Orange-crowned Warbler, 1
> Pyrrhuloxia, 1
> Red-tailed Hawk, 2
> Rock-Pigeon, 1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 4
> Savannah Sparrow, 20
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 2
> Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1
> Sprague's Pipit, 1
> Tree Swallow, 1
> Tropical Parula, 2
> Turkey Vulture, 15
> Vermilion Flycatcher, 5
> Vesper Sparrow, 3
> Western Meadowlark, 10
> White-eyed Vireo, 1
> Wild Turkey, 25
> Yellow-rumped Warbler, 4
>
>
> --
> Jim Sinclair (TX-ESA)
> TOS Life Member
> Kingsville, TX
>
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