[texbirds] RCWMA TOS Field Trip

  • From: D D Currie <ddbirder@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, matt.symmank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, D D Currie <ddbirder@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:14:27 -0600

On Friday, February 27, 2015 6:06 PM, D D Currie <ddbirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

As part of the TOS East Texas Adventure this weekend, 12 of us braved
sleet, snow and low temperatures at Richland Creek WMA today.  We ended the
day with 84 species.  Highlights included 1 Common Goldeneye, 3 Hooded
Mergansers, 31 White-faced Ibis, 11 Bald Eagles, 3 Virginia Rails, 1
Sora, 1 Common Gallinule, 2 Crested Caracaras, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 10 Cave
Swallows, and 1 Western Meadowlark (1 calling, but more in the flock).
Complete list as follows:


Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Richland Creek WMA (N. Unit)(Freestone Co.)
Date: Feb 27, 2015, 7:23 AM
(2): Richland Crk WMA (N. Unit)(Navarro Co) PPW-W 019
Date: Feb 27, 2015, 11:12 AM
(3): Richland Creek WMA (N. Unit)(Freestone Co.)
Date: Feb 27, 2015, 10:00 AM
(4): Richland Crk WMA (S. Unit)(Freestone Co) PPW-W 019
Date: Feb 27, 2015, 8:00 AM

1 Snow Goose -- (1)
12 Wood Duck -- (2),(4)
250 Gadwall -- (1),(2)
113 Mallard -- (1),(2),(4)
20 Blue-winged Teal -- (1),(2)
300 Northern Shoveler -- (1),(2)
1200 Northern Pintail -- (1),(2)
200 Green-winged Teal -- (1),(2)
20 Canvasback -- (2)
3 Redhead -- (1)
30 Ring-necked Duck -- (1),(2)
40 Lesser Scaup -- (1),(2)
11 Bufflehead -- (1)
1 Common Goldeneye -- (2)
3 Hooded Merganser -- (1),(4)
245 Ruddy Duck -- (1),(2)
16 Pied-billed Grebe -- (1),(2)
20 Neotropic Cormorant -- (1),(2)
30 Double-crested Cormorant -- (1),(2),(4)
24 American White Pelican -- (1),(2)
25 Great Blue Heron -- (1),(2)
22 Great Egret -- (1),(2)
4 Snowy Egret -- (2)
32 White-faced Ibis -- (2)
44 Black Vulture -- (2),(4)
26 Turkey Vulture -- (1),(2),(4)
5 Northern Harrier -- (1),(2)
11 Bald Eagle -- (1),(2),(4)
2 Red-shouldered Hawk -- (2),(4)
6 Red-tailed Hawk -- (1),(2)
3 Virginia Rail -- (2)
1 Sora -- (2)
1 Common Gallinule -- (2)
2000 American Coot -- (1),(2)
2 Killdeer -- (1)
1 Greater Yellowlegs -- (1)
80 Least Sandpiper -- (1)
22 Long-billed Dowitcher -- (1),(2)
12 Bonaparte's Gull -- (1)
27 Ring-billed Gull -- (1),(2)
10 Forster's Tern -- (1)
2 Mourning Dove -- (1),(2)
1 Belted Kingfisher -- (1)
5 Red-bellied Woodpecker -- (2),(4)
3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -- (2),(4)
3 Downy Woodpecker -- (2),(4)
7 Northern Flicker -- (4)
2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) (4)
1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) -- (2)
1 Pileated Woodpecker -- (2)
2 Crested Caracara -- (3)
1 American Kestrel -- (1)
1 Peregrine Falcon -- (2)
2 Eastern Phoebe -- (1),(2)
1 Loggerhead Shrike -- (1)
6 Blue Jay -- (2),(4)
25 American Crow -- (1),(2),(4)
10 Cave Swallow -- (1)
7 Carolina Chickadee -- (2),(4)
7 Tufted Titmouse -- (2),(4)
2 Marsh Wren -- (2)
12 Carolina Wren -- (2),(4)
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet -- (4)
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- (2),(4)
3 Eastern Bluebird -- (4)
2 Hermit Thrush -- (4)
23 American Robin (2)
1  Northern Mockingbird (?)
15 Cedar Waxwing (?)
3 European Starling -- (4)
3 Common Yellowthroat -- (2)
370 Yellow-rumped Warbler -- (1),(2),(4)
14 Field Sparrow -- (2),(4)
16 Vesper Sparrow -- (2),(4)
28 Savannah Sparrow -- (1),(2)
12 Song Sparrow -- (2),(4)
7 Swamp Sparrow -- (2)
12 White-throated Sparrow -- (4)
5 White-crowned Sparrow -- (2)
8 Dark-eyed Junco -- (4)
23 Northern Cardinal -- (1),(2),(4)
360 Red-winged Blackbird -- (1),(2),(4)
1 Western Meadowlark -- (2)
20 Western/Eastern Meadowlark -- (2)
3 American Goldfinch -- (4)

D.D. Currie and Dell Little


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