[texbirds] Re: RGV Ferruginous Hawk, Rock Wren, photos

  • From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Bob Becker <robertjbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:55:28 -0600

A Rock Wren in Hidalgo Co.?   I am nuts or is not an exceptional find
there??   I really don't know.  Also I am very curious...Were there lots of
gopher mounds were you had the hawk.
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On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Robert Becker <robertjbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Yesterday I found and photographed a Ferruginous Hawk in a rural area on
> S.R. 1425 in Hidalgo County and a Rock Wren in western Hidalgo County that
> had first been discovered in the Mission-area CBC. Both are life birds for
> me. The wren was in an isolated area and I would recommend caution in
> accessing the site. A caliche excavation site operates there on weekdays.
> The juvenile hawk was perched atop a dirt mound just north of the Sugar
> Mill on 1425, close to the roadside. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology states
> that the bird's preferred habitats include mounds in open desert.
> Interestingly, this hawk remained perched on the mound while a great deal
> of noisy excavation work being done by heavy machinery nearby. The hawk was
> quite confiding and allowed me to observe and photograph it for several
> minutes. It did not seem bothered by the high level of human activity going
> on around it. It finally flew to another area farther back from the road.
>
> Hawk and wren photos are here:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/13451078@N03/sets/72157638997525185/
>
> Bob Becker
> Rancho Viejo
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