Margret and I saw the Red-naped Sapsucker for 20-25 minutes in the same place (live oak behind Marker 15) around 10:30 this morning. -- On 7 Feb 2015 at 19:14, you wrote: > Three of us saw the male quite well in the live oak behind marker 15 around > 4 p.m. It gleaned steadily on the same branch for at least 20 minutes > before we (not the bird) left. Very striking! > Thanks for the excellent points of reference! > > Jack Evins > Austin & Galveston > On Feb 5, 2015 10:46 AM, "Redacted sender DHanson139@xxxxxxx for DMARC" < > dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Sorry for the late post but yesterday Jan and I ran over to San Jacinto > > State Park to look one more time for the Red-naped Sapsucker. We got there > > about 1PM and we had no more than put our boots on and I noticed a > > woodpekerish bird fly from limb to limb on one of the Water Oaks just to > > the West of > > the marker 15. We were able to watch it for about 20 minutes going from > > oaks > > to pecans and occasionally into the Live Oak right behind the marker 15. I > > finally got the scope out to make sure it was the correct bird and sure > > enough it was the male. It was overcast so pictures were not great but we > > did > > get ID photos. Link below. > > > > http://smu.gs/1Kv35MY > > > > > > David Hanson > > Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area > > TOS Member > > Texas Master Naturalist > > FeatherFest 2015 Birding Program Leader > > dhanson139@xxxxxxx > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > > from the List Owner > > > > > > > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > from the List Owner > > -- Bob Simmons Houston, Texas bsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx A fanatic is a man who does what he thinks the Lord would do if only He knew the facts of the case. -- Finley Peter Dunne Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner