[texbirds] Ringed Kingfisher at Mankin's Crossing, Williamson Co. 12/13/14 (local interest)
- From: Tim Fennell <tfennell@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TEXBIRDS <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 14:22:39 -0800
On the way home from birding Granger Lake today, I made a quick stop at
Mankin's Crossing (the old low water crossing on the San Gabriel River along
HWY 29 between Granger Lake and Georgetown) and photographed a female Ringed
Kingfisher on the upstream side of the crossing. Considering a Green Kingfisher
was reported on eBird about a mile upstream from here a couple of weeks ago, it
may be possible (with great luck!) to see all three regularly occurring
U.S.Kingfishers at this location right now.
Highlights from Granger Lake included:
Great Scaup 1 (female type on CR 352 pond)
Eared Grebe 58 (From the dam. Largest concentration I have ever seen on
the lake.)
Burrowing Owl 3 (CR 352, CR 356, FM 971)
Spotted Towhee 2 (San Gabriel WMA)
Chipping Sparrow 1 (San Gabriel WMA)
Vesper Sparrow 6
Savannah Sparrow 30
Le Conte's Sparrow 1 (San Gabriel WMA)
Fox Sparrow 22 (8 in one tree in San Gabriel WMA, most singing)
Song Sparrow 8 (San Gabriel WMA)
Lincoln's Sparrow 2 (San Gabriel WMA)
Swamp Sparrow 1 (San Gabriel WMA)
White-throated Sparrow 6 (San Gabriel WMA)
Harris's Sparrow 12 (San Gabriel WMA)
White-crowned Sparrow 2 (San Gabriel WMA)
Cheers,
Tim Fennell
Round Rock, TX (15 miles north of Austin)
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