[texbirds] Re: Rio Beef Farm Feed Lot Area, Mar 1, 2013
- From: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
- To: jarvin@xxxxxxxx, txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx, texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 07:25:40 -0500 (EST)
Rio Beef Feedyard has always been my default place to find Brewer's
Blackbird in the county; I consistently had them in large numbers in the winter
while doing surveys along the La Sal Del Rey "route".
_http://miriameaglemon.com/Birding%20Pages/Hidalgo%20County%20Birding%20Page
s/By%20Species/Brewer's%20Blackbird%20HD.html_
(http://miriameaglemon.com/Birding%20Pages/Hidalgo%20County%20Birding%20Pages/By%20Species/Brewer's%20Bla
ckbird%20HD.html)
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
_www.miriameaglemon.com_ (http://www.miriameaglemon.com/)
In a message dated 3/4/2013 7:30:37 P.M. Central Standard Time,
jarvin@xxxxxxxx writes:
Tim,
Brewer's Blackbirds are interesting. They seem to have favorite places
that
they winter and are absent from other, similar sites. One is McAllen High
School parking lot and the little park across the street. Another is the
Sarita rest stop (actually they are all along Hwy 77 on the shoulders).
John C. Arvin
Research Associate
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
103 West Hwy 332
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
jarvin@xxxxxxxx
www.gcbo.org
Austin, Texas
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From: "Tim Brush" <txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 12:33 PM
To: "TexBirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [texbirds] Rio Beef Farm Feed Lot Area, Mar 1, 2013
After a week full of classes and meetings, John and I were happy to head
north to the area near Sal del Rey (Hidlago Co.). We did not go to that
salt lake itself, but headed north on Brushline Road (next report) and
then
east to the Rio Beef feedlot area. We were following the lead of Dan Jones
and others, as we searched for Brewer's Blackbirds (which is very local in
the Valley), and we were not disappointed. They were easily visible from
GI
Road, the east-west road that we were on, in a barren pasture where horses
were grazing. The full list for GI Road and the feedlot area is below.
Regards and good birding, Tim (and John) Brush
Rio Beef Farm Feed Lot Area, Hidalgo, US-TX
Mar 1, 2013 9:15 AM - 9:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
16 species
White-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 5
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 10
Common Ground-Dove 4
Greater Roadrunner 1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Loggerhead Shrike 3
Northern Mockingbird 10
Lark Sparrow 14
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 60
Western Meadowlark 25
Brewer's Blackbird 30 a mixed group of males (saw glossy head and
yellow eyes, long legs compared to cowbirds) and females interspersed
throughout the muddy field.
Brown-headed Cowbird 130
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