[texbirds] Rusty Blackbirds, Spoonbill, Ducks in Brazos County

  • From: Darrell Vollert <dvollert1967@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:18:24 -0800 (PST)

Hello Texbirders,
 
This morning I spent 2.5 hours birding a large tract in the Peach Creek 
Community in southern Brazos County. Between 30 and 40 Rusty Blackbirds were in 
the trees and on the soggy forest floor in the Navasota River bottom. A single 
Roseate Spoonbill was a surprise. Ducks were plentiful. A new duck pond on the 
property has attracted several shorebirds. The new duck pond should increase 
the number of nesting Prothonotary Warblers.
 
Here's the complete bird list for the morning with numbers for several species.
 
Wood Duck- 25+
Gadwall
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal- 5
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser- 5
Pied-billed Grebe- 1
Double-crested Comorant- 3
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Roseate Spoonbill- 1
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer- 3
Greater Yellowlegs- 2
Least Sandpiper- 12
Wilson's Snipe- 10
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl- 1 calling
Belted Kingfisher- 1
Red-headed Woodpecker- 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker- 3
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Purple Martin- 2 singing overhead
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Creeper- 1 heard
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren- 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin- 1000+
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher- 1
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing- 200+
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat- 2
Eastern Towhee- one
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Rusty Blackbird- 30-40
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
 
Darrell Vollert
Chappell Hill
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