[texbirds] Sabal Palm and Boca Chica Beach

From: dbenn65010@xxxxxxx
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 22:13:50 -0500 (EST)
A very gusty morning at Sabal Palm today (Saturday).  A couple of Olive 
Sparrows did a little singing and several White-tipped Doves were calling in 
the vicinity of the feeding station at the old visitor center.  A 
Yellow-throated Warbler seemed to enjoy the suet right in front of the 
streaming video camera and I was surprised by three Catbirds and two Ovenbirds 
also at the feeders along with the usual assortment of Green Jays, White-tipped 
Doves, Black-crested Titmouse, Olive Sparrow and Golden-fronted Woodpeckers.  
An unseen Green Kingfisher was calling at the resaca  blind where Least Grebes 
were feeding very near the blind.  Five or six species of the usual ducks were 
keeping to the far end of the resaca.  A second Green Kingfisher was at the 
west end of the resaca where the trail turns away from the water.  Considering 
the wind, it was a decent bird day.
While we did not see the Rose-throated Becard today, it was reported from the 
area around the visitor center yesterday.
Sadly, the Great-horned Owl sitting a nest at the corner of the visitor center 
has abandoned her nest.
After Sabal Palm I drove Boca Chica Beach with George, Mary Jean, Mary Jane and 
Paula.  There were very few birds on the beach and those were mostly the three 
usual gulls.  We missed the Little Gull and the Glaucous Gull (which has been 
pretty easy to see on the beach since at least December 27th.  There were about 
25 or so Bonaparte's Gulls on the water, spread out from just outside the mouth 
of the river to about 1/4 mile upstream along with the usual gull and tern 
congregations on the south side of the river.  On the opposite end of the beach 
we ran behind the jetties past the south cove and along the ship channel 
without seeing much.
Of interest on the drive there and back we saw only two Caracaras, a single 
White-tailed Hawk, one Red-tail Hawk and two Harris' Hawks.  The Harris' were 
barely off the ground, perched out of the wind.  
David Benn
Brownsville

Sadly, the Great-horned Owl sitting a nest at the corner of the visitor center 
has abandoned her neat.

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