[texbirds] Sabine Woods and Tropical Mockingbird update
- From: steve mayes <sgmayes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TEXBirds posts <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 04:07:27 +0000
TexBirders, Sabine Woods has been good lately with fall migration heating up.
Saturday morning saw 15 species of warbler at the woods including Blue-winged,
Nashville, multiple Mournings, Redstarts, Wilson's, Hooded and both
Waterthrushes to name a few. There have been ~20 warbler species seen at the
woods in the last few days. Also, good numbers of Empids around and two
Broad-winged Hawks circling the woods for much of the morning. Saw the adult
male Golden-fronted Woodpecker (the one of questionable parentage) and one of
his offspring. The young bird is beginning to show a little red on top of the
head and orange on the nape, so it is apparently male.As far as the Tropical
Mockingbird goes, she has not been seen in several weeks now. When her
youngsters fledged, she began to get harder and harder to find, ranging further
from her usual haunts. Lately, she has just been absent. Not sure what to
make of this but the bird could easily just have moved to one of the nearby
properties (private property) and might turn up again. Did not see any of the
hybrid offspring today, though they can be hard to separate from the Northern
Mockingbirds in the area if you don't get a good look and there were plenty of
the Northerns around today.If you decide to visit Sabine Woods, prepare for
mosquitos because they were awful! Steve MayesPort Arthur, TX
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