Good afternoon Texbirders,
We had a wonderful bird walk this morning with a variety of species. We saw
several duck species in the pond area and from the John Jacob Observation Tower
(Wood Ducks-Pond 4S, Hooded Merganser-Pond 3N). American Bitterns were seen
towards the end of the south loop trail and at Pond 4N. The Bald Eagle was
seen over the prairie from the tower and parking lot. Plenty of sparrows were
seen from the prairie boardwalk. We also have regularly been seeing
Red-shouldered Hawks near the Headquarters building, patrolling and carrying
nesting material.
Please come out for a bird walk next month on March 5th and March 19th, both
will begin at 8:00am at the Pond Center.
Species Count
Wood Duck 2
Ring-necked Duck 25
Hooded Merganser 2
Pied-billed Grebe 22
Neotropic Cormorant 5
Double-crested Cormorant 35
cormorant sp. 75
Anhinga 1
American Bittern 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 3
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 1
White Ibis 12
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Common Gallinule 1
American Coot 1
Killdeer 4
Wilson's Snipe 5
Ring-billed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Kiskadee 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 1
House Wren 1
Sedge Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 3
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Pipit 7
Cedar Waxwing 250
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Le Conte's Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Great-tailed Grackle 1
Happy birding!
Thank you,
Hannah Buschert
Park Ranger II (Lead Interpreter)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Sheldon Lake State Park
14140 Garrett Road
Houston, Texas 77044
(281) 456-2800 x232
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