[texbirds] Smith Point Hawk Watch - birds other than hawks, and great butterflies!

  • From: "Nina S" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "birds.nina" for DMARC)
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  • Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 08:05:25 -0600

Yesterday - Saturday Nov 6th

Sandhills Cranes
Indigo buntings
White Pelicans - many
Scissor-tails
Meadowlarks
Orange-crowned warbler
Anhinga
White-fronted geese
Snow goose (1 - hanging out with the White-fronted)

Tons of butterflies and skippers (mostly behind the tower near the water):

(Of the ones I kind of know)
Long-tailed Skipper
White-striped Longtail
Eufala skipper
Checkered skipper (sp.)
Fiery skipper
And a bunch of other skippers I don't know well enough.

Monarchs - lots crossing the bay - (while looking for hawks and other birds I 
frequently got them in my bins way high in the sky)
Gulf Fritillaries
Common Buckeyes
Little Yellow
Sulphers

Nina Sitra
Sugar Land, TX


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