[texbirds] Re: Smith Point hawk and swallow watch yesterday and a tagged turkey vulture

  • From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Joseph Kennedy <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 19:01:50 -0500

I will have to watch for these...Tagging TVs would likely not be my first
choice of occupations but boy I bet my dad could have gone waist deep into
it so to speak.
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120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
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Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas

On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Joseph Kennedy <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I got down to Smith Point at dawn followed by a good north wind guaranteed
> to bring in large numbers of hawks. In past years it would have resulted in
> several thousand birds but in accordance with the pattern this year, there
> were only a few with a clump of broad-wings and turkey vultures at hawk
> getting up time and then mainly singles or very small groups. Best hour was
> less than 100 birds.
> However, swallow migration really picked up and by afternoon large numbers
> of mainly rough-winged swallows were passing. There was more of a mix in
> the am but by mid afternoon most of the birds were the rough-wings. Other
> species were mixed in but I did not see any purple martins for the day for
> the first time this fall.
>
> The trees out front had several gnatcatchers, ruby-crowned kinglets,
> yellow-breasted chat, Nashville warbler, catbird, thrasher etc. And
> hummingbirds are still in numbers.
>
> My first of the fall eastern phoebe was out Hawkins camp in the old barn
> structure but I saw no friends. Lots of scissor-tails were seen from the
> tower and later out Hawkins Camp.
>
> I did a few shots of the only kettle of the day when they were high
> overhead and found a couple of pictures of a tagged turkey vulture among
> them. The tag appears to be zyx and I reported it to hawk mountain where
> they run a vulture migration project but the contact is out of town.
>
> If anyone has another contact, please let me know. Pictures are at
>
> http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/157703856
>
> http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/157703854
>
> I added a picture of a broad-winged hawk from the group showing how white a
> few birds can be
>
> http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/157703851
>
> A young osprey was perched at the Candy Abshier entrance when I drove in
> and others fed out in front of the tower
>
> http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/157703849
>
> http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/157703845
>
> Great day to be able to get out.
>
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> Joseph C. Kennedy
> on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
> Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
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