TexBirders,
While traveling back from West Texas this afternoon, I meandered through some
back roads and had the following encounters:
Sonora (Sutton Co.) - I had one probably male Mountain Bluebird just on the NE
side of Sonora, on CR 202 about 0.5 mi N of Interstate-10. I watched the all
sky-blue male fly off to the north and could not relocate it nor any other
bluebirds. The area adjacent to the road is low mesquite brush with some
mistletoe; there is low juniper-oak woodland on the hills flanking the road
some distance off.
Menard (Menard Co.) - The Menard WTP on the E side of town along FM 2092 had a
Least Grebe on the E-most pond at about 3:15 p.m. today, along with about 25
diving ducks and one Wood Duck hen. I got digiscoped images of the grebe and
will upload those with my eBird checklist later this evening. I haven’t
checked records yet to see if this is a new report.
The vast majority of the road trip (except for my destination site) was nearly
birdless for hundreds of miles.
Chuck Sexton
Ausitn, TXEdit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at
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