Hi, all!
Birded "Sparrow Road" this morning, which is basically Jara Chinas Road
running from US 83 in La Joya up to FM 490 west of McCook. Nothing out of
the ordinary, but did hear a Scaled Quail along the paved portion, plus some
Turkeys up by the county line, both of which were flagged by EBird but do
occur along this route on rare occasion. The lighting was great, and it
held off getting really windy until I was up at the northern portion (where
it's all barren fields, the abode of Horned Larks and Western Meadowlarks,
of which there were tons), but early on had great looks at Bewick's Wrens, a
Black-throated Sparrow, and both Cardinals and Pyrrhuloxias. Near La Joya
Lake two Ringed Kingfishers rattled in the distance, and there was probably
some residual wetland areas back in the brush as I heard a Common Gallinule
cackle! I actually saw very few sparrows numbers-wise, but had a nice
selection of species including Cassin's, Vesper, and White-crowned. The
usual raptors were about in good numbers, including a Redtail that I thought
was a Fuertes' at first (as I couldn't really discern a belly-band), but the
photos showed a pale but present one. Up at the north end was a bird-nado
that appeared to be mostly Brown-headed Cowbirds; tried to get a video but
it really didn't do it justice.
A few pictures (and a video of the Caracara) are on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List:
Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
American Pipit Anthus rubescens
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
47 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com
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