[texbirds] Sugar Land migrant grounding last night

From: Mark Scheuerman <mark.scheuerman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 18:36:32 -0500
Texbirders,

Sugar Land also had tremendous numbers of migrants today. The
Brazos River bottom behind my house was alive with warbler and other
migrants songs and calls as well as the almost deafening chorus of happy
frogs in the vernal oxbow behind my house. I tallied 85 species in my
"patch" this am in about 3 hrs including my 2nd ever Black-billed Cuckoo
and 3rd ever Olive-sided Flycatcher. 14 species of warblers. Only twice
before in over 12 years here have there been so many birds! The list totals
are conservative! See eBird list below.

Mark Scheuerman
Sugar Land, TX

Riverpark (Sugar Land), Fort Bend, US-TX
> May 12, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
> Protocol: Area
> 165.0 ac
> Comments:     WOW! Major grounding last night. Birds everywhere this am.
> Hundreds of warbs & other migrants. Over 6 inches of rain last night and NW
> wind. Lots of wet migrants this am as the rain stopped about 6:00 am.
> 85 species (+1 other taxa)
>
> Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  10
> Great Egret  2
> Snowy Egret  2
> Little Blue Heron  4
> Cattle Egret  8
> Green Heron  7
> Black-crowned Night-Heron  3
> Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  2
> White Ibis  2
> Black Vulture  4
> Turkey Vulture  6
> Mississippi Kite  3
> Red-shouldered Hawk  2
> Killdeer  1
> Spotted Sandpiper  1
> Rock Pigeon  12
> White-winged Dove  15
> Mourning Dove  25
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo  7
> Black-billed Cuckoo  1     Cuckoo with all black bill, red orbital ring,
> and no noticeable rufous in wings.
> Common Nighthawk  4
> Chimney Swift  2
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird  5
> Belted Kingfisher  1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker  6
> Downy Woodpecker  3
> Olive-sided Flycatcher  1
> Eastern Wood-Pewee  25
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  12
> Acadian Flycatcher  15
> Alder Flycatcher  2
> Willow Flycatcher  12
> Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's)  15
> Least Flycatcher  8     Major grounding of migrants today!
> Great Crested Flycatcher  6
> Eastern Kingbird  6
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  1
> Loggerhead Shrike  2
> White-eyed Vireo  2
> Warbling Vireo  3
> Philadelphia Vireo  6     Major grounding of migrants today!
> Red-eyed Vireo  20
> Blue Jay  5
> American Crow  3
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
> Purple Martin  12
> Barn Swallow  6
> Cliff Swallow  60
> Carolina Chickadee  12
> Tufted Titmouse  4
> Carolina Wren  10
> Veery  2
> Gray-cheeked Thrush  2
> Swainson's Thrush  15     Major grounding of migrants today!
> Gray Catbird  3
> Northern Mockingbird  6
> European Starling  6
> Cedar Waxwing  3
> Ovenbird  1
> Northern Waterthrush  2
> Black-and-white Warbler  1
> Tennessee Warbler  25
> Common Yellowthroat  4
> American Redstart  20
> Magnolia Warbler  15
> Bay-breasted Warbler  6
> Blackburnian Warbler  35     Major grounding of migrants today!
> Yellow Warbler  25
> Chestnut-sided Warbler  30     Major grounding of migrants today!
> Black-throated Green Warbler  1
> Canada Warbler  15
> Yellow-breasted Chat  1
> Summer Tanager  1
> Scarlet Tanager  2
> Northern Cardinal  18
> Indigo Bunting  30
> Painted Bunting  3
> Dickcissel  3
> Red-winged Blackbird  10
> Common Grackle  15
> Great-tailed Grackle  6
> Brown-headed Cowbird  6
> Orchard Oriole  6
> Baltimore Oriole  12     Major grounding of migrants today!
> House Finch  5
> House Sparrow  3
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
>
[texbirds] Sugar Land migrant grounding last night

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