[texbirds] This and that in Austin (local interest)
- From: "John Arvin" <jarvin@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "New Texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <jarvin@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:41:31 -0500
My long-staying Rufous/Allen's type adult female is still around. I was out
of town for several days centered on last weekend and I figured it would be
gone when I returned. At first it seemed so with a couple of days of
absence at the feeder. Then yesterday I saw it in a nearby tree and today
it was feeding as normal. It is recognizable as an individual by the
pattern of partial gorget spots. Also today (Sunday St. Patrick's Day) saw
a dapper fresh American Robin feeding on the lawn in the territory that one
of four pair that nested in the neighborhood used last summer. I expect
that within a week or so the neighborhood (between 29th and Windsor Rd. in
the wooded 8 or 10 blocks that lie above Shoal Creek [not the street])
Broad-winged Hawks will be around. The first big Broad-winged flocks
usually show up in the Valley about March 24-26 and as with almost all
spring migrants the first birds on the scene are the local breeders.
A pleasant morning yesterday at St Edward's Park on Spicewood Springs Road.
Nothing special except a snappy male Nashville Warbler, a singing male
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and any number of singing White-eyed Vireos plus one
possible distant Golden-cheeked Warbler singing from the top of the cliff
along Bull Creek. A Common Raven flew over Loop 360 not too far from Wild
Basin.
jca
John C. Arvin
Research Associate
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
103 West Hwy 332
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
jarvin@xxxxxxxx
www.gcbo.org
Austin, Texas
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