Veena Mohan and I spent the morning birding the prairies and woods around
Thrall in southeastern Williamson County. We had several seasonal firsts
(Swainson's Thrush, Indigo Buntings, Dickcissels). However, one of the big
highlights was a single Black-necked Stilt in a field with sheet water on the
Brushy Creek floodplain (viewed to the north from CR438 about a mile east of
its intersection with 112). Even with a scope, viewing this sheet water is
difficult. Several other shorebirds were present, but I could only ID the
larger ones (dowitchers and yellowlegs). The other big highlight was
ridiculous numbers of Grasshopper Sparrows. Some were present on CR424 north
and south of Thrall, but the bonanza was along CR435. Many were perched on
the fence posts/lines along the road and allowed fairly close approach and nice
photo opportunities. Our full list from the morning is pasted in below. Rich
Richard Kostecke, Ph.D.
The Nature Conservancy
318 Congress Ave., Austin, Texas 78701Email: rkost73@xxxxxxxxx or
rkostecke@xxxxxxxÂ
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Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 9:47 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Thrall area, Apr 18, 2015
Thrall area, Williamson, US-TX
Apr 18, 2015 8:53 AM - 3:03 PM
Protocol: Traveling
49.999 mile(s)
84 species (+3 other taxa)
Gadwall 43
Blue-winged Teal 11
Redhead 11
Double-crested Cormorant 24
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 6
Cattle Egret 5
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 33
Turkey Vulture 21
Northern Harrier 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Swainson's Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Black-necked Stilt 1
Killdeer 23
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 16
Upland Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 5
peep sp. 27
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Franklin's Gull 141
Forster's Tern 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3
Inca Dove 8
Common Ground-Dove 1
White-winged Dove 4
Mourning Dove 213
Greater Roadrunner 2
Barred Owl 2
Chimney Swift 2
Black-chinned Hummingbird 2
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1  loud tuck-tuck-tuck call heard
Crested Caracara 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 8
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Western Kingbird 2
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 69
Loggerhead Shrike 13
White-eyed Vireo 13
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 23
Horned Lark 3
Purple Martin 22
Barn Swallow 35
Cliff Swallow 7
Cave Swallow 52
Carolina Chickadee 16
Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse (hybrid) 9  At least 2 with dark crests
and brown foreheads and 5 with gray crests and dark brown foreheads, remaining
2 heard only
Carolina Wren 16
Bewick's Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 24
Swainson's Thrush 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 56
European Starling 45
American Pipit 20
Cedar Waxwing 57
Nashville Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)Â 3
Clay-colored Sparrow 3
Vesper Sparrow 1
Lark Sparrow 129
Savannah Sparrow 43
Grasshopper Sparrow 100
Lincoln's Sparrow 12
White-throated Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 90
Northern Cardinal 78
Indigo Bunting 5
Dickcissel 12
Red-winged Blackbird 205
Eastern Meadowlark 13
Brewer's Blackbird 21
Common Grackle 58
Great-tailed Grackle 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 124
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 24
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