[texbirds] Today - Lake Granger Area, Murphy Park

From: Mary Ann Melton <mammelton50@xxxxxxx>
To: TEXBIRDS <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 21:06:47 -0500
I went out for a little while this afternoon with my young grandson to see what 
had arrived in my favorite areas north of Lake Granger.  My favorite pond 
between the Alligator Lane and Alligator Road - Aubrey Messer had NO birds. I 
usually get snipes, and least sandpipers, killdeers, greater yellowlegs, etc 
and in the winter some ducks - today not a bird!  Brownheaded cowbirds were 
back in large numbers and one very large starling flock.  I think there were 
brewer’s blackbirds - but I did not get great looks at the blackbirds other 
than the cowbirds and starlings.    I was glad to see kestrels and loggerhead 
shrikes regularly.  I saw a FOS northern harrier as well.  

Murphy Park does not have as much variety of species as during the summer, but 
the fly in is still fun to watch.  My young grandson enjoyed listening to the 
music from the concert in the park and watching the birds fly in.  I was 
pleased to see 3 white faced ibis and 3 tri-colored herons.  Most of the egrets 
were cattle egrets, but by dark about 20 great egrets and a great blue heron 
had come in. And there were a few still white little blue heron juveniles. 
There is a lone Ross’ goose which came right up to the picnic table with the 
domestic geese hoping for a handout. I saw him this summer . . . Sad to see him 
without any other Ross or snow geese around - closest I’ve ever been to a 
Ross’s goose - got good cell phone photos he was so close. 

Total count was 21 species with over 400 individual birds
mammelton
Oct 4, 2014
Granger Lake- Sore Finger Unit
Traveling
5 miles
10 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:  
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.4
1 Turkey Vulture
3 American Kestrel -- Cr 357 and 352
1 Loggerhead Shrike

mammelton
Oct 4, 2014
alligator Lane30.7835x-97.3675 - Oct 4, 2014, 4:15 PM
Traveling
10 miles
35 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:  
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.4
6 Turkey Vulture
1 Northern Harrier
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
5 Mourning Dove
2 Loggerhead Shrike
100 European Starling
90 Brown-headed Cowbird
mammelton
Oct 4, 2014
30.7576x-97.3019 - Oct 4, 2014, 4:35 PM
Traveling
5 miles
20 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:  
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.4
5 Black Vulture
5 Turkey Vulture
1 Red-tailed Hawk
8 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
2 Loggerhead Shrike


30.7400x-97.2874 - Oct 4, 2014, 5:15 PM
Traveling
2 miles
10 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:  
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.4
9 Cattle Egret
1 Red-tailed Hawk


mammelton
Oct 4, 2014
Murphy Park
Stationary
0 miles
70 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:  
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.4
8 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
4 Graylag Goose (Domestic type)
1 Ross's Goose -- Photo
1 Mallard (Domestic type)
1 Great Blue Heron
19 Great Egret
1 Little Blue Heron -- Juvenile - white green legs
3 Tricolored Heron
200 Cattle Egret
1 White-faced Ibis
1 American Coot

Mary Ann Melton
Lake Granger - north
Murphy Park, Taylor

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