[texbirds] Tuesday morning birding, Hagerman NWR.

  • From: Jack Chiles <chilesjack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 16:07:38 -0600

We found 74 species + 3 Taxa.  It continues to get drier and the water is 
receding but they were pumping water into one of the moist soil units today.  
At the present rate the geese will probably run out of wheat in less than a 
week and they will have to journey off the refuge to find food.
Greater White-fronted Goose  375
Snow Goose  100
Ross's Goose  100
Snow/Ross's Goose  4500
Cackling Goose  18
Gadwall  21
American Wigeon  7
Mallard  30
Northern Shoveler  70
Northern Pintail  21
Green-winged Teal  65
Canvasback  12
Redhead  20
Lesser Scaup  20
Hooded Merganser  1
Eared Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  7
American White Pelican  25
Great Blue Heron  10
Black Vulture  31
Turkey Vulture  20
Northern Harrier  5
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  3
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's)  1
American Coot  5
Killdeer  41
American Avocet  10
Greater Yellowlegs  6
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Least Sandpiper  32
Wilson's Snipe  4
Ring-billed Gull  125
Herring Gull  5     4 First Winter and 1 Adult
Eurasian Collared-Dove  2
Mourning Dove  15
Barn Owl  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
American Kestrel  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Loggerhead Shrike  2
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  50
Carolina Chickadee  14
Tufted Titmouse  4
Brown Creeper  1
Bewick's Wren  1
Carolina Wren  6
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Eastern Bluebird  4
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  14
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  7
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  7
Fox Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  5
White-throated Sparrow  1
Harris's Sparrow  10
White-crowned Sparrow  6
Dark-eyed Junco  4
Northern Cardinal  18
Red-winged Blackbird  71
Eastern/Western Meadowlark  12
Purple Finch  1
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  14
House Sparrow  2
Jack Chiles
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Hagerman NWR
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