[texbirds] Re: Utley, Bastrop Co. highlights...Formation of a local Centex list?

  • From: Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx" <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:37:49 -0500

I enjoy thorough, local posts in Texbirds. It gives those in other parts of the 
state an idea of what is happening in the state as a whole.

Cameron Carver
Lubbock, TX

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> On Oct 19, 2013, at 18:28, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> .
>  Birded the property today and no where else...Plenty to find here.  Cold
> winds also kept me close to home and hot coffee this AM  Not what I
> expected in terms of bird migrants overhead  IE virtually no hawks seen
> tho. lots of vultures and a fair number of waterfowl and Caracas with the
> N. winds...Was in and out all day due to the cold and wind so likely missed
> something.
> Blk-bellied Whistling Ducks 16-18 flyovers
> White-fronted Gedheads ~35eese  Ttl ~80 flyovers
> N. Pintails ~25 ditto
> Redheads ~100  ditto
> Unk ducks ~80+   (may be able to hear some after dusk)  ditto
> TVs as of 6:20P  ~400 ditto
> Blk. Vultures  ~60 ditto
> N. Harrier 1 ditto
> Cooper's 2 ditto
> Sharpies 4 including one raiding the birds here. ditto
> Swainson's Hawk ~35 ditto
> Red-tailed Hawks 3 ditto
> Bald Eagle 1 ditto
> Sandhill Cranes ~85   far less than I expected.ditto
> Swift Species 1 silent ditto
> Broad-tailed Hummer 1 fem. (extremely excellent looks early this AM...Not
> seen since)
> Ruby-throat types 2  also vanished
> Yellow-bellied Sap...1 adult fem
> Orange-shafted Flicker 1
> Various migrant swallows ~75
> Golden-Crowned Kinglet...MY FOF
> Hermit Thrush 1
> Brown Thrasher 1
> House Wren 1
> Sprague's Pipits  4 as flyovers
> Am. Pipits ~12 as flyovers
> Ovenbird 1 continuing
> Blk-throated Green Warbler 1
> Te
> Spotted Towhee 1
> White-throated Sparrow 1 my Tex FOF and early
> Lincoln's Sparrow 2-3
> Field Sparrow
> Song Sparrow 1
> Indigo Bunting 2
> 
>  As mentioned in the subject line, I grow weary of posting to Texbirds on
> local birds that are of no interest to the rest of the state...Is anyone
> interested in helping start up a Cen-Tex only list, Facebook or otherwise
> where we can post and discuss in a manner such as the San Antonio group
> does...Or is there already a ghost list out there I am not familiar
> with...I am serious about this and would be the first to sign on.  Or are
> there better ideas.?
> 
> 
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> Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
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