[texbirds] Webberville-Utley
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:14:15 -0500
Webberville Park was good this morning as were a few Utley locations
Tricolored Heron 1
Couch's, Eastern and Western Kingbirds
Blue Grosbeaks
Bronzed Cowbirds 4
E. Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher 2
Y. B. Cuckoo 5
Prothonotary Warblers 3 (as reported by others)...I heard one...It is
getting late.
Blk-and-white Warbler 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers 4-5
Upland Sandpipers 3
Pectoral Sand. 2
Summer Tanagers 3
E. Phoebe (rare in summer)
Orchard Orioles 8-9
Last but not least...I flushed two Ruddy type ducks from a almost dry
marshy area, They flew directly away from me and I could not get any real
detail before they landed back in tall weeds about 130 yds. away
(est.)..There might have been white in the wing but I am not sure and did
not remember to look for it . I have made two visits back to the cocation
since and have not relocated them but will keep trying over the next few
days as long as there is a bit of water, tho that is going fast. You know
what I am hoping for, but either way both species are good around Utley in
the summer.
The grand matriarch of Utley is being buried today, I think she was 103.
she lived in Utley her entire life and is the last of her generation in
this area.
I have been told she was the grand daughter of slaves and will be buried in
a cemetery that holds folks of that generation.
We had a Blue Racers follow ahead of us on a sandy road for 25+ yds. It
did not go left or right until it met that distance. Neat.
--
Brush Freeman
Independent and affiliated Field Biologist
361-655-7641
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
The greatest musician of all time is mother nature.
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