Just returned from Elgin and added a fem/imm. type N. Harrier (!) FOS, and my FOS kestrel for the area. Also had a group of 17 Scissortails and a wee spot/sprinkle of of rain! Pretty decent morning. Brush ********************************************************************** Brush Freeman 503-551-5150 Cell http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ********************************************************************** > Well once again the Utley cabin dipped on rain (Port O'Connor had > 6.5") but at least the system from the south dropped a few birds. > > Two Laughing Gulls were high flying toward the Austin area, at least > in that direction. They would have gone undetected against a cloudy > sky except they were calling.(Webberville) > > An unexpected surprise was a scolding House Wren which is a bit early. (Utley) > > A Tri-colored Heron and 2 Yellow-crowneds were on the river as > fly-bys. (Webberville) > > There are migrants, but not a lot except Barn Swallows. A few > empids, Yellow Warblers, Gnatcatchers, Balt. and Orchard Orioles and a > single Black-throated Green. I had to make a stop at the house but > still have some morning left so am going back out for a bit then to > Elgin. > > Brush Freeman > 503-551-5150 Cell > http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ > Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner