[texbirds] White Headed Hawk on FM 1985 11/24/13
- From: DHanson139@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 22:19:29 -0500 (EST)
This afternoon I ran down to the Anahuac NWR and went and checked out the
Skillern Tract first. Fairly quite down there so I headed back towards the
main refuge to try and find the Golden Eagle reported by Joe Kennedy the
other day. As I was headed back I looked up and there was the White Headed
hawk that caused all the fuss about 3 weeks ago. This time it was not quite as
spooky as before and I managed to get close enough to get some fair
pictures of it in flight. All are highly cropped. Next I headed into the
refuge
and shot this one picture of a White-tailed Kite that had just jumped off of
tree. When I got to the office they told me the Golden Eagle had been seen
over around Shoveler Pond so I headed out there. I did not find an eagle
there but did find this one lone Ibis feeding around the edge of Shoveler
Pond. Maybe someone can help me with Glossy or White-faced. I did see an
eagle down by the flooded field off the left side of the main road heading to
the bay. As I was watching it with my bino's way out there it struck me the
neck looked very short but before I could get out of the car and set the
scope up it was gone. Down by the bay there were quite a few Horned Grebes, a
couple of Red-breasted Mergansers and one Common Loon. Down the road
parallel with the bay there was another Krieder's Red-tailed Hawk sitting on a
fence post. I could not believe it let me drive right up to it, turn the car
off, shoot pictures and start up and drive away and it was still sitting
there. I'll have to go back for the eagle I guess.
http://smu.gs/1jzzAfs
David Hanson
Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area
Chambers County
Galveston Bay Area Master Naturalist
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