[texbirds] Re: White-tailed Hawk at MCWHA, Guadalupe/Comal Counties
- From: Tom Toporowski <tomtopski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: brennrm@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:24:37 -0600
interesting that some of you saw a white tail hawk. ihad a very good look
at one flying over a field at the intersection of old bastrop rd. and davis
ranch rd. in hays county. there is a manmade lake there at the bottom of
the field. if my memory serves correctly it was on jan. 31. (i'm reading
this at the wimberley library...so i'm not at home where i have a record of
my sightings.) i posted it to the austin RBA without describing it, so
they apparently chose not to ad it to the recent sightings.( first time i
ever sent a sighting to the RBA).
tom toporowski
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Coco Brennan <brennrm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am forwarding this for Bill and Monta. Mesquite Creek Wildlife Habitat
> is
> part of Waste Management's property at the Landfill straddling Comal and
> Guadalupe Counties. I was at the burn and didn't see this hawk, but did
> see
> a gorgeous dark-morph Red tail hawk.
> Thanks,
>
> Coco Brennan
>
> Canyon Lake, Texas
>
>
>
>
> Subject: White-tailed Hawk at MCWHA
>
> I went back to our records to check the bird seen a few years ago. I found
> that the bird in our records was not a White-tailed Hawk, but a
> White-tailed Kite.
>
> That bird was seen first by Charles Tubbs on 3/20/2011, then by Bob Norris
> on 4/8/2011, and later on 4/23 by Bob and me.
>
> We saw the White-tailed Kite in spring 2011.
> The recent White-tailed Hawk is indeed a new species for MCWHA.
>
> For those new to the discussion, the bird was seen when a a controlled burn
> was done at MCWHA Thursday 2/14/2013. It was reported by Monta, and seen
> by several people that day.
>
> I went out Saturday 4/16 and took pictures of it since it was still there.
>
> Those pictures are here;
> http://www.bills-earth.com/pics/216/
>
> The hawk may still be around. Saturday there were also 4 Red-tailed Hawks
> and 13 Caracaras. The Caracaras were mostly walking around while the hawks
> were soaring around.
>
> All can be seen from 1101. Drive I-35 to the exit 191 which is highway
> 306. Go south, past Creekside shopping center. At the intersection with
> 1101, turn left(east) and drive past the first Kohlenberg. Begin slowing
> down as you pass the landfill and the second Kohlenberg. You will come to
> the burn on the right(south) in a few blocks more. Pull over and begin
> counting caracaras, watching for the dark hawk with the white tail soaring
> around.
>
> Bill Holliday
>
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