[texbirds] Williamson County

  • From: "Jim Hailey" <irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:09:37 -0600

Had a  day birding Williamson County today.  Spent the morning in
southeaster Williamson and the afternoon in the Grange area.  I tallied 50+
species for the day.  Those of note include a Bald Eagle, Hooded Merganser,
Pileated Woodpecker and two Canvasbacks.  There were a huge number of duck
species on the CR 449 pond south of Taylor estimated at over 750.  The check
list are below:


US-TX-Thrall, Williamson, US-TX
Nov 15, 2014 9:31 AM - 12:58 PM
Protocol: Traveling
44.999 mile(s)
Comments:     Whooper watch Williamson Coumty <br />Submitted from BirdLog
NA for iOS, version 1.8
42 species (+2 other taxa)

Gadwall (Anas strepera)  170     CR 435 CR 473. CR 471 CR 449 pond
American Wigeon (Anas americana)  150     CR 449 pond
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)  200     CR 449 pond
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)  25     CR 449 pond
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)  3     CR 449 pond
Redhead (Aythya americana)  10     CR 449 pond
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)  153     CR 450 CR 449 pond
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  54     CR 473 CR 449 pond
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)  1     CR 473
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  3     CR 473 CR 471
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  1     CR 473 CR 450
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)  4     CR 471 CR  450
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  6     CR 434 CR 471
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)  1     CR 449 pond
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  1     CR 435
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  4     CR  434 CR 481 CR 450
American Coot (Fulica americana)  1     CR 449 pond
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)  4     CR 435
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  12     CR 434 CR 473
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)  1     CR 471
Inca Dove (Columbina inca)  6     FM 112
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)  2      CR 450
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  25     Cr 435
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  3     CR 434 CR 471
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)  2     CR 471
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)  1     CR 473 very large woodpecker
red crest white wing patch on black wings in flight
Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)  7     CR 471 CR 450
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)  3     CR 435 FM 112 CR 473
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  2     Cr 434 CR 471
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)  4     CR 435 CR 434 CR 471
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  14     CR 434 CR 471
swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.)  4     CR 473. CR 471
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)  9     CR  471 CR 471
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)  9     CR 471
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)  8     CR 483 CR 471
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  2     CR 434 CR  471
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  4     CR 450
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)  6     CR 473
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)  19     Cr 471
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  12     CR  481
Western/Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta/magna)  355     CR 435 CR 424
CR 473 CR 471
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)  350     CR 435 CR 450
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  200     CR 473 CR 471
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  4     CR 471 Granger Lake Area (HOTE
031), Williamson, US-TX Nov 15, 2014 1:36 PM - 3:22 PM
Protocol: Traveling
39.999 mile(s)
Comments:     Whooper watch Granger <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS,
version 1.8
15 species (+2 other taxa)

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)  1
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)  1 Double-crested Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax auritus)  3 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  1
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)  1 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa
melanoleuca)  1 Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus
griseus/scolopaceus)  7
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)  1     1800 CR 356 in second culvert
Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)  9
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)  7
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)  8 American Crow (Corvus
brachyrhynchos)  2 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  2 European
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  500 Western/Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella
neglecta/magna)  6 Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)  300
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  50






Jim Hailey, President
Texas Ornithological Society
110 Lavaca Lane
Georgetown, TX 78628
Phone: 361-522-3522
Email: irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx
Website: www.texasbirds.org


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