[texbirds] Wood Storks, Salt Lake, La Grange, Fayette Co,
- From: Romey Swanson <romeyswanson@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 19:05:03 -0500
At least three among the other big waders. Also saw a BN Stilt that was lying
low on the central mud flat.
Only had 3 minutes to look so likely other stuff.
Romey Swanson
New Braunfels
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On Jun 22, 2013, at 4:18 PM, MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi, all!
>
> Had a small group this morning, but it included Kevin and Wendy, a couple
> visiting from Austin and looking for some target birds before moving to
> Kansas! MJ, Pat and I made up the remainder, and we headed first to
> Salineno
> where we spent a good hour waiting for targets to fly by. No such luck,
> but by meandering the trails as well as keeping watch over the river, we did
> see a Groove-billed Ani building a nest (a lifer for K&W), a great look at
> a Clay-colored Thrush, and a cool Walking Stick that Wendy spotted!
> Crawling along the Dump Road bagged them their life Pyrrhuloxia, along with
> some
> adorable baby Scissor-tailed Flycatchers and their parents! A singing
> Black-throated Sparrow was the only one we had that day, and a Cactus Wren
> showed off from a yucca. Singing unseen were Cassin's Sparrows and Painted
> Buntings (Pat got a glimpse of one), but we were unable to kick up a BT
> Gnatcatcher.
>
> The wind was picking up by the time we got the parks; we cruised around the
> county park first in search of Red-billed Pigeon, but had Lark Sparrows
> and a singing Blue Grosbeak instead, and in the state park we had more
> Scissortails and Mockingbirds out the yin yang fooling everybody with their
> imitations! We were surprised to find no water birds at all on the lake
> (except for egrets and a single cormorant), but a Roadrunner on the way out
> made
> everyone's day!
>
> A few photos are posted here:
>
> http://miriameaglemon.com/photo_gallery/2013%20Field%20Trips/June/Salineno.h
> tml
>
> Bird List:
>
> Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
> Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
> Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
> Great Egret Ardea alba
> Snowy Egret Egretta thula
> Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
> Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
> Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
> Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
> Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
> Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
> White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
> Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
> Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
> White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
> Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
> Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
> Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
> Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
> Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
> Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
> Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
> Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
> Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
> White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
> Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
> Purple Martin Progne subis
> Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
> Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
> Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
> Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
> Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
> Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
> Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
> Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
> Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
> Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
> Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
> Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
> Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
> Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
> Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
> Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
> Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
> Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
> Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
> Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
> Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
> Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
> Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
> Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
> 53 SPECIES
>
> Mary Beth Stowe
> McAllen, TX
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