-Bryan > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:40:19 -0700 (PDT) > From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [texbirds] Some highlights from recent TOS trip > > Greetings All: > As always when birding away from my region, I am guessing but the following > are probably the most noteworthy sightings from my recent trip from Lubbock > to Laredo and back. > > In Zavala County on 17 April 2013: 1 White-tailed Kite just north of La > Pryor, 2 Mottled Ducks at the 393 crossing of Comanche Creek west of Crystal > City, 1 Broad-tailed Hummingbird/1 Eastern Wood Pewee/2 Couch's Kingbirds at > the Hike and Bike Trail in Crystal City. > > In Dimmit County on 18 April 2013: 2 Mottled Ducks/1 Lesser Yellowlegs/1 > White-tipped Dove/1 Brewer's Sparrow at Chaparral WMA, 1 Solitary Sandpiper/1 > Green Kingfisher/1 American Crow/1 Black-and-white Warbler at Midway Park. > > In Dimmit County on 19 April 2013: 1 Solitary Sandpiper/1 Groove-billed Ani/1 > Great Crested Flycatcher at Chaparral WMA, 1 Yellow-crowned Night Heron/1 > Solitary Sandpiper/2 White-tipped Doves at Midway Park. > > In Zavala County on 20 April 2013: 2 Mottled Ducks/1 Tennessee Warbler/1 > Black-and-white Warbler/1 Common Grackle at the Hike and Bike Trail in > Crystal City, 1 Anhinga at the 393 crossing of Comanche Creek west of Crystal > City, 2 Eared Grebes/22 Baird's Sandpipers/97 Wilson's Phalaropes/2 Lark > Buntings at the La Pryor Sewage Ponds. > > In Frio County on 21 April 2013: 1 Eastern Kingbird/1 Gray Catbird/1 > Black-and-white Warbler/1 Northern Waterthrush at creek crossings (all dry) > of CR 1585. > > In Uvalde County on 21 April 2013: 7 Yellow-headed Blackbirds southeast of > Uvalde, 2 Couch's Kingbirds in Uvalde, 1 Ringed Kingfisher/1 singing Hutton's > Vireo/1 Northern Waterthrush at the Nueces River crossing of 55, 1 > Zone-tailed Hawk over 55 between Laguna and Montell. > > In Edwards County on 21 April 2013: 1 Black-and-white Warbler/1 Magnolia > Warbler at the rest area along 55 between Barksdale and Rocksprings (and the > best look I have ever had at a Yellow-throated Warbler - within six feet as I > couldn't even get my binoculars to focus on the critter), 2 Common Grackles > in Rocksprings. > > In Sutton County on 21 April 2013: 1 Western Wood Pewee just south of > Eldorado. > > In Sterling County on 21 April 2013: 1 Northern Waterthrush at the 163 > crossing of Sterling Creek, 60 Lark Buntings just northwest of Sterling City. > > Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock > > > > ------------------------------ 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