So sorry to hear of the passing of Gardner Campbell. Does anyone have
details on final arrangements.
Thanks,
Mary J. Ferguson
koolspotbirder@xxxxxxxxx
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Please remove this email address for Gardner Campbell, he
will no longer receive this because he has passed away. Thank you, Jan
Campbell, spouse
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texbirds Digest Sun, 10 Apr 2016 Volume: 05 Issue: 100countie
In This Issue:
[texbirds] Hockley County Highlights - Yesterday
[texbirds] Re: RFI Fort Davis
[texbirds] Blucher Park Bird Walks
[texbirds] Cameron County Big Day
[texbirds] Richland Creek WMA, Freestone and Navarro
[texbirds] Rarities at Frontera Audubon, 4/10/162016.
[texbirds] 4-10-16 Black-headed Grosbeak @ WW
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Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:52:23 -0500
Subject: [texbirds] Hockley County Highlights - Yesterday
From: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
Greetings All:
I explored Hockley County from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM yesterday, 9 April
Enough rain had fallen that Barred Tiger Salamanders were wanderingabout -
and I got some nice photographs. It was warm enough in the afternoonthat
I noted my first lizards (Northern Earless Lizard, Great Plains Skink)and
snake (Common Kingsnake) for Hockley County this year.Cinnamon
I also had quite a few good to great birds, including 6 Blue-winged Teals
south of Smyer, 24 Blue-winged Teals at the Sundown Water Treatment Ponds
(WTP), 14 Blue-winged Teals at Brashear's Lake Park, 18 Blue-winged Teals
at the Bison Road Playa, 2 Blue-winged Teals at the Smyer Playa, 2
Teals south of Smyer, 2 Cinnamon Teals at the Sundown WTP, 6 CinnamonTeals
at the Bison Road Playa, 6 Cinnamon Teals at the Smyer Playa, 1Canvasback
south of Smyer, 2 Redheads south of Smyer, 2 Scaled Quails at the SmyerPheasant
Cemetery, 2 Ring-necked Pheasants south of Roundup, 1 Ring-necked
west of Anton, 2 Ring-necked Pheasants in Pep, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk westof
Anton, 8 Black-necked Stilts at the Sundown WTP, 8 Black-necked Stilts atAmerican
the Bison Road Playa, 4 Black-necked Stilts at the Smyer Playa, 8
Avocets south of Smyer, 6 American Avocets at the Sundown WTP, 46American
Avocets at the Bison Road Playa, 16 American Avocets at the Smyer Playa,1
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER at the Bison Road Playa, 9 Greater Yellowlegs atthe
Bison Road Playa, 2 Greater Yellowlegs at the Smyer Playa, 3 LesserSandpipers
Yellowlegs at the Bison Road Playa, 1 Silt Sandpiper at the Bison Road
Playa, 14 Baird's Sandpipers at the Bison Road Playa, 3 Baird's
at the Smyer Playa, 19 Least Sandpipers at the Bison Road Playa, 6 LeastPlaya,
Sandpipers at the Smyer Playa, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper at the Smyer
4 Western Sandpipers at the Bison Road Playa, 12 Long-billed Dowitchersat
the Bison Road Playa, 3 Long-billed Dowitchers at the Smyer Playa, 44
Long-billed Dowitchers south of Smyer, 2 Wilson's Snipes south of Smyer,
Wilson's Phalaropes at the Bison Road Playa, 1 FRANKLIN'S GULL south ofSay's
Smyer, 1 Say's Phoebe north of Smyer, 1 Say's Phoebe west of Anton, 7
Phoebes in Pep, 1 Say's Phoebe at the Sundown Cemetery, 1 Say's Phoebe atanyone who may have had recent sightings or has suggestions on where to
the Sundown WTP, 1 Say's Phoebe south of Levelland, 1 Say's Phoebe near
Ropesville, 40 American Pipits south of Smyer, 1 American Pipit at the
Bison Road Playa, 1 Chestnut-collared Longspur just south of Pep, 4
Chipping Sparrows at the Ropesville Cemetery, 2 Chipping Sparrows at
Sundown School, and 1 male Yellow-headed Blackbird at the Sundown WTP.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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Subject: [texbirds] Re: RFI Fort Davis
From: Ralph Reed <rreed1049@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 10:31:20 -0500
Robert Becker,
I tried to contact you on-line, but could not reply and you did not give
me a phone number or other email address to use. My email is
rreed1049@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and phone is 979-220-0495.
I am a volunteer at the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute 4 miles
South of Fort Davis and would like to reply your request.
Sorry to handle this on TexBird. Didn't see another option.
Ralph Reed
On 4/8/2016 4:45 PM, Robert Becker (Redacted sender robertjbecker for
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I am going to Fort Davis next week and would like to hear offline from
find any of the following: Violet-green Swallow, Gray Flycatcher, Dusky
Flycatcher, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Grace's Warbler, and Virginia's
Warbler. Thanks all.Ã Ã Bob Becker, Victoria
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Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 13:29:38 -0400
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Subject: [texbirds] Blucher Park Bird Walks45 species, including 10 of warblers. There were 28 visitors, including
Dear Texbirders,
We had good weather this morning for the Blucher Park bird walk. We had
our first from the UK this year.
included today and yesterday below.
I noticed I didn't list all the migrants on yesterday's post, so I have
Buff-bellied and Black-chinned H'birds, Great Kiskadee, Couch's Kingbird,
In addition to the migrants we had all the usual nesting species:
Long-billed Thrasher and Bronzed Cowbird among others.
highlights
Thanks to Larry Johnson and Chad Huckabee for hosting.
Larry Jordan
Corpus Christi
April 9 April 10
Chuck-Will's Widow X X
E. Whip-Poor-Will X
Acadian Flycatcher X
Great-crested Flycatcher X X
Eastern Kingbird X
Warbling Vireo X
Wood Thrush X
Gray Catbird X
Wormeating Warbler X
Louisiana Waterthrush X X
Northern Waterthrush X
Blue-winged Warbler X
Black-and-White Warbler X X
Tennessee Warbler X X
Nashville Warbler X X
Kentucky Warbler X X
Common Yellowthroat X X
Hooded Warbler X X
Northern Parula X
Wilson's Warbler X X
Yellow-breasted Chat X
Summer Tanager X X
Scarlet Tanager X
Blue Grosbeak X
Indigo Bunting X X
Orchard Oriole X X
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From: "Mary Beth Stowe" <mbstowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [texbirds] Cameron County Big Day
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 15:18:05 -0500
Hi, all!
Yesterday Team Birder Patrol embarked on an unofficial Birdathon to help
raise funds for Frontera Audubon: we started pre-dawn in Harlingen and
picked up the Canada Goose, then headed to Sabal Palm where the
included Cerulean Warblers and a Yellow-throated Vireo! OPIR was next forPlover)
the Aplomado Falcon and others, then the Hwy 48 Boat Ramp (Wilson's
and SPI, with highlights there being Black-billed Cuckoo, Wood Thrush,and
Blue Grosbeak! (We also had what was probably a very dark SavannahSparrow,
but comments welcome!) Hit pay dirt again at Weaver Road with all theshow
expected grasspipers (including Buff-breasted Sandpiper) and an added
of almost 20 juvenile Swainson's Hawks sitting in the fields! After aquick
check of the Ebony Resacas we hit Oliviera Park for the parrot show andmy
logged all the expected species except for Lilac-crowned. The "official"
tally was 144, but total species logged was 146! A few pictures are on
Facebook page:today
https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.stowe
Bird List (those with a * are species that only one of us heard/saw):
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Gadwall Anas strepera
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Redhead Aythya americana
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Brown Pelican
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
White Ibis Eudocimus albus
*Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
Sora Porzana carolina
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
American Coot Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora
Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis
Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis
Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix
White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
*Purple Martin Progne subis
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
Northern Parula Setophaga americana
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
146 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
Alamo, TX
www.miriameaglemon.com
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Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 18:06:00 -0500
Subject: [texbirds] Richland Creek WMA, Freestone and Navarro counties
From: peter barnes <pbarnes123@xxxxxxxxx>shorebirds,
I spent 2+ hours this morning in the north unit of Richland Creek WMA.
Water levels are low in most cells, with extensive mudflats for
which were scattered throughout the area. I had 75+ American GoldenBald
Plovers, 7 Black-necked Stilts, 15 Baird's Sandpipers, 40+ silent
Dowitchers, presumably Long-billed, 3 Dunlin, 2 Upland Sandpipers and 1
lingering Wilson's Snipe. There was also 1 American Bittern, 4 Tricolored
Herons, 8 White-faced Ibis, 20 Black-crowned Night Herons, 4 Soras, 1
Eagle, 1 Peregrine Falcon and 2 Crested Caracaras. Hundreds of Northerncontinue at Frontera Audubon in Weslaco along with some swell migrants.
Shovelers, Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal were around, as well as 2
Northern Pintails and 3 Redheads. I did not see the 5 Hudsonian Godwits
that Ed Wetzel found here on Friday.
Peter Barnes
Tyler
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Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 22:04:45 -0400
From: "" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "antshrike1" for
Subject: [texbirds] Rarities at Frontera Audubon, 4/10/16
The Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Blue Bunting and Black-headed Grosbeak
Lists and photos are on my blog.
http://antshrike.blogspot.com/2016/04/frontera-audubon-49-1016.html
Woods Bird Sanctuary today! It has been reported every few days. We leave
Dan Jones, Weslaco
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From: Susan Schaezler <susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:20:32 -0500
Subject: [texbirds] 4-10-16 Black-headed Grosbeak @ WW
4-10-16 Black-headed Grosbeak @ Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary
Lynne Schaffer reports a continuing Black-headed Grosbeak from Warbler
Saturday for
My surgery and my non birding house sitter is allowing visitors and Ireally need you to help! The Warbler Pond will be open most of the time.
Susan Schaezler
Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary
501(c)(3) Cibolo/Schertz
Texas Land Steward Winner
Sent from my iPhone
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