[texbirds-freelists] [texbirds] FOS Indigo Bunting, Whited-eyed Vireo, Chuck-will's-widow

From: "Paul D. and Georgean Z. Kyle" <DWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:15:07 -0500

Greetings from Travis Audubon's Chaetura Canyon Sanctuary,

We hosted the TOWN Austin group today for their annual breakfast / hike / lunch 
event.  While setting up, we heard the first Chuck-will's-widow of the season 
calling at the head of the small canyon.  It later called from down-canyon.

On the first leg of the hike we encountered fledgling Bewick's Wrens and a male 
Indigo Bunting.  A few Ruby-crowned Kinglets rattled in the canopy, and the 
first fledgling Northern Cardinals were out and about -- looking like they 
should still be in the nest.  On the lower Canyon Rim Trail, a lone White-eyed 
Vireo called.

We returned to the residence just as the small line of showers passed through 
the area.  Lunch was enjoyed on the covered deck with the rain on the roof and 
Lesser Goldfinch fledglings being fed in the trees all around.  The Canyon Wren 
babies hopped out in and out of their nest skittering across the nest shelf as 
we watched on the wren cam.  Carolina Wren fledglings were heard but have yet 
to be seen.

Cloudy, breezy, good birds, good people and a little rain.  It was a good day 
at the Canyon.

BTW: "TOWN" is the Texas Outdoor Women's Network 
(http://www.townaustin.org/files/index.htm).  

Best Regards,

Paul and Georgean Kyle
Project Directors
Driftwood Wildlife Association

Sanctuary Stewards
Travis Audubon's Chaetura Canyon Sanctuary

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[texbirds-freelists] [texbirds] FOS Indigo Bunting, Whited-eyed Vireo, Chuck-will's-widow

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