On our first bird tour of the spring today at Balcones Canyonlands NWR we saw 400-500 White Pelicans heading north paralleling FM 1174 west of the Oatmeal turnoff. Our tours are open to the public and are free. Our target birds are the Golden-cheeked Warbler and Black-capped Vireo. We take participants to areas not open to the public on a regular basis. For more info see the website at FriendsofBalcones.org and look under Events. Connie Madia RV Volunteer Balcones Canyonlands NWR Marble Falls, TX On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:07 PM, David Bryant <highlandbirds@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I saw about 100 White Pelicans out from Shaw Island road in Lake Buchanan > this morning about 10:30. > > David Bryant > Kingsland Tx > > > -----Original message----- > From: John Arvin <jarvin@xxxxxxxx> > To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 17:42:40 GMT+00:00 > Subject: Re: [texbirds] White Pelican kettle - Austin > > The central Texas NEXRAD is down for upgrading to the new dual polarization > technology (I am anxious to see how it affects observation of bird > migrations) but the Ft. Hood NEXRAD station covers the region fairly well. > That with the NOAA national radar mosaic loop shows considerable movement > at the Corpus site (west and south of the city) and at the Ft. Hood site. > This is almost surely mostly raptor, pelican, etc. migration. It is taking > place behind the rain showers which are moving east of the region. > > John C. Arvin > Research Associate > Gulf Coast Bird Observatory > 103 West Hwy 332 > Lake Jackson, TX 77566 > jarvin@xxxxxxxx > www.gcbo.org > > Austin, Texas > > > ------------------------------**---------- > > From: "Robin Dennis" <rdennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:59 AM > To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [texbirds] White Pelican kettle - Austin > > Several hundred White Pelicans kettling over Highland Mall at 11:30, headed > north. > > Robin Dennis > > TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: > http://moonmountaingroup.com/**texbirds<http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds> > Austin > > > > TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: > http://moonmountaingroup.com/**texbirds<http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds> > > > > TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: > http://moonmountaingroup.com/**texbirds<http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds> > > TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds