Bird Watching: Daily Bird Pix 450, 4 by thebestmissy

thebestmissy wrote:
Hi, all! I haven't been on the forum in a while. It's nice to catch up with birding across the world!
I just got back from camping at Garner SP and Guadalupe River SP. It sure was beautiful, and the weather was perfect and in the upper 70's and lower 80's most of the time.
Here are my lists from the trip:
Hog Creek, Mosheim, Bosque, US-TX
Mar 16, 2013 10:20 AM - 12:20 PM
19 species
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 2
Black-crested Titmouse 5
Canyon Wren 1
Bewick's Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 10

Garner SP (HOTW 033), Uvalde, US-TX
Mar 19, 2013 8:55 AM
22 species (+1 other taxa)
duck sp. 6
Wild Turkey 8
Black Vulture 10
Turkey Vulture 5
White-winged Dove 10
Mourning Dove 2
Black-chinned Hummingbird 5
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Black-crested Titmouse 5
Bewick's Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-cheeked Warbler 1 (species at risk of extinction)
Chipping Sparrow 20
Field Sparrow 1
Lark Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 10
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 2

Concan Frio Bat Cave area, Uvalde, US-TX
Mar 19, 2013 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
11 species (+1 other taxa)
Wild Turkey 8
Red-tailed Hawk 2 catching bats in the air
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Seen only briefly, but it kept calling. Bain Walker (bat tour guide) helped make the ID. Call was verified using Ibird app.
hummingbird sp. 1
Crested Caracara 1
Merlin 2 catching bats in the air
Eastern Phoebe 1
Cave Swallow 100
Rock Wren 1
Canyon Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Black-throated Sparrow 1

Neal's Lodges- Cattle Guard feeders, Uvalde, US-TX
Mar 20, 2013 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
14 species (+1 other taxa)
Inca Dove 2
hummingbird sp. 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1
Black-crested Titmouse 2
Bewick's Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Black-throated Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
House Finch 2
Pine Siskin 4
Lesser Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 1

Guadalupe River SP (HOTE 077), Comal, US-TX
Mar 21, 2013 9:00 AM
25 species
Wild Turkey 2
Black Vulture 9
Turkey Vulture 9
White-winged Dove 5
Mourning Dove 2
Inca Dove 4
Black-chinned Hummingbird 3
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Cliff Swallow 16
Carolina Chickadee 2
Black-crested Titmouse 6
Canyon Wren 2
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Chipping Sparrow 20
Lark Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Pine Siskin 30 at feeding station, on the ground and on the feeders
Lesser Goldfinch 10
American Goldfinch 8


Canyon Lake - Overlook Park, Comal, US-TX
Mar 22, 2013 10:30 AM
8 species
Common Loon 1 Photos of 1 bird in winter plumage
Osprey 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Western Scrub-Jay 1
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 1
Northern Cardinal 2

Photos:
1)Golden-cheeked Warbler 2)Black-crested Titmouse w/crazy tail 3) Red-tailed Hawk hunting Mexican Free-tailed Bats [10-12 million exit this cave each night] 4)Pine Siskin, Lesser Goldfinch, American Goldfinch 5) Canyon Wren

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