[texbirds] Rusty Blackbirds, White-breasted Nuthatch, and six woodpeckers- 2/21/11
Subject: [texbirds] Rusty Blackbirds, White-breasted Nuthatch, and six woodpeckers- 2/21/11
From: Darrell Vollert
Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2011, 6:59 PM
Monday afternoon I birded a privately-owned site for
Hello Texbirders,
Monday afternoon I birded a privately-owned site for 2.5 hours near the Peach
Creek Community in southern Brazos County. I have seen Rusty Blackbirds at this
site in the Navasota Bottoms in the past and found a flock foraging yesterday.
About 20 Rusties were foraging in a wet area with 10+ female Red-winged
Blackbirds. A few of the Rusty Blackbirds were singing their gurgly song. I also
had Winter and Sedge Wrens, White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creepers, six
woodpecker species(Red-headed, Red-bellied, Downy, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, N.
Flicker, and Pileated), and a couple Common Yellowthroats. Missed Hairy
Woodpecker on this visit.
Here's the complete list:
Wood Duck- one or two
Gadwall
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal- a pair
Green-winged Teal- 4
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl- two calling
Red-headed Woodpecker- 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker- two
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch- one calling
Brown Creeper- two
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren- 5
Sedge Wren- 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat- two
Chipping Sparrow- 8+
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow- 15+
White-throated Sparrow- 12+
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird- 10+
Rusty Blackbird- 20+
American Goldfinch
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Best regards,
Darrell Vollert
Chappell Hill
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