October 21, 2006
Twenty-two participants had a great day of birding on the OG's field trip to Quintana and Brazoria NWR. We were greeted by veracious mosquitoes and frequent rain showers that were heavy at times at Quintana but the rain did clear out around 10:30 and it got quite warm. In spite of the weather 59 species were seen at Quintana by most of the participants. The highlights were one completely soaked Golden-crowned Kinglet that afforded everybody good looks at its golden crown. A Peregrine Falcon and Magnificent Frigatebird flyover. On the migrant front we had ten species of warblers: Magnolia Warblers that had me scratching my head for a little bit but thankfully Steve Gross happened to be there to help me with the ID, an early Palm Warbler, Nashville Warblers, Wilson's Warblers, a Black-throated Green Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, several Common Yellow-throats and American Redstarts. A male Rose-breasted Grosbeak gave us quite a show and we also saw female Summer Tanagers and Scarlet Tanagers. Also, we had a very cooperative Warbling Vireo that hung around all morning.
We then went over to Brazoria NWR to drive the auto loop. We had 51 species at Brazoria and the highlights around the auto loop included great looks at a King Rail by all participants and a brief look at a Clapper Rail by some of the participants. A Reddish Egret, Broad-winged Hawk and Seaside Sparrows were also nice finds along the auto loop.
For the whole trip we totaled 96 species. I was surprised by the absence of ducks, geese, and sandpipers at Brazoria it may still be a bit early for them. Also, after checking Texbirds I found it interesting that we were seeing so many Blue Grosbeaks at Quintana compared to Indigo Buntings but at other locations along the Upper Texas Coast Indigo Buntings were being reported in much greater numbers than Blue Grosbeaks. Below are the lists of birds seen at Quintana and Brazoria NWR generated by ebird.
Location: Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary
Observation date: 10/21/06
Notes: This list was compiled from all the field trip participants observations.
Number of species: 59
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1
Brown Pelican 2
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Magnificent Frigatebird 1
Snowy Egret 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Roseate Spoonbill 7
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Willet 1
Laughing Gull 5
Royal Tern 1
Forster's Tern 1
White-winged Dove 30
Mourning Dove 15
Barn Owl 1
Common Nighthawk 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 7
Rufous Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Northern Flicker 2
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 2
Loggerhead Shrike 5
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Warbling Vireo 2
American Crow 5
House Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Hermit Thrush 2
Gray Catbird 30
Northern Mockingbird 5
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 5
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 5
Northern Parula 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 5
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
American Redstart 3
Common Yellowthroat 5
Wilson's Warbler 2
Summer Tanager 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Blue Grosbeak 50
Indigo Bunting 5
Painted Bunting 3
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 5
Great-tailed Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org/tx)
Location: Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
Observation date: 10/21/06
Notes: This list was compiled from all the field trip participants observations.
Number of species: 51
Blue-winged Teal 5
Pied-billed Grebe 15
American White Pelican 14
Double-crested Cormorant 3
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 10
Little Blue Heron 2
Tricolored Heron 3
Reddish Egret 1
Cattle Egret 30
Green Heron 1
White Ibis 20
White-faced Ibis 6
Roseate Spoonbill 25
Turkey Vulture 7
White-tailed Kite 5
Northern Harrier 15
Broad-winged Hawk 1
White-tailed Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Crested Caracara 3
American Kestrel 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Clapper Rail 1
King Rail 1
Common Moorhen 10
American Coot 60
Killdeer 2
American Avocet 1
Greater Yellowlegs 20
Dunlin 1
Laughing Gull 2
Gull-billed Tern 3
Mourning Dove 4
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 15
Loggerhead Shrike 15
American Crow 5
Horned Lark 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 5
Sedge Wren 3
Marsh Wren 5
Vesper Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 20
Seaside Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Eastern Meadowlark 5
Boat-tailed Grackle 3
Participants: Adam Wood, John Schneider, Jim Winn, Claire Moore, Fred Cambell, Janiece West, Jerry Stanislav, Bernice Hotman, Dave and Anna Stewart, Claire Moore, Liz Zivley, Cindy Douglas, Patsy Lawrence, Dennis Vollmar, Maricarmen Razones, Jane Jackson, Heather Westendorp, Bruce and Lenore Alfredson, Bob Wall and Dick Plumv.
~ Adam Wood, OG Field Trip Coordinator, birdman_570@yahoo.com, 713-515-1692 |
