Happy Birthday to John Haynes, the Black-throated Gray was sure a treat! His report from the woods today is below. Sabine Woods (UTC 026), Jefferson, US-TX Sep 11, 2014 8:37 AM - 1:27 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: What else am I going to do on my birthday? For those of you too young or not from around here, 9/11 already had a history, as on the day of my birth Hurricane Carla ravaged the Texas coast, before Port Arthur had a seawall. Mosquitos were down 30-40%, and a slight increase in deerflies was only mildly annoying. Nice mix of birds around, highlighted by Black-Throated Gray Warbler, a once in every 10 years or so bird for us. 45 species (+1 other taxa) Cattle Egret 2 White Ibis 4 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 4 Broad-winged Hawk 1 White-winged Dove 35 Mourning Dove 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Barn Owl 1 Chuck-wills-widow 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 20 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1 Male Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee 6 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Least Flycatcher 2 Empidonax sp. 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 7 Loggerhead Shrike 2 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jay 6 Barn Swallow 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14 Gray Catbird 2 Brown Thrasher 3 Northern Mockingbird 3 Northern Waterthrush 1 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 7 Mourning Warbler 5 Common Yellowthroat 1 Hooded Warbler 2 American Redstart 3 Yellow Warbler 2 Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 Found at 9:45 AM in area we call Cottonmouth Meadow. Nearly complete black throat suggests young male, prominent yellow spot in front of eye. Was present at least through 1:30 when arriving enthusiasts got some photos. Canada Warbler 6 Wilsons Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 3 Summer Tanager 1 Blue Grosbeak 3 Painted Bunting 2 Common Grackle 5 Great-tailed Grackle 2 Baltimore Oriole 5 View this checklist online at ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19802280
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:33:48 +0000