If you haven't already seen Greater Pewee and Western Tanager, you might want to drive via Bear Creek Park in Houston to see if you can spot them.
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
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How Is Your 2014 List Going? (1 Viewer)
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If you haven't already seen Greater Pewee and Western Tanager, you might want to drive via Bear Creek Park in Houston to see if you can spot them.
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
Jeff,
Thanks for the heads up - I saw Western Tanager out in WA and would love to see more, and the Pewee would be a definite lifer. I'm still trying to locate good areas for birding within a two-hour drive and that park seems like a good option. I'll probably try to make a trip this or next weekend.
By the way: from your blog, I notice you visit the Paul Rushing park quite often; I was wondering, how exactly does one access this location? I've found very little information about it.
All the best,
Justin
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Hi, Justin.
If you're coming in on I-10, turn north on Katy Fort Bend Rd. (You'll reach this just before 99 crosses I-10.) Going north, this becomes Katy Hockley Cutoff Rd.
After 7-8 miles, turn left onto Katy Hockley Road and there are three park entrances on the left.
BTW, at Bear Creek Park the two birds seem to hang out with mixed flocks in the area around restrooms 10 and 12. There are usually Brown Creepers in the area also.
Jeff
jimmmer
Well-known member
My 2014 so far:
1. Masked Duck - Nomonyx dominicus
2. Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
3. Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
4. Green-throated Carib - Eulampis holosericeus
5. Caribbean Elaenia - Elaenia martinica
6. Gray Kingbird - Tyrannus dominicensis
7. Black-faced Grassquit - Tiaris bicolor
8. Carib Grackle - Quiscalus lugubris
9. Great Egret - Ardea alba
10. Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
11. Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
12. Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
13. Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
14. Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
15. Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
16. Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
17. Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
18. Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
19. Grassland Yellow-Finch - Sicalis luteola
20. Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
21. Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
22. Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
23. Sanderling - Calidris alba
24. Zenaida Dove - Zenaida aurita
25. Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola
26. Scaly-naped Pigeon - Patagioenas squamosa
27. Barbados Bullfinch - Loxigilla barbadensis
28. Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri
29. Green Heron - Butorides virescens
30. Shiny Cowbird - Molothrus bonariensis
31. Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
32. Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
33. Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors
34. Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
35. Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
36. Semipalmated Plover - Charadriusemipalmatus
37. Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
38. Common Ground-Dove - Columbina passerina
39. Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
40. American Wigeon - Anas americana
41. Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
42. Sora - Porzana carolina
43. Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
44. Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
45. Eared Dove - Zenaida auriculata
46. Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
47. Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
48. Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
49. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis
50. Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
51. Antillean Crested Hummingbird - Orthorhyncus cristatus
52. Black-whiskered Vireo - Vireo altiloquus
53. Caribbean Martin - Progne dominicensis
54. Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
55. American Coot - Fulica americana
56. American Coot - Fulica americana
56. Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor*
57. Merlin - Falco columbarius
58. Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
59. Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
60. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea*
61. Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca*
62. Caribbean Coot - Fulica caribaea*
63. Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis*
64. Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
1. Masked Duck - Nomonyx dominicus
2. Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
3. Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
4. Green-throated Carib - Eulampis holosericeus
5. Caribbean Elaenia - Elaenia martinica
6. Gray Kingbird - Tyrannus dominicensis
7. Black-faced Grassquit - Tiaris bicolor
8. Carib Grackle - Quiscalus lugubris
9. Great Egret - Ardea alba
10. Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
11. Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
12. Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
13. Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
14. Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
15. Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
16. Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
17. Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
18. Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
19. Grassland Yellow-Finch - Sicalis luteola
20. Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
21. Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
22. Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
23. Sanderling - Calidris alba
24. Zenaida Dove - Zenaida aurita
25. Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola
26. Scaly-naped Pigeon - Patagioenas squamosa
27. Barbados Bullfinch - Loxigilla barbadensis
28. Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri
29. Green Heron - Butorides virescens
30. Shiny Cowbird - Molothrus bonariensis
31. Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
32. Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
33. Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors
34. Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
35. Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
36. Semipalmated Plover - Charadriusemipalmatus
37. Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
38. Common Ground-Dove - Columbina passerina
39. Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
40. American Wigeon - Anas americana
41. Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
42. Sora - Porzana carolina
43. Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
44. Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
45. Eared Dove - Zenaida auriculata
46. Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
47. Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
48. Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
49. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis
50. Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
51. Antillean Crested Hummingbird - Orthorhyncus cristatus
52. Black-whiskered Vireo - Vireo altiloquus
53. Caribbean Martin - Progne dominicensis
54. Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
55. American Coot - Fulica americana
56. American Coot - Fulica americana
56. Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor*
57. Merlin - Falco columbarius
58. Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
59. Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
60. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea*
61. Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca*
62. Caribbean Coot - Fulica caribaea*
63. Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis*
64. Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
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Larry Lade
Moderator
Nice list so far, Jimmmer! Guess I will have to try to get down to Barbados sometime and try for some of those birds!
Made it down to the Quintana/Surfside area today and picked up some decent birds but not quite so many as expected.
110. Osprey
111. Brown Pelican
112. Sanderling
113. Willet
114. Laughing Gull
115. Ring-billed Gull
116. Roseate Spoonbill
117. Boat-tailed Grackle
118. Tricolored Heron
119. Herring Gull
120. Long-billed Curlew
121. Neotropical Cormorant
122. Ruddy Turnstone
123. Snowy Egret
124. Reddish Egret
125. Royal Tern
126. Yellow-crowned Night-heron
127. American Oystercatcher
128. Forster's Tern
129. Caspian Tern
130. Purple Martin
21 February 2014, APCNWR
131. White-eyed Vireo
22 February 2014, Bear Creek Park
132. Eastern Bluebird
23 February 2014, APCNWR
133. Brown Thrasher
24 February 2014, APCNWR
134. Greater Roadrunner
110. Osprey
111. Brown Pelican
112. Sanderling
113. Willet
114. Laughing Gull
115. Ring-billed Gull
116. Roseate Spoonbill
117. Boat-tailed Grackle
118. Tricolored Heron
119. Herring Gull
120. Long-billed Curlew
121. Neotropical Cormorant
122. Ruddy Turnstone
123. Snowy Egret
124. Reddish Egret
125. Royal Tern
126. Yellow-crowned Night-heron
127. American Oystercatcher
128. Forster's Tern
129. Caspian Tern
130. Purple Martin
21 February 2014, APCNWR
131. White-eyed Vireo
22 February 2014, Bear Creek Park
132. Eastern Bluebird
23 February 2014, APCNWR
133. Brown Thrasher
24 February 2014, APCNWR
134. Greater Roadrunner
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jremmons: "picked up some decent birds but not quite so many as expected"
That's the story of my year so far!
One more on the weekend:
132. Merlin
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
That's the story of my year so far!
One more on the weekend:
132. Merlin
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
Nightjar61
David Daniels
This morning I drove over to Wheeling on the Ohio River to chase a report of Great Black-backed Gull. I found my target fairly quickly. However, when I first observed it, it was on the Ohio side of the river, and I wanted it for my West Virginia list. Fortunately, I didn't have to wait long before it flew and landed in the middle of the river, well within West Virginia waters.
101. Great Black-backed Gull
My fourth state lifer of the year so far (number 221).
Dave
101. Great Black-backed Gull
My fourth state lifer of the year so far (number 221).
Dave
I added 4 species during the GBBC "long weekend": Short-toed Treecreeper, Moorhen, Black-throated Diver/Loon (which I saw before but wasn't absolutely certain) and finally the Little Grebe. I went to the exact spot where someone said they saw the grebe, and of course there were none. There were many Pygmy Cormorants basking with outstretched wings; I wonder if it was a mix-up in communication; our vernacular names are very similar (mali gnjurac / mali vranac) and both species dive. In any case I walked down the bank for about a kilometer, counting mallards and coots for eBird entry, and came upon a huge bridge (massive construction that sea boats may pass beneath), wondering if I should just climb the stairs of the bridge to cross to the other side and give up on grebes, but saw some ducks exactly below the bridge, and right next to the mallards there were TWO Little Grebes. I am sure we will be inundated with Little Grebes now that I finally ticked them.
Thanks, Jeff! A few wintering empids this year have really upped my ID game. Happy to have Gray and Pacific-slope right on the cusp of 500. I was a bit concerned because 499 was Nutmeg Mannikin, and nobody wants an exotic introduced as their 500th!
The Falcon
Registered Birder
118. Rough-legged Hawk
119. Redhead
120. Bufflehead
121. Common Goldeneye
122. Barred Owl
123. Sharp-shinned Hawk
124. Mute Swan
125. American Black Duck
119. Redhead
120. Bufflehead
121. Common Goldeneye
122. Barred Owl
123. Sharp-shinned Hawk
124. Mute Swan
125. American Black Duck
They arrived to the lake some days ago.It seems Gadwall is my No. 62 for this year. I didn't pay it much attention other than looking at if briefly and recording it. I was however thrilled at hearing Chiffchaff "singing" (well, feebly, more like announcing its species) and hearing two more Black Redstart males really singing (and seeing a pair of said redstarts in a willow grove that stands knee-deep in water; it seems they arrived from the fortress above to drink and preen). Most other ducks seem to have departed, except for Mallards and Pochards and a single Ferruginous Duck, and the hybrid Mallard/Muscovy which was basking and preening in a large square flowerpot on top of a boat.
Nightjar61
David Daniels
I birded almost the entire day in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, staying until dark to look for owls. Despite birding hard all day, I only managed to add two birds to my Year List, which is now at 103.
102. Golden Eagle
103. American Pipit
The eagle was a state lifer (number 222), my second in three days.
Dave
102. Golden Eagle
103. American Pipit
The eagle was a state lifer (number 222), my second in three days.
Dave
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
A visit to Vancouver, to see family, has pushed my ongoing total up to 340, including my first Pacific Wren since the split.
Nightjar61
David Daniels
The last two days have been very busy for me. Yesterday, one of my birding buddies and I drove to the extreme southern part of the state and returned via another route, birding in several places along the way. It was about a 13-hour day in all, covering about 450 miles. I managed to pick up three year birds, including two state lifers (marked with an asterisk). Since last Monday, I have seen four new state lifers.
104. Harris's Sparrow*
105. Eurasian Collared Dove*
106. Red Crossbill
The sparrow has been coming to a feeder at a private residence for about a month, and is only the fifth record for the state. Coincidentally, the sparrow was being seen just a few miles from a town that the collared doves have recently colonized, and is the only place in the state to see them. I was planning on going there sometime in the spring, but this way I "killed two birds with one stone".
Then this morning I found a couple of new year birds.
107. Red-necked Grebe
108. Wood Duck
I returned home from that outing and did some yard work. When I checked my emails later in the day, there was a report of a pair of Trumpeter Swans at a nearby lake, so I went to see them.
109. Trumpeter Swan
Dave
104. Harris's Sparrow*
105. Eurasian Collared Dove*
106. Red Crossbill
The sparrow has been coming to a feeder at a private residence for about a month, and is only the fifth record for the state. Coincidentally, the sparrow was being seen just a few miles from a town that the collared doves have recently colonized, and is the only place in the state to see them. I was planning on going there sometime in the spring, but this way I "killed two birds with one stone".
Then this morning I found a couple of new year birds.
107. Red-necked Grebe
108. Wood Duck
I returned home from that outing and did some yard work. When I checked my emails later in the day, there was a report of a pair of Trumpeter Swans at a nearby lake, so I went to see them.
109. Trumpeter Swan
Dave
