This morning we took a ~2 hour stroll through the Gage Gardens and stumbled upon a good bit of migration. We also met a wonderful British couple who humored us with patience as we exercised our weak grasp of European bird comparisons (in this case, Golden Firecrest to Ruby-crowned Kinglet). A good number of dragonflies and butterflies were out, but we tried to focus primarily on birds. Here's the resulting ebird list.
Location: Marathon - Gage Gardens, Brewster County, Texas, US
Date: Sun Sep 25, 2011 09:00 AM
40 species (+1 other taxa) total
15 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
1 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
6 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
2 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
1 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
8 Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
1 Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
1 Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
1 Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
1 Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope
3 hummingbird sp. Trochilidae sp. (greenish-backed Rufous/Allen's)
1 Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
1 Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
2 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
3 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
1 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
10 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
15 Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
1 House Wren Troglodytes aedon
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
1 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
1 Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
1 American Pipit Anthus rubescens (heard only)
3 MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
1 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
10 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) Setophaga coronata auduboni
25 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
1 Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
40 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
3 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
6 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
2 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
2 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
2 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
2 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
5 Dickcissel Spiza americana
12 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
6 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
1 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
8 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
4 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Blogging from Marathon, TX about birding, butterflies, moths and more. Exploring the gems of Brewster County, Post Park, Big Bend National Park and the surrounding region. Bird watching: Big Bend and beyond!
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