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Rio Brazos Audubon Society

P.O. Box 9055

College Station, TX 77842

59 Species found, plus a few more along the roads

B = Bastrop State Park; G = Granger Lake; S = South Shore Park, Lake Bastrop

Gadwall S2 B1

Mallard B1 (probably wild)

Northern Shoveler B1

Northern Pintail G5

Green-winged Teal G2

Ring-necked Duck S2

Hooded Merganser B1 female

Pied-billed Grebe S2 B1

Neotropic Cormorant S1 B1

Double-crested Cormorant B1

American White Pelican G~15

Great Blue Heron S1 G3

Great Egret S1

Black Vulture S5 B2

Turkey Vulture B2

Northern Harrier G1 (and an adult male south of Granger)

Sharp-shinned Hawk G1

American Kestrel G1

American Coot S~100 G~60

Whooping Crane G3

Killdeer G6

Least Sandpiper G1

Ring-billed Gull G~100

Forster’s Tern G3

Inca Dove S1

Belted Kingfisher S1

Red-bellied Woodpecker B2 G1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker S1

Pileated Woodpecker B1 (killer looks!)

Eastern Phoebe S1 G1

Loggerhead Shrike G1

Blue Jay S1 B1

American Crow S2 B12

Carolina Chickadee S4 B1

Tufted Titmouse S2 B5

Brown Creeper B2

Carolina Wren S1

Winter Wren S1 (heard only)

Golden-crowned Kinglet S1 B1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet S6 B3

Eastern Bluebird S2 B3

Hermit Thrush S2

American Robin S7

Northern Mockingbird B1 G1

American Pipit G4

Cedar Waxwing S~20 B~30

Orange-crowned Warbler S2 B1

Pine Warbler B~15 (watched singing in burned-out pinewoods)

(Myrtle) Yellow-rumped Warbler S~40 B3

Chipping Sparrow B9

Vesper Sparrow G1

Savannah Sparrow G~25

Swamp Sparrow S1

Song Sparrow S1 G1

White-crowned Sparrow G3

Northern Cardinal S4

Eastern Meadowlark G~30

Brewer’s Blackbird G~60

American Goldfinch S2 B~30

El Franco Lee and San Jacinto Battlefield Parks

Harris County

12 November 2011

9 Participants

L = El Franco Lee; S = San Jacinto; X = general

Gadwall L2

Amer. Wigeon L2

Mottled Duck L2

Blue-winged Teal L~10

Cinnamon Teal L1

Nor. Shoveler L~40 S~30

Nor. Pintail L~15 S~15

Green-winged Teal L~200 S~20

Canvasback S1

Redhead S6

Ring-necked Duck S~12

Greater Scaup S~6

Lesser Scaup S~30

Surf Scoter S1

Ruddy Duck S~200

Pied-billed Grebe S3

Neotropic Cormorant S~25

Double-crested Cormorant S~5

Amer. White Pelican S8

Brown Pelican S1

Great Blue Heron L2 S3

Great Egret L1 S1

Snowy Egret L5

Little Blue Heron L1

Cattle Egret L~30

White Ibis L~10

White-faced Ibis L~10 S8

Black Vulture L3 S3

Turkey Vulture L3 S1

Osprey L1

Nor. Harrier L2 S1

Cooper’s Hawk L1

Red-shouldered Hawk L2

Red-tailed Hawk S1

Crested Caracara L3

Amer. Kestrel L2 S2

Amer. Coot S~10

Black-necked Stilt S6

Killdeer L~30

Greater Yellowlegs L~20 S1

Lesser Yellowlegs L2

Least Sandpiper L~40

Dunlin L3

Ruff L1

Long-billed Dowitcher L~10

Wilson’s Snipe L~30

Laughing Gull L1

Ring-billed Gull S1

Tern sp. X1

Rock Pigeon X

Eurasian Collared-Dove X

White-winged Dove X

Mourning Dove L~60 S~75

Monk Parakeet L1 X2 at nest

Red-bellied Woodpecker L3

Downy Woodpecker L1

Nor. Flicker L1 S1

Eastern Phoebe L6

Vermilion Flycatcher L1

Loggerhead Shrike L1 S1

Blue Jay L2

Amer. Crow L4

Tree Swallow L~10

Cave Swallow L12

Ruby-crowned Kinglet L1

Hermit Thrush S2

Nor. Mockingbird L1 S2

Eur. Starling L~75

Amer. Pipit L4

“Myrtle” Yellow-rumped Warbler L1

Chipping Sparrow L

Field Sparrow L1

Savannah Sparrow L~8 S2

Grasshopper Sparrow S2

Song Sparrow L3

Lincoln’s Sparrow L1

Swamp Sparrow L1 S3

White-throated Sparrow L1

White-crowned Sparrow L4

Nor. Cardinal L1

Red-winged Blackbird L~25

Meadowlark sp. X

Great-tailed Grackle L~20

Brown-headed Cowbird L1

Amer. Goldfinch L3

House Sparrow X

INSECTS:

Bluet sp. L

Com. Green Darner L S

Variegated Meadowhawk L

Black Saddlebags L

Com. Checkered-Skipper L

Little Yellow L S

Ceraunus Blue L

Gulf Fritillary L

Com. Buckeye S

Monarch L

Fire Ant S

Birded: Brazos Bend State Park (B, 57 spp) and Davis Estates Road (D, 22 spp)

Mottled Duck D1
Duck sp. D~60
Wood Stork B3
Double-crested Cormorant D1
Anhinga B1 D1
Great Blue Heron B3 D1
Great Egret B2 D2
Snowy Egret B2 D1
Little Blue Heron B~10 D1
Tricolored Heron B1 D1
Cattle Egret B1 D200+
Green Heron B4 D1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron D1
White Ibis B4 D2
Black Vulture B~10 D~10
Turkey Vulture B~20 D~50
Mississippi Kite B5
Red-shouldered Hawk B5
Crested Caracara D1
Purple Gallinule B1 (imm)
Common Gallinule B~200
American Coot B5
Killdeer B1 (heard only) D2
Solitary Sandpiper B1
Lesser Yellowlegs B8
Mourning Dove B4 D7
Barred Owl B1 (heard only)
Chimney Swift B2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird B6
Belted Kingfisher B1
Red-bellied Woodpecker B10
Downy Woodpecker B3
Pileated Woodpecker B3 (heard only)
Eastern Wood-Pewee B2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher B1
Alder Flycatcher B2
Eastern Phoebe B1
Great Crested Flycatcher B7
Loggerhead Shrike B2 (one leaf-bathing) D3
White-eyed Vireo B7
Warbling Vireo B1
Blue Jay B6
American Crow B12 D4
Nor. Rough-winged Swallow B~10
Barn Swallow B~20
Cliff Swallow B~20
Cave Swallow B1
Swallow sp. B~75
Carolina Chickadee B~20
Tufted Titmouse B6
Carolina Wren B~20
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher B3
Eastern Bluebird B2
Northern Mockingbird B6 D7
European Starling D7
Northern Waterthrush B1
Black-and-white Warbler B2
Yellow Warbler B1
Wilson’s Warbler B2
Northern Cardinal B~20 D4
Red-winged Blackbird B~30
Common Grackle B3
Great-tailed Grackle B5
Orchard Oriole B1
Baltimore Oriole B6

Miscellaneous Birds Seen While Driving:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
House Sparrow

OTHER VERTEBRATES:
American Alligator B
American Gray Squirrel B
American Fox Squirrel B
Coyote B1

BUTTERFLIES:
Pipevine Swallowtail B1
Little Yellow B D
Gulf Fritillary B1
Common/White Checkered-Skipper B

DRAGONFLIES:
Common Green Darner B
Eastern Pondhawk B
Black Saddlebags B
Hyacinth Glider B

Start Time: 08:30
Date: 2011-11-05