* Texas
* Abilene
* March 21, 1999
* TXAB9903.21
- Birds mentioned
Eared Grebe
American White Pelican
Snow Goose
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
American Avocet
Verdin
Black-and-white Warbler
- Transcript
Number: (915) 691-8981
Compiler: Lorie Black mailto:ldblack@abilene.com
Coverage: Abilene Area
Transcriber: Lorie Black mailto:ldblack@abilene.com
This is the Sunday, March 21st, update of Big Country birding news,
sponsored by the Big Country Audubon Society.
A PEREGRINE FALCON (Falco peregrinus) was seen today, the 21st, at the
Abilene wastewater treatment plant near Hamby in Jones County. Also
seen were 12 CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanoptera), 2 EARED GREBES (Podiceps
nigricollis), 1 SNOW GOOSE (Chen caerulescens) and large numbers of
NORTHERN SHOVELERS (Anas clypeata) and RUDDY DUCK (Oxyura jamaicensis).
On Saturday the 20th, a BALD EAGLE (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was seen
at Clyde Lake in Callahan County. Also on Saturday, an AMERICAN AVOCET
(Recurvirostra americana) and an EARED GREBE (Podiceps nigricollis) were
seen at Baird Lake in Callahan County and a VERDIN (Auriparus flaviceps)
and 125 AM AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) were seen
at Kirby Lake in Abilene.
A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (Mniotilta varia) was reported from Hawley in
Jones County on the 19th.
If you have information to add to this report, please leave a message
after the tone. Thanks for calling.
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David Sarkozi, WB5N mailto:dsarkozi@flash.net
Houston, TX
(713) 520-5906
See my webpage, Birds of the Upper Texas Coast
http://texasbirding.simplenet.com/
See the Texas Online Clearinghouse at
http://www.flash.net/~dsarkozi/