Frontera Audubon Thicket, 2/14/10

Last weekend witnessed the demise of our visiting Roadside Hawk. Feathers were found on the trail near the photo blind that fit those of a Roadside Hawk. Breast and fight feathers were collected to be sent of to Dr. Arnold at Texas A&M to be examined. Not much was left when I visited in the afternoon. My guess is it was nailed by one of the other local raptors, perhaps the Cooper's Hawk or Red-shouldered Hawk or maybe even Red-tailed Hawk. I don't think a Great Horned Owl would have plucked its prey. Sad, but this stuff happens in nature. But, luckily for birders, another Roadside hawk is being seen up at Falcon State Park.



Yesterday I visited but didn't see anything too great. Here's a female Green Kingfisher.



And a fat White-tipped Dove.



Plain Chachalaca 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1
American White Pelican 18
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 150
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Gray Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 1
Inca Dove 5
White-tipped Dove 8
Red-crowned Parrot 1
Green Kingfisher 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 5
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
Great Kiskadee 2
Couch's Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Green Jay 2
Black-crested Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Northern Mockingbird 5
Long-billed Thrasher 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 6
Tropical Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Wilson's Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Altamira Oriole 2