November bird list

 

Both whistling ducks, white tailed hawks, crested caracaras, limpkins, oystercatchers, godwits, red knots, scissor-tailed flycatchers, fish crows.

 

5 states.  123 birds.  1 lifer, the Northern Jacana.

 

1	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	Texas	sandia
2	Fulvous Whistling-Duck	Texas	choke canyon state park
3	Snow Goose	Louisiana	interstate 10
4	Wood Duck	Texas	hazel bazemore
5	American Wigeon	Texas	charlie's pasture
6	Mallard	Florida	orlando area
7	Mottled Duck	Texas	choke canyon state park
8	Blue-winged Teal	Texas	port aransas
9	Cinnamon Teal	Texas	birding center
10	Northern Shoveler	Texas	port aransas
11	Northern Pintail	Texas	charlie's pasture
12	Green-winged Teal	Texas	port aransas
13	Redhead	Texas	port aransas
14	Surf Scoter	Texas	port aransas.  ballfields ponds.
15	Ruddy Duck	Texas	port aransas
16	Pied-billed Grebe	Florida	orlando area
17	American White Pelican	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
18	Brown Pelican	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
19	Neotropic Cormorant	Texas	port aransas
20	Double-crested Cormorant	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
21	Anhinga	Florida	orlando area
22	Great Blue Heron	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
23	Great Egret	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
24	Snowy Egret	Louisiana	interstate 10
25	Little Blue Heron	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
26	Tricolored Heron	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
27	Reddish Egret	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
28	Cattle Egret	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
29	Green Heron	Florida	big cypress boardwalk
30	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Florida	orlando area
31	White Ibis	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
32	White-faced Ibis	Texas	choke canyon state park
33	Roseate Spoonbill	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
34	Wood Stork	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
35	Black Vulture	Florida	orlando area
36	Turkey Vulture	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
37	Osprey	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
38	Northern Harrier	Texas	gulf waters
39	Harris's Hawk	Texas	choke canyon state park
40	Red-shouldered Hawk	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
41	White-tailed Hawk	Texas	gulf waters
42	Red-tailed Hawk	Texas	tivoli area
43	Crested Caracara	Texas	holiday beach
44	American Kestrel	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
45	Peregrine Falcon	Texas	gulf waters
46	Sora	Texas	birding center
47	Common Moorhen	Florida	orlando area
48	American Coot	Alabama	interstate 10
49	Limpkin	Florida	orlando area
50	Sandhill Crane	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
51	Black-bellied Plover	Texas	gulf waters beach
52	Piping Plover	Texas	gulf waters beach
53	Killdeer	Louisiana	interstate 10
54	American Oystercatcher	Texas	gulf waters beach
55	Black-necked Stilt	Texas	port aransas
56	American Avocet	Texas	port aransas
57	NORTHERN JACANA	Texas	choke canyon state park
58	Spotted Sandpiper	Texas	packery channel
59	Greater Yellowlegs	Texas	charlie's pasture
60	Willet	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
61	Lesser Yellowlegs	Texas	charlie's pasture
62	Long-billed Curlew	Texas	gulf waters
63	Marbled Godwit	Texas	packery channel
64	Ruddy Turnstone	Texas	gulf waters beach
65	Red Knot	Texas	gulf waters beach
66	Sanderling	Texas	gulf waters beach
67	Western Sandpiper	Texas	charlie's pasture
68	Least Sandpiper	Texas	charlie's pasture
69	Dunlin	Texas	port aransas
70	Short-billed Dowitcher	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
71	Long-billed Dowitcher	Texas	port aransas
72	Wilson's Snipe	Texas	gulf waters
73	Laughing Gull	Texas	port aransas
74	Ring-billed Gull	Texas	port aransas
75	Herring Gull	Texas	gulf waters beach
76	Caspian Tern	Texas	charlie's pasture
77	Forster's Tern	Alabama	interstate 10
78	Royal Tern	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
79	Sandwich Tern	Texas	gulf waters beach
80	Rock Pigeon	Florida	orlando area
81	Eurasian Collared-Dove	Florida	orlando area
82	White-winged Dove	Texas	port aransas
83	Mourning Dove	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
84	Inca Dove	Texas	blucher
85	Belted Kingfisher	Florida	orlando area
86	Golden-fronted Woodpecker	Texas	choke canyon state park
87	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
88	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Florida	pensacola area
89	Northern Flicker	Florida	pensacola area. red shafted
90	Pileated Woodpecker	Florida	big cypress boardwalk. heard.
91	Eastern Phoebe	Texas	choke canyon state park
92	Couch's Kingbird	Texas	choke canyon state park
93	Western Kingbird	Texas	sandia
94	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Texas	choke canyon state park
95	Loggerhead Shrike	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
96	White-eyed Vireo	Florida	big cypress boardwalk
97	Blue Jay	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
98	Green Jay	Texas	choke canyon state park
99	American Crow	Florida	orlando area
100	Fish Crow	Louisiana	interstate 10
101	Horned Lark	Texas	charlie's pasture
102	Carolina Wren	Texas	choke canyon state park
103	Bewick's Wren	Texas	choke canyon state park
104	House Wren	Texas	choke canyon state park
105	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Florida	pensacola area
106	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Florida	big cypress boardwalk
107	American Robin	Florida	pensacola area
108	Gray Catbird	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
109	Northern Mockingbird	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
110	European Starling	Louisiana	interstate 10
111	Tennessee Warbler	Texas	stork anhinga pond
112	Orange-crowned Warbler	Texas	paradise pond
113	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Texas	gulf waters
114	Palm Warbler	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
115	Common Yellowthroat	Texas	stork anhinga pond
116	Savannah Sparrow	Texas	gulf waters
117	Northern Cardinal	Florida	ding darling wildlife refuge
118	Red-winged Blackbird	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
119	Eastern Meadowlark	Texas	tivoli area
120	Common Grackle	Florida	corkscrew swamp sanctuary
121	Boat-tailed Grackle	Florida	orlando area
122	Great-tailed Grackle	Texas	port aransas
123	House Sparrow	Texas	port aransas

 

 

 

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Texas roads

Saturday

 

The sun came back out.  The wind and rain went away.  Fifty degrees.  A birding day.

 

Drove south to Loyola Beach and Riviera Beach on Baffin Bay, then worked our way back north.  Found a spot for Green Jays.  Got a Franklin’s gull.  Found a least grebe and a marsh wren at the birding center.  Found an unrecognizable carcass on the road, but it still had a flight feather on it so we brought it home and looked it up.  Barn Owl!  A short-eared owl flew across the road in front of us and almost became another unrecognizable carcass.  73 birds:

 

1	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	riveria area
2	Greater White-fronted Goose	riveria area
3	Snow Goose	riveria area
4	American Wigeon	riveria area
5	Mottled Duck	riveria area
6	Blue-winged Teal	birding center
7	Northern Shoveler	riveria area
8	Northern Pintail	riveria area
9	Green-winged Teal	birding center
10	Redhead	riveria area
11	Ring-necked Duck	gulf waters
12	Bufflehead	mustang island
13	Ruddy Duck	gulf waters
14	Least Grebe	birding center
15	Pied-billed Grebe	gulf waters
16	American White Pelican	mustang island
17	Brown Pelican	mustang island
18	Double-crested Cormorant	mustang island
19	Great Blue Heron	gulf waters
20	Great Egret	mustang island
21	Snowy Egret	riveria area
22	Little Blue Heron	riveria area
23	Tricolored Heron	riveria area
24	Reddish Egret	charlie's pasture
25	Black-crowned Night-Heron	birding center
26	White Ibis	mustang island
27	Roseate Spoonbill	mustang island
28	Black Vulture	riveria area
29	Turkey Vulture	mustang island
30	Osprey	mustang island
31	Northern Harrier	mustang island
32	Harris's Hawk	riveria area
33	White-tailed Hawk	birding center
34	Red-tailed Hawk	riveria area
35	Crested Caracara	riveria area
36	American Kestrel	mustang island
37	Merlin	birding center
38	Common Moorhen	birding center
39	American Coot	gulf waters
40	Sandhill Crane	riveria area
41	Black-bellied Plover	mustang island
42	Killdeer	mustang island
43	American Oystercatcher	mustang island
44	Black-necked Stilt	mustang island
45	Spotted Sandpiper	charlie's pasture
46	Greater Yellowlegs	mustang island
47	Willet	mustang island
48	Lesser Yellowlegs	charlie's pasture
49	Long-billed Curlew	mustang island
50	Ruddy Turnstone	mustang island
51	Sanderling	mustang island
52	Least Sandpiper	riveria area
53	Laughing Gull	mustang island
54	Franklin's Gull	riveria area
55	Ring-billed Gull	mustang island
56	Forster's Tern	mustang island
57	Rock Pigeon	mustang island
58	Eurasian Collared-Dove	ballfields
59	Mourning Dove	gulf waters
60	Barn Owl	mustang island.  road kill
61	Short-eared Owl	charlie's pasture
62	Golden-fronted Woodpecker	riveria area
63	Loggerhead Shrike	mustang island
64	Green Jay	riveria area
65	Horned Lark	charlie's pasture
66	Marsh Wren	birding center
67	Northern Mockingbird	riveria area
68	European Starling	mustang island
69	Common Yellowthroat	birding center
70	Lark Sparrow	riveria area
71	Savannah Sparrow	riveria area
72	Eastern Meadowlark	mustang island
73	Great-tailed Grackle	gulf waters

 

 

Office equipment

Limited space. Experimenting with second monitors. 9” screen. A little small. Good resolution though.

Weather

Rain off and on. Nine inches in the last two weeks. Nice clear weather for the last couple days, but a little cool. Now Canada is sending us an arctic cold front. Rain, snow, and wind in the Friday night forecast. A projected low of 31 degrees. We’ll brace for that.

All this rain has exposed two slide leaks in the coach. The one in the bedroom is chronic. It’s been there for a couple years without us being able to figure out how the water is getting in. We can’t reproduce it with a hose from any direction. If we hear a storm is on the way, we pull the slide in so it won’t leak.

The other leak is a new one. We can see some worn weather stripping on one side of a living room slide. We know what to fix, we just haven’t been able to get the guy out to fix it yet. Our interim fix involves foam pipe insulation built up to two layers, stuck into the gap between the slide and the wall on the outside.

That works perfectly, as long as the wind isn’t so strong it blows the foam insulation out of the joint. That’s only happened once, but then we only tried it for the first time last storm.

A walk on the beach

No two walks are ever the same.

Fish Dinner