Trinity River is the longest lake in Texas which has its origins from North of Dallas. And we have Audobon Trinity Center here is south of Dallas which has great birding spots. Somehow never managed to go down there for any birding till now. But when I saw there would be a Christmas Bird Count, I thought it would be a good idea to join and explore the spots around the area. Thankfully I made it to the CBC on Jan 2'nd.
I decided to join for owling which started at around 6AM and we did walk for sometime but had no luck sighting any owls. Owling finished by 7AM and we started out to see the regular birds around 7:30AM. I joined Melissa and others and two other teams took a different part of the area. We managed to see about 70 species on the day. But at the end of the day the total count from all three teams put together was around 140 species.
We did see some good birds on the day. We started of at a park where we saw lot of Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Meadowlarks and few Sparrows. There were lot of Ring-billed Gulls. We also saw few Ruby-crowned Kinglets and a lone Hermit Thrush. In our next stop we saw lot of sparrows which included Fox sparrow, Harris, Lincoln's and Field sparrows. we also a Ruby-crowned kinglet which was flashing its red crown. Also lot of Yellow-rumped Warblers were seen. Also we had some flyby Canada Geese and Pelicans.
Next we stopped at a lake which had lot of waterfowl which included Coots, Mallards, Shoveler and lot of Ring-necked Ducks. We also saw few Canada Geese in the lake. We also went to another park where we saw a Pileated Woodpecker flyby, I missed to take a photograph of the same. The other interesting bird of the day was a Great Roadrunner and this time I got better photos than the one I got from Hagerman.
After lunch we went a Rescue Center where we saw lot of bird acitivity. In the captivity we did see some bird which cannot be taken into consideration for CBC but we did see lot of birds outside. We saw lot of Goldfinches, chipping Sparrows, Harris Sparrows and Lincoln Sparrows. We also saw few Collared Doves and interesting sighting was 3 Inca Doves. Atlast managed to get photos of these birds here. We ended the day with a Northern Harrier.
Below is the ebird list I prepared for the day.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
I decided to join for owling which started at around 6AM and we did walk for sometime but had no luck sighting any owls. Owling finished by 7AM and we started out to see the regular birds around 7:30AM. I joined Melissa and others and two other teams took a different part of the area. We managed to see about 70 species on the day. But at the end of the day the total count from all three teams put together was around 140 species.
We did see some good birds on the day. We started of at a park where we saw lot of Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Meadowlarks and few Sparrows. There were lot of Ring-billed Gulls. We also saw few Ruby-crowned Kinglets and a lone Hermit Thrush. In our next stop we saw lot of sparrows which included Fox sparrow, Harris, Lincoln's and Field sparrows. we also a Ruby-crowned kinglet which was flashing its red crown. Also lot of Yellow-rumped Warblers were seen. Also we had some flyby Canada Geese and Pelicans.
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| Fox Sparrow |
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| Meadowlark |
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| Hermit Thrush |
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| Downy Woodpecker |
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| Lincoln Sparrow |
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| Harris Sparrow |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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| Canada Geese |
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| Ring-necked Duck |
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| Lesser Scaup |
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| Canvasback(Female) |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
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| Harris Sparrow |
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| Greater Roadrunner |
After lunch we went a Rescue Center where we saw lot of bird acitivity. In the captivity we did see some bird which cannot be taken into consideration for CBC but we did see lot of birds outside. We saw lot of Goldfinches, chipping Sparrows, Harris Sparrows and Lincoln Sparrows. We also saw few Collared Doves and interesting sighting was 3 Inca Doves. Atlast managed to get photos of these birds here. We ended the day with a Northern Harrier.
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| House Sparrow |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| Filed Sparrow |
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Chipping Sparrow |
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| Red-winged Blackbird |
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| Fox Sparrow |
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| Lincoln Sparrow |
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| Cedar Waxwing |
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| Eurasian Collared-dove |
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| Chipping Sparrow |
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| Hermit Thrush |
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| Hermit Thrush |
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| Inca Dove |
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| Savannah Sparrow |
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| Northern Harrier |
Below is the ebird list I prepared for the day.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
| 1 | Canada Goose |
| 2 | Gadwall |
| 3 | American Wigeon |
| 4 | Mallard |
| 5 | Blue-winged Teal |
| 6 | Northern Shoveler |
| 7 | Northern Pintail |
| 8 | Green-winged Teal |
| 9 | Canvasback |
| 10 | Ring-necked Duck |
| 11 | Lesser Scaup |
| 12 | Pied-billed Grebe |
| 13 | Double-crested Cormorant |
| 14 | American White Pelican |
| 15 | Great Blue Heron |
| 16 | Black Vulture |
| 17 | Turkey Vulture |
| 18 | Northern Harrier |
| 19 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
| 20 | Red-tailed Hawk |
| 21 | American Coot |
| 22 | Killdeer |
| 23 | Ring-billed Gull |
| 24 | Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) |
| 25 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
| 26 | Inca Dove |
| 27 | White-winged Dove |
| 28 | Mourning Dove |
| 29 | Greater Roadrunner |
| 30 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| 31 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| 32 | Downy Woodpecker |
| 33 | Northern Flicker |
| 34 | Pileated Woodpecker |
| 35 | American Kestrel |
| 36 | Eastern Phoebe |
| 37 | Blue Jay |
| 38 | American Crow |
| 39 | Carolina Chickadee |
| 40 | Tufted Titmouse |
| 41 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
| 42 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| 43 | Eastern Bluebird |
| 44 | Hermit Thrush |
| 45 | American Robin |
| 46 | Northern Mockingbird |
| 47 | European Starling |
| 48 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 49 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 50 | Chipping Sparrow |
| 51 | Field Sparrow |
| 52 | Fox Sparrow |
| 53 | Dark-eyed Junco |
| 54 | White-crowned Sparrow |
| 55 | Harris's Sparrow |
| 56 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 57 | Vesper Sparrow |
| 58 | Savannah Sparrow |
| 59 | Song Sparrow |
| 60 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
| 61 | Northern Cardinal |
| 62 | Red-winged Blackbird |
| 63 | Western/Eastern Meadowlark |
| 64 | Great-tailed Grackle |
| 65 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| 66 | American Goldfinch |
| 67 | House Sparrow |
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