tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322227860869949572024-03-13T03:13:37.819-05:00Birding on BroadmeadeFinding Extraordinary Birds in a North Austin <a href="http://www.naswc.org/">Neighborhood</a>Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.comBlogger534125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-16641804696026135842022-07-24T13:26:00.001-05:002022-07-24T13:26:54.364-05:00Big Sit 2022<p>I was very happy that this year I could once again lead the Birding on Broadmeade team to compete in the annual <a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/events/great-texas-birding-classic" target="_blank">Great Texas Birding Classic</a> birdwatching competition that Texas Parks and Wildlife organizes. Once again we competed in the <a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/events/great-texas-birding-classic/tournament-categories-1" target="_blank">Big Sit category</a>, in the <a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/events/great-texas-birding-classic/tournament-categories-1/regional-tournament-map" target="_blank">Heart of Texas East region</a>. The day we picked to compete was Saturday, May 7, 2022. And our spot was the same as last year, the Braes Valley Lake Creek Trail trailhead where the sidewalk makes a circle that's just about the perfect size, and offers both views of the open sky and dense woods. Early May is about the peak of spring bird migration through central Texas, but it takes a weather event like a thunderstorm or shift in prevailing winds to cause traveling birds to accumulate in patches of good habitat where they wait out and recover from challenging flight conditions.</p><p>Last year we got lucky with the weather and had <a href="https://birdingonbroadmeade.blogspot.com/2021/06/big-sit-2021.html" target="_blank">an amazing day</a>. But this year's spring was the driest and windiest in several years. Sustained southeast winds gave north-bound birds a tailwind, and they were less likely to stop and give birdwatchers a chance to see or hear them. May 7 was no exception to the hot and breezy conditions we'd had for weeks before. But there were still some birds around and here are some highlights of what we saw and heard.</p><p>We started at about 6 AM when Purple Martins and Cardinals were already singing. At 6:25 when it was still too dark to see very well, we heard a loud squeaky call in a nearby tree that we were able to identify as a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Around 8 AM we counted our 40th species, a Mississippi Kite. And we continued to see at least one and often more kites in the sky <i style="font-weight: bold;">all day long.</i> This species has made an amazing shift over the past few years to use our neighborhood has breeding habitat. They are now a common neighborhood summer bird.</p><p>We were hoping to see more migrating hawks and falcons in the open sky, but the only one we saw was a lone Swainson's Hawk at 1:28 PM. As the hot afternoon crept on we moved our chairs into the shrinking patch of shade at the edge of the circle. Like the kites, Broad-winged Hawks have started breeding in our neighborhood more and more, but we kept remarking to each other that we hadn't seen or heard one all day. Finally at 4:38 we spotted one flying towards us from Braes Valley. As we watched, it got closer and lower, until it folded its wings and almost dove right in front of us and zoomed low into the woods. This was our first new species in over 2 hours, and it was worth the wait!</p><p>We held out until about 6:15 PM and ended up with 63 species, about 10 fewer than last year. But conditions were more difficult this year for all the teams, and <a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/events/great-texas-birding-classic/winnersreports/2022-gtbc-final-results" target="_blank">our 63 species was enough to put us in first place again!</a> As a winning team, we got to select a conservation project (from a list of those that had applied) to receive a $1,000 grant from TPWD. This year we selected the same project as last year, improvement of <a href="https://www.ecology-action.org/visit" target="_blank">Ecology Action of Texas' Circle Acres Nature Preserve</a> in southeast Austin. We were happy to support this local preserve again.</p><p>Here's most of this year's team (minus Rich Kostecke who could only be there in the morning):</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/52060371425/in/album-72177720298759253/" title="Team Birding on Broadmeade - 2"><img alt="Team Birding on Broadmeade - 2" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52060371425_149b9033ce_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<div><br /></div><div>Left-to-right: Barry Noret, Helen Mastrangelo, Craig Browning, me, and Stephen McDonald</div><div>(A nice lady who was out picking dew berries nearby took the photo.)</div><div><br /></div><div>And here we are in "action":</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/52060370905/in/album-72177720298759253/" title="Team Birding on Broadmeade - 1"><img alt="Team Birding on Broadmeade - 1" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52060370905_f8ef83a80d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<div><br /></div><div>Here's our bird list, with the time that we saw or heard each species for the first time:</div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black;"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>No.</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Species</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Time</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>1</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Northern Cardinal</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:00 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>2</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Purple Martin</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:00 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>3</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">White-winged Dove</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:00 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>4</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Blue Jay</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:00 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>5</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Yellow-crowned Night-Heron</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:13 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>6</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Carolina Wren</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:15 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>7</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">American Crow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:15 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>8</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Common Grackle</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:15 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>9</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great-tailed Grackle</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:20 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>10</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Green Heron</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:21 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>11</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Common Nighthawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:23 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>12</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">European Starling</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:24 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>13</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Chimney Swift</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:25 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>14</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Rose-breasted Grosbeak</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:30 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>15</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cliff Swallow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:34 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>16</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-bellied Woodpecker</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:40 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>17</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Downy Woodpecker</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:42 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>18</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cedar Waxwing</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:51 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>19</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Crested Caracara</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:53 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>20</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black-crested Titmouse</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:54 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>21</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Scissor-tailed Flycatcher</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:55 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>22</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Inca Dove</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:55 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>23</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Lesser Goldfinch</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:58 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>24</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:00 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>25</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Painted Bunting</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:04 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>26</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-winged Blackbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:05 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>27</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Orchard Oriole</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:11 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>28</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Bewick’s Wren</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:12 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>29</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">House Sparrow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:13 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>30</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great Crested Flycatcher</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:20 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>31</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Dickcissel</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:27 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>32</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Brown-headed Cowbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:27 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>33</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Northern Mockingbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:30 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>34</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Common Yellowthroat</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:32 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>35</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Baltimore Oriole</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:33 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>36</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Swainson’s Thrush</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:33 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>37</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">White-eyed Vireo</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:46 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>38</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Mourning Dove</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:47 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>39</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black-bellied Whistling Duck</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:52 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>40</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Mississippi Kite</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:58 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>41</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Gray Catbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:18 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>42</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Franklin’s Gull</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:25 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>43</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Wilson’s Warbler</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:30 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>44</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Western Kingbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:35 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>45</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great Egret</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:40 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>46</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Carolina Chickadee</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:42 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>47</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Indigo Bunting</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:43 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>48</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cooper’s Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:58 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>49</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Turkey Vulture</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:09 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>50</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-shouldered Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:13 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>51</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Yellow-billed Cuckoo</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:17 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>52</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black Vulture</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:23 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>53</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-tailed Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:48 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>54</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Eastern Wood-Pewee</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:54 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>55</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Snowy Egret</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">10:25 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>56</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Barn Swallow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">11:33 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>57</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Sharp-shinned Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">11:50 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>58</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Swainson’s Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1:28 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>59</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great Blue Heron</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">2:12 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>60</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Yellow Warbler</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">2:26 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>61</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Broad-winged Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">4:38 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>62</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Rock Pigeon</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:11 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>63</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">House Finch</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:15 PM</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div></div>Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-8426192392592088212021-06-06T15:20:00.001-05:002021-06-06T15:57:55.544-05:00Big Sit 2021<p>The annual <a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/events/great-texas-birding-classic" target="_blank">Great Texas Birding Classic</a> birdwatching competition was held this spring. And for the second year in a row, I organized team Birding on Broadmeade to participate in the Big Sit category, in the Heart of Texas East region. Last year TPWD delayed the competition until the fall because of the pandemic, but this year it returned to the spring and we were ready for it! The Big Sit category challenges teams to identify as many species of birds as they can from one spot (a 50 foot diameter circle) in one day.</p><p><a href="https://birdingonbroadmeade.blogspot.com/2009/10/big-sit-results.html" target="_blank">Previous Big Sits</a> <a href="https://birdingonbroadmeade.blogspot.com/2010/10/big-sit-results.html" target="_blank">we've done</a> <a href="https://birdingonbroadmeade.blogspot.com/2019/10/big-sit-2019.html" target="_blank">on Lake Creek Trail</a> <a href="https://birdingonbroadmeade.blogspot.com/2020/10/big-sit-2020.html" target="_blank">have been on the east end</a>, at a nice spot on the trail right next to the creek. But spring is the time of migrating songbirds, and we have learned over the years that more migrating songbirds show up on the west end. So where was our spot this year? We thought long and hard about it and finally decided on the Braes Valley trail head. There's visibility into several patches of woods, there's open sky, and hey what do you know, there's already a circle that's just about the right size!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2kbhr8lr9juQXhUQ0niWVmPbrqJtzq-7rtGjsAZRvH7UP0TFrs6QxhyWERKPcIji9FJ7_bozy7IXUWVgWqZoLDafYjgnvFsBtUAsZTFNrLna53IFG3f_5EcMn8fhTfp55_jkDf1wM0c/s593/Screen+Shot+2021-04-26+at+5.41.56+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="593" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2kbhr8lr9juQXhUQ0niWVmPbrqJtzq-7rtGjsAZRvH7UP0TFrs6QxhyWERKPcIji9FJ7_bozy7IXUWVgWqZoLDafYjgnvFsBtUAsZTFNrLna53IFG3f_5EcMn8fhTfp55_jkDf1wM0c/w640-h557/Screen+Shot+2021-04-26+at+5.41.56+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">So how did it go? </h2><p>It was great! Despite a weather forecast of rain all day, the rain held off until about 2 PM and lasted until 5:30 or so. And we had a beautiful middle morning to early afternoon. Since most of the team lives in the neighborhood, we went home when the rain started and returned after it had passed.</p><p>And the birds cooperated. On Saturday, May 1st, we started at 5:15 AM and stopped about 14.5 hours later at 7:45 PM. We saw or heard 73 distinct species of birds. This <b><i>smashed</i></b> our previous record of 61 species in 2019! 23 of these species were north-bound migrants, and included 10 species of warblers. Moving our sit spot really paid off.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">We won!</h2><p>For the first time ever, Birding on Broadmeade got first place out of the 13 teams in the Heart of Texas East area. And the top three were all Austin teams!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQMev9ZdjDJ-PsEfv3NPlxrNqW_CMAPabtiSBVge21WGoFC4zC9O1aOyLLSmlOXceJkHEfVjYzH6RukNU-t2RWoSpcov8siipiNagjTJVofoObXHbstlK8MpFtrLOGzOIOxFaK4k_8K0/s1518/Screen+Shot+2021-06-03+at+5.31.04+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1518" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQMev9ZdjDJ-PsEfv3NPlxrNqW_CMAPabtiSBVge21WGoFC4zC9O1aOyLLSmlOXceJkHEfVjYzH6RukNU-t2RWoSpcov8siipiNagjTJVofoObXHbstlK8MpFtrLOGzOIOxFaK4k_8K0/w640-h482/Screen+Shot+2021-06-03+at+5.31.04+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>The Great Texas Birding classic uses team registration fees and corporate sponsorships to fund conservation projects. As winners of our region, team Birding on Broadmeade gets to choose what project a $1000 conservation grant will fund out of a list of projects that applied. I hope there's a local one on the list!</p><p>The official results for all teams <a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/events/great-texas-birding-classic/winnersreports/2021finalresults" target="_blank">are posted here</a>. Big thanks to team members Craig Browning, Matt Denton, Rich Kostecke, Helen Mastrangelo, Steven McDonald, and Barry Noret. I can't wait to do it again next year!</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Video, Photos, and Species list</h2><p>Here are some video highlights:<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
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<div><br /></div><div>Here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157719366379610" target="_blank">a few photos on Flickr</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>And here's our complete bird list along with the time when each was first observed:</div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black;"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>No.</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Species</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Time</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>1</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Northern Cardinal</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">5:26 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>2</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great-tailed Grackle</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">5:35 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>3</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">White-winged Dove</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">5:45 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>4</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Dickcissel</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">5:51 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>5</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Blue Jay</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:08 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>6</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Purple Martin</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:08 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>7</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great Crested Flycatcher</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:18 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>8</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Carolina Wren</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:27 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>9</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Common Grackle</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:32 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>10</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Yellow-breasted Chat</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:33 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>11</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">American Crow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:36 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>12</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Bewick’s Wren</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:36 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>13</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">European Starling</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:38 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>14</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Chimney Swift</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:41 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>15</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Mourning Dove</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:43 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>16</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Yellow-crowned Night-Heron</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:43 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>17</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Brown-headed Cowbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:44 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>18</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-winged Blackbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:49 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>19</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Rose-breasted Grosbeak</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:51 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>20</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Orange-crowned Warbler</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:52 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>21</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-bellied Woodpecker</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:52 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>22</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Nashville Warbler</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:54 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>23</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">hummingbird sp.</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:55 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>24</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Clay-colored Sparrow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:56 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>25</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">American Redstart</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:58 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>26</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Upland Sandpiper</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:59 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>27</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Chestnut-sided Warbler</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:01 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>28</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Swainson’s Thrush</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:02 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>29</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Painted Bunting</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:07 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>30</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cedar Waxwing</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:08 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>31</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Common Yellowthroat</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:09 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>32</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Pine Siskin</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:14 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>33</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Gray-cheeked Thrush</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:17 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>34</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Lincoln’s Sparrow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:25 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>35</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">House Sparrow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:26 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>36</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Least Flycatcher</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:35 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>37</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Orchard Oriole</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:37 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>38</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Green Heron</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:38 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>39</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Barn Swallow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:38 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>40</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cliff Swallow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:38 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>41</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Yellow Warbler</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:40 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>42</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Baltimore Oriole</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:40 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>43</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">House Finch</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:42 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>44</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Lesser Goldfinch</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:43 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>45</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Downy Woodpecker</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:47 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>46</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Warbling Vireo</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:52 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>47</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Carolina Chickadee</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:54 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>48</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cave Swallow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:54 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>49</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Mourning Warbler</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:42 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>50</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Northern Mockingbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:45 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>51</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Ovenbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:47 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>52</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black-bellied Whistling Duck</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:52 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>53</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Crested Caracara</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:53 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>54</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black Vulture</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:54 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>55</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Summer Tanager</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:02 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>56</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:10 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>57</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Gray Catbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:19 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>58</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great Blue Heron</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:21 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>59</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Chipping Sparrow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:29 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>60</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Turkey Vulture</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:32 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>61</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-shouldered Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:36 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>62</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Mississippi Kite</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:48 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>63</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cooper’s Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">10:18 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>64</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Broad-winged Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">10:37 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>65</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Wilson’s Warbler</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">11:54 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>66</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black-crested Titmouse</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">12:43 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>67</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Swainson’s Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">12:45 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>68</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Killdeer</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">12:55 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>69</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Sharp-shinned Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1:13 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>70</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black-and-white Warbler</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">5:45 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>71</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Osprey</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:20 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>72</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Western Kingbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:24 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>73</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Common Nighthawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:25 PM</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div></div>Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-76961102085686660012021-03-21T13:12:00.004-05:002021-03-21T13:13:42.792-05:00Winter Storm 2021-02
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<div><br /></div><div>Between February 13th and 19th the state of Texas experienced a winter storm that brought it to its knees. Power and water went out all over the state, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents challenged to maintain basic necessities. We struggled to stay warm and supplied with food in temperatures that dipped into the single digits, and freezing rain and snow that made travel extremely dangerous. These conditions might not have been a big deal in northern states, but we learned the hard way that Texas infrastructure could not handle them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some videos I made of my experiences in Forest North Estates during this storm. The first is from Feb 13th in my yard and in the neighborhood:</div><div><br /></div>
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<div><br /></div><div>The second from the 14th is mostly on Lake Creek Trail:</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div>
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<div><br /></div><div>The third video was mostly recorded on February 15, the amazing sunny day after 6 inches of snow the night before. It shows the neighborhood and Lake Creek Trail like I've never seen them. My power went out later that day, and I spent the 16th, 17th, and 18th mostly trying to stay warm by tending a fire in the fireplace and preparing hot meals and coffee on my little Weber grill. By the 19th my power came back on and I recorded a little more to add to this video. Temperatures both inside and outside finally rose and I recorded some of the melting on the 20th as well:</div><div><br /></div>
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<div><br /></div><div>Here's one of the few photos I took while my power was out. I spent lots of time and energy maintaining a fire in my seldom-used fireplace. It raised the temperature in my living room from about 45 to 51. Maybe more importantly, it also raised my morale:</div><div><br /></div>
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<div><br /></div><div>A silver lining of this difficult experience was getting a little closer to my neighbors, accepting some help and giving a bit in return. Here's a dozen fresh eggs from my next-door neighbor's backyard chickens. They helped me stay put at home until the roads were safe and the grocery stores were stocked again.</div><div><br /></div>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/51040706623/in/album-72157718664268202/" title="Backyard eggs"><img alt="Backyard eggs" height="480" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51040706623_ec85f24009_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><div><br /></div><div>Here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157718664268202">more photos from the storm on Flickr</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>And <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChx16NSj6oqQ383fc4089yw/videos">here's my YouTube channel</a>, in case you're interested in other videos I've created.</div>
Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-61427404112947308792021-01-02T14:30:00.002-06:002021-01-02T14:30:39.444-06:00Round Rock Christmas Bird Count 2020<p>The Round Rock <a href="https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count" target="_blank">Christmas Bird Count</a> (CBC) happened on Monday, December 28. This is a new CBC that Andrew Dickinson started organizing a couple years ago, and I quickly volunteered to organize the Area 6 team because this area includes my neighborhood and Lake Creek Trail! CBCs are a big part of my year-end traditions, and in a normal year I'd participate in five or six. But this year because of the pandemic and family health issues, I was only able to participate in two: the Port Aransas CBC and this one.</p><p>Christmas Bird Counts were a little different this year. Normally half the fun of these counts is birding with other people on a small team, and getting together with all the other teams at the end of the day for dinner and a species tally. This year the birding was solo, and data was gathered submitted to the count compilers over the internet. It just wasn't the same, but our Area 6 team still did great. Big thanks to Helen Mastrangelo, Steven McDonald, Sue and Steve Whitmer, Twyla Grace, Craig Browning, and Arman Moreno for splitting up and counting birds all over our area. <b>We ended up collectively finding 75 species of birds in Area 6</b>. You can see all the species found by all the teams in <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TUZaULx6Al4icsB48RNPlJYDIT3W2rlgT6sJcMuvNKc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Andrew Dickinson's shared Google Sheet document here</a>. (Our Area 6 total shows 79 because it includes a few subspecies and hybrids, which don't contribute to the official species count.) And the entire <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZUAh0WYiYu3_YsSmMQFymUiheJlMFFG2/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">15 mile diameter circle with all the different areas labelled is here</a>. As of this writing, all the teams collectively found 119 species of birds!</p><p>I spent most of my birding time on the streets of Forest North Estates. I accumulated a good bird list in the morning but the overcast conditions were terrible for photography. In the afternoon the sun started to come out and conditions became beautiful. Here's a female Eastern Bluebird near Forest North Elementary:</p>
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<p>And here's a Cooper's Hawk on Quilberry Drive that let me get incredibly close before flying into a nearby drainage:<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
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<p>The most numerous warbler species observed was Yellow-rumped Warbler, specifically the subspecies Myrtle Warbler. Here's one on Chapel Down St:</p>
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<p>I spent the end of the day at the Parmer Village drainage pond watching under a dramatic sky:</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50788813092/in/album-72157717671688347/" title="Parmer Village Pond"><img alt="Parmer Village Pond" height="480" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50788813092_19d461330d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<div><br /></div><div>Here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157717671688347" target="_blank">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I wasn't sure I was going to be able to participate in <i>any</i> CBCs during this difficult year. It was immensely satisfying to contribute to this one, in my own neighborhood, and to say hello to a few neighbors along the way.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-44489468930697121002020-10-16T13:40:00.003-05:002020-10-16T14:43:23.939-05:00Big Sit 2020<p>Last Sunday, October 11, four friends and I participated in our fourth Big Sit on Lake Creek Trail. The Big Sit is a friendly competition to see or hear as many bird species as possible from one spot in one day. This event was originally created by the New Haven Bird Club, but was organized by Bird Watcher's Digest magazine for several years. Now it is back with the <a href="https://www.thebigsit.org">New Haven Bird Club</a>.</p><p>This year our Big Sit served double duty. In addition to being our New Haven Bird Club Big Sit, it was our entry into Texas Parks and Wildlife's <a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/events/great-texas-birding-classic">Great Texas Birding Classic</a> birding competition (in the Big Sit category, Heart of Texas East region.) This event is usually in the spring, but it was postponed until fall this year (with modified social distancing rules) due to the pandemic. Our team, Birding on Broadmeade, was made up of long-time Lake Creek Trail birders Craig Browning, me, Helen Mastrangelo, and Steven McDonald. We were joined for the first time this year by Rich Kostecke, whose decades of experience in field ornithology were a boon! We had an expanded circle this year that let us maintain appropriate social distantance from each other (even though the perspective in some of the photos doesn't look like it.)</p><p>We started our day at 6:00 AM, an hour and a half before sunrise at 7:30. All was quiet until we heard our first bird, a Killdeer, at 6:31. (This turned out to be our only shorebird of the day.) Then it was quiet again until 7:02 when it seemed like someone flipped a switch and turned all the birds on. We recorded over half of our birds, 33 species, between 7 and 8 AM. (This included a briefly seen Great Horned Owl, which we failed to <i>hear</i> an hour earlier.) Rich took this photo of me struggling to keep the list updated by the light of my iPhone:</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50483014842/in/album-72157716433817823/" title="Early Morning Birders - 1"><img alt="Early Morning Birders - 1" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50483014842_d4ae102955_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<p>And here's another pre-dawn shot of the team:<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50482868341/in/album-72157716433817823/" title="Early Morning Birders - 2"><img alt="Early Morning Birders - 2" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50482868341_95617bceec_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<p>Left-to-right: Rich Kostecke, Craig Browning, Helen Mastrangelo, Steven McDonald</p><p>One of the first birds I photographed was a <b>Snowy Egret</b>, which flew by us heading upstream to forage in shallow water. This is an all-white bird, but look how it appeared in the newly risen sunlight. I had to look twice to make sure it wasn't a Roseate Spoonbill!</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50482870656/in/album-72157716433817823/" title="Pink Snowy Egret"><img alt="Pink Snowy Egret" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50482870656_269c3ccced_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<p>After 8 AM, new species for the list were few and far between, and most were fly-overs. A single Cedar Waxwing was a surprise, earlier in the season than expected. I photographed some odonates as we watched and listened for new bird species. This male <b>Black Saddlebags</b> perched nearby, and I was excited to get a photo since this species doesn't perch very often. Look at those ragged right wings!</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50482169453/in/album-72157716433817823/" title="Black Saddlebags"><img alt="Black Saddlebags" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50482169453_0e6f717d88_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<p>The late morning and afternoon were spent watching the sky, hoping for south-bound migrating birds. We saw several groups of vultures, both Black Vultures and Turkey Vultures, that were obviously headed south and not our year-round residents. Just before noon a small group of about 7 <b>Swainson's Hawks</b> flew over us, all light morphed and very well marked like this one:</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50482182103/in/album-72157716433817823/" title="Swainson's Hawk"><img alt="Swainson's Hawk" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50482182103_cd58a0bafa_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<p>The day was clear and it was difficult spotting birds flying high up in the pure blue sky. But we did see a few more birds up there through the slow afternoon. Just after noon a small falcon flew over that we all thought was an American Kestrel. But when Rich looked at our photos later, he identified it as a juvenile <b>Merlin</b> of the Prairie subspecies. Here's a photo Steven got. That banded tail is one of the clues:</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50482184038/in/album-72157716433817823/" title="Merlin - 1 - 1"><img alt="Merlin - 1 - 1" height="508" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50482184038_d6d632436e_z.jpg" width="635" /></a>
<p>At 2:18 PM Rich spotted an uncommon local resident species, a Common Raven that was soaring by the cell phone tower near the Parmer Lane bridge over Lake Creek. It made its way upstream and passed by close enough for a few photos. Common Ravens are very similar to American Crows. One difference you can see in the photo is the long wedge-shaped tail of the raven. Plus, crows don't soar!</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50482193263/in/album-72157716433817823/" title="Common Raven"><img alt="Common Raven" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50482193263_7cb387a4ce_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<p>It was almost two hours before we added another species to the list, and this one turned out to be our last of the day. Just after 4 PM another falcon made a brief appearance in the sky. It was higher and much harder to see in all the blue. After viewing it through my binoculars I tried to find it with my camera but never saw the bird again. Luckily Rich got this distant shot of a migrating <b>Peregrine Falcon</b>. What a great bird to end our list with!</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50482906916/in/album-72157716433817823/" title="Peregrine Falcon"><img alt="Peregrine Falcon" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50482906916_4e4131ec03.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<p>The late morning and afternoon were warm and slow. We hugged an ever-narrowing band of shade through the middle of the day. The banter and camaraderie with my long-time local birding friends was just as worthwhile and enjoyable as the the exciting birding of the early morning. I'm lucky to have local friends like these who agree that once a year, watching a whole day go by from one spot outside is a worthwhile thing to do!</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50483054457/in/album-72157716433817823/" title="Selfie with Team"><img alt="Selfie with Team" height="480" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50483054457_1b4b364b24_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<p>Left-to-right: Me, Helen Mastrangelo, Craig Browning, Steven McDonald</p><p>Here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157716433817823">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.</p><p>Here's our <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S74776958">official checklist on eBird</a>.</p><p>Here are my blog posts from previous Big Sits at this spot. It's so interesting how the list may vary, but has always been 45-60:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://birdingonbroadmeade.blogspot.com/2009/10/big-sit-results.html">October 12, 2009</a></li><li><a href="https://birdingonbroadmeade.blogspot.com/2010/10/big-sit-results.html">October 10, 2010</a></li><li><a href="https://birdingonbroadmeade.blogspot.com/2019/10/big-sit-2019.html">October 12, 2019</a></li></ul><p></p><p>And here's our checklist transcribed from the clipboard, with time of first observation (seen or heard) of each species. </p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black;"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: #b0b3b2; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>No.</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #b0b3b2; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Species</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #b0b3b2; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Time</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>1</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Killdeer</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:31 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>2</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Northern Mockingbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:02 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>3</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Northern Cardinal</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:02 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>4</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Blue Jay</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:02 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>5</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Carolina Wren</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:06 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>6</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great Horned Owl</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:06 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>7</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">American Crow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:09 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>8</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Mourning Dove</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:09 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>9</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Belted Kingfisher</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:09 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>10</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">House Wren</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:09 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>11</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Eastern Phoebe</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:10 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>12</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">European Starling</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:10 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>13</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-shouldered Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:13 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>14</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great Egret</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:17 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>15</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great Blue Heron</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:19 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>16</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Common Grackle</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:21 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>17</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">House Finch</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:22 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>18</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">White-winged Dove</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:27 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>19</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">American Robin</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:27 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>20</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Rock Pigeon</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:32 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>21</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:33 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>22</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great-tailed Grackle</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:38 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>23</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Carolina Chickadee</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:38 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>24</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Snowy Egret</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:42 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>25</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-winged Blackbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:44 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>26</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Couch’s Kingbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:45 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>27</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Lesser Goldfinch</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:45 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>28</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-bellied Woodpecker</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:46 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>29</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Ruby-crowned Kinglet</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:47 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>30</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-tailed Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:48 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>31</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Dickcissel</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:50 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>32</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">House Sparrow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:52 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>33</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Green Heron</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:54 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>34</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Downy Woodpecker</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:59 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>35</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Eastern Meadowlark</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:07 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>36</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Bewick’s Wren</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:45 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>37</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cave Swallow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:05 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>38</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black-crested Titmouse</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:25 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>39</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Ruby-throated Hummingbird</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:37 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>40</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cedar Waxwing</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">10:07 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>41</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black Vulture</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">10:22 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>42</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Turkey Vulture</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">10:54 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>43</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Lincoln’s Sparrow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">10:54 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>44</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cooper’s Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">10:57 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>45</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Swainson’s Hawk</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">11:58 AM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>46</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Merlin</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">12:14 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>47</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Barn Swallow</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">12:20 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>48</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Chimney Swift</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1:35 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>49</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Orange-crowned Warbler</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">2:06 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>50</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Common Raven</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">2:18 PM</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d4d4d4; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>51</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Peregrine Falcon</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">4:06 PM</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-25783745242345825952020-09-12T16:04:00.000-05:002020-09-12T16:04:21.852-05:00Dragonflies of August<p>The first cold front that came through on Wednesday (September 9). The break from the heat made it easier for me to look back on August as part of the recent past, and not just part of the unending pandemic-induced present. It finally got cooler! That means summer is finally passing, right? I wanted to make this post an overview of <i>all</i> my nature observations in August, but I soon realized there were more than enough dragonfly observations for a long post. So here they are, an overview of my August dragonfly observations on Lake Creek Trail in northwest Austin (Williamson County).</p><p>Dragonflies can be found year-round in small numbers in central Texas, but their numbers peak in the summer. They love the heat and their activity and detectability increase in middle morning as bird activity deceases. So it can come naturally for birders who get out early on an August morning to switch from watching birds to watching dragonflies as the morning progresses. Numbers and diversity of dragonflies on Lake Creek Trail seemed lower this summer, but here some favorites I found.</p><p>In early August Halloween Pennants were common, perched at the top of bare twigs or old cone flowers in the low grassland on the east end of the trail. You can see the bright red spots near the ends of the wings called pterostigmas on this male:</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50182310697/in/album-72157715336924306/" title="Halloween Pennant - 2"><img alt="Halloween Pennant - 2" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50182310697_ff9ca9b2a3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><div><br /></div><div>The dragonfly below is an Eastern Amberwing. It's the smallest dragonfly in north America, only a little over 1 inch long. It's superficially similar to the Halloween Pennant above but it's so much smaller. It was in the same grasslands area.</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50181513718/in/album-72157715336924306/" title="Eastern Amberwing - 1 - 1"><img alt="Eastern Amberwing - 1 - 1" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50181513718_8a64b79996_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
</div><div><br /></div><div>Along the banks of Lake Creek, the most common dragonfly was usually the Comanche Skimmer. The males are blue with white faces and bi-colored pterostigmas. This one was perched on some reeds by the creek where it goes through the Town and Country playing fields:</div><div><br /></div>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50283412691/in/album-72157715336924306/" title="Comanche Skimmer - 2"><img alt="Comanche Skimmer - 2" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50283412691_0df7c57bef_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<div><br /></div><div>The most common dragonfly both near and far from the creek has been the Eastern Ponhawk. the males are also blue, but with green faces. The females are green and black. Here's a female near the last dam on the creek:</div><div><br /></div>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50234486417/in/album-72157715336924306/" title="Eastern Pondhawk"><img alt="Eastern Pondhawk" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50234486417_7698227b63_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<div><br /></div><div>Wandering Gliders were common in August (and still are now) but they are hard to photograph since they are "fliers." They hunt on-the-wing instead of from a perch. When they do rarely perch during the daytime, it's to rest. I got a few photo ops of perched Wandering Gliders, and my best was probably this bright yellow male. See how it hangs vertically compared to the other dragonflies which perch more horizontally:</div><div><br /></div>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50234484362/in/album-72157715336924306/" title="Wandering Glider - 3"><img alt="Wandering Glider - 3" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50234484362_29baf7494a_z.jpg" width="512" /></a>
<div><br /></div><div>Another common "flier" species in August is Common Green Darner. This is also the largest dragonfly that commonly occurs here. You can see the bright blue abdomens of the mature males as they fly by. Here's one that briefly perched in the reeds near the last dam on the creek:</div><div><br /></div>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50287164538/in/album-72157715336924306/" title="Common Green Darner"><img alt="Common Green Darner" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50287164538_575a10bf8d_z.jpg" width="512" /></a>
<div><br /></div><div>Here are some of the less common species I found in August on the trail.</div><div><br /></div><div>Gray-waisted Skimmers are a small elegant perching dragonfly that is present some years in the woods on the west end of the trail. I only found one male and one female this summer, at one spot in the woods off the trail. Here's the female:</div><div><br /></div>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/50283565387/in/album-72157715336924306/" title="Gray-waisted Skimmer"><img alt="Gray-waisted Skimmer" height="360" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50283565387_c9f8577545_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<div><br /></div><div>Red Saddlebags and Black Saddlebags are two common species on the trail. (The "saddlebags" part of their name comes from the large dark patches on their hind-wings shaped sort of like saddlebags on a horse.) I wasn't very successful in photographing them last month. (They are both "fliers.") But I was surprised one morning near the last dam when what I thought was a perched Red Saddlebags turned out to be the much less common Striped Saddlebags. You can see the strips on its thorax:</div><div><br /></div>
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<div><br /></div><div>My favorite dragonfly observation of August was this female Great Blue Skimmer. I've only seen a handful of these on the trail, and I've never seen a bright blue male. This female posed for me in almost perfect conditions. It was in the tall grass on the west end of the trail:</div><div><br /></div>
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<div><br /></div><div>Many dragonflies are migratory, including Wandering Gliders and Common Green Darners pictured above. We don't know a lot about dragonfly migration yet. But in the fall there are sometimes large dragonfly migration events, with hundreds or thousands of individuals moving south in the early morning or early evening. I was lucky to see some minor movements last month just sitting in my backyard in the morning or evening. I would start to notice that dragonflies would be flying over the trees mostly in the same southeast direction. See if you can notice movements like this as the fall progresses!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157715336924306" target="_blank">Here are all of my neighborhood photos from August on Flickr</a>. Other nature highlights included a family of Mississippi Kites in my yard, and the start of fall bird migration, with a few south-bound songbirds showing up. I hope to make a separate post about these soon.</div>Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-47819844141337117562020-06-14T14:49:00.001-05:002020-06-14T14:49:34.885-05:00Migratory Hawks Nesting in the NeighborhoodI've been very fortunate to be able to work from home during the COVID-19 Pandemic. One side effect of this is that I'm paying much more attention to the birds closer to my house, not just the birds on Lake Creek Trail. One thing I've been able to track better is the good diversity of migratory hawks that continues to nest in our neighborhood, an increasing trend over the past 5-10 years. Here's a quick rundown of what I've seen and been able to photograph this spring and summer.<br />
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At Cedar Hurst and Broadmeade, a pair of Cooper's Hawks have a big nest that now has a couple of white fuzzy nestlings in it. Cooper's Hawks are a common winter resident in central Texas but they used to be rare or uncommon in the spring and summer. Over the last 10-15 years this has changed as they are increasingly learning how to use our neighborhoods as nesting habitat. Now they are much more common breeders here. Here's the nest on April 12:<br />
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And here it is on May 31:<br />
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I observed the nestlings earlier, but it wasn't until June 11 that I got a photo of them:<br />
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Mississippi Kites are learning how to use neighborhoods as nesting habitat as well. And much more recently (only in the past 3-5 years) they have started nesting here. They spend the winter in central America and the northern tip of south America. I'm thrilled that this spring and summer, sometimes sitting in my backyard I can see 5 or 6 soaring in the sky at the same time! I haven't found a nest yet, but here's a juvenile bird in flight I saw while walking down Broadmeade on June 11:<br />
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Broad-winged Hawks increasingly nest in the neighborhood as well. Their migration is the most dramatic of our breeding migratory hawks. On their journey to and from their wintering range in south America they can sometimes been seen in flocks of tens of thousands on the Texas coast! I'm so excited that this year a pair of these migratory birds picked a tree in my front yard for their nest! I first noticed them building it way back on April 11. Here's one of them holding a twig:<br />
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Through the rest of April and May I could usually just barely see the female (I assume) Broad-winged Hawk sitting on the nest. She was usually watching me as I watched her. This shot is from April 12:<br />
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It wasn't until June 3 that I finally saw a white fuzzy nestling:<br />
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A few minutes later I saw that there were two!<br />
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And one exercised its wings:<br />
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By June 11 they are starting to get their darker juvenile plumage and starting to sit up straighter in the nest. (See the second bird in the bottom right of the photo below.)<br />
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I'll keep watching and see when they can fly! If all goes well, I wonder where in central or south America these nestlings will call home this winter.<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-79849737831561180882020-05-05T17:30:00.001-05:002020-05-05T17:30:18.527-05:00Behrens Manor Big Sit #2 and City Nature ChallengeApril 24 through April 27 was the <a href="https://citynaturechallenge.org/">iNaturalist worldwide City Nature Challenge</a>. iNaturalist encourages different metropolitan areas around the world to try and submit as many nature observations of as many different species as possible, and promotes a friendly competition between them. This year the focus was less on the competition and more on the joy of finding nature close to home. As part of the challenge I decided to do another Big Sit in my yard (a birding game to see how many species you can hear or see in one spot in one day). I also promoted it a little bit on FaceBook, to try and see if anyone else around the state would be interested in doing one during the same time window. I did the big sit on Saturday, April 25 and here are some highlights.<br />
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I got started at about 5:45 AM and took this selfie at about 6:15 when there was finally enough light for my iPhone's camera to work. There were still a few stars in the sky:<br />
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Unfortunately I did not hear any owls or other night birds in the predawn dark. Purple Martins were the first birds I recorded. They were already up in the sky hunting and singing at 5:53 AM. From then until 6:45 AM I heard most of the expected year-round resident songbirds start to sing and got up to 11 species.<br />
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Then it was light enough for more birds to start flying and I started getting some interesting flyovers. Summer resident Chimney Swifts twittered and flew back and forth. I was able to get this photo of one:<br />
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Small groups of lingering winter-resident Cedar Waxwings and north-bound migrant Dickcissels flew over for the next hour or so. These are the only images I was able to capture. These Cedar Waxwings are just barely identifiable:<br />
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And you'll just have to trust me that this was a Dickcissel, making its diagnostic flight call as it flew over my yard:<br />
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I was hoping for more migrating songbirds besides the Dickcissels, and at around 8:15 I got one. A lone Wilson's Warbler showed up and spent some time foraging in my backyard. Here's the best photo I could get of this north-bound migrant:<br />
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By 10:00 AM I was up to 39 birds when a mixed-species foraging flock of songbirds showed up in the backyard. Two Orange-crowned Warblers in this flock took me up to 40. Like last time, this mixed flock was making some kind of circuit and visited my yard 2 or 3 times over the next couple hours. Each time it visited I tried my best to find a new species of bird in it. I was able to pick out a couple Nashville Warblers on their way north, and this beautiful lingering Blue-headed Vireo that was singing as it foraged:<br />
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Blue-headed Vireos are winter residents in central Texas, and we only get to hear their song briefly in the spring before they head north.<br />
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The last new species I was able to find in this flock was this first-year Black-throated Green Warbler. I found it at 11:24 AM and it brought my species list up to 42, tying my last big sit!<br />
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Then I took a break for lunch and the new species stopped. Then afternoon was pleasant enough but mostly uneventful. I spent most of the time watching the open sky and thinking about how different birds use it. For many songbirds the open sky is dangerous. They're built for slow maneuvering in dense foliage, so in the open sky most songbirds are sitting ducks to falcons and accipiters. That's why many migratory songbirds migrate at night. For other birds the open sky is where they live most of their lives. Swallows and swifts fly all day long, catching insects out of the "aerial plankton." Vultures and hawks use the open sky to cover long distances while searching for prey on the ground. Some hawks and falcons and kites also hunt in the sky like the swallows and swifts. (The swallows and swifts are such deft fliers they don't worry too much about the hawks and falcons, and sometimes chase these much larger birds!)<br />
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While I was watching the sky two old friends checked in with me on Skype and it was nice catching up with them.<br />
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At 3:30 an accipiter soared over the yard. Even though my initial identification of it was Cooper's Hawk, I took a bunch of photos since nothing else much of interest had happened lately. A few days later, looking at these photos I honestly didn't know if this bird was a Cooper's Hawk or a Sharp-shinned Hawk. Here's the best of my poor photos of this high-flying bird:<br />
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<a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43985916">Opinions on iNaturalist are mixed</a>. If this bird was a Sharp-shinned, then my bird list would have 43 species on it! If it's a Cooper's Hawk it would stay at 42, tying my previous effort.<br />
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My Big Sit only lasted about another hour. Shortly after this accipiter flew by, neighbors' leaf blowers, lawn mowers, weed whackers, and a circular saw finally drove me inside where I rested my eyes and later had a nice dinner.<br />
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Here's my final bird list for the day:<br />
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>7</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black-crested Titmouse</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:29 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>8</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Common Grackle</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:35 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>9</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Bewick’s Wren</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:39 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>10</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">American Crow</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:40 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>11</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great-tailed Grackle</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:42 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>12</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Chimney Swift</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:46 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>13</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cedar Waxwing</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:48 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>14</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Northern Mockingbird</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:51 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>15</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Great Crested Flycatcher</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:52 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>16</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">American Robin</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:53 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>17</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Yellow-crowned Night-Heron</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:56 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>18</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Dickcissel</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">6:57 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>19</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">House Finch</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:01 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>20</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Yellow-rumped Warbler</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:07 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>21</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">European Starling</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:10 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>22</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-shouldered Hawk</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:16 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>23</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Blue-headed Vireo</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:20 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>24</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Broad-winged Hawk</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:25 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>25</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Barn Swallow</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:36 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>26</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-winged Blackbird</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:40 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>27</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cooper’s Hawk</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:44 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>28</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Ruby-crowned Kinglet</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:50 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>29</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Red-bellied Woodpecker</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">7:53 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>30</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Mississippi Kite</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:10 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>31</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Wilson’s Warbler</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:15 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>32</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">hummingbird sp.</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:23 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>33</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Turkey Vulture</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:25 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>34</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Mourning Dove</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:28 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>35</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Cliff Swallow</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:40 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>36</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">8:43 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>37</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Lesser Goldfinch</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:18 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>38</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black Vulture</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:25 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>39</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Swainson’s Hawk</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9:42 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>40</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Orange-crowned Warbler</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">10:20 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>41</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Nashville Warbler</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">10:24 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>42</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Black-throated Green Warbler</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">11:24 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>43</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Sharp-shinned Hawk (possible)</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">3:30 PM</span></td></tr>
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Photos from my Big Sit and the whole City Nature Challenge weekend <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157714027534823">are on Flickr here</a>.<br />
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Not a bad way to spend a day!<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-35447479914626172562020-04-12T17:23:00.002-05:002020-04-12T17:30:00.020-05:00Behrens Manor Big SitBy the first week of April, in an effort to "flatten the curve" of coronavirus infection Austin had already been living under the March 24 "<a href="https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/Order%2020200324-007%20-%20Stay%20Home%20-%20Work%20Safe%20%28OCR%20v2%29.pdf">Stay Home - Work Safe Order</a>" for about a week. I've never experienced anything like this and was having a hard time with stress and anxiety at home by myself. Out in the Davis Mountains of west Texas, my friend DD Currie was about to experience a similar order starting on Saturday April 4. So she decided to comply with the order by doing a Big Sit in her yard and invited anyone in Texas to join her in their yards either on Saturday or Sunday. (A Big Sit is a birding game played by seeing how many species of bird you can see or hear from one spot in one day.) She would gather species lists from everyone who participated, and she called it the Texas Quarantine Party.<br />
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Desperately needing a distraction, I decided to participate. To make it a little more social, I called it the Behrens Manor Big Sit (jokingly referring to my very average-sized suburban house and yard). I created a Skype meeting that I'd keep open all day on my laptop so people could virtually drop in to say hi and follow my progress. On Saturday I got all my weekend chores done, and on Sunday April 5 I was free to bird all day in my yard.<br />
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I got started on Sunday morning a little before 5:45 AM in order to try and hear night birds or birds migrating at night. Just a minute or two after I started I heard two Eastern Screech-Owls in my neighbor's yard behind mine. One was doing its "whinny" song and the other the monotonic trill. With these two creepy sounds, the count had started!<br />
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It took 45 minutes before I recorded my next bird, a White-winged Dove that started singing at around 6:30. 15 minutes later a birding phenomenon called the dawn chorus started and most of the expected species started to sing and call. The first birds I actually <i>saw</i> were a few Great-tailed Grackles that flew over my yard just after 7 AM when it was finally getting light enough to see clearly. (It was overcast and cold all morning, and I had to move around and drink lots of coffee to stay comfortable.) By 7:15 I had recorded 14 species of birds.<br />
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The first really exciting moment was at 7:41 AM. I was standing under the trees over my driveway watching some songbirds when I heard the flight call of an Upland Sandpiper for the second time that morning. (The first time I heard it was at 6:45 but it was a single call, heard-only.) The call repeated a couple times and I came out from under the trees just in time to see about 40 Upland Sandpipers flying in V formation heading east. In our neighborhood we usually only get to <i>hear</i> this species during spring and fall migration during the night or early in the morning. It was amazing to see this group fly past!<br />
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At 8:54 I heard an odd squeally call and then watched 2 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks fly low over my yard from the west, circle overhead, and return in the direction they'd come from. I only have a handful of observations of this species in my yard, so this was a real treat. These large exotically plumaged ducks are year-round residents that have been expanding their range north from south Texas over the last few decades.<br />
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A little after 10 AM an interesting woodpecker showed up. Initially I thought it was a female Red-bellied Woodpecker but there were a few strange things about it. The nape was orangish red instead of pure red, and its cere was yellow. There were not many dark bands on its central tail feathers, and when I got glimpses of the belly, it was yellowish instead of reddish. It turns out this was a hybrid between Red-bellied Woodpecker and Golden-fronted Woodpecker. One of the cool things about birding in central Texas is that we have several pairs of similar species, one eastern and one western, whose ranges overlap here. One such pair is Red-bellied Woodpecker (eastern) and Golden-fronted Woodpecker (southwestern). In west Austin you can find both, and sometimes they interbreed! Here are a couple photos:<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/49754192758/in/album-72157713823747853/" title="Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 - 3"><img alt="Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 - 3" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49754192758_49599c0058_z.jpg" width="512" /></a><br />
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Throughout the day there was a mixed-species foraging flock of songbirds that cycled through my yard half a dozen times. (Many songbirds form these flocks in the winter since they are not split up on separate breeding territories like they are in the summer. They all watch for danger and listen to each other's contact and alarm calls.) When the flock arrived the trees were became alive with movement and it was so fun to try and identify all the species that were in it. Near as I could tell, this flock was composed of a few Carolina Chickadees and Black-crested Titmice (which usually make up the core of these kinds of flocks), about 10 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (a north-bound midrange), a few Yellow-rumped Warbers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Chipping Sparrows and an Orange-crowned Warbler (all winter residents), and one or two bright yellow Nashville Warblers (a north-bound migrant). Here are a few photos I got of some of these birds throughout the day:<br />
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Black-crested Titmouse:<br />
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Yellow-rumped Warbler:<br />
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Carolina Chickadee:<br />
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Chipping Sparrow:<br />
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Nashville Warbler:<br />
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As expected, during middle morning the rate of observing new species slowed way down. At 10:00 AM I had 30 species. After 11 AM it got a little warmer and conditions finally started favoring species that like the open sky. I saw Black Vultures, Turkey Vulture, Chimney Swifts, Purple Martins, a Red-shouldered Hawk, and two Broad-winged Hawks. Here's the Red-shouldered Hawk. It was too dark to see any of the orange barring on its breast, but you can see the light crescents in the wingtips that are a good field mark for this species:<br />
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Red-shouldered Hawk:<br />
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Here's the similar Broad-winged Hawk that has broader tail bands and no light crescents in its wingtips:<br />
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When I stopped for lunch my list was at 39 species and I wondered what #40 would be in the afternoon. It turned out to be a couple Cliff Swallows in the open sky with the Chimney Swifts. At 1:10 PM a mixed flock of Great-tailed Grackles, Common Grackles, and European Starlings arrived in my front yard and foraged on the ground for awhile. Starling was species #41! One of the Common Grackles foraged pretty close to me and got this photo showing its blue-black head and shoulders, and bronze-black on the rest of its body:<br />
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At 1:30 I saw what would be my last species of the day, #42: a Barn Swallow in the open sky. I got this photo showing its forked tail:<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/49754728036/in/album-72157713823747853/" title="Barn Swallow"><img alt="Barn Swallow" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49754728036_0ab5bda619_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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The rest of the afternoon went by uneventfully. A few people joined the Skype meeting through the day and it was fun to chat with them. Twyla Grace was participating in her Cedar Park yard on the same day, and we compared notes as we added species to our lists. At about 4 PM I started winding down and building a fire in my charcoal grill. My cousin Eric Irrgang in Istanbul joined the Skype meeting at about 5 PM, which was 1 AM his time!<br />
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42 is a higher total than I expected. I was pleasantly surprised I got this high even with a few notable misses like Downy Woodpecker and House Sparrow. Across the state DD Currie and others participating in the Texas Quarantine Party found 190 species of birds! <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rOQvSmUebuXXAXZNrCuaLQbEdGBJKmXoFnjOkktXY38/edit?fbclid=IwAR2hS5lsAZJ8_uvlklJu8eZkLDtoyzS07iRwr7p3HMFrk_OKM-fJqFMunNc#gid=383992966">Here's DD's summary as a Google Sheet</a>. (My count was included in the Central Prairie tab.)<br />
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Many thanks to DD Currie for creating this game. It took my mind off of our pandemic situation for most of the day, brought me closer to the local and state-wide birding community, and strengthened my connection to local nature. I started the following week in a much better mental state.<br />
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Here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157713823747853">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.<br />
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And here's my complete species list, along with the time each one was first observed:<br />
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>1</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Eastern Screech-Owl (heard only, 2)</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">5:43 AM</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 31px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>3</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 31px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Upland Sandpiper (Initially heard only, then about 40 flew right over my head heading SE at 7:41 AM!</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 31px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">6:45 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>4</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">House Finch (heard only)</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">6:49 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>5</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Blue Jay</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">6:51 AM</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>7</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Carolina Wren</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">6:55 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>8</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">American Crow</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">6:56 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>9</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Bewick’s Wren</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">6:56 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>10</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Great-tailed Grackle - first seen bird</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:05 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>11</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Black-crested Titmouse</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:06 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>12</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Carolina Chickadee</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:06 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>13</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Blue-gray Gnatcatcher</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:08 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>14</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Common Grackle</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:10 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>15</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Red-bellied Woodpecker</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:17 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>16</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Yellow-crowned Night-Heron </span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:24 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>17</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Ruby-crowned Kinglet</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:29 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>18</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Chipping Sparrow</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:32 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>19</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Cedar Waxwing</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:35 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>20</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Yellow-rumped Warbler</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:45 AM</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>22</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Cooper’s Hawk</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:48 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>23</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">American Robin (heard only, singing)</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:21 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 31px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>24</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 31px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Two flew right over my yard very low. Could they be nesting in a neighbor’s tree?)</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 31px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:54 AM</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 31px; padding: 4px; width: 24px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>26</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 31px; padding: 4px; width: 433px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Black-chinned Hummingbird (Initially heard only, later female photographed at feeder.)</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 31px; padding: 4px; width: 89px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">9:06 AM</span></td></tr>
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Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-48535779240559067562020-03-29T18:03:00.000-05:002020-03-29T18:04:15.656-05:00Group Walks Suspended but Spring ContinuesIt's probably not a surprise to anyone that I will not be leading the monthly group walks until it becomes safe to gather again. As we all shelter in place from the corona virus pandemic, it's nice to see more people in the neighborhood spending time outside. And the recent beautiful weather and observing seasonal changes in wildlife make the underlying stress of the pandemic a tiny bit more bearable.<br />
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In no particular order, here are some exciting things I or others have observed in the neighborhood in the past week or two:<br />
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<li>Helen Mastrangelo found a Louisiana Waterthrush on Lake Creek Trail on March 22. Steven McDonald <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S66100042">posted a photograph of it here</a>. We only have a handful of observations of this early migrating warbler on the trail during its narrow migration window.</li>
<li>Yesterday Steven McDonald found a female Vermilion Flycatcher on the trail, a southwestern species that uncommonly wanders into central Texas this time of year.</li>
<li>Craig Browning chased the Vermilion Flycatcher and found two Couch's Kingbirds on the trail, a south-Texas species that only rarely finds its way up to Austin.</li>
<li>Yesterday a returning summer resident Broad-winged Hawk soared low and vocalized over my backyard as I Skyped a couple friends.</li>
<li>Northbound migrating songbirds seen on the trail lately include Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Grasshopper Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Nashville Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, and Black-throated Green Warbler.</li>
<li>Returning summer resident birds seen on the trail lately include Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, White-eyed Vireo, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.</li>
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It makes me so happy to think about the birding community we now have around Lake Creek Trail. We will never know <i>all</i> the birds that use the habitat along the trail, but the birding community does a remarkable job <a href="https://ebird.org/hotspot/L684204">documenting many of them on eBird here</a>. Check it now and then to see how many birds <i>and people watching them</i> are out there!</div>
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Today was an absolutely beautiful morning. I spent all of it on the east half of Lake Creek Trail and I was excited to find increasing numbers and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies! The highlight of the morning was finding this male Great Pondhawk in the woods near the last dam on the creek. It's a species I've only ever seen once before on the trail and that was back in 2014:</div>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/49713408633/in/album-72157713677680436/" title="Great Pondhawk"><img alt="Great Pondhawk" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49713408633_3dfee36b3f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Other dragonflies I was happy to find include this Blue Dasher:<br />
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this Common Whitetail:<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/49714267897/in/album-72157713677680436/" title="Common Whitetail"><img alt="Common Whitetail" height="512" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49714267897_4e69a7f9ef_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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this Eastern Pondhawk:<br />
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and this Variegated Meadowhawk:<br />
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A couple out walking their dog spotted this small Diamondback Watersnake. Look at those red eyes!<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/49713418598/in/album-72157713677680436/" title="Diamondback Watersnake"><img alt="Diamondback Watersnake" height="360" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49713418598_d27e959e46_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Here's my <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S66376686">complete bird list on eBird for the morning</a>.<br />
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And here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157713677680436">more photos on Flickr</a>.<br />
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Stay safe out there everyone. I look forward to the day when we can safely have group bird walks again, whenever that may be!<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-66391672817249765862020-03-04T17:41:00.002-06:002020-03-04T17:41:57.119-06:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkOn Sunday morning about 20 folks joined me for the monthly group walk on Lake Creek Trail. We met at the west trail head at the end of Braes Valley at 8:00 AM and spent a little over 2 hours covering about 1 mile of the trail. We observed 39 species of birds and here are some highlights.<br />
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Before we left the parking lot a juvenile Cooper's Hawk flew low into view being chased by an American Crow. The birds were about the same size.<br />
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Northern Cardinals seemed to be everywhere, and we could almost always hear at least one singing. More species of birds are starting to sing again as we progress into Spring, and we also heard Carolina Wrens, Black-crested Titmice, Carolina Chickadees, and White-winged Doves as we progressed down the trail. We stopped to watch a group of Cedar Waxwings in a small group of hackberry trees eating the berries. A single Northern Mockingbird was lower in one of the trees also eating hackberries. I got this photo of it reaching for a berry:<br />
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Its eye looks dim because it was closing its nictitating membrane, a second semi-transparent eyelid that birds have, as it poked its face through the twigs to grab a berry.<br />
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When we got to the Town and Country playing fields, we stuck close to the creek banks and Terry Banks heard a Common Yellowthroat call note. There ended up being two male Common Yellowthroats in the creek bed which some of the group got brief looks at.<br />
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On our way back we got to see a pair of Eastern Bluebirds near the parking lot at the end of Meadowheath. Here's the male in a budding ash tree limb:<br />
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And here's the female which perched much closer on a parking sign:<br />
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Near the footbridge I saw a flock of European Starlings, but one of the birds looked a little different. Then I was pretty sure I heard a Brown-headed Cowbird. The flock was too distant for me to see many details on the birds, and I took some photos. It turns out, the flock was <i>mostly</i> Brown-headed Cowbirds, which I didn't realized until I examined my photos:<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/49611400541/in/album-72157713337986757/" title="European Starlings and Brown-headed Cowbirds"><img alt="European Starlings and Brown-headed Cowbirds" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49611400541_66ab0ce402_z.jpg" width="512" /></a><br />
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We didn't see any returning summer species yet. Maybe next month!<br />
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Here's <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S65439631">our complete eBird list</a>.<br />
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And here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157713337986757">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-54125515047345059132020-02-04T18:22:00.002-06:002020-02-04T18:22:39.889-06:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkSix people joined me on Sunday morning (February 2) at the Parmer Village end of Lake Creek Trail for the monthly group walk. When we started at 8:00 AM it was cold and clear but the temperature got up into the 60s by the time we finished at about 10:30. It was a beautiful morning! We found 38 species of birds on about 1.5 miles of trail here are some highlights.<br />
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At about 7:30 AM I arrived by the pond. While I waited for folks to arrive I watched a Wilson's Snipe in the tall grass at the edge of the pond, a Pied-billed Grebe in the pond, a Double-crested Cormorant that flew in and circled the pond a few times before returning across Parmer where it had come from, and a pair of Lesser Goldfinches that sang in the small trees by the sidewalk for a bit. Here's the female Lesser Goldfinch:</div>
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After the group arrived we took our usual route walking upstream in the creek bed to the last dam. The creek bed was surprisingly birdy. We found 3 species of sparrows including Savannah Sparrow, a species I hadn't seen on the trail yet this winter. We got to see and hear a Bewick's Wren sing, found a Blue-headed Vireo, a couple Orange-crowned Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Eastern Phoebes, and saw this stunning male Eastern Bluebird perched on someone's chimney:<br />
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After arriving at the last dam on the creek and spending a few minutes to see what might show up, we continued upstream in the strip of woods on the north side. There we got to see a flock of about 15 Cedar Waxwings fly in and start feeding, first on (I think) hackberries and then mistletoe berries! It was so fun to watch the flock shift to mistletoe and I got this photo of one of them with one of the white berries in its bill:<br />
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We left the woods and followed the trail into the Town and Country playing fields. On their large baseball field we found about 24 American Pipits looking for bugs in the grass. Some passers by asked what we were looking at and it was fun to show them the pipits which didn't seem to mind us watching them on the other side of the fence. Here's one of them:<br />
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Shortly after we turned around and on our way back a Belted Kingfisher chattered and flew over us.<br />
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Here's our <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S64134691">complete bird list on eBird</a>.<br />
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And here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157712949173543">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-91782227181286577142020-01-05T16:17:00.001-06:002020-01-05T16:17:16.535-06:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkWe had a large group this month! About 20 people joined me for the group walk on Lake Creek Trail. It was a beautiful cool and clear morning with lots of bird activity. We started at about 8 AM at the Braes Valley parking lot and spent over 2 hours covering about 1 mile of the trail. We found 31 species of birds and here are a few highlights.<br />
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Before we even left the parking lot we were seeing and hearing Yellow-rumped Warblers, Carolina Wren, Northern Cardinals (6 in one tree), a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red-winged Blackbirds, and this single grackle which I thought initially was a Common Grackle:<br />
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An explosion (probably fireworks) scared this grackle and about 25 more that were out of sight below it into flight, and I realized my error, seeing the long tails and mixed in brown females showing these were Great-tailed Grackles. The angle and morning light made this bird look like it had a shorter tail and a more bronze-black body like Common Grackles have.<br />
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We continued seeing and hearing Yellow-rumped Warblers and Northern Cardinals on the trail all the way to the footbridge where two Black Vultures were quietly perched on the utility poles. They had probably been there all night and were waiting for the sun to create some updrafts for them to ride. Here's one of them:<br />
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Downstream of the footbridge bird activity was a little lower and there was a different mix of species. We saw several House Finches, a few Lesser and American Goldfinches, and Eastern Phoebes. It was fun seeing a some of the House Finches bathing in a puddle in the creek bed. My favorite birds of the morning were a pair of Eastern Bluebirds. We first spotted the female downstream and walked a little further down the trail to try and get closer. Here's a backlit photo I took of her watching for insects:<br />
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A male was also around, and I was able to get this photo when he briefly perched in the light, showing his more vivid blue plumage:<br />
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Shortly after finding the bluebirds we turned around. Almost back at the parking lot we found a small group of Cedar Waxwings eating hackberries. Here are a couple poor photos I got of one almost hanging upside-down to reach the berries:<br />
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Here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157712530802621">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.<br />
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And here's <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S63047197">our complete bird list on eBird</a>.<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-89032729552671793022020-01-01T14:39:00.002-06:002020-01-01T14:39:12.300-06:00Round Rock / Pflugerville CBCSaturday, December 28 2019, was the first ever Round Rock / Pflugerville Christmas Bird Count (CBC). I was excited when in 2018 I learned that Andrew Dickinson was creating and organizing this new CBC because it would include our neighborhood and Lake Creek Trail. <a href="https://www.audubon.org/conservation/join-christmas-bird-count#">Christmas Bird Counts</a> are the longest-running citizen science project, <a href="https://www.audubon.org/conservation/history-christmas-bird-count">started over 100 years ago</a> and organized by the National Audubon Society. The basic idea is that an organizer defines a circle on a map with a 15 mile diameter and registers it with National Audubon. On one day between December 14 and January 5, the organizer gets as many birders as they can to count birds in as much of the circle as possible. This data along with distance covered and time spent by the birders, is reported to National Audubon where it is compiled and used in conservation research.<br />
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Here's the circle that Andrew defined, centered on I35 between Round Rock and Pflugerville:<br />
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Area 6 is interesting in that the west half has lots of good suburban neighborhood habitat including Lake Creek Trail, but the west half of mostly Robinson Ranch private property. (My limited efforts to contact someone with the ranch to ask permission to access it didn't pan out. Maybe next year!) Saturday was also a rainy overcast day. Rain in the afternoon limited both bird activity and our activity. We finished up about 3:30 PM. At 6:00 PM I joined Andrew and other folks who had participated in the count for dinner at Rudy's BBQ. Many CBCs have a dinner at the end of the day to share stories and what species were observed.<br />
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My Area 6 team found 65 species, including Merlin, Grasshopper Sparrow, Common Grackle, and Spotted Towhee.<br />
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Here's our <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S62737367">complete list compiled into a single eBird checklist</a>.<br />
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As of today with only one area not yet reporting, the species total is 111. Here's <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kNwsWZC-zXbE6GVu4uVpKvBq7NxHcrg6mErlAqMB98A/edit?usp=sharing">Andrew's compilation spreadsheet</a>.<br />
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Due to the threat of rain all day, I rarely had my camera with me. The only bird photo I took was this Red-shouldered Hawk that Barry and I found near Forest North Elementary. We got to watch it catch and gulp down a small snake in the Lake Creek creek bed.<br />
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I participate in 4 or 5 CBCs every year. They offer fun opportunities to see places and birds you don't normally see, and to contribute to a great scientific cause. But they also usually involve getting up at a crazy-early time and driving for sometimes hours in the pre-dawn dark to the circle. So it was a great treat participating in this new local CBC when I could wake up at my usual time and start birding as soon as I walked out of the house with no driving at all! Here I am literally Birding on Broadmeade (near Meadowheath) during the count:<br />
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<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-42806426254569938502019-12-13T11:29:00.003-06:002019-12-13T11:29:39.348-06:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkLast weekend on Sunday 12/8/2019 about 15 people joined me for the last group walk of 2019. We met at 8:00 AM by the Parmer Village pond and enjoyed a beautiful cool, clear, and breezy morning finding birds. Almost 3 hours later we had found 36 species and here are some highlights.<br />
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While waiting for the group to arrive a Wilson's Snipe flew across the pond and landed at the edge of the water in binocular viewing range for us. This secretive shorebird is a winter resident and it's always a treat to see one and be able to show one to the group. We made our way upstream in the creek bed and I was excited to see a couple flocks of Cedar Waxwings, another winter resident species, the first I've seen this season.<br />
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At the last dam on the creek we were treated to a Great Blue Heron and Great Egret hunting in clear, mirror-like water. I couldn't resist photographing them:<br />
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Mud at the base of the dam was full of wildlife tracks. Ones I could identify included coyote, raccoon, possum, heron/egret, and armadillo. There were a few more smaller ones that were not well-defined enough for me to figure out. Here's the dinosaur-like armadillo track:<br />
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In the woods by the last dam we were treated to a female Red-bellied Woodpecker that flew up to us while we were still and repeatedly investigated a cavity in a dead tree. It seems like the wrong time of year for her to be working on a nesting cavity, maybe she was just checking it out as a roost site? Here are a couple photos:<br />
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As usual, from there we followed the trail upstream and west to the first low water crossing in the Town and Country playing fields. This American Pipit gave us great views as it foraged in the algae of the creek bed:<br />
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Here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157712119056451">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.<br />
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And <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S62151269">here is our complete eBird checklist</a>.<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-67225777943737143532019-11-06T17:47:00.001-06:002019-11-06T17:47:39.848-06:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkTwelve people joined me this morning at 7:30 at the Braes Valley end of Lake Creek Trail for the monthly group walk. Before we got started the wind was calm and the sun briefly broke through the clouds, promising a warming trend. But the cloud cover sustained through the morning and the north wind picked up, keeping us a bit cold until the walk ended at about about 10:00 AM. We ended up finding 36 species of birds and here are some highlights.<br />
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The presence of hawks was directly and indirectly. We heard Blue Jays imitating both Red-shouldered Hawks and Cooper's Hawks before we saw either species. And distant mobbing calls from crows and then Blue Jays preceded our first sighting of a Red-shouldered Hawk that flew over the trail chased by a couple jays. Later we saw another Red-shouldered Hawk by the footbridge and a third in the Town and Country playing fields carrying a big rat it had just caught. Here's the hawk by the footbridge, accompanied by a disapproving Northern Mockingbird:<br />
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From the footbridge we heard many songbirds vocalizing and we saw House Finches, a closeup Red-bellied Woodpecker, and a couple Lincoln's Sparrows. A Cooper's Hawk flew by and all the other birds went silent until a few minutes later, closely attuned to the arrival of this songbird predator!<br />
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Birds were a little easier to see when we east of the bridge along the creek bed between the playing fields. There was a large flock of House Finches feeding on the giant ragweed and flying back and forth overhead. We also glimpsed Lincoln's Sparrows, Lesser Goldfinches, and House Wrens. After finally turning around at the last low water crossing, we got a few better looks at birds on our way back. We saw a few Eastern Bluebirds, and this flock of about 10 Chipping Sparrows:<br />
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With them was a single Vesper Sparrow. Look at that eye-ring!<br />
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Our last treat was back on the section of trail between the footbridge and the parking lot where someone noticed some scattered feathers. They were quite beautiful! I gathered up a few for this photo:<br />
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The group puzzled over what bird they might have been from. From the way they were scattered around I'm pretty sure an arial predator like a Cooper's Hawk had gotten this bird. (Terrestrial predators leave a more concentrated feather pile.) But what bird had the predator gotten? These are feathers from a Killdeer. It's easy to overlook this common and sometimes annoying shorebird, but its colors are really quite stunning. The two reddish brown feathers on the right are tail feathers, and the rest are flight feathers from the wings.<br />
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Here's <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S61158335">our complete bird list on eBird</a>.<br />
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And here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157711629017306">a few more photos on Flickr including a couple taken by Twyla Grace</a>.Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-49807975211076813222019-10-21T16:53:00.000-05:002019-10-29T06:32:32.473-05:00Big Sit 2019On Saturday, October 12, I met Helen Mastrangelo and Steven McDonald at 6:30 AM (about 1 hour before sunrise) at a special spot on Lake Creek Trail to begin The Big Sit. Bird Watcher's Digest magazine organizes this yearly birding game. You pick a single spot (defined by a 17 foot diameter circle) and you see how many species of birds you can identify from that one spot in one day. We've done the Big Sit on Lake Creek Trail at this same spot twice before, but it had been a long time. <a href="https://birdingonbroadmeade.blogspot.com/2009/10/big-sit-results.html">The first Big Sit we did was in 2009</a> and we observed 45 species. <a href="https://birdingonbroadmeade.blogspot.com/2010/10/big-sit-results.html">The second (and last) was in 2010</a> and we recorded 50 species. This time we lucked out. A cold front the day before made Saturday ideal for raptor migration, with a north wind blowing most of the day. This helped us hear and see 61 species of birds by the time we stopped over 12 hours later!<br />
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We arrived before sunrise hoping to hear an owl or two. If any were around, they were quiet so we didn't get any owls on our list. But our first bird was dramatic! At about 6:45 we heard a loud croak and a Great Blue Heron flew over the trees across the pond and headed right towards us! It veered off to the side when it realized we were there and found a spot on the creek to start its hunting. Afterwards while it was still almost too dark to see, we identified Killdeer, Northern Mockingbird, Carolina Wren, and Northern Cardinal by sound. Before sunrise we had 5 birds on our list!<br />
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Just before 7:30 AM there was finally enough light to take a photo and I took this one of Steven and Helen under a dramatic overcast sky:<br />
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Shortly after this photo was taken, we got our biggest surprise of the day. A single Anhinga flew over us on its way south. This was the first Anhinga I've ever seen on the trail. A little later we were joined by Craig Browning and Matt Denton, and the five of us were the main observers for the rest of the day.<br />
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A little after 8:30 raptor migration started kicking in. For the rest of the day, sometimes mixed in with groups of Turkey Vultures that must've totaled over 1000 by the end of the day, and sometimes by themselves we spotted these hawks and falcons flying over us, usually headed south:<br />
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<li>Swainson's Hawk</li>
<li>Cooper's Hawk</li>
<li>Northern Harrier</li>
<li>Peregrine Falcon (a species I've only seen once before on Lake Creek Trail)</li>
<li>Merlin</li>
<li>American Kestrel</li>
<li>Sharp-shinned Hawk</li>
<li>Osprey</li>
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The only falcon we didn't see all day was the one that's most likely, a Crested Caracara. (And the very next morning as I jogged by our circle, one flew <i>right</i> over my head.)<br />
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Migrating songbirds were few and far between, but we did manage to find an early Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-headed Vireo, and White-throated Sparrow. Others included Common Yellowthroat, Nashville Warbler, Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, and almost our very last bird, a young White-eyed Vireo.<br />
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At about 10:15 AM we heard a very strange drawn-out bird call from some very dense nearby bushes. None of us could identify it. (Matt tentatively said, "Towhee?") Very soon after we heard it other birds started gathering around and calling in very clear alarm behavior. Several species of songbirds were in the same small area but the brush was so dense we could never see what they were clustered around. My guess is that we had heard the death cry of a bird (probably a Northern Cardinal) that had been grabbed and eaten by a snake! Other predator types would have left the area after capturing the bird, but snakes really can't do that. And the alarm behavior of the other birds matched what we've seen them do around snakes before.<br />
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It was a great way to spend a day, and here are a few photos of birds and other wildlife we got to see:<br />
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The Peregrine Falcon that was so high in the overcast sky it was just a silhouette:<br />
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A juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk that flew over in the early afternoon after the sun came out:<br />
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A beautiful Common Green Darner dragonfly that we rescued from being stuck in the water:<br />
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Probably the largest group of mixed Turkey Vultures and Swainson's Hawks that drifted south over our heads at around 3:45 PM:<br />
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Craig laughs and Helen looks on disapprovingly as I tried to take a selfie:<br />
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A beautiful buck White-tailed Deer that quietly foraged nearby and didn't seem to mind our presence at all:<br />
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One of many Monarch butterflies that was migrating south over our heads throughout the day. Sometimes these butterflies were as high as the raptors!<br />
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More photos <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157711343195288">are on Flickr here</a>.<br />
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Big Sits are counter-intuitive to me. When I first heard about them I thought they would be pretty darn boring. And I guess they could be if your spot is pretty barren. But my experience with Big Sits at locations with a variety of habitats in view has been the opposite. They're exciting! And I usually see at least one bird that was almost totally unexpected. This time the Anhinga and the Peregrine Falcon stood out. And the bird alarm event we got to observe was a great opportunity to hear a sound not many people get to hear, and to witness a classic "umbrella" type bird alarm. All we had to do was stay in one place all day!<br />
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I could not have asked for better birders who joined me throughout the day. We had a blast! And I was not at all worried about missing birds. Here's a group shot I took at about 9:30 AM:<br />
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Left-to-right: Steven McDonald, Craig Browning, Helen Mastrangelo, Matt Deton, Chip Beaudette and Kat Ross. Through the day we were also joined by Laura Lefler, and Kim and Jeff Carter. Steven was the only one who stayed at the site <i>all day</i>. He's the only one who didn't leave and come back at some point. He was on the site for <i>over 12 hours</i> and added 2 species to his Lake Creek Trail Big Year list!<br />
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Here's our complete bird species list for the day. I recorded it in the order we observed them, and included the time each species was first observed. Notice how the morning is the most exciting time during a Big Sit. After noon we only added 7 species, once with a 2 hour gap between new species. And see how active things were up until about 8:15 AM:<br />
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>21</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Scissor-tailed Flycatcher</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:47 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>22</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Great-tailed Grackle</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:48 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>23</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Common Grackle</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:54 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>24</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">White-winged Dove</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:56 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>25</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Turkey Vulture</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:56 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>26</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Cattle Egret</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:56 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>27</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">European Starling</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">7:59 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>28</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Lesser Goldfinch</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:03 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>29</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Common Yellowthroat</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:04 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>30</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Red-tailed Hawk</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:08 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>31</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Red-winged Blackbird</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:09 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>32</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Barn Swallow</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:15 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>33</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:22 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>34</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Merlin</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:27 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>35</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">American Robin</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:32 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>36</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Ruby-crowned Kinglet</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:36 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>37</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Dickcissel</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:39 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>38</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Swainson’s Hawk</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:42 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>39</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Double-crested Cormorant</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:42 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>40</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">swallow sp. (square-tailed, not a Barn Swallow)</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:45 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>41</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Cooper’s Hawk</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:48 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>42</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Northern Flicker</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">8:54 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>43</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Peregrine Falcon</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">9:05 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>44</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Blue Grosbeak</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">9:09 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>45</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Nashville Warbler</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">9:26 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>46</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Chimney Swift</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">9:40 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>47</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Northern Harrier</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">9:43 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>48</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Indigo Bunting</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">10:02 AM</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>49</b></span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 481px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Carolina Chickadee</span></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 161px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">10:17 AM</span></td></tr>
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Here are <a href="https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bigsitlive/">the official Big Sit results an BirdWatcher's Digest Magazine's web site</a>. Look for Birding on Broadmeade. Our official total there is 60 species because there was not a slot for an unidentified swallow species. But that's OK, 60 is still an amazing total for a suburban hike-and-bike trail!<br />
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And <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S60827708">here's our list in eBird</a>.Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-60288166903447533542019-10-06T16:20:00.002-05:002019-10-06T16:20:27.551-05:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkThis morning at 8:00 16 people joined me on the Parmer Village end of Lake Creek Trail for the monthly group bird walk. It was clear and sunny, and it was just a little bit cooler. Many fall migrant birds have been moving through the area lately and just a few winter residents have been appearing, so I was excited to see what we could find.<br />
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We spent some time in the tall grass by the creek bed and watched a few Yellow Warblers and Wilson's Warblers in the willow trees and ash trees around us. Two highlights were a fly-over American Kestrel, my first observation of this winter-resident falcon, and a first-year Blue Grosbeak that was almost cinnamon brown that spent some time at the top of an ash tree for us. Here's the grosbeak:<br />
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Making our way upstream we found a few more Wilson's Warblers and heard a couple Common Yellowthroats in the creek bed. When we made it up to the last dam, we spent some time there and got to see two Belted Kingfishers, both a male and female. Here's a distant photo of the female:<br />
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We also spotted this praying mantis waiting for prey underneath a Maximillian Sunflower. While we watched it tried to grab an American Bumblebee but failed.<br />
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In patches of dense brush and the strip of riparian woods near the dam various folks on the walk got brief looks at Gray Catbird, Nashville Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Orange-crowned Warbler, and a female Downy Woodpecker. We made it all the way to the first low water crossing in the Town and Country playing fields where a Warbling Vireo was briefly spotted.<br />
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On our way back to the meeting spot we saw this large Texas Spiny Lizard hiding at the base of a winged elm tree:<br />
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We ended up finding 42 species of birds. Here's <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60404947">our complete eBird list</a>.<br />
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And here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157711221265862">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-84068493129656912282019-09-02T13:01:00.002-05:002019-09-02T13:01:56.393-05:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkDespite the hot weather, about 15 people joined me this morning at 7:30 for the monthly group walk. And half of them were already there by 7:00! This month's group included mostly experienced birders, so the few beginners had plenty of help finding and identifying birds. As we gathered we enjoyed seeing this rainbow, created by a small rainstorm just west of us:<br />
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Despite a small flurry of activity at about 7:15 when I arrived (which included several Dickcissels calling on their way south), overall it was a quiet and still morning. South-bound migrants were moving through the area, but getting more than quick glimpses of them was difficult. Here's one of three or four Great Crested Flycatchers we saw, the only one that presented a photo opportunity:<br />
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Other south-bound migrants we briefly saw that I was unable to photograph included a group of 6 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, a single heard-only Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow Warblers, a single Baltimore Oriole, which only a few of the group got to see, and this juvenile Green Heron which was either already on its way south or soon will be:<br />
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Dragonflies were easier to observe than the birds, and we saw Common Green Darners (many), Red Saddlebags and Black Saddlebags, Eastern Pondhawks, a few Blue Dashers and two male Great Blue Skimmers. I enjoyed seeing this female Eastern Pondhawk perched on poison ivy:<br />
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We ended up covering about 1 mile of the trail in about 2.5 hours and found 35 species of birds. Here's <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59461759">our complete bird list on eBird</a>.<br />
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And here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157710658474373">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-9475331073968533032019-07-07T17:19:00.002-05:002019-07-07T17:19:36.966-05:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkAbout ten of us met this morning at 7:30 at the Braes Valley trailhead of Lake Creek Trail to see what birds and other wildlife we could find. We ended up finding 42 species of birds plus some cool dragonflies. The most exciting bird was a Roseate Spoonbill! Yesterday Helen Mastrangelo told me she found a Roseate Spoonbill on the creek and saw it fly upstream towards the Broadmeade bridge. This is a coastal species, but every summer some first-year birds wander inland. (The same thing happens with Tricolored Herons.) Last year <a href="https://birdingonbroadmeade.blogspot.com/2018/07/roseate-spoonbill.html">we had a first-year Roseate Spoonbill spend most of the summer on Lake Creek</a>, but today's bird is not the same individual. Today's bird is also first-year and after their first year these birds seem to figure out that they are best suited to coastal wetlands.<br />
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Shortly after we crossed the footbridge and entered the Town and Country playing fields, Michael Pfeil spotted the spoonbill foraging in the creek bed. Here are a few photos. The pale pink color and lack of dark feathers around the face are diagnostic of this being a first-year bird. Mature birds have much more vivid pink plumage:<br />
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Most of the time the spoonbill was hanging around with a Snowy Egret. These two species are often seen together down on the coast:<br />
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Another interesting bird we saw was this domestic Muscovy duck. Has it escaped from someone's backyard? It has been seen on the creek for months now:<br />
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On our way back we got a distant look at a Bronzed Cowbird, a species that used to be limited to south Texas but has been expanding its range north. Diagnostic are its red eyes and puffed-out neck feathers:<br />
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Dragonflies were out and about, and one of my favorite ones this morning was this male Slaty Skimmer, a species I've only rarely seen on the trail:<br />
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And further downstream we found another "Roseate" species, this beautiful Roseate Skimmer dragonfly:<br />
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Here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157709494633112">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.<br />
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And here's <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58005026">our complete bird list on eBird</a>.<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-88962149830564473622019-06-04T18:44:00.002-05:002019-06-04T18:46:01.543-05:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkAbout 10 folks joined me Sunday morning for the monthly group walk. We enjoyed a surprisingly comfortable cloudy morning with a slight breeze. Starting at 7:30 we spent about two hours on Lake Creek Trail finding 31 species of birds. But birds weren't the only nature observations we made. It has been a wet summer and as the group walked upstream by the creek bed I couldn't believe how thick the wildflowers were!<br />
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And scattered in the flowers and grasses were dragonflies, now present in greater numbers than just a couple weeks ago. The most numerous species was Widow Skimmer, but I also spotted my first tiny Eastern Amberwing of the season, and this Halloween Pennant, maybe the most photogenic species of dragonfly in central Texas:<br />
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Further upstream alongside a patch of poverty weed I stopped when I heard a loud squeaking which I pointed out to the group as probably being from a rat or mouse in the tall grass. Just a few feet further along I looked down and saw a Texas Rat Snake coiled around a rat! We had heard this poor rat's screams when it was caught by the snake! As we watched and I tried to get photos with my iPhone, I accidentally scared the snake away. It uncoiled from the rat and abandoned it to run from us into the poverty weed. I felt bad that I had caused the snake to abandon its meal, so we quickly moved on, hoping it would come back to claim the dead rat.<br />
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The photos I took were horrible but I'll share them anyway. Here's the snake coiled around the rat:<br />
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And here's the abandoned dead rat:<br />
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This was a first-time observation for the Birding on Broadmeade walk!<br />
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When we reached the last dam on the creek we started hearing a Painted Bunting singing. About 15 minutes later, after we had crossed the dam, the bird finally flew into view and everyone got a great look at it. Here's my distant photo:<br />
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We went back across the dam and followed the trail upstream into Town and Country playing fields. Along the way we enjoyed seeing Purple Martins using a neighbor's Purple Martin house, and a brief and distant look at a Bronzed Cowbird. At the first low water crossing in the playing fields we hung around for a few minutes and saw mating Eastern Pondhawk dragonflies, and then the male guarding the female from other males while she deposited her eggs in the water. There were also a couple blotched water snakes and this pretty little Rambur's Forktail damselfly:<br />
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A beautiful male Eastern Bluebird made an appearance before we left, and we spotted a male Black-chinned Hummingbird when we got close to the last dam again.<br />
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Here's <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57091274">our complete eBird list</a>.<br />
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And here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157708913319061">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-10910357743017615622019-05-10T17:49:00.003-05:002019-05-10T17:49:57.315-05:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkThe first few days in May are usually the peak of spring songbird migration through the Austin area, so I always have high hopes for our May group walk to see species of birds we won't see at any other time of year. To see the most migrants the weather has to cooperate too. Storms force the north-bound birds to stop traveling and wait for better weather in patches of good habitat. Last week we had storms late in the week, and between rains birders were reporting amazing varieties of birds. Saturday and Sunday were clear, but there were still migrating birds around and we had a fun Sunday morning finding them on Lake Creek Trail. Here was the view near the trail head on Braes Valley:<br />
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The birding was tough. We could see small birds moving through the tree canopy but we got only brief glimpses of them in the dense leaves. The first cooperative migrating bird for a photo we found was this brilliant male Summer Tanager:<br />
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One by one throughout the morning we got brief looks at Nashville Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Warbling Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, and Wilson's Warbler. The star of the morning was a female Golden-winged Warbler, a declining species I've only seen a handful of times on the trail. Here's the poor photo I managed to get:<br />
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A couple non-birding highlights were these Texas Dandelions, all pointed at the sun:<br />
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And this young male Roseate Skimmer dragonfly was great to see:<br />
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Here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157708468772064">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.<br />
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And <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56098116">here's our complete bird list on eBird</a>.Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-6215009552305333702019-03-04T17:54:00.001-06:002019-03-04T17:54:19.319-06:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkDespite temperatures in the low 40s and a string wet north wind, 10 people joined me yesterday morning for the monthly group walk. We met at the Parmer Village end of Lake Creek Trail where there were more birds in the drainage pond there than I've seen in a long time: Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, a few Gadwall, an American Wigeon, and a single sleeping Pied-billed Grebe. After that strong start things slowed down and we really didn't see much on our way upstream to the last dam. At the dam we watched about 6 Barn Swallows catching insects over the water. I hope these early spring migrants are keeping warm!<br />
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We found a single Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a few Yellow-rumped Warblers by the dam as well, winter resident species that will soon return north. In fact, I think Yellow-rumped Warbler numbers are already decreasing in the Austin area. We continued upstream paralleling the trail through the woods, but we didn't see or hear much. We were well into the Town and Country property before we finally found a neat flock of about 15 Chipping Sparrows foraging on the ground behind a little hill that shielded them from the cold wind.<br />
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The group was getting cold as well and several people turned back at that point. But most of us toughed it out and made our way to the first low water creek crossing. Down by the creek we found a little break from the wind and got to see an American Pipit on the creek bed and a Savannah Sparrow in some dense brush along the bank. Then we hoofed it back to the parking area by the pond.<br />
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At the pond, Steven McDonald spotted our best bird, a Wilson's Snipe along the bank. These as well as other shorebirds seem to have gotten harder to find on Lake Creek trail over the last few years. I think this might be because the last few years have been wetter than previous years, and shorebirds have more habitat to choose from. Here's a poor digiscoped image I took of the snipe:<br />
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Although it seemed like a slow morning, we managed to detect 45 species of birds. Here's <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53341755">our complete eBird list.</a><br />
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And <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157703808083852">here's one more photo of Flickr</a>, a part of a beaver skull we found near the Parmer Lane bridge.<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-1916835552637809932019-02-04T17:32:00.000-06:002019-02-04T17:32:27.031-06:00Birding on Broadmeade WalkYesterday morning about 20 people joined me for my monthly group walk on Lake Creek Trail. It was foggy but not too damp when we started at the Braes Valley end of the trail at 8:00 AM. Things started a little slow but we ended up having a fun morning, spending 3 hours on the trail and finding 41 species of birds. Sound travels faster and farther through fog, and we felt like some of the birds singing the morning chorus were almost on top of us even though we had trouble seeing them at first.<br />
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We checked the side trail that connects to Holbrook St. and we were rewarded with brief looks at a male Spotted Towhee, an uncharacteristically colorful member of the sparrow family, and longer easier looks at a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Back on the trail we didn't see much until we got to the footbridge where we first heard and then saw a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks in neighbors' yards near the end of Meadowheath. And a few of us got a brief look at a Swamp Sparrow.<br />
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Things picked up when we continued down the trail. We decided to go south of the trail among the baseball and soccer fields, hoping to find a Purple Finch. In one of the baseball fields we found over 20 American Pipits foraging in the grass. Further down we found for Northern Flickers, also on the ground. These beautiful woodpeckers are only in the Austin area during the winter and often forage on the ground. I got this poor photo of three of them:<br />
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At the eastern low water crossing we were excited to see 38 American Wigeon in the shallow water. You usually have to go further downstream to see ducks on Lake Creek. I was happy that the group was able to slowly cross the creek without scaring them all away. They just slowly moved away from us, sometimes making short flights:<br />
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On our way back we enjoyed finding a group of House Finches and Chipping Sparrows, with one Savannah Sparrow thrown in. And we were lucky to get stunning close looks at a few Eastern Bluebirds. When the group was stopped, this male flew in and landed right above us, and sang!<br />
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Near the footbridge we saw the pair of Red-shouldered Hawks again, and I got this photo of one of them:<br />
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The hawks soon returned to the area where we first discovered them. I'm pretty sure they must be planning to nest there.<br />
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Here's our <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S52339275">complete bird list on eBird</a>.<br />
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And here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157706468644144">a few more photos on Flickr</a>.<br />
<br />Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532222786086994957.post-26412249673300975252019-01-21T14:43:00.001-06:002019-01-21T15:03:35.029-06:00Steven's Cool BirdsThese days my neighbor Steven McDonald birds Lake Creek Trail more often than I do. He's even challenging himself to try and observe as many species of birds on Lake Creek Trail as possible during the calendar year of 2019. (Birders call this a "big year.") Lucky for us he's a great photographer as well as birder, and has recently found and photographed some really cool birds on the trail.<br />
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Central Texas is wintering ground for many species of wild ducks. A few of them can be found on Lake Creek right now and lately we've been seeing American Wigeons, Gadwalls, and Northern Shovelers. On January 13, Steven captured this amazing photo of two beautiful male American Wigeons vocalizing and making a courtship display for a female. (<a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Wigeon/lifehistory#behavior">Learn more about this behavior here</a>.)<br />
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Beautiful birds showing remarkable behavior right here in our neighborhood! (By the way, male American Wigeons do <i style="font-weight: bold;">not</i> sound like you'd think a duck should sound. When you get close enough, <a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Wigeon/sounds">here's what they sound like</a>.)<br />
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Central Texas is also an area where pairs of similar eastern and western bird species ranges overlap. One example of this is the southwestern Golden-fronted Woodpecker and the eastern Red-bellied Woodpecker. In west Austin there are places where both can be found, but in our neighborhood we almost exclusively have Red-bellied. Last year we started seeing an occasional Golden-fronted Woodpecker on the trail, and this year Steven found a male woodpecker which is a hybrid of the two! Here's a slightly fuzzy photo I got of this special bird this morning on Lake Creek Trail:<br />
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Most of the visible attributes of this bird match Golden-fronted Woodpecker better than Red-bellied. See the red patch on the crown, separate from the color on the nape. But on a Golden-fronted woodpecker, that nape would be yellow. On this bird, it's almost as red as the crown. The belly on this bird is also slightly orange, different than the yellow belly of a Golden-fronted.<br />
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House Finch is a common and very vocal year-round songbird in central Texas. The males of this brownish gray streaky species look like someone splashed them with red paint. Purple Finch is a very similar looking species that only occurs in Texas during the winter, and normally you can only find it in far northeast Texas. But this winter birders have been finding them in Austin, and yesterday morning Steven found this female Purple Finch on Lake Creek Trail:<br />
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She was eating ash tree seeds with a bunch of House Finches and American Goldfinches on the Town and Country property, near the footbridge between the small soccer fields and baseball fields.<br />
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You can find more of Steven's great photos from Lake Creek Trail and lots of other places on <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25219135@N03/">his Flickr photo stream here</a>.Mikael Behrenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699778875123504190noreply@blogger.com3