Kinglets, Gnatcatcher, Thrushes, Mockingbird, Thrashers, Pipits, Waxwing

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="096d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Fauna and Flora of Kerr County, Texas</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Fauna and Flora of Kerr County, Texa"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Anh"><U>Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Anhinga</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Herons, Egrets, Ibises, Spoonbill, Stork"><U>Herons, Egrets, Ibises, Spoonbill, Storks, Vultures</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ducks, Geese, Swans"><U>Ducks, Geese, Swans</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons"><U>Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grouse, Turkey, Quail, Rails, Cranes"><U>Grouse, Turkey, Quail, Rails, Cranes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shorebirds, Plovers, Gulls, Terns"><U>Shorebirds, Plovers, Gulls, Terns</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Doves, Pigeons, Cuckoos, Owls, Nightjars"><U>Doves, Pigeons, Cuckoos, Owls, Nightjars</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Woodp"><U>Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flycatchers, Shrikes, Vireos"><U>Flycatchers, Shrikes, Vireos</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jays, Crows, Ravens, Lark, Swallows, Mar"><U>Jays, Crows, Ravens, Lark, Swallows, Martin</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chickadee, Titmouse, Verdin, Bushtit, Nu"><U>Chickadee, Titmouse, Verdin, Bushtit, Nuthatches, Creeper, Wrens</U></A>   |   <B>Kinglets, Gnatcatcher, Thrushes, Mockingbird, Thrashers, Pipits, Waxwing</B>   |   <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Warblers"><U>Warblers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tanagers, Sparrows, Grosbeaks, Cardinals"><U>Tanagers, Sparrows, Grosbeaks, Cardinals, Buntings</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blackbirds, Finches"><U>Blackbirds, Finches</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Introduced, Feral and Exotic"><U>Introduced, Feral and Exotic</U></A></div> <div> Kinglets, Gnatcatcher, Thrushes, Mockingbird, Thrashers, Pipits, Waxwing</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Golden-crowned Kinglet, </B><I>Regulus regulus</I></div> <div> About 12 Golden-crowned Kinglets were foraging in Plateau Live Oak and Sugarberry trees at RV on 11 December 2002, loosely associated with a passage flock of robins, waxwings and bluebirds (tg).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, </B><I>Polioptila caerulea</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="86913cc0.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,</B><I> Polioptila caerulea</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 16 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Eastern Bluebird, </B><I>Sialia sialis</I></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="4d5947f0.jpg" border=0 width="148" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Eastern Bluebird, </B><I>Sialia sialis</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 10 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Western Bluebird, </B><I>Sialia mexicanus</I></div> <div> A single was present in a passage flock of birds at Camp Rio Vista on 11 December 2002 (tg). This is a highly unusual location for this species in Kerr County.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Mountain Bluebird, </B><I>Sialia currucoides</I></div> <div> Eight individuals showed up on wires at the tennis courts at RV on 11 December 2002, but were gone within an hour (tg). This is a highly unusual location for this species in Kerr County.</div> <bR> <div> <B>American Robin, </B><I>Turdus migratorius</I></div> <div> Several hundred robins with associated bluebirds, waxwings, solitaires and kinglets, showed up at RV on 11 December 2002 (tg). By 12 December 2002 only a handful remained.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Townsend's Solitaire, </B><I>Myadestes townsendi</I></div> <div> Two individuals were found at the top of a Sugarberry tree during a temporary stopover by a passage flock of robins, bluebirds and waxwings on 11 December 2002 (tg). This is the first known modern record of this species in Kerr County, though there are fairly recent records from Real and Edwards Counties.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Northern Mockingbird, </B><I>Mimus polyglottos</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="cd316cd0.jpg" border=0 width="278" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="cd2bbcd0.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Northern Mockingbird, </B><I>Mimus polyglottos</I></div> <div> Cade Loop, 9 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="f6912cb0.jpg" border=0 width="274" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="f6826cb0.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <B>Northern Mockingbird, </B><I>Mimus polyglottos</I></div> <div> In rain, Cade Loop, 19 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Long-billed Thrasher, </B><I>Toxostoma longirostre</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="f9f566b0.jpg" border=0 width="342" height="363" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="fa0a56b0.jpg" border=0 width="421" height="363" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="fa1ddd30.jpg" border=0 width="221" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="fa2d9d30.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="fa324d30.jpg" border=0 width="292" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="f9e49e40.jpg" border=0 width="329" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><I><B><IMG SRC="fa48be40.jpg" border=0 width="395" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <B>cf. Long-billed Thrasher, </B><I>Toxostoma longirostre</I></div> <div> Heart of the Hills Fisheries Research Station, Texas 27, 19 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Cedar Waxwing, </B><I>Bombycilla cedrorum</I></div> <div> About 100 waxwings associated with a flock that included American Robins, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Western and Mountain Bluebirds, and Townsend's Solitaires that stopped for about an hour at RV on 11 December 2002 (tg). About a dozen were linereing as of 18 December 2002.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>