Blackbirds, Finches

<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>   |   <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kinglets, Gnatcatcher, Thrushes, Mocking"><U>Kinglets, Gnatcatcher, Thrushes, Mockingbird, Thrashers, Pipits, Waxwing</U></A>   |   <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>   |   <B>Blackbirds, Finches</B>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Introduced, Feral and Exotic"><U>Introduced, Feral and Exotic</U></A></div> <div> Blackbirds, Finches</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Great-tailed Grackle,</B><I> Quiscalus mexicanus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="18d3cad0.gif" border=0 width="572" height="429" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Great-tailed Grackle, </B><I>Quiscalus mexicanus</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 6 July 2002</div> <div> Large numbers gathered around standing water left by the torrential rains of the first </div> <div> week of July. Here Johnny Hawkins surveys a flock during the flood.</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="18f56fd0.jpg" border=0 width="342" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> molting <B>Great-tailed Grackles, </B><I>Quiscalus mexicanus </I></div> <div> At the aviary, Camp Rio Vista, 1 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="99582fc0.jpg" border=0 width="386" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Great-tailed Grackle, </B><I>Quiscalus mexicanus</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 3 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="9944b590.jpg" border=0 width="587" height="601" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="993ddd30.jpg" border=0 width="221" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="992cdd30.jpg" border=0 width="205" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Great-tailed Grackle, </B><I>Quiscalus mexicanus,</I> females</div> <div> Whataburger parking lot, Ingram, 3 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="b8c5d060.jpg" border=0 width="349" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Great-tailed Grackle,</B><I> Quiscalus mexicanus</I></div> <div> With European Starlings.</div> <div> Whataburger, Ingram, 4 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Red-winged Blackbird, </B><I>Agelaius phoenicius</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="6e5be930.jpg" border=0 width="190" height="147" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="6e4e3930.jpg" border=0 width="227" height="147" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="6e3b9930.jpg" border=0 width="185" height="147" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Red-winged Blackbird, </B><I>Agelaius phoenicius</I></div> <div> Below the dam at Ingram Dam Lake, 2 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>blackbirds</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="6e6585b0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="347" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>mixed flock of blackbirds</B></div> <div> Includes Red-winged Blackbirds, Great-tailed Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird.</div> <div> Below the dam at Ingram Dam Lake, 2 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Purple Finch, </B><I>Carpodacus purpurea</I></div> <div> Two males and a female Purple Finch were present at the front gate of RV on 11 December 2002 (tg). A male was seen at the LWC near there on 18 December 2002 (tg).</div> <bR> <div> <B>House Finch, </B><I>Carpodacus mexicanus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="130f20e0.jpg" border=0 width="242" height="270" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="12fe90e0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="270" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>House Finch, </B><I>Carpodacus  mexicanus</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 31 August 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6e8ebf90.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>House Finch, </B><I>Carpodacus mexicanus</I></div> <div> Below the dam at Ingram Dam Lake, 2 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d5b7b1a0.jpg" border=0 width="379" height="282" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>House Finch, </B><I>Carpodacus mexicanus, </I>male</div> <div> Part of large migrant flock after storms.</div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 8 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Lesser Goldfinch, </B><I>Carduelis psaltria</I></div> <div> At least a dozen Lesser Goldfinches, in a mixture of plumages, were at the Sunset Cemetery Road behind HOH on 9 September 2002 (tg/eb).</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="46faaa10.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="46e97a10.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Lesser Goldfinch, </B><I>Carduelis psaltria</I></div> <div> Sunset Cemetery Road, 9 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d5dddd70.jpg" border=0 width="221" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Lesser Goldfinch, </B><I>Carduelis psaltria</I></div> <div> Juvenile (above) begging from adult (below).</div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 8 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Pine Siskin,</B><I> Carduelis pinus</I></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> </td> </tr></table></body>