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SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >back to</FONT>  <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Birds"><U><B>The Birds</B></U></A></div> <div> Introduced, Feral and Exotic</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0af78320.gif" border=0 width="120" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Ostrich, </B><I>Struthio camelus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="102dd0cc0.jpg" border=0 width="208" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="102c0ecc0.jpg" border=0 width="270" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Black-necked Ostrich, </B><I>Struthio camelus ssp.</I></div> <div> Kirk Ranch, 14 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Emu</B><B>, </B><I>Dromaius novaehollandiae</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="366b4ee0.jpg" border=0 width="180" height="238" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Emu, </B><I>Dromaius noaehollandiae</I></div> <div> Bear Creek Road, 6 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="a59aa9a0.jpg" border=0 width="426" height="410" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="a5887840.jpg" border=0 width="135" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="a5794840.jpg" border=0 width="148" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="a5690840.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><B><IMG SRC="a5593840.jpg" border=0 width="147" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><B><IMG SRC="a54aa840.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Emu,</B><I> Dromaius novaehollandiae</I></div> <div> Bear Creek Road, 4 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Lesser Rhea, </B><I>Rhea americana</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="368fab30.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="179" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Lesser Rhea, </B><I>Rhea americana</I></div> <div> Bear Creek Road, 6 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="a61e9ee0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="238" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="a60ebee0.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="238" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><I><B><IMG SRC="a62c1ee0.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="238" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="a5f75cd0.jpg" border=0 width="373" height="461" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <B>Lesser Rhea,</B><I> Rhea americana</I></div> <div> Bear Creek Road, 4 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Blue Peafowl, </B><I>Pavo cristatus</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Helmeted Guineafowl, </B><I>Numida mitrata</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mute Swan, </B><I>Cygnus cygnus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="36adcc10.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="193" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Mute Swan, </B><I>Cygnus cygnus</I></div> <div> Bear Creek Road, 6 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Whooper Swan, </B><I>Cygnus olor</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3709cc00.jpg" border=0 width="156" height="192" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="36f92c00.jpg" border=0 width="146" height="192" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="36ebbc00.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="192" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Whooper Swan, </B><I>Cygnus olor</I></div> <div> Bear Creek Road, 6 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Trumpeter Swan, </B><I>Cygnus buccinator</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1034eecc0.jpg" border=0 width="238" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><B><IMG SRC="1032e5cc0.jpg" border=0 width="229" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="1031e1cc0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Trumpeter Swan, </B><I>Cygnus buccinator</I></div> <div> Kirk Ranch, 26 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Black Swan, </B><I>Cygnus atratus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="481917c0.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="124" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="4809e7c0.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="124" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="47f7b7c0.jpg" border=0 width="123" height="124" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Black Swan, </B><I>Cygnus atratus, </I>feral </div> <div> Heart of the Hills Fisheries Research Station, 9 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="a64e7d00.jpg" border=0 width="231" height="208" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Black Swan,</B><I> Cygnus atratus</I></div> <div> Bear Creek Road, 4 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Black-necked Swan, </B><I>Cygnus melanocoryphus</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Coscoroba Swan, </B><I>Coscoroba coscoroba</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Canada Goose, </B><I>Branta canadensis</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Egyptian Goose, </B><I>Alopochen aegyptiacus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="f55a2920.jpg" border=0 width="418" height="402" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Egyptian Goose,</B><I> Alopochen aegyptiacus</I></div> <div> Bear Creek Ranch, Bear Creek Ranch Road, 20 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, </B><I>Dendrocygna autumnalis</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>White-faced Whistling-Duck, </B><I>Dendrocygna viduata</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mallard, </B><I>Anas platyrhynchos</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f8f15d00.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="208" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="f8e15d00.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="208" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>White Call Duck, </B><I>Anas platyrhynchos</I></div> <div> A miniature domestic form of the Mallard.</div> <div> Cypress Park, Texas 27, 14 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Muscovy, </B><I>Cairina moschata</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="f960ffa0.jpg" border=0 width="271" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="f9507fa0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="f94dcfa0.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Muscovy, </B><I>Cairina moschata</I></div> <div> A tropical American Duck that has now colonized parts of the lower Rio Grande River as a truly wild bird. </div> <div> A sleek, handsome bird in the wild form, it has been domesticated into one of the ugliest of all animals.</div> <div> Cypress Park, Texas 27, 14 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Green-winged Macaw</B><B>, </B><I>Ara ararauna</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Cuban Parakeet, </B><I>Aratinga euops</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Princess of Wales Parrot, </B><I>Polytelis alexandrae</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Budgerigar, </B><I>Melopsittacus undulatus</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Yellow-fronted Kakariki, </B><I>Cyanoramphus auriceps</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eurasian Collared-Dove,</B> <I>Streptopelia decaocto</I></div> <div> This species was first seen (as suspected wild, spreading birds) in Kerr County in the spring of 1999 on North Ingram Loop in Ingram. A pair was hanging around a house near the junction with Texas Highway 39. In the spring of 2000 a group of 26 birds was found in the River Hills area of Kerrville, along Texas Highway 173 across from the Cowboy Artists of America Museum. Until the spring of 2002 these were the only two locations where the birds could be regularly found, though a few strays had ventured to Camp Rio Vista in 2000 and 2001. In the spring of 2002 however there was a widespread dispersal or influx of a large number of the birds. Groups were being found at the above three locations, plus Hunt, Guadalupe RV Park on Texas Highway 27, downtown Kerrville near the Wells Fargo main bank, off of Texas Highway 16 near Mr. Gatti's and Albertson's, and in the area north of Schreiner University in what is traditional Ringed Turtle-Dove territory. By June 2002, this bird has become nearly ubiquitous in the populated areas of Kerr County.</div> <bR> <div> It should be mentioned that aviculturist and bird "celebrity" David McKelvey kept a loose flock of Eurasian Collared-Doves like pigeons at his old abode on Texas Highway 39 along Johnson Creek, north of Ingram. He moved however in 1997, and took his birds with him, and i could find none in the vicinity thereafter.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Ringed Turtle-Dove,</B><I> Streptopelia risoria</I></div> <div> A colony of Ringed Turtle-Doves has persisted in central Kerrville at least since 1986 and probably well before then. They are most often seen in the neighborhood just north of Schreiner University, and sometimes on campus in the various quad areas. In 1986 tg recorded a male hybrid Ringed Turtle-Dove X White-winged Dove on the campus. It was seen sporadically through 1987 and was often seen displaying and singing to both White-winged Doves and Ringed Turtle-Doves.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0f868680.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="360" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>This Ringed Turtle-Dove (not in Kerr County) was photographed by Erik Breden.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Rock Dove,</B><I> Columba livia</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="101a43f20.jpg" border=0 width="323" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="101921f20.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Rock Dove,</B><I> Columba livia</I></div> <div> Johnson Creek bridge, Ingram, 8 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>European Starling,</B><I> Sturnus vulgaris</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="b8ab3f10.jpg" border=0 width="435" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>European Starling,</B><I> Sturnus vulgaris</I></div> <div> Whataburger, Ingram, 6 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>House Sparrow,</B><I> Passer domesticus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="101dde1b0.jpg" border=0 width="478" height="283" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>House Sparrow,</B><I> Passer domesticus</I></div> <div> Parking Lot of Security State Bank, Kerrville, 26 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Australian Zebra Finch, </B><I>Poephila guttata</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> </td> </tr></table></body>