Oct 18 Eagle Lake & Attwater NWR

72 species observed, including 39 in Austin County, 29 in Colorado County, 39 at Eagle Lake and 29 at Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR. 14 observers.

Mammals & reptiles: 2 White-tailed Deer, 3 Nutria, 9 American Alligator.
Highlight: albino American Coot at Attwater.

AU = Austin County
CO = Colorado County
AT = Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR (Colorado Co.)
EA = Eagle Lake (Colorado Co.)

Common Name

AU

CO

AT

EA

Total

Pied-billed Grebe

 

8

21

9

38

American White Pelican

     

5

5

Double-crested Cormorant

4

   

28

32

Anhinga

   

4

31

35

Great Blue Heron

2

1

4

5

12

Great Egret

7

6

17

8

38

Snowy Egret

 

1

   

1

Little Blue Heron

     

3

3

Tricolored Heron

 

1

3

2

6

Cattle Egret

12

90

 

4

106

Black-crowned Night-Heron

   

1

2

3

White-faced Ibis

37

1

6

 

44

Roseate Spoonbill

     

1

1

Greater White-fronted Goose

18

519

 

287

824

Snow Goose

     

200

200

Goose species

 

200

   

200

Green-winged Teal

750

     

750

Mottled Duck

   

13

 

13

Mallard

   

3

 

3

Northern Pintail

6

   

2

8

Blue-winged Teal

6

9

100

 

115

Cinnamon Teal

   

11

 

11

Northern Shoveler

2

 

1

 

3

Gadwall

500

     

500

American Wigeon

7

 

400

 

407

Ruddy Duck

   

2

 

2

Black Vulture

2

 

2

4

8

Turkey Vulture

7

3

7

7

24

Osprey

     

1

1

Bald Eagle

     

1

1

Northern Harrier

   

4

 

4

Cooper's Hawk

     

1

1

White-tailed Hawk

2

 

6

 

8

Red-tailed Hawk

1

1

1

 

3

Crested Caracara

1

     

1

American Kestrel

5

1

3

1

10

Common Moorhen

   

4

 

4

American Coot

750

6

1608

36

2400

American Coot - albino

   

1

 

1

 

Albino!!! Among the 1600 American Coots was one pure white albino coot. All feathers were white, although some had a faint sprinkling of "coal dust", The bill was white, but not like the normal coots. Normal coots seem to have a glossy enamel white bill, while the albino had a flat caulky white bill that looked like the color had been sucked out of it.

Sandhill Crane

   

53

10

63

 

7 flocks consisting of 3, 17, 7, 3, 9, 6, and 8 birds. One flock heard, but not seen, at Eagle Lake. All flying very high.

Killdeer

19

5

 

1

25

American Avocet

 

7

   

7

Greater Yellowlegs

 

1

   

1

Lesser Yellowlegs

 

1

   

1

Dowitcher species

80

12

   

92

Bonaparte's Gull

     

6

6

Rock Dove

30

     

30

Mourning Dove

8

10

   

18

Inca Dove

     

1

1

Belted Kingfisher

 

1

 

1

2

Red-bellied Woodpecker

1

   

4

5

Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted)

     

1

1

Eastern Phoebe

4

   

8

12

Vermilion Flycatcher

     

1

1

 

Early

       

Great Crested Flycatcher

     

1

1

Eastern Kingbird

     

1

1

 

Late

       

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

16

4

   

20

Tree Swallow

22

23

137

100

282

Barn Swallow

39

91

100

100

330

Blue Jay

2

     

2

American Crow

25

   

6

31

Carolina Wren

     

2

2

Marsh Wren

   

1

 

1

Northern Mockingbird

10

   

2

12

Loggerhead Shrike

5

6

6

 

17

European Starling

40

23

   

63

Chipping Sparrow

   

2

 

2

Savannah Sparrow

1

     

1

Red-winged Blackbird

22

2

2

1000

1026

Eastern Meadowlark

2

     

2

Meadowlark species

20

3

   

23

Great-tailed Grackle

11

     

11

Common Grackle

1

     

1

Brown-headed Cowbird

5

150

 

55

210

House Sparrow

51

2

   

53