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 |
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American White Pelican |
5 |
5 |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
4 |
28 |
32 |
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Anhinga |
4 |
31 |
35 |
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Great Blue Heron |
2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
Great Egret |
7 |
6 |
17 |
8 |
38 |
Snowy Egret |
1 |
1 |
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Little Blue Heron |
3 |
3 |
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Tricolored Heron |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
|
Cattle Egret |
12 |
90 |
4 |
106 |
|
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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White-faced Ibis |
37 |
1 |
6 |
44 |
|
Roseate Spoonbill |
1 |
1 |
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Greater White-fronted Goose |
18 |
519 |
287 |
824 |
|
Snow Goose |
200 |
200 |
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Goose species |
200 |
200 |
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Green-winged Teal |
750 |
750 |
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Mottled Duck |
13 |
13 |
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Mallard |
3 |
3 |
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Northern Pintail |
6 |
2 |
8 |
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Blue-winged Teal |
6 |
9 |
100 |
115 |
|
Cinnamon Teal |
11 |
11 |
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Northern Shoveler |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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Gadwall |
500 |
500 |
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American Wigeon |
7 |
400 |
407 |
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Ruddy Duck |
2 |
2 |
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Black Vulture |
2 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
|
Turkey Vulture |
7 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
24 |
Osprey |
1 |
1 |
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Bald Eagle |
1 |
1 |
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Northern Harrier |
4 |
4 |
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Cooper's Hawk |
1 |
1 |
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White-tailed Hawk |
2 |
6 |
8 |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Crested Caracara |
1 |
1 |
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American Kestrel |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
Common Moorhen |
4 |
4 |
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American Coot |
750 |
6 |
1608 |
36 |
2400 |
American Coot - albino |
1 |
1 |
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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. |
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Sandhill Crane |
53 |
10 |
63 |
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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. |
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Killdeer |
19 |
5 |
1 |
25 |
|
American Avocet |
7 |
7 |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
1 |
1 |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
1 |
1 |
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Dowitcher species |
80 |
12 |
92 |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
6 |
6 |
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Rock Dove |
30 |
30 |
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Mourning Dove |
8 |
10 |
18 |
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Inca Dove |
1 |
1 |
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Belted Kingfisher |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker |
1 |
4 |
5 |
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Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted) |
1 |
1 |
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Eastern Phoebe |
4 |
8 |
12 |
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Vermilion Flycatcher |
1 |
1 |
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Early |
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Great Crested Flycatcher |
1 |
1 |
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Eastern Kingbird |
1 |
1 |
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Late |
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
16 |
4 |
20 |
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Tree Swallow |
22 |
23 |
137 |
100 |
282 |
Barn Swallow |
39 |
91 |
100 |
100 |
330 |
Blue Jay |
2 |
2 |
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American Crow |
25 |
6 |
31 |
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Carolina Wren |
2 |
2 |
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Marsh Wren |
1 |
1 |
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Northern Mockingbird |
10 |
2 |
12 |
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Loggerhead Shrike |
5 |
6 |
6 |
17 |
|
European Starling |
40 |
23 |
63 |
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Chipping Sparrow |
2 |
2 |
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Savannah Sparrow |
1 |
1 |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
22 |
2 |
2 |
1000 |
1026 |
Eastern Meadowlark |
2 |
2 |
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Meadowlark species |
20 |
3 |
23 |
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Great-tailed Grackle |
11 |
11 |
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Common Grackle |
1 |
1 |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
5 |
150 |
55 |
210 |
|
House Sparrow |
51 |
2 |
53 |
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