Field notes, v667
Page 679
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Feb. 20, 1953, Part Arthur, Jefferson Co-Galveston, Galveston Co. Texas. 76 road miles. 3:45-5:45 p.m.CST. Brown Pelican Double-crested Cormorants Blue Heron Common Egret Snow Geese - 2000 Blue Geese - 500 W of Sabina Pass. White-fronted Geese Pintails Red-tailed Hawk Marsh Hawks common Sparrow Hawk Black-bellied Plovers along Gulf - singles common Killdeer Willets Western Sandpipers Ring-billed Gulls common Herring Gulls Laughing Gulls 1st at Sabine Pass, then several dozen followed ferry to Galveston and I tossed them bread, which they caught in stiff breeze, in mid-air. Bonaparte's Gull Gull-billed Tern at Sabine Pass. 1st passed off as Royal Tern till I noted bill difference and shorter tail. Forester's Tern Royal Terns Mourning Doves Kingfishers Yellow-shafted Flickers Tree Swallows Purple Martins E. Crows Fish Crows Robins Shrike Starlings - 100's in evening flights. Meadowlark House Sparrow Redwings Boat-tailed Grackles Feb. 21, 1953, NE of Victoria, Victoria Co. Texas, on U.S. 59. 1015CST-1030CST. Turkey Vulture Killdeer, Mockin birds Shrike Starlings Meadowlarks Boat-tailed Grackles. Feb. 21, 1953, SE of Victoria, Victoria Co. Texas along US 77, in oaks. Turkey Vulture Eastern Bluebirds Black Vulture Ruby-crowned Kinglet Red-tailed Hawk Shrike Red-shouldered Hawk Starlings Marsh Hawk White-eyed Vireo Caracaras E. Meadowlark Sparrow Hawk Cardinal Little Brown Cranes -35 Lark Sparrows Sandhill Cranes - 120 Mourning Dove Flycatcher (little) Carolina Chickadees Hermit Thrush