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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