Hi All,
Our last twenty minutes birding at Canyon Lake #6 this evening was exciting.
Brad Shine and myself were unable to find the Northern Shrike in the areas that
that it was previously located, so we walked down the old abandoned railway, in
a last gasp chance at finding the Northern Shrike, and there it was
masquerading as a mockingbird in a dead tree. Once we realized it was our
target bird we both got good photos before a biker flushed the shrike and it
flew northwest out to the field and landed in another, but larger dead tree.
Earlier, as we were birding, hundreds of Sandhill Cranes were flying over, and
we joked about seeing a Whooping Crane. As we were about to leave a huge
Sandhill Crane flock flew over and there was one huge white bird-a Whooping
Crane. We were astonished! We both got photos. I am still unable to post
photos to the listserver so below is my eBird post with pictures.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S97372968
Enjoy the chase!
Jim Crites
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On Nov 9, 2021, at 6:52 PM, Kassie Moore <kasbang55@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dang!! That’s awesome!
On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 6:35 PM WILLIAM WENTHE <wwenthe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:--
What a gift to see a whooping crane! I heard two flocks of sand hill cranes
this evening – I think I hurt my neck jerking it up to look for a big white
bird.
Bill
On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 05:07:09 PM CST, Johnny Nelson
<johnnywillnelson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What a day! Congratulations- I'm stuck teaching tomorrow but might give the
bike trails a go on Thursday if the shrike holds on that long.
Johnny
On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 4:39 PM James Crites <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Brad and I got a whooping crane with a large flock of Sandhills, after we
got the northern shrike!
Jim
Sent from my iPhone
Kassie