Saw the following in the farmland NW of Houston, Texas (known as the Katy prairie) on Sunday the 17th of July, 2005
Stopped at 6 spots on the backroads. For each species first number is total number seen and the number in parentheses indicates at how many stops (out of six) the species was seen at. For specific locations please e-mail me.
31 species in all (nothing unusual). Data is also posted at www.ebird.org
Northern Bobwhite 9 (5) -- -- -- -- -- --
Great Blue Heron 1 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Great Egret 2 (2) -- -- -- -- -- --
Snowy Egret 2 (2) -- -- -- -- -- --
Little Blue Heron 1 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Cattle Egret 67 (3) -- -- -- -- -- --
Green Heron 3 (2) -- -- -- -- -- --
Roseate Spoonbill 3 (2) -- -- -- -- -- --
Wood Stork 9 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Black Vulture 12 (2) -- -- -- -- -- --
Turkey Vulture 6 (2) -- -- -- -- -- --
Red-tailed Hawk 2 (2) -- -- -- -- -- --
Crested Caracara 2 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Killdeer 8 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
White-winged Dove 2 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Mourning Dove 27 (6) -- -- -- -- -- --
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Loggerhead Shrike 9 (5) -- -- -- -- -- --
Blue Jay 1 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Purple Martin 20 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Barn Swallow 12 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Carolina Chickadee 2 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Northern Mockingbird 31 (4) -- -- -- -- -- --
European Starling 15 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Northern Cardinal 19 (4) -- -- -- -- -- --
Dickcissel 13 (2) -- -- -- -- -- --
Red-winged Blackbird 104 (5) -- -- -- -- -- --
Eastern Meadowlark 61 (5) -- -- -- -- -- --
Brown-headed Cowbird 11 (1) -- -- -- -- -- --