I was excited to participate another year in the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count on 12/20/2021. I covered the Aransas Pass area again which includes parts of San Patricio and Aransas counties. This year for the first time I was happy to be joined by Aaron Evans, Aransas Pass resident and birder.
Highlights included seeing, all in the same couple minutes, 3 soaring Red-tailed Hawks, a migrating flock of American White Pelicans high in the sky, and 3 Crested Caracaras interacting in the air, clacking their bills, and even talon-grappling! Our bird of the day was this stunning Yellow-throated Warbler seen in a mixed-species flock near Prairie View Cemetery.
See linked observations.
For this count I went totally eBird! Here's the Trip Report, a new feature they introduced recently for summarizing checklists.
Here are the photos on Flickr.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
Our bird of the day, this stunning Yellow-throated Warbler, was found in a large mixed-species foraging flock in a neighborhood by the Prairie View Cemetery. We will need to bird this area more in the future!
Taken during the Port Aransas Christmas Bird Count in the Aransas Pass area with Aaron Evans.
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What a fabulous capture of the Yellow-throated Warbler!
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