2017 Daphne Prairie Preserve Fall/Winter Bird Survey October 18-19, 2017 Franklin County, Texas near Mt. Vernon

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1 2017 Daphne Prairie Preserve Fall/Winter Bird Survey October 18-19, 2017 Franklin County, Texas near Mt. Vernon Point 1 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 1 CARWR Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 1 Latitude: ⁰ N EABL Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 4 Longitude: ⁰ W EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 12 Native Prairie Pasture with Large Oak NOHA Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 Flying low over grassland Mott on the left after entrance gate NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 4 Native grasses include long spike SASP Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 6 tridens, silveus dropseed, little blue TUTI Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus 1 and bushy blue, forbs include clasping YRWA Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 5 leaf coneflower, black-eyed susan High diversity native pasture with large mima mounds Point 2 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 2 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 3 Latitude: ⁰ N CHSP Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 4 Longitude: ⁰ W EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 8 Smaller Native Pasture surrounded by MODO Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 6 Trees and brush, two ponds along NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 1 border, very large oak tree on ground NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 5 other trees along road, native grasses SASP Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 2 SSHA Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 1 Long banded tail, orange barred breast, underhead pale WCSP White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 2 YRWA Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 3 Point 3 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 3 CACH Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 2 Latitude: ⁰ N COHA Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 1 Longitude: ⁰ W EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 13 Road goes down into gully next to EAPH Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 1 pond with a wood duck box, road MODO Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 1 crosses the creek, small trees and NOHA Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 shrubs including hackberry, oak RTHA Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 1 and honey locust native pastures

2 YRWA Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 4 surround area, lots of dewberry Point 4 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 4 BLVU Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 2 Latitude: ⁰ N BRTH Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 1 Longitude: ⁰ W COHA Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 1 Open recovering native fields with EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 3 long-spike tridens, little bluestem GBHE Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 1 bushy bluestem, near large pond with MODO Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 3 many extensions and marshy areas NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 1 a few small trees near pond and NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 3 sedges around pond SEWR Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 27 In the gravel roadway at dawn SOSP Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 12 RLHA Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 1 Dark bellyband, white tail tip banded, wrist patches in flight Point 5 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 5 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 1 Latitude: ⁰ N EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 70 Mostly in mowed area Longitude: ⁰ W MODO Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 2 At first circle on gravel road with gate NOHA Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 entrance into old hayfield with SASP Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 4 original native plants - little bluestem SEWR Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 50 All along roadway at dawn indiangrass, silveus dropseed and and long-spike tridens, basket flowers liatris and Marshallia in spring Very large Mima Mounds scattered throughout open prairie Point 6 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 6 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 1 Latitude: ⁰ N BEWR Bewick's Wren Thyromanes bewickii 1 Longitude: ⁰ W EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 10 At second circle on gravel road near LISP Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 4 gate and in view of double pond MODO Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 3 little bluestem, long spike silver blue- RTHA Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 1 stem, line of red cedar along fence SEWR Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 4 open native prairie site SOSP Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 1

3 Point 7 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 7 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 1 Latitude: ⁰ N BLJA Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 1 Longitude: ⁰ W EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 6 Ponds and prairies area with little NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 1 bluestem and ponds connected by NOHA Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 stream and lined with woody NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 1 vegetation, little bluestem, long SEWR Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 2 spike bluestem & Other native grasses in open are Point 8 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 8 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 3 Latitude: ⁰ N NOHA Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 Longitude: ⁰ W NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 1 Native Prairie grasses and trees LISP Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 2 along stream EABL Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 1 RBWO Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 1 EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 25 Point 9 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 9 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 6 Latitude: ⁰ N EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 25 Longitude: ⁰ W EAPH Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 1 Native Prairie grasses and trees LISP Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 5 along stream MODO Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 2 NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 1 NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 3 RTHA Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 1 SEWR Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 1 Point 10 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 10 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 2 Latitude: ⁰ N BEWR Bewick's Wren Thyromanes bewickii 1 Longitude: ⁰ W EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 4 Area of open prairie with large NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 1 mima mounds, little bluestem NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 1 other bluestems & tridens SASP Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 2 riparian area with small stream

4 SEWR Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 1 hackberry, elm, small trees & shrubs Vesp Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 1 Point 11 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 11 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 1 Latitude: ⁰ N EABL Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 1 Longitude: ⁰ W EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 5 Finger Lakes Region, many fingers MODO Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 1 of pond extending out from main NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 1 body of lake, surrounded by open NOHA Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 prairie and marshes next to NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 1 shallow fingers of the lake SOSP Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 2 SPSA Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 2 flying overhead up from wetland Point 12 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 12 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 1 Latitude: ⁰ N EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 6 Longitude: ⁰ W NOHA Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 Area of many gullys, marshes and RSHA Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 2 wetlands in low areas and SASP Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 1 prairies in uplands around gullys SEWR Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 2 Coyote dens frequent in area SOSP Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 2 Point 13 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 13 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 1 Latitude: ⁰ N BEWR Bewick's Wren Thyromanes bewickii 1 Longitude: ⁰ W CACH Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 2 Grassland area with trees and shrubs EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 3 on east side grasses mostly little LISP Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 1 bluestem and long spike tridens NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 2 some small ponds wetlands to east RTHA Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 1 TUVU Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 1 FEHA Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis 2 Pair white breast, tail white with orange tip Point 14 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 14 EABL Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 1 Latitude: ⁰ N EAPH Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 1 Longitude: ⁰ W LISP Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 1 Near prairie pond surrounded MAWR Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 1 in thick brush next to pond by shrubs and grasses

5 NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 1 NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 2 SASP Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 2 Point 15 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 15 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 2 Latitude: ⁰ N BLJA Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 1 Longitude: ⁰ W CACH Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 1 Close to old barn next to pond and EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 1 partly surrounded by large oak MAWR Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 1 trees with duck box on open side RBWO Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 2 grasses surrounding the pond RTHA Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 1 SOSP Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 1 Point 16 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 15 EAPH Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 1 Latitude: ⁰ N MODO Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 3 Longitude: ⁰ W NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 1 Area is on edge of heavily wooded NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 1 riparian zone along creek, on the NOHA Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 upland part are 2 extremely large RBWO Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 1 Post Oak Trees between riparian Vesp Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 2 and prairie zones, native prairie grasses and thick understory of vines (grape & greenbriar) and shrubs (coral berry & hollies)inland dogwood, eastern red cedar, sumac Point 17 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 17 AMRO American Robin Turdus migratorius 1 Latitude: ⁰ N EABL Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 6 In trees near water Longitude: ⁰ W GBHE Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 1 Marsh Pond - Very large pond with GREG Great Egret Ardea alba 1 wood duck boxes, many trees, shrubs MODO Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 3 surrounding including willows NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 6 marshy areas in some sections RBWO Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 2 Good vegetation along banks WCSP White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 2 providing food & cover for wildlife WTSP White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 1

6 YRWA Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 10 Point 18 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 18 AMGO American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 5 Latitude: ⁰ N COHA Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 1 Longitude: ⁰ W DOWO Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 1 Grass and Shrub mix with lots of NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 2 honey locust NOHA Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 2 NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 2 RBWO Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 1 WCSP White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 1 Point 19 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 19 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 1 Latitude: ⁰ N CACH Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 1 Longitude: ⁰ W EABL Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 1 NE corner of property pond nearby EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 2 lots of shrubs and honey locust EAPH Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 1 near house & barn on other property NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 1 NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 2 YRWA Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 1 Point 20 Code Common Name Scientific Name Number Observation Comments Point Description & Location - Point 20 AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 3 Latitude: ⁰ N AMRO American Robin Turdus migratorius 2 Longitude: ⁰ W CARWR Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 1 Heavily wooded area with many DOWO Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 1 very large post oaks and many EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 10 down on the ground from wind NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 1 storms. Lots of dead standing NOFL Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 1 snags for cavity nesters & dwellers NOHA Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 Understory mostly open with NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 1 some shrubs around trees AMCR American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 26 Results: Grassland birds species of concern and targeted species AMGO American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 5 on wildlife plan that were observed: Eastern Meadowlark (203) AMRO American Robin Turdus migratorius 3 Savannah Sparrow (17), Sedge Wren (87), Northern Harrier (12), BEWR Bewick's Wren Thyromanes bewickii 3 Eastern Bluebird (14) BLJA Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 2

7 BLVU Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 2 Notable Observations: Number of Hawk Species (7), total number BRTH Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 1 of hawks (25), are indicators of a healthy prairie with rich prey CACH Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 6 CARWR Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 2 Yellow Highlights = Most commonly observed species CHSP Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 4 COHA Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 3 DOWO Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 2 EABL Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 14 EAME Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 203 EAPH Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 5 FEHA Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis 1 GBHE Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 2 GREG Great Egret Ardea alba 1 LISP Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 13 MAWR Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 2 MODO Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 24 NOCA Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 20 NOHA Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 12 NOMO Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 27 RBWO Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 8 RLHA Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 1 RSHA Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 2 RTHA Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 5 SASP Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 17 SEWR Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 87 SOSP Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 18 SPSA Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 2 SSHA Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 25) TUTI Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus 1 TUVU Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 1 Vesp Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 3 WCSP White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 4 WTSP White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 1 YRWA Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 23 Total Number of Birds Observed 556 Total Number of Bird Species Counted 39