Birds of the Dead Man's Basin, 1975-1988
Recorded by Sirpa & Bob Harms on the Hurlbut Ranch West,
including Dead Man's Canyon (Hays Co., TX).
The bird records provided here were made between Nov. 1975 and April
1988 for much of the Hurlbut Ranch West, including occasional outings
along Dead Man's Canyon. The area, which includes the full range of
hill-country habitats, drains into Dead Man's Creek for some three miles
before entering the Pedernales River downstream from Pedernales Falls
State Park.
The number of birds recorded was 237 (including rare sightings).
These have been presented on five separate pages, arbitrarily organized
into groups (to facilitate downloading):
Most of these records are presented as time-of-year tables, with monthly
occurrence or date (range) noted for each species. For example, the
sample table below gives the records for six birds:
The meanings of the dots and dates in the table are:
- A number with a hyphen before (after) it (-12 or 12-) reflects the
earliest (latest) record of the season in the given month.
- A dot (
) indicates records over the entire
month.
- Single numbers (12 or 12,20) or range (12-20) reflect the date(s) or
date ranges within a month.
Selected Birds 1975-88
|
| Jan
| Feb
| Mar
| Apr
| May
| June
| July
| Aug
| Sep
| Oct
| Nov
| Dec
|
| Double-crested Cormorant
|
|
|
| -26
|
|
|
|
|
| 6-
|
|
|
| Osprey
|
|
|
| 10-
| -26
|
|
|
| 13-
| -21
|
|
|
| Chuck-will's-widow
|
|
| 31-
|
|
|
|
|
| -29
|
|
|
|
| Poorwill
| 6-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| -4
|
|
| Green Kingfisher
| 24
|
| 12,20
|
|
|
|
| 23
| 7-15
| 1
|
|
|
| Black&White Warbler
|
|
| 5-
| -25
|
|
| 1-4
| 28-
|
| -2
|
|
|
The table indicates the following occurrence ranges:
- Double-crested Cormorant: Oct. 6 through April 26
- Osprey
- spring: April 10 - May 26
- fall: September 13 - October 21
- Green Kingfisher was noted on 5 separate dates as well over a week
period in September
- Chuck-will's-widow: March 31 - September 29
- Poorwill: January 6 - November 4
- Black&White Warbler
- spring: March 5 - April 25
- post-breeding: July 1 - 4
- fall: August 28 - October 2
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