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VOLUME IX No.. 7
NOVEMBER I960
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ++ + + + + + +
+ Of the Passenger Pigeon +
+ From Audubon's Ornithj.. aical Biography +
+ taken from Peterson's The. Bird Watcher's +
+ Anthology. +
+ "But I have satisfied myself, by leng +
+ observation, that nothing but the gradual+
+ diminution of our forests can accomplish +
+ their decrease, as they not unfrequently +
+ quadruple their numbers yearly, and +
+ always at least double it, +
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PUBLISHED BY THE ORNITHOLOGY GROUP. OUTDOOR NATURE CLUB. HOUSTON, TEXAS
Compiled by: T. Ben Feltner
(6) 10/23 Sugarland LS CS
(1000-2000 every day)
(3000)
CLEARING HOUSE:
Pied-billed Grebe: (20) 10/7, (8 other days) Cove AKM;
(20) 10/23 W. Harris Co. HH LH "C"
White Pelican: (11 days),, (l500). 10/3, 10/20 Cove AKM;;
10/26-30 LaPorte LS CS; (500) 10/23 Tunnel "A"
Brown Pelican: (6) 10/23 Tex City "A"; (20) 10/30 Galv. "B"
Double-crested Cormorants: (l) 10/10 LaPorte LS CS; (6) 10/16, 10/18, (7) 10/29, Cove AKMj
(30) 10/23 Galv. HLP
Olivaceous Cormorant: (2) 10/29 Cove AKM
Cormorant (sp). Reported profusely throughout the area
Anhinga:; (30) 10/L S. of Dayton, (5) 10/13 Wallisville, AKM; (l) 10/12 LaPorte, (15) 10/23,
Sugarland LS CS; (3) 10/23 W. Harris Co. HH LH "C»; (l) ll/5 Shel. BCP JP
Cattle Egrets; (60) 10/1, (75) 10/4, (45) 10/7, (25) 10/25 Cove AKM; (30) 10/23 W, Harris
Co. WB
Reddish Egrets (l) 10/3, 10/14 Cove AKM; (l) 10/6, 12, 14 (2) 10/10 LaPorte LS CS;
(2) 10/10 Gal. TBF DAD; (2) 10/23 Gal. "A"; (4) 10/30 Gal. "B"
American Bitterns (l) 10/18, 19 Cove AKM
Wood Ibiss: (13) 10/L, (1 crippled) 10/20, (25) 10/31 Cove AKM; (l) 10/6, 10, 14, 17, 20.
(250) 10/19 LaPorte LS CS.
White-faced Ibiss: (lOOO), 10/1, (150) 10/3, (l) 10/7 Cove AIM; (3) 10/23 Sugarland HH LH "C"
White Ibiss (13 days) (1000) lo/l Cove AKMj (30) 10/23 Sugarland HH LH *C"; (9) 10/23 Gal.
"A"; (55) 10/30 Highland Bayou "B"; (5) ll/5 Shel. BCP JP
Roseate Spoonbill: (8 days). (75) 10/20 Cove AKM; (2) 10/11, (50) 10/29, LaPorte LS CS
1. White-fronted Goose: (l) (Greenland Form Answer albifrons flavirostris, see details)
10/10 Gal. DAD TBF; (13 days), (300) 10/17, (225) 10/19 Cove AKM
"Canada Goose:; (3) 10/22 Cove AKM; (15) 10/30 Texas City "B".
2. Snow & Blue Geeses: (25 days) (7) 10/3 Cove AKM; (200) lo/l5, (300) 10/16, (500) 10/27,
10$ Blues LS CS; (45) 10/23 W.Harris Co. LH HH "C"; (3) 10/23 Highland Res. "A"; (500)
10/30 Gal. "B»; (1400) 10/30 W. Harris Go. SGW
Fulvous Tree Buck: (320) 10/30 W. Harris Co. SGW
"Mallard:: (2) 10/19, (H) First sure migrants. 10/20 U)> 10/22, (8) 10/30 Cove AKM.
•Black Duck:: (2) 10/30 Gal. "B"
Mottled Duck:; (10 days), (150) 10/3 Cove AKM; (l) 10/23 W. Harris Co, HH LH »C"; (l),
10/30 Gal. "B»; (5) 10/23 Gal. HLP
"Gadwalls (l) 10/18, (30) 10/l9 (70) 10/29 Cove AKM; (2) 10/23 Gal. "A"; (l) 10/30 Gal. "B";
(20), 10/23 Shumann Lake HH LH »C»
Pintails (8 days) fcoo) 10/3 Cove AKM; (10) 10/16, (25) 10/29 LaPorte LS CS; (3) 10/30
Gal. "B»
Green-winged Teals (10 days) (1500) 10/3 Cove AKM
Blue-winged Teals: (165) lo/l (4) 10A5 (10); 10/29 LaPorte LS CS; (22 days) (700) 10/3 (300)
10/21 Cove AKM; (4) 10/30 Gal. "B"'
American Hidgeons (9 days 2-50 per day) (3000), 10/30 Cove AKM; (10) 10/23 Lake Schumann
HH LH "C"J (13) 10/23 Gal. HLP; (10) 10/23 Gal. »A»; (60) 10/30 Gal. «B»
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