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Posted by Carlos Sanchez on 20:28:31 01/15/10
I spent the late afternoon and early evening at my second patch, hoping to pick up some nocturnal species. Highlights included a Western Kingbird right at the entrance to Aerojet Road and three Scissor-tailed Flycatchers were hunting on the power lines on the northern edge of the area near the main road.
Two White-tailed Kites were hunting over the fields as dusk fell, with one providing quite a show as it dove consistently into the scrub. At nightfall, Lesser Nighthawks could be seen flying over the pineland but only a single bird flew right over the Lucky Hammock fields and providing good looks.
The best was to come as a series of barking heralded the emergence of a Short-eared Owl, circling around a couple times and then being joined by a second owl. Both birds kept calling ("barking") to each other as they flew toward the north presumably to hunt in the fields on the north side of the main road.
Carlos
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