The beautiful Conch River winds itself through downtown San Angelo, Texas. I have not been down there in quite awhile, due to Ann’s and my responsibiities to the San Angelo State Park. It seems activities there have taken over our lives to a certain extent. Anyway, Friday evening an individual called me saying that he had seen some baby Black-crowned Night Herons perhaps nesting along the shore of the Concho River.
Ann and I decided to investigate, so we drove downtown the following morning to cruise along the river and observe. We stopped near the location that the man had described over the telephone. I immediately spotted an adult Black-crowned Night Heron up in a tree above the river. About a hundred yards away there were two Great Blue Herons in another tree. In still another tree were four Doubled-crested Cormorants.
I was surprised that there was so much bird activity along that river. We didn’t see the young black-crowns unti were deciding to go home, then we spotted one juvenile sitting on a little dam at a low-water crossing. Click on any of the images to see enlargements. Below is a listing of the 12 birds that we saw along the river that morning. We probably would have gotten many more if we could have stayed longer.
Happy Birding!!
Number of species: 12
Northern Shoveler 18
Ring-necked Duck 12
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Common Ground-Dove 4
Blue Jay 4
Northern Mockingbird 4
Northern Cardinal 6
Common Grackle 6
Great-tailed Grackle 12