Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch

I recently finished five months of work at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch in Fisher County, Texas. When I started work at the ranch there were only 14 observations from the 5000 acre property and only 262 for the whole county! On ebird there were only 88 species recorded on the ranch and 174 from Fisher County. My main job was to drive around the ranch and monitor radio collared Bobwhite and Scaled Quail so I had a great opportunity to expand the observations and species recorded from the ranch and Fisher County.

When I finished working at the ranch I had added 550 observations of 190 species, 31 birds to the ranch list, and 7 birds to the county list. Some notable observations include: The first North American Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva) in West Texas, the first Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) for Fisher County on ebird, and a weird growth on a Texas Prickly-Pear (Opuntia engelmannii).

I greatly enjoyed my time at the quail ranch and the opportunities to travel to Big Bend and the AOS Conference in Tucson. I'll be starting my new job as an Avian Keeper at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas in a few days and I'm excited to contribute to inaturalist and ebird for Smith County and East Texas.

Publicado el agosto 13, 2018 06:59 TARDE por jbroadhead