Date: 4/19/25 12:09 pm From: Maggie Sherriffs via groups.io <maggiesherriffs...> Subject: [sbcobirding] El Encanto Creek and Hepatic continues at Evergreen
This morning I birded along Tecolotito Creek on the east side of the Dos
Pueblos High School parcel. Really beautiful spring morning. There was a
softball tournament blasting pop music on the north side of campus but the
resident and migrant breeders made themselves heard. Tons of singing
Yellow, Orange-crowned, and Yellow-rumpled warblers. Hutton’s Vireos were
very vocal. Tons of Western Kingbirds; the Cassin’s seem to prefer the
adjacent neighborhood.
I was disappointed I hadn’t seen/heard any orioles or tanagers so I rode
over to Evergreen Open Space, hoping to pick one up. No orioles, but I was
surprised to find a (presumably “the”) Hepatic Tanager in the eucs near the
memorial bench on the west end of the riparian. I got good, extended looks;
it was not another migrant tanager. From below it was allover bright
orange-red. Gray wash on the flanks. It had a big gray bill and showed its
gray cheeks when it tilted its head. The hotspot doesn’t get birded much in
spring or summer, so I think it’s hard to say how long the bird stuck
around last year.
