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Wish we had chacalacas at that Kenedy county ranch. Just to see them. I know they are in the southern end of the county. But none up at our end.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
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We have a couple feeders but our winter birds are pretty boring: a couple types of sparrows, house finches, Oregon juncos, and magpies. This winter that's it. We don't even have the collared doves that we've had in past winters. A half dozen quail have wandered by a couple times but most of the time they're somewhere else. I hear from the quail experts a covey with less than six or so has no chance to make it through the winter. If a few barn owls or bobcat finds them a covey of 20 wont make it through.
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A century ago, the species was restricted to the Rio Grande Valley. In the 1970s and ’80s, the northern edge of the range was near Kingsville, southwest of Corpus Christi. Since then, it has spread north and east, and today, it occurs near San Antonio — 225 miles north of the Rio GrandeLINK
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Wish we had chacalacas at that Kenedy county ranch. Just to see them. I know they are in the southern end of the county. But none up at our end. How do they taste, KW?
Ecc 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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When I lived in Kingsville, Tx in the late 70’s to early 80’s we had a to. Of them in town. Very pretty bird. Kinda on the mean side like a Mockingbird. Strange that in last of the 60s i went to college in Kingsville and never saw them.
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Wish we had chacalacas at that Kenedy county ranch. Just to see them. I know they are in the southern end of the county. But none up at our end. How do they taste, KW? I don’t know Jag. Some say close to pheasant. I don’t know if they are serious or pulling my leg. I just thought they would be cool to see.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Another bird I saw a few times and considered it out of it's known area were chukars.
Saw them out in west Texas sometimes. Not often.
Hell, I consider myself lucky to see a quail any more.
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I enjoy watching them while I'm hunting. They give the dove hell. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/Ksx3MgK.jpg)
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I enjoy watching them while I'm hunting. They give the dove hell. Great photo, Elk!!!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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I have yellow warblers, house finches, dark-eyed juncos, some unidentifiable sparrows, chicadees, magpies, and a few scrub jays at my feeders this winter. The warblers mob my thistle sacks. Sadly, I have not seen any woodpeckers, pine siskins, or flickers at my suet feeder this year. Can't imagine why not; they were plentiful last year. Last year there were also little bunches of bushtits that pecked insect eggs from the dead branches of my neighbor's apricot tree, but none this year. I did see a huge flock of robins a while back, kind of surprising for birds that are normally loners.
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I enjoy watching them while I'm hunting. They give the dove hell. Great photo, Elk!!! Thank you sir!
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First one I've seen Barry, very pretty bird.
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We had a lot of green jays in the yard when we lived in Harlingen. We even had a few parrots around once in a while. The chacalacas would eat the dog's food if they could. i went out once and shot a chacalaca (there was a season on them). Interesting hunt with a muzzleloading, single barrel shotgun. Wife cooked it with dumplings as one would an older hen. Tough- even the dumplings were tough from just being in the pot with that bird! That was the extent of my chacalaca hunting.
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Furthest north I’ve personally heard em is Floresville, about 30 miles south of San Antonio, and that was just one time.
They do occasionally show up in San Antonio, I would imagine a hard winter event like last year would knock them back a bit.
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What a beautiful bird. I've never seen a bird like this before.
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South Texas brush country is full of them.
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Three kinds (pinyon, scrub, Stellar's) here, but not the green ones.
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That is a cool looking bird. Never saw one before.
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I have seen them in Honduras and Colombia South America.
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South Texas brush country is full of them. That’s the only place I’ve ever seen him one.
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