[birdky] Sloughs: Grassy Pond/Powell's Lake Unit, Horseshoe Rd., Pond Creek Marsh
- From: Charles Crawford <cr4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:04:03 -0500
6/17/08
A late start for me. But a great day for birding.
9:30AM to 2PM
72º rising to 79º, clear, nice north wind
First Horseshoe Road sloughs. I've realized that this is not just one
slough, but a whole complex adjacent to Horseshoe Road. Therefore the
plural.
Highlight: Black-necked Stilt.
At Honey Cypress Slough (GP/PL) I again located the pair of N.
Shovelers. Also present were Hooded Merganser groups and families,
Mallards and a single Pied-billed Grebe.
Pond Creek Marsh: the Eagles nest between PCM and Anderson Pond was
deserted. But then I spotted one Adult and 2 Juvs. flying and soaring
over the bean fields adjacent to the nest, never more than a 1/4 mile
from the nest. It was really cool to watch. Sometimes the Juvs.
swooped down almost to ground level. It was like they were really
learning to fly and soar. The adult kept circling and calling.
Eventually the Juvies seemed to get tired and went and landed and
rested in some trees near the nest. But the Adult flew some more and
then settled in a tree 1/2 mile away.
No Moorhens seen or heard. I think, in the past, when I have seen the
Moorhens, it was later in the summer.
I did a quick stop at the Shorebird Unit. Nothing but a few Great
Blue Herons.
Charlie
Henderson Co.
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