[texbirds] Adams Gardens Reservoir shorebird extravaganza, 3/31/13
- From: antshrike1@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:22:36 -0400 (EDT)
Rex's grasspiper post got me over to Cameron County this morning to look for
shorebirds. However I was a day late and a dollar short with only four Upland
Sandpipers at the Progresso Sod Farms and a few Pectoral Sandpipers and
American Golden-Plovers at the Weaver Rd sod farm. But all was not lost. As I
stumbled around looking for the north entrance to Weaver Rd, I accidentally
wound up on the north shore of normally unproductive Adams Gardens Reservoir.
The water was the lowest I've seen in many years with vast mud flats teaming
with shorebirds. There were some shorebirds on the north side but most were on
the south side, so rather than drive around the dike (which may not be
possible) I opted for taking Weaver Rd south past the sod farm, turning right
on the first road that goes over to Cannon Rd and then back north. Cannon Road
goes to the south shore of the reservoir but the only entrance at the SW corner
was cabled off so I walked up onto the dike and scoped from there. The birds
were 100+ yards away so a scope is neccessary. My numbers are rough estimates
which are most likely low.
Adams Gardens Reservoir, Cameron, US-TX
Mar 31, 2013 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Birds seen from SW corner
30 species
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 50
Gadwall 2
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 200
Ruddy Duck 10
Neotropic Cormorant 1
Snowy Egret 1
American Coot 20
American Golden-Plover 1
Snowy Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Black-necked Stilt 100
American Avocet 100
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Upland Sandpiper 1
Long-billed Curlew 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Western Sandpiper 20
Least Sandpiper 500
Baird's Sandpiper 10
Pectoral Sandpiper 100
Stilt Sandpiper 500 estimated
Long-billed Dowitcher 2500 estimated
Laughing Gull 8
Horned Lark 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Great-tailed Grackle 1
Dan Jones, Weslaco
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