[texbirds] Anahuac to Quintana today, summer birds like horned grebe and lesser black-backed gull
- From: Joseph Kennedy <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: 4 Texbirds Maillist <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 18:56:22 -0500
I did loop along the coast today starting at Anahuac and ending on the
Quintana hurricane levee pond which perhaps was the best spot of the day.
It is really dry out there and some areas that did not go dry 2 years ago
are dry now without a hint of damp.
Anahuac was rather slow. Many of the ditches are dry and showing salt edges
where there Ike flood still is present. Many of the fresh water birds are
missing from shoveler pond where the fresh water vegetation is shriveled in
much of the impoundment and even the cane is sick again. Salt marks on
stems etc. One small puddle had neat pink hypersaline algae which showed up
again at the Bryan beach lagoon.
Fairview had some mud down aways where they are flattening the field and a
single solitary sandpiper was back. The nice flooded rice at the corner had
no birds. Quite a few bobwhite calling in the area. Double Bayou park had
lots of young bluebirds. Most of the cave swallows were missing around the
corner on 1985.
Shoveler pond was a disappointment with only 1 heard purple gallinule and 1
--
Joseph C. Kennedy
on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
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