[texbirds] Richland Creek WMA
- From: D D Currie <ddbirder@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 18:16:01 -0500
Dell and I birded Richland Creek WMA today. Ed Wetzel, Tim Fennell, and
Susan Heath were also there. They saw a few things we did not see.
Dell and I estimate that there were 4000+ waders in the north unit between
Navarro and Freestone counties with the predominant species being White
Ibis (~1500+), Cattle Egret (~1000+), Snowy Egret (~700), Great Egret
(~300). There was also a good variety of shorebirds including 400+ Wilson's
Phalaropes.
Of interest:
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 19 (Freestone)
Blue-winged Teal - 550 (Freestone/Navarro)
Wood Stork - 21 (Freestone/Navarro)
Anhinga - 2 (Freestone)
Tricolored Herons - 31 (9 Freestone/22 Navarro) (Most ever seen)
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 (Freestone)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 3 (Freestone)
White-faced Ibis - 140 (Freestone/Navarro)
Roseate Spoonbill - 6 (Navarro)
Mississippi Kite - 1 (Freestone)
Black-necked Stilt - 60 (Freestone)
American Avocet - 25 (Freestone)
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper - 10 (Freestone)
Solitary Sandpiper - 3 (Freestone)
Greater Yellowlegs - 35 (Freestone/Navarro)
Willet - 6 (Freestone)
Lesser Yellowlegs - 60 (Freestone)
Marbled Godwit - 1 (Freestone)
Stilt Sandpiper - 15 (Freestone)
Ruddy Turnstone - 1 (new county bird for Freestone - thanks Tim and Susan)
Least Sandpiper - 30 (Freestone/Navarro)
Pectoral Sandpiper - 30 (Freestone)
Semi-palmated Sandpiper - 7 (Freestone)
Long-billed Dowitcher - 4 (Freestone)
Wilson's Phalarope - 400+ (Freestone)
Black Tern - 34 (Freestone)
Forster's Tern - 1 (Freestone)
Tree Swallow - 1 (Freestone)
Bank Swallow - 1 (Freestone)
Indigo Bunting - 40 (Freestone South Unit)
Orchard Oriole - 3 (Freestone South Unit)
D. D. Currie
Arlington, TX
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