[texbirds] UTC 4/16 - Ruff Still Present at Skillern - Good Warblers at Lafitte's Cove
- From: John Tharp <jlt290@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:07:36 -0500
Ruff - Still present at the Skillern Tract of the Anahuac NWR at around
10am this morning. The bird was feeding in the flooded field east of the
road about 100 ft out from roughly halfway down the entrance road. Takes a
little patience to pick out in the grass but several observers saw the bird
again today. Also of note at Skillern, plenty of other shorebirds and at
least a couple hundred Fulvous-whistling Ducks.
Anahuac NWR - Least Bittern, King Rail, American Bittern (4), along with
other fun stuff with a little patience.
High Island - Only made a brief stop. A few warblers around during the late
morning plus the other usual migrants. Sora and Purple Gallinule were nice
to see at the Rookery. Didn't hear reports of anything too exciting but
there was a decent amount of activity.
Rollover Pass - Loaded with birds as usual. At least 5 Black Terns, a
couple hundred or more Avocets, a few Whimbrel, Marbled Godwits, etc, etc.
Lafitte's Cove - Got a call early in the morning the Lafitte's was hopping.
Only had a couple of hours to spend there late today but got some great
birds and heard of many others. Based on early reports at least 20 warbler
species there today. That list includes a few Cerulean, at least one male
Golden-winged, an early day Swainson's Warbler and many more. Also good
numbers of other migrants around, orioles, tanagers, vireos, thrushes,
buntings, etc. Someone else can probably give a more full report but I
wanted to get the word out.
Good Birding,
John Tharp
Houston, TX
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