[texbirds] Anahuac NWR and Area
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- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:31:43 -0400 (EDT)
Yesterday a friend of mine picked me up(still re-cooperating from back
surgery) and we went and ate lunch in Anahuac and then drove to the refuge, Not
a whole lot going on in there(did not have time to go check out Shoveler
Pond) but then we drove East down FM 1985 to where Pear Orchard rd
intersects FM 1985 and looked at all the birds in the now drained crawfish
farm.
The farmer was pulling the last boards in the drain while we were there. I
didn't even think about taking my scope because we originally were not going
there but did have bino's. The field was a large mud flat and had both White
and White-faced Ibis, Lots of Fulvous Whistling-Ducks, Gull-billed Terns
and of course Snowy and Great Egrets. There were also a few Roseatte
Spoonbills and what looked like Dowitchers but could not ID them. I could see
but
not ID some smaller peeps out there except for a few Killdeers.
We drove up North on Pear Orchard and went left on FM 1941 to Fairview Rd.
As we made that turn I realized I was seeing something pink in a ring of
trees of to the left. Turns out there is a pond or low spot out there in the
rice field with trees and there is an active rookery out there. One area
was solid pink and you could see remains of nests. There were also both
Egrets out there. I think this pond has been hidden by all the trees that were
on an old rice canal between the road and there and now the field has been
cleaned out with rice in it. No way I could count them without the scope but
we plan to go back the next few days.
remember this is private property so you cannot walk out there you have to
look from the road.
David Hanson
Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area
Chambers County
Galveston Bay Area Master Naturalist
TOS Member
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