[texbirds] Balmorhea Lake, Reeves Co. - 2 Nov 2014
- From: Mark Lockwood <Mark.Lockwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' (texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 19:48:51 +0000
I visited Balmorhea Lake this morning and the primary highlight was a juvenile
Pacific Loon. The best part was that it called several times. Highlights
included:
Pacific Loon – 1
Eared Grebe – 35
Western Grebe – 5
Clark’s Grebe – 35
American White Pelican – 9
Great Egret – 1
Snowy Egret – 1
Osprey – 1
Franklin’s Gull – 4
Herring Gull – 4 (all first-winter)
Ring-billed Gull – 50+
Tree Swallow – 16
Cave Swallow – 2
Barn Swallow – 4
There were a few dabbling dicks (mostly Gadwall and American Wigeon) on the
lake and wintering passerines are arriving in good numbers, but nothing
unusual. I place two somewhat distant images of the Pacific Loon along with
two of a (Western) Marsh Wren, and one of an immature male Common Yellowthroat
on my Flickr site for those interested.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/70194759@N05/
Mark
Mark Lockwood
Alpine, Texas 79830
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