[texbirds] Birds roosting in High Island's Smith Oaks Ponds
- From: Winnie <wbburkett@xxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:38:49 -0400 (EDT)
Joanna Freisen and Sandra Moore helped me count. It was a confusing and
interesting evening.
Smith Oaks, Galveston, US-TX
Sep 23, 2013 5:43 PM - 7:33 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: Counting birds coming to roost and flying over Smith Oaks ponds.
We walk along the side of Claybottom pond at the beginning of the count and
around 1/2 of Smith Pond just before we end of the count. Most of the time is
spent sitting. 40 small white herons were seen that could not be identified due
to low light.
23 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1
Neotropic Cormorant 618 cormorants have started fall nesting 10 nests were
observed
Anhinga 3
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 223
Snowy Egret 203
Little Blue Heron 92 66 adults 26 juveniles
Tricolored Heron 102
Cattle Egret 363
Green Heron 3
White Ibis 6
Black Vulture 18
Turkey Vulture 54
Osprey 1
Common Gallinule 7
Laughing Gull 6
Caspian Tern 1
Mourning Dove 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Common Nighthawk 3
Chimney Swift 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Crested Caracara 1
Winnie Burkett
Friendswood & the Bolivar Peninsula
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