I see yellow eyed Boat-tails every few years in the Anahuac and Sabine area. I
think they are just a low frequency phenotype in the population in Texas.
Although I don’t recall seeing them say 20 years ago but within the last 10 for
sure.
Fred Collins
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On Nov 18, 2018, at 1:51 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:____________________________________________________________
On the late afternoon of the 15th we had a yellow-eyed BTGR adult male in
sparkling fresh plumage in direct comparison with a male Great-tailed next to
it. It may well have been of the subspecies present further east on the
gulf coast (MS-FL). We had scope views of the animal and its bright eyes.
Petra Hockey said she also had one at Aransas NWR (?) as well and got photos
I think (?) The occurrence of these two possibilities may be of scattering
birds in response to hurricane Mitchell,...Just a guess.
At Magic Ridge we had dark ibis streaming south along the bay shore. I did
not try to get an accurate count but estimate at least 600 or so. all seen
were heading south, I saw none heading north. Petra or the others may have a
more accurate estimate of birds.
-- Brush Freeman
Utley & Cedar Park, Texas
