[texbirds] Re: Buff-breasted Sandpiper

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To: txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx, jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:49:44 -0400

My perspective also. I have seen flocks of 50 to 100 at Fort Travis
County Park in Galveston County almost every year for the last 15 years during
spring migration.

Stennie Meadours
San Leon

In a message dated 7/24/2015 10:45:56 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Also my perspective from the Valley.
Tim Brush
Edinburg, TX
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I agree with Richard's view. Several years ago Tom Langschied and I had

single flock of several hundred at the edge of a flooded field on the
Laureles division of the King Ranch.
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Richard Gibbons <rgibbo3@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Thanks Brent. I wonder how much of this is sampling bias. Short grass
habitat is in short supply and they definitely are fond of turf farms,

but

I've seen equally impressive numbers in wetland areas and plowed fields
along the Gulf coast. Turf farms are disproportionately sampled for
"grasspipers" and understandably so given the ease with which difficult

to

find species are encountered at these locations. It would be

interesting

to
> have a directed shorebird migration survey wherein observers sampled

working wetlands, ag lands, and natural habitats. Is that what is

planned

for Buff-breasted Sandpipers?

>

Richard Gibbons
Houston, Texas

>

On Jul 24, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Brent Ortego <brentortego@xxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

> > Saw my first Buff-breasted of the season on turf at Dacosta this
morning.

This is a species that much is not known. Researchers from South

America, U.S. and Canada will be conducting research on this species in

the

next couple of years to determine a population estimate.

I summarized Buff-breasted Sandpiper EBIRD data for Texas recently as

part of this work. 25% of the reports for this species are on turf and

> they support 76% of the birds. EBIRD sites with highest numbers have
been

in the Dallas area, and many places from College Station to the Coast.

Most

will migrate through in August and September.

Brent OrtegoTexas Parks and Wildlife DepartmentVictoria, TX

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