[texbirds] Coastal Rio Grande Valley Shorebirding - Tuesday August 7th
- From: Erik Breden <erik.breden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:35:26 -0500
TexBirders,
Rex and Birgit Stanford and I continued our Rio
Grande Valley shorebird quest at coastal regions
today (Tuesday August 7th). We visited the following areas:
- Flats behind the South Padre Island Convention Center
- South Padre Island Convention Center Boardwalk
- Route 48 Boat Launch
- Port Isabel Reservoir
We saw a total of 18 shorebird species:
01. Black-bellied Plover
02. Killdeer
03. Wilson's Plover
04. Semipalmated Plover
05. Piping Plover
06. Snowy Plover
07. Black-necked Stilt
08. American Avocet
09. Willet
10. Long-billed Curlew
11. Marbled Godwit
12. Ruddy Turnstone
13. Red Knot
14. Sanderling
15. Western Sandpiper
16. Least Sandpiper
17. Long-billed Dowitcher
18. Wilson's Snipe
This brings our two day RGV shorebird quest to a total of 28 shorebird species:
Species Sun ? 8/5 Tue ? 8/7
1 Black-bellied Plover ---- X
2 Killdeer X X
3 Wilson's Plover ---- X
4 Semipalmated Plover ---- X
5 Piping Plover ---- X
6 Snowy Plover ---- X
7 Black-necked Stilt X X
8 American Avocet X X
9 Willet ---- X
10 Greater Yellowlegs X ----
11 Lesser Yellowlegs X ----
12 Solitary Sandpiper X ----
13 Spotted Sandpiper X ----
14 Upland Sandpiper X ----
15 Long-billed Curlew X X
16 Marbled Godwit ---- X
17 Ruddy Turnstone ---- X
18 Red Knot ---- X
19 Sanderling ---- X
20 Semipalmated Sandpiper X ----
21 Western Sandpiper X X
22 Least Sandpiper X X
23 Stilt Sandpiper X ----
24 Pectoral Sandpiper X ----
25 Buff-breasted Sandpiper X ----
26 Long-billed Dowitcher X X
27 Wilson's Snipe ---- X
28 Wilson's Phalarope X ----
I will get some photos up tomorrow...in the
meantime, get out there and enjoy the birds!
Erik Breden
Harlingen, Texas
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