[texbirds] Re: Flamingo chick fledged last week on Bolivar Peninsula in 3rd year of trying: illustrated and documented
- From: Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 05:58:12 -0500
The photos really aren't sufficient to confirm species. Are you going to
provide any written documentation that will help the TBRC?
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 5:12 AM, Joseph Kennedy <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> The recent discussion of not publicizing nesting birds is very pertinent
> inasmuch as a pair of flamingos finally were able to fledge a single chick
> last week on Bolivar Peninsula.
> There is quite a history about the effort. Two years ago I was buying a
> beach permit at the giant store when the lady next to me in line mentioned
> that pink flamingoes were nesting near her cabin back near an offshoot of
> the intracoastal just west of Crystal Beach. We went there together and
> there was a single bird next to a damaged nest scrape and a couple of other
> rude nest piles/scrapes. Apparently high tides and a fast boat had resulted
> in the loss of the egg?
>
> Last year, things went better. Until a group of spring breakers got lost
> and partied with fireworks at the end of the road thinking they were on the
> beach. They were removed but the nest was abandoned. Things had gone well
> as we built several dummy nests before the birds arrived copying pictures
> in a national geographic magazine and one of them had been used with just a
> little modification.
>
> This year we did the nest building thing again and arranged for the road to
> be barricaded at night and when the watchers at the nest were not at home.
> The colder weather was very worrisome but it also kept the tides low
> creating places to feed and not threatening the nest mounds which we had
> moved a little further from the water. An egg was laid and then a chick
> hatched and was fed. It was standing some and all looked well and then came
> the oil spill not very far away.
>
> Sort of panic as to what to do but any effort to protect the area would
> have possibly alarmed the parents more than the oil would do damage and all
> came out well thanks again to the north winds. And then the chick started
> walking around and at the end of last week left the nest site and started
> wandering a little.
>
> Here are a couple of pictures celebrating the blessed event. We did not
> take many as that would have required closer approaches to the birds than
> was thought helpful. As can be seen, the chick is about half the size of
> the parent.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/155052863
>
> http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/155052862
>
> The above will be the documention for some time to avoid publicizing the
> location of the birds. The area is still blocked off and entry would not be
> allowed but it is best not to tempt people with birds so near yet so far.
> Thanks to all that made this event possible. This note will provide all the
> written information needed by the TOS as well as the photographic
> documentation.
>
>
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> Joseph C. Kennedy
> on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
> Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
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