[texbirds] Re: Flamingo chick fledged last week on Bolivar Peninsula in 3rd year of trying: illustrated and documented
- From: Ronnie Kramer <ronniekramer1964@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 06:27:04 -0500
It's almost like this discussion was planned just for you :)
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 5:58 AM, Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joseph C. Kennedy
> > on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
> > Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
> >
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> --
> Jim Sinclair (TX-ESA)
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> Kingsville, TX
>
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