[texbirds] Galveston's Lafitte's Cove, Dos Vacas, and San Louis Pass 11/16/12
- From: DHanson139@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:37:50 -0500 (EST)
Yesterday after working a few hours at Lafittes Cove Jan and I hung around
a few minutes and did a little birding. We saw Red-breasted Nuthatches,
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Golden-crowned Kinglets and American Robins. We also
had fly over Red-tailed Hawk and Brown Pelicans.
We then headed down and visited Dos Vacas for a few minutes where were
there were lots of mockingbirds, a Loggerhead Shrike and one Thrush which I was
never able to get enough of a look at to ID. We watched the Shrike catch
and eat a large dragonfly and then impale a spider on a twig to eat later.
Lastly we visited San Louis Pass where we found a number of shore birds but
very few Gulls or Terns. There were Red Knots, Sanderlings, Black-bellied
Plovers, Dunlins, Ruddy Turnstones, Western Sandpipers, American Avocets
and Great Blue Herons. The Knots were not in a flock but scattered up and
down the beach front loosely associated with all the other birds. There are
two pictures here of what I think are probably just more colorful
Black-bellied Plovers but I am not 100% sure they are not American
Golden-Plovers. I
would be interested in what others think. The dark head cap is what has me
confused I think.
Some of these are mine and some Jans: 13 pictures
_salliesherman@earthlink.net_ (mailto:salliesherman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) ,
_Sarah.Graham@baytown.org_ (mailto:Sarah.Graham@xxxxxxxxxxx) ,
_Tracey.Prothro@baytown.org_ (mailto:Tracey.Prothro@xxxxxxxxxxx) ,
_Christina.butcher@baytown.org_ (mailto:Christina.butcher@xxxxxxxxxxx) ,
_MaryAlice.Trumble@baytown.org_ (mailto:MaryAlice.Trumble@xxxxxxxxxxx) ,
_Janell.Sellers@baytown.org_
(mailto:Janell.Sellers@xxxxxxxxxxx)
David and Jan Hanson
Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area
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