[texbirds] High Island Rookery 2/7/2013
- From: Winnie <wbburkett@xxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:24:40 -0500 (EST)
Spring is on the way in the Rookery some Great Egrets and Spoonbills are
hanging around during the day and ofcourse there are lots of Neotropic
Cormorants. As you can see by the numbers beloe many birds are coming in for
the night.
Smith Oaks, Galveston, US-TX
Feb 7, 2013 4:45 PM - 6:05 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Counting birds coming into the Rookery in Claybottom Pond. Also
counted birds roosting in Shorebird Pond west of Claybottom.
23 species
Mottled Duck 2
Neotropic Cormorant 639 this is a roosting and breeding site
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 230 this is a roosting and breeding site
Snowy Egret 215 this is a roosting and breeding site
Little Blue Heron 8
Tricolored Heron 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron 68 46 adults 20 immature
White Ibis 4
Roseate Spoonbill 23 birds were sitting around pond before sunset but all
left by sunset this is usual prebreeding behavior.
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 7
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Common Gallinule 5
Mourning Dove 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Gray Catbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Winnie Burkett
Friendswood & the Bolivar Peninsula
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