[texbirds] Inks Lake
- From: Dan Smith <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 16:17:52 -0600
Today seemed a good day to bird from the car, so I headed up to the hills. I
first went to Canyon of the Eagles LCRA Park, which didn’t yield much in the
way of birds, but did show me that the upper reach of Lake Buchanan is now just
the Colorado River again.
Inks Lake State Park yielded 34 Canada Geese in 2 groups. I had a flock of more
than 100 Lesser Goldfinches there feeding mostly on the ground.
The Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery was the most productive. The Long-tailed
Duck is still present and there were Robins, a large mixed flock of
Yellow-rumped Warblers and Pine Warblers. I did not expect Pine Warblers there,
but there they were. Also Gadwall, Mallard, Lesser Scaup, and American Wigeon
on the water. Had Ring-billed Gulls at both the State Park and the Hatchery.
I also had at least 3 Bald Eagles and a suspected 4th that I couldn’t stop and
get a good look at, as well as an Osprey, during my drive from the LCRA park to
Inks Lake. All were subadult.
Off to watch Super Bowl now, but will post to eBird later.
Dan Smith
dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
512-451-2632
http://www.wordsmithofaustin.com
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