[texbirds] Lake Buchanan (Llano Co.) Shorebirds 7/28/12
- From: Tim Fennell <tfennell@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:25:24 -0700 (PDT)
The Travis Audubon Society Shorebird Class visited Lake Buchanan this morning
and recorded 17 species of shorebirds. An additional highlight was being able
to compare a Zone-tailed Hawk and Turkey Vultures in flight and very close. A
partial list from today is below.
Cheers,
Tim Fennell
Round Rock, TX
Travis Audubon Society
TAS Shorebird Field Trip: July 28, 2012; 7:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Primary birding stops: Cedar Point Rec. Area (C), Tow (T) and Shaw Island
Road/CR 225 (S)
53 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 T
Wood Duck 6 C
Neotropic Cormorant 8 C
American White Pelican 20 C, T
Tricolored Heron 4 C
Green Heron 1 C
White-faced Ibis 1 C
Roseate Spoonbill 1 T
Zone-tailed Hawk 1 Llano Co. Boat Ramp
Snowy Plover 2 juveniles T
Killdeer 8
Black-necked Stilt 2; 1 adult and 1 juvenile T
American Avocet 14 T
Spotted Sandpiper 6 C, T, S
Solitary Sandpiper 2 C
Greater Yellowlegs 2 C,T
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 T
Upland Sandpiper 2 (1 heard at C, 1 heard at C)
Long-billed Curlew 7 S
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6 T
Western Sandpiper 12 T
Least
Sandpiper 20 T
Baird's Sandpiper 12 C
Pectoral Sandpiper 6 T
Stilt Sandpiper 22 T
peep sp. 100 T
Wilson's Phalarope 8 T
Black-throated Sparrow 2 C
Dickcissel 5 T
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