[texbirds] Lake Travis Bob Wentz Park (Austin, Travis Co.) 5/15/13 - Avocets, terns, sandpipers

  • From: Rich Kostecke <rkost73@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 14:23:41 -0700 (PDT)

On a hunch, I swung by Lake Travis, Bob Wentz/Windy Point Park (Austin, Travis 
Co.) this afternoon in the hopes that the stormy weather had dropped some birds 
down onto the lake and I was not disappointed.  The American Avocets, 
White-rumped Sandpipers, and Caspian Tern were are all new for my patch list.  
My full list follows:

Mallard  6
Blue-winged Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  10
Redhead  3
Ruddy Duck  1
Turkey Vulture  1
American Coot  4
Killdeer  2
American Avocet  4
Spotted Sandpiper  7
White-rumped Sandpiper  5
Baird's Sandpiper  2
Franklin's Gull  6
Caspian Tern  1
Forster's Tern  4
Mourning Dove  2
Cliff Swallow  5
Black-crested Titmouse  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Northern Mockingbird  4
European Starling  3
Lark Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Painted Bunting  5
Great-tailed Grackle  1
House Finch  1
Lesser Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  1
 
Richard Kostecke, Ph.D.
The Nature Conservancy
318 Congress Ave., Austin, Texas 78701
Email: rkost73@xxxxxxxxx or rkostecke@xxxxxxx
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