[texbirds] Lesser Black-backed Gull still @ Boca Chica
- From: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:24:19 -0400 (EDT)
Hi, all!
The VNC trip to Boca Chica Beach was a huge success, with Michael's Lesser
Black-backed Gull being the primary target. Pat Heirs was kind enough to
join us (she and Marie Stewart and Joyce Davidson had seen it yesterday), so
the complete contingent consisted of Norma, Anita, and Sue from Harlingen,
and Pat, MJ, Bob, and myself from Edinburg/Alamo. After meeting at the
511/77 Stripes (where we had a few Wood Storks fly over the road) we headed
straight to the beach (with a stop to enjoy a flock of Avocets in the tidal
flats) and down to the mouth, but didn't spot the target gull until we were
heading back north--an immaculate breeding-plumaged bird! We bagged Red
Knots, another target species, heading north towards the jetties (both these
were life birds for Norma). We had a nice selection of terns including
juvenile Leasts, and comparative looks at Common and Forster's Terns
together. Great Blue Herons in the dunes were very photogenic as well, and
cute
little Piping Plovers put on a good show, along with one knockout
Black-bellied Plover still in breeding plumage! A young Caracara posed on a
rock (and
really blended in, too), and along the road on the way there and back we
had Harris' and White-tailed Hawks, along with a couple of Ospreys. Bird
list is short, but the quality can't be beat! Pictures are posted here:
http://miriameaglemon.com/photo_gallery/2013%20Field%20Trips/September/Boca%
20Chica%20Beach.html
Bird List:
Wood Stork Mycteria americana
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
White Ibis Eudocimus albus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove Columbina inca
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
40 SPECIES
Mary Beth Stowe
McAllen, TX
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