[texbirds] Re: Llano: Black Skimmer!
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: roger.w.shaw@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 22:05:57 -0500
Whoa! This is an awesome find! So under birded there.
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On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Roger Shaw <roger.w.shaw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Curious about what the rainstorm might have stirred up, I spent the
> afternoon wandering around Llano County, in the central TX hill country.
> Most shockingly, I found a BLACK SKIMMER in downtown Llano, at Llano River
> Park/Badu Park. Unmistakeable long pointed black wings with a white
> trailing edge, long bill orange at the base and black at the tip with a
> longer lower mandible, etc. I watched the bird circle around the river,
> just upstream of the downtown bridge/dam, for several minutes. When I
> finally decided to open up my bag to grab my camera, the bird unfortunately
> disappeared. The bird didn't reappear for the next 30 minutes that I was
> present. A later check of Robinson Park upstream didn't have any luck
> either. If the bird is moving downstream, anyone at Lake Buchanan, or
> Windy Point on Lake Travis, or other downstream spots might want to keep
> half an eye out.
>
> The TOS Handbook indicates that spring inland records are quite unusual.
> Obviously I was pretty surprised to see it!
>
> On Lake Buchanan, Cedar Point Rec Area was refreshingly full of water. A
> small flock of Franklin's Gulls seemed fairly late, and I was also
> surprised by several groups of American White Pelicans that were present.
> Other vantages on the lake had less water, but produced more White
> Pelicans. Didn't see any migrant shorebirds anywhere, probably too late.
>
>
> Good birding,
> ...
> Roger Shaw
> roger.w.shaw@xxxxxxxxx
> Austin, TX
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