Once upon a time that park on the south side was open. I think there is still a dispute as to who’s responsibility it was to maintain it. Dell Little Arlington, Texas "Excellent Birds" On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Christian Walker <christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > Last night I tried to go to the Valley View Pond at the 635/George Bush area > where I had had great numbers of waders and good numbers of shorebirds the > other day, but the recent rains had filled it up so much that there were only > two Snowy Egrets present. > So I decided to go find North Lake which I had seen on my map. I tried > several different access points and never got views of the water, but > eventually I did get some very distant views of the lake by going in off of > Beltline to the Cypress Waters apartment complex. I set up my scope at the > fence at the back of the units and got some very distant views of the lake. > I wasn’t going to stay long because it was so far away, but I ended up > staying about 40 minutes trying to identify all the birds I could see. I > didn’t have much hope of identifying any shorebirds smaller than Greater > Yellowlegs and Stilts (although there were some smaller species out there), > but I did see a large flock of Black Terns, plenty of Least Terns, a Canada > Goose, and a flock of Blue-winged Teal. I also had a flock of shorebirds in > my scope for about five minutes as they flew over the shoreline which I > finally identified as Wilson’s Phalaropes. There was a Loggerhead Shrike on > Hackberry Road too. > I may go back, but a scope is a must. > > Good birding, > > Christian Walker > University of Dallas > Irving, TX > 512 431-2495 > North Lake Pk (Dallas Co), Dallas, US-TX > Aug 19, 2014 6:50 PM - 7:30 PM > Protocol: Stationary > Comments: Clear, 5-10 SE winds, around 90 degrees Fahrenheit. > 19 species (+1 other taxa) > > Canada Goose 1 > Mallard 1 > Blue-winged Teal 6 > Great Blue Heron 3 > Great Egret 2 > Black-necked Stilt 3 > Killdeer 5 > Greater Yellowlegs 4 > Wilson's Phalarope 25 > Least Tern 6 > Black Tern 35 > Mourning Dove 35 > American Kestrel 1 > Western Kingbird 1 > Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4 > Loggerhead Shrike 1 > American Crow 1 > swallow sp. 5 > Northern Mockingbird 5 > European Starling 200 > > View this checklist online at > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19520714 > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > from the List Owner > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner