[texbirds] Re: Northeast Austin gulls - California and Lesser Black-backed
- From: David Sarkozi <david@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 08:12:39 -0600
I've been doing the jetty for the Freeport CBC for about 15 years now.
When we get to the end of the jetty just before sunrise there are
often a flocks in the thousands roosting on the water about a mile off
shore, by 10 minutes after sunrise they get up and start their day and
are gone.
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Clay Taylor
<Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All -
>
> In many places, gulls will roost in the middle of a large lake or offshore in
> a coastal region where there are no isolated islands. The famous gull masses
> at Daytona Shores, FL will spend the day inland on the area landfills, travel
> to the beach and hang out until just after sunset, then get up and move
> enmasse about a mile offshore where they roost on the water in large flocks.
> It is an impressive sight, especially when the jaegers get busy harassing the
> garbage-filled gulls.
>
> It would be interesting to take a boat out on Lake Travis after dark to see
> where and how many birds are sleeping there for the night.
>
> Clay Taylor
> Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX
> Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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>
>> On Dec 7, 2013, at 9:04 PM, "Brush Freeman" <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> This is info from maybe even before Texbirds but recall someone or folks
>> telling me somewhere up in the far NW end...Even Jonestown if that is
>> possible or up toward Lago Vista....I never found them (only looked a
>> couple of times) but they were likely there only at night as I recall
>> seeing them go over IBM to the west/east quite late in afternoons and early
>> in the AMs about the time the sun rose in the morning. Trying for them
>> during the day might prove a bust (?)
>> **********************************************************************
>> Brush Freeman
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>> Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
>>
>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Eric Carpenter <ecarpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> But where o' where exactly on Lake Travis is their roost? I don't
>>> recall anyone ever saying they had 2000-3000 gulls coming off the lake
>>> in the morning. Ed Fair who overlooks Lake Austin also reports
>>> similar movements (heading east in the morning, west in the evening).
>>> For the TravisCo listers/adventurers out there, it would be an
>>> interesting mystery to get to the bottom of.
>>>
>>> --Eric
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>> landfills always flew west to roost....Saw them too many times back in
>>> 20th
>>>> century, too many to recount on a winters eve, heading west over where
>>> IBM
>>>> used to be on Burnet and Breaker....and then coming east from that
>>>> direction in the mornings. Always assumed to and from Travis Lk. Where
>>>> else could they have been going or coming from? Nice finds on this
>>>> miserable day.
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