[texbirds] Notes from the coast Bolivar Flats +
- From: Winnie <wbburkett@xxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:27:22 -0400 (EDT)
The coast is very birdy right now. The rain has filled the high marsh along
Rettilon Rd and it is full of avocets and stilts of all ages.
I have never seen so many avocets in July and wonder if the drought
in the midwest impacted breeding. Gulls and pelicans are everywhere.
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary, Galveston, US-TX
ul 16, 2012 4:15 PM - 6:15 PM
rotocol: Traveling
.0 mile(s)
omments: Tried to count all the birds using Bolivar Flats first I counted
rom the North Jetty then from Rettilon Rd and the beach.
1 species (+3 other taxa)
Magnificent Frigatebird 1
eotropic Cormorant 24
rown Pelican 277
reat Blue Heron 12
reat Egret 9
nowy Egret 23
ricolored Heron 6
eddish Egret 32 30 dark phase, 2 white
hite Ibis 5
oseate Spoonbill 46
lack-bellied Plover 81
ilson's Plover 6
emipalmated Plover 65
iping Plover 31 checked for bands and flags but found none
merican Oystercatcher 1
lack-necked Stilt 49
merican Avocet 77 all in worn breeding plumage
reater Yellowlegs 6
illet 97
himbrel 1
ong-billed Curlew 6
arbled Godwit 66
uddy Turnstone 1
anderling 18
emipalmated Sandpiper 6
estern Sandpiper 10
east Sandpiper 9
eep sp. 239 Too far to easily identify
hort-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 87
aughing Gull 131
east Tern 75
ull-billed Tern 1
aspian Tern 3
lack Tern 42
ommon Tern 3
orster's Tern 16
terna sp. 8 too far to identify
oyal Tern 337
andwich Tern 10
lack Skimmer 18
arn Owl 1
ommon Nighthawk 1
orned Lark 1
reat-tailed Grackle 4
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Winnie Burkett
Friendswood & the Bolivar Peninsula
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