[texbirds] Re: Pictures from last week, Anahuac to Brazoria,
- From: "John Arvin" <jarvin@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>, "4 Texbirds Maillist" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 12:54:18 -0500
Your photo labelled simply "sandpiper" is very interesting. At first I
thought it might be a Wilson's Phalarope but the bill seems too heavy for
that.
John C. Arvin
Research Associate
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
103 West Hwy 332
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
jarvin@xxxxxxxx
www.gcbo.org
Austin, Texas
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From: "Joseph Kennedy" <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 10:42 AM
To: "4 Texbirds Maillist" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [texbirds] Pictures from last week, Anahuac to Brazoria,
There were lots of birds around last Thursday. I started at Anahuac where
bobwhite's were sitting up calling and preening
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415736
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415734 Lots of barn
swallows are starting to gather while others are still nesting at the old
entrance building http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415733
Young birds are losing the light colored gape mark they used to aim the
parents food delivery
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415729 Orchard orioles
are still singing http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415726
Killdeers nest on the new road shoulder around shoveler pond. With the
narrow shell edge, the are next to the pavement. I only saw this bird and
eggs when I looked down while scanning birds out on the water
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415724 A single white
pelican was out on a dike
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415722 You can tell it is
hot when the common nighthawks start standing on their perch to allow more
air flow http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415710 With
tides very high, rails were more apparent but still well not seen out in
the vegetation like this clapper rail
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415707 This was the first
of 3 godwit species for the day
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415706 Young of the year
white ibis are out and about
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415705 This shorebird was
a mystery when I saw it and I am still uncertain as to who it is
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415704 Down at the godwit
spot at Brazoria the breeding plumage hudsonian godwit way back there in
the drying pond http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415644 I
thought I had an angle on the black-tailed godwit sitting behind some
vegetation but the picture turned out to be a female gadwall with the
godwit still hidden. Young yellow-crowned night herons are out and are
losing the last of their down. This bird was on the brazoria auto tour
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415641 Lots of roseate
spoonbills out in the shallow water in all colors
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415637 Some showed off
their spoon http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415636
Fulvous whistling ducks were common but I saw no young
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415634 But the
black-bellied whistling duck youngsters were marching around
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415631 The young of the
year boat-tailed grackles are out of the nest and still begging
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415632 Still abundant
black-necked stilts including birds on eggs
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415627 And young that can
fly http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415626 And in between
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/144415630 All the pictures
for the day can be browsed at http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/inbox
--
Joseph C. Kennedy
on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
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