[texbirds] Quintana Magnificent Frigatebird
- From: Ron Weeks <ronweeks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 12:56:47 -0800 (PST)
TexBirders,
Sunrise found me on the tip of the Surfside Jetty. Not many ducks moving by,
but I had an immature Magnificent Frigatebird harassing the gulls off the end
of
the Quintana Jetty. This is late, but not unprecedented. We have had
frigatebird records from every month of the year on the Upper Coast. But they
are pretty darn rare from Dec-Feb.
Drove the beach from Surfside to San Luis Pass but could not refind the first
winter Great Black-backed Gull photographed by Jim Stevenson on the 29th. Did
see quite a few small plovers with the low tide including Piping, Snowy and
Semipalmated. Also counted over 2000 Sandhill Cranes in fallow rice fields
along CR 203 near Liverpool and CR 210 near Angleton. Many Snows and
White-fronts with them.
Good Birding,
Ron Weeks
Lake Jackson
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