[texbirds] Ring-necked Duck surprise (!) in Hidalgo Co. (05/27/12)
- From: "Rex Stanford" <calidris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 20:51:23 -0500
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Today (Sunday, 05/27/12), in the late afternoon, we birded Brushline Road
between FM-490 and Hwy. (TX-?) 186. Our best outcomes by far along that
stretch were at a flooded field on the east side of Brushline that had Blue
Water Lilly blooming in it. (This would seem to have been noticeably farther
than half way north in the stretch between the aforementioned highways.)
There we had a delightful surprise by way of a handsome drake
breeding-plumaged RING-NECKED DUCK, a species not to be expected at this
time, indeed that has a very low probability of occurrence at present (as I
would judge from four literature sources that I examined). Additional ducks
at this flooded field were FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK (24) and MOTTLED DUCK (2).
A single LEAST GREBE also was present.
The beauty of this placid scene was enhanced by the presence of many
flowering Blue Lilly Pads, and a flooded field brimming with those flowers
on the east side of Brushline Road marks the place of our big surprise of
the day.
Rex and Birgit Stanford
McAllen, TX.
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