[texbirds] Sugar House Pond, Delta Lake 8/14/12
- From: antshrike1@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:11:21 -0400 (EDT)
This morning I spent two hours at the Sugar House Pond on FM 1425 scoping and
counting shorebirds. Conditions are excellent and should get better if the
water continues to drop. Please don't drive up on the dike. At Delta Lake
conditions for shorebirding have deteriorated a bit. The water has risen on
the west side of FM 88 to a point where there is no open shoreline. Water is
also starting to rise on the east side and the numbers of shorebirds have
dropped greatly. No sign of the Reddish Egret.
Sugar House pond on 1425, Hidalgo, US-TX
Aug 14, 2012 7:35 AM - 9:35 AM
Protocol: Stationary
28 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 60
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 86
Blue-winged Teal 10
Redhead 4 Present all summer
Ruddy Duck 8
Least Grebe 3
Roseate Spoonbill 1
Common Gallinule 1
American Coot 91
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 10
Black-necked Stilt 460 carefully counted
American Avocet 25
Lesser Yellowlegs 200
Upland Sandpiper 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
Western Sandpiper 10
Least Sandpiper 200
Baird's Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 8
Stilt Sandpiper 600 counted and estimated
Long-billed Dowitcher 10
Wilson's Phalarope 1900 counted
Black Tern 4
Purple Martin 1
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 1
Delta Lake (LTC 008), Hidalgo, US-TX
Aug 14, 2012 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
30 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 29
Mottled Duck 6
Wood Stork 6
Neotropic Cormorant 30
American White Pelican 18
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 5
Tricolored Heron 4
Green Heron 1
Roseate Spoonbill 2
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 1
American Coot 8
Killdeer 5
Black-necked Stilt 35
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Least Sandpiper 60
Stilt Sandpiper 35
Long-billed Dowitcher 30
Laughing Gull 1
Caspian Tern 1
Purple Martin 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
Great-tailed Grackle X
Bronzed Cowbird 1
Dan Jones, Weslaco
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