[texbirds] Re: Unconfirmed Report of Flamingos, Port Lavaca Area
- From: Petra Hockey <phockey@xxxxxxxx>
- To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 22:08:30 -0500
TexBirders,
There is nothing unconfirmed about these 2 flamingos. Diagnostic photos that
show the band letters/numbers have already been sent to the Secretary of the
TBRC and the bander in Mexico has been notified of the sighting. It is indeed
the odd pair that has been roaming the Gulf Coast from Baffin Bay, TX to
Louisiana since 2006.
Over the years these flamingos have spent a lot of time in Calhoun Co. at
different locations. The current spot is a well vegetated dredge island in
Lavaca Bay, placement area 16, aka Snake Island. It is 1.1 mile north of the
bluff at the end of Washington Ave. (FM 2717) in Alamo Beach, Calhoun County.
With a good scope one can see the different species of birds nesting currently
on the island and if a flamingo would be present on the shoreline that faces
Alamo Beach it would be possible to identify although without many details.
There is a small lagoon on the island and the shoreline on the other side is
not visible due to the tall vegetation. The island is currently shock full of
breeding herons, egrets, ibis, spoonbills etc. and can not be accessed on foot.
One would have to drive around it and bird from a boat/kayak.
This island is also interesting since it contains the only known breeding
colony of Glossy Ibis. This year's count again produced several pair and last
Sunday I found at least 4 in a group of ca. 80 plegadis ibis feeding in a rice
field along FM 2717.
I sincerely hope that whoever decides to look for the flamingos by boat or
kayak will respect this important colonial breeding colony and not set foot on
it or approach it too closely.
Petra Hockey
Port O'Connor, TX
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