[texbirds] Valley View Pond - Least Terns, Semipalmated Sandpipers, American Avocet, White Ibis

  • From: Christian Walker <christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 21:57:12 -0500

Hi,
I dropped by the pond Mary Ann Melton was at the other day, and the birding was 
pretty good.  The Little Blue Herons she had seen were replaced by good numbers 
of Snowy Egrets.  There were three Least Terns flying over the pond.  Two left, 
but one stayed until after 8 o’clock. I also had an American Avocet, and 
several Semipalmated Sandpipers.  Two of these were fresh good-looking 
juveniles.  Three White Ibis flew over while I was here as well. I will 
definitely be coming by here regularly as the pond continues to dry up.  Lots 
of carp (?) were beached and rotting. 
This pond is located just across the road from John F. Burke Nature Preserve. 
Christian Walker
University of Dallas
Irving, TX
512 431-2495


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> From: ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: eBird Report - Valley View Pond, Aug 15, 2014
> Date: August 15, 2014 at 9:46:44 PM CDT
> To: christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Valley View Pond, Dallas, US-TX
> Aug 15, 2014 7:40 PM - 8:10 PM
> Protocol: Stationary
> Comments:     Clear, 10-15 mph SE, around 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
> 20 species
> 
> Mallard  6
> Great Egret  18
> Snowy Egret  71
> White Ibis  3
> Black-necked Stilt  19
> American Avocet  1
> Killdeer  31
> Spotted Sandpiper  1
> Greater Yellowlegs  1
> Lesser Yellowlegs  3
> Least Sandpiper  11
> Semipalmated Sandpiper  4
> Least Tern  3
> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
> Mourning Dove  26
> Western Kingbird  1
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  2
> Barn Swallow  15
> Northern Mockingbird  1
> Northern Cardinal  1     HO
> 
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> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19481268
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)


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