Hola,
Found some good birds this morning at Windy Point. Props to Arman Moreno for
advising me to go out there. Found two groups of breeding-plumaged Black Terns.
Walked on down to the point and immediately found a gull Jane Tillman had been
looking at earlier. Looks like a first summer Ring-billed Gull, but the bill is
longer and narrower and the legs are gray. Otherwise just as pale and same size
as RBGU perched next to it. Some pictures here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131603967@N04/with/17568436531/
If anyone thinks this is not a Ring-billed Gull please tell me why.
Noticed a flock of blackbirds across the way, and most were Yellow-headed. No
breeding-plumaged males though. Flybys included a Bank Swallow, a first-summer
Herring Gull, a pair of American Wigeon, 7 Franklins Gulls, and 4 Eastern
Kingbirds.
Also had a flock of three Bairds Sandpipers that put down on the road down to
the point. I think the rain made them land asap and thats why they were there
instead of down by the lake.
Good birding,
Christian Walker
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From: ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: eBird Report - Lake Travis- Bob Wentz Windy Point Pk, May 12, 2015
Date: May 12, 2015 at 1:53:31 PM CDT
To: christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Lake Travis- Bob Wentz Windy Point Pk, Travis, US-TX
May 12, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Overcast, around 65 degrees F, 5-10 mph NE. Started a light
rain around 11:00 AM.
36 species (+2 other taxa)
American Wigeon 2 Flyovers
Mallard (Domestic type) 4
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Baird's Sandpiper 3
Franklin's Gull 7
Ring-billed Gull 2 first summer birds. One looked a bit like a CAGU, at
least with the longer thinner bill and gray legs, but I think it's just a
RBGU. It's mantle is very pale and it's the same size as the other. Here's
some photos: <a
href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/131603967@N04/16945953204";
title="Ring-billed Gull by Christian Walker, on Flickr"><img
src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7722/16945953204_39ca2c3deb_z.jpg";
alt="Ring-billed Gull" /></a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/131603967@N04/17542158666";
title="Ring-billed Gull by Christian Walker, on Flickr"><img
src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5338/17542158666_3a9cae3bd3_z.jpg";
alt="Ring-billed Gull" /></a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/131603967@N04/17568438691";
title="Ring-billed Gull by Christian Walker, on Flickr"><img
src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5445/17568438691_cb52deb06d_z.jpg";
alt="Ring-billed Gull" /></a>
Herring Gull 1 first cycle type with gray coming in on the mantle, dark
tail band, pale brownish overall, large pink bill with black tip.
Black Tern 9 All in alternate
White-winged Dove 30
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 2
Eastern Kingbird 4
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 2
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 4
Cliff Swallow 25
Carolina Chickadee 2 HO
Tufted/Black-crested Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1 HO
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 HO
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 1
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1 ho
Summer Tanager 1 HO
Northern Cardinal 2
Painted Bunting 3 HO
Dickcissel 1 HO
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Yellow-headed Blackbird 16 Tada!
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/131603967@N04/17568436531";
title="Yellow-headed Blackbird by Christian Walker, on Flickr"><img
src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5338/17568436531_bf215254f7_z.jpg";
alt="Yellow-headed Blackbird" /></a>
Great-tailed Grackle 6
Orchard Oriole 1
Lesser Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 6
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23405742
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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