[texbirds] Re: Wood Storks, flamingos, Pauraque Martins etc.
- From: "Judy Kestner" <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>, "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:10:33 -0500
Speaking of Wood Storks, on Sunday I was one of four people to marvel at a
flock of about 50 Wood Storks on a pond on the Joe Fulton Trade Corridor in
northwest Corpus Christi. The pond is near the intersection of the Corridor
and McKinzie Lane, close to the new Texas State Veterans' Cemetery.
The storks were accompanied by many Snowy and Great Egrets, White Ibis of
all colors and a lone White-faced Ibis. There were 6 Blue-winged Teal --
strikes me as late for them, but that pond is a pretty little place that,
were I a teal, would entice me to stay as well.
We drove out into the countryside looking for Horned Larks and wouldn't you
know it, on our return trip to this same pond about 5 hours later, we drove
a little further down the Corridor and found three of them, perching low on
sticks or roots that were sticking out of the gravelly berms. There's no
place like home.....
Judy Kestner
Calallen (Northwest Corpus Christi)
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From: "Brush Freeman" <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 7:03 PM
Subject: [texbirds] Wood Storks, flamingos, Pauraque Martins etc.
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> On my drive to the coast today via La Grange, I stopped by Shipp Lake
> near Smithville ...The numbers of waders are increasing and there was
> single Wood Stork on the north side of the RR Tracks. Pretty far out
> but just with my bins it looked like an imm. Nothing else unusually
> just an increasing number of birds. Then at the north end of 1289
> southwest of Port Lavaca in a rice field on the east side of the road
> were another 20 or so.
>
> Petra Hockey wrote a nice article for the local newspaper with color
> photos of the Calhoun Co. Flamingos. You can see it here.
> http://thedolphintalk.com/2013/06/20/seeing-pink-in-calhoun-county-by-petra-hockey/
>
> The Pauraque called briefly this morning around 4:45-5A then went
> silent. Steve M. drove out last night for it but we had nada, very
> odd too is that the Chucks were not even calling. I am going to guess
> mornings are better now as I had two plus the Pauraque going to town.
>
> I find it a bit strange that so many martins are already piling up
> in Austin. For the folks that visit the roost site, are you noting a
> lot of HY birds or very few?....The martins in Port O'Connor have not
> even fledged yet. I am just curious as to if the drought impacts did
> not result of lots of failed nesting attempts and thus the reason for
> the numbers there.
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> Brush Freeman
> 361-655-7641 Cell
> http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
> Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
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