[leasbirds] Re: Spur 327 and Charles A. Guy Park
- From: Jennifer Miller <foundnatureblog@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 16:54:21 -0600
Hi Anthony,
Thanks! I wanted to assume that it was a Long-billed based on the distribution
map in my Sibley guide, but I am never sure with Dowitchers. What is the best
way to tell them apart or are we most likely to only have Long-billed based on
their migration path?
Jennifer
Jennifer Miller
Lubbock, TX
Blog - http://foundnature.weebly.com/index.html
> On Mar 2, 2014, at 4:42 PM, Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Greetings Jennifer:
>
> There was a Long-billed Dowitcher in that area back in December. The ones
> that winter in the area seem to stick to pretty small patches; this could
> well be the same bird.
>
> Anthony
>
>
> From: Jennifer Miller <foundnatureblog@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: foundnatureblog@xxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, March 1, 2014 11:06 PM
> Subject: [leasbirds] Spur 327 and Charles A. Guy Park
>
> Hi All,
>
> We had a few minutes to check out the Bob Mills playa (Spur 327) and Charles
> A. Guy Park (93rd St.) today (March 1st).
>
> At Bob Mills around 1:00 pm we saw:
> 12 Northern Shovelers
> 2 Double-crested Cormorants
> 1 American Kestrel (male)
>
> At Charles A. Guy (there is very little water left) around 2:30 pm we saw:
> ~43 Green-winged Teals
> ~30 American Wigeons
> ~30 Mallards
> 7 Northern Shovelers
> 4 Killdeer
> 1 Long/Short-billed Dowitcher (disappeared when a dust storm kicked up)
>
>
> Jennifer Miller
> Lubbock, TX
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