Post by kingbird on Aug 4, 2013 8:09:56 GMT -6
Could have titled this the Ibis Trifecta and the Whistle-Duck Double, I suppose.
LaDonna and I started out at Treadway's Minnow Farms yesterday morning. Rain was just starting to set in so we had to make it fast. Semipalmated, Least, Pectoral, Stilt, Western, Spotted and Baird's Sandpipers were seen along with both yellowlegs, Black-necked Stilts, Semipalmated and Black-bellied Plovers and Long-billed Dowitchers. Most interesting, though, was a Fulvous Whistling-Duck giving his wheezy call as he flew over, eventually landing in the middle of the pond.
From Treadway's we headed south for the AR/MS River Levee. We got on the levee, near Rowher. Just a bit south of there, near Bunge and Potlatch, we had our first Wood Storks -twenty-two circling over the borrow pits. Just a quarter-mile or so north of Arkansas City, we found another 50 Wood Storks, in borrow pit, with a few White Ibis and the usual herons and egrets. We continued south and exited the levee near Lake Chicot State Park. After a late lunch in Lake Village, we continued south to Grand Lake. In the Cypress trees at the very north end of Grand Lake, we found another 50 Wood Storks and 3 Roseate Spoonbills. From there, we drove the levee south and back down to the extreme south end of Grand Lake. It was The Place, as usual. Besides the usual herons, egrets and Black-necked Stilts, there were 8 Glossy Ibis, 52 White-faced Ibis, 12 White Ibis, and 3 Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks. After pulling ourselves away, we began a slow drive along the lake back home. But, not 100 yards down the road, an odd dove flew up and landed in a tree along the lake. Hmmm. A quick look with binoculars revealed a White-winged Dove! Grand Day of Grand Birding at Grand Lake. It's just too bad it's 3 hours from my house.
Kenny
LaDonna and I started out at Treadway's Minnow Farms yesterday morning. Rain was just starting to set in so we had to make it fast. Semipalmated, Least, Pectoral, Stilt, Western, Spotted and Baird's Sandpipers were seen along with both yellowlegs, Black-necked Stilts, Semipalmated and Black-bellied Plovers and Long-billed Dowitchers. Most interesting, though, was a Fulvous Whistling-Duck giving his wheezy call as he flew over, eventually landing in the middle of the pond.
From Treadway's we headed south for the AR/MS River Levee. We got on the levee, near Rowher. Just a bit south of there, near Bunge and Potlatch, we had our first Wood Storks -twenty-two circling over the borrow pits. Just a quarter-mile or so north of Arkansas City, we found another 50 Wood Storks, in borrow pit, with a few White Ibis and the usual herons and egrets. We continued south and exited the levee near Lake Chicot State Park. After a late lunch in Lake Village, we continued south to Grand Lake. In the Cypress trees at the very north end of Grand Lake, we found another 50 Wood Storks and 3 Roseate Spoonbills. From there, we drove the levee south and back down to the extreme south end of Grand Lake. It was The Place, as usual. Besides the usual herons, egrets and Black-necked Stilts, there were 8 Glossy Ibis, 52 White-faced Ibis, 12 White Ibis, and 3 Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks. After pulling ourselves away, we began a slow drive along the lake back home. But, not 100 yards down the road, an odd dove flew up and landed in a tree along the lake. Hmmm. A quick look with binoculars revealed a White-winged Dove! Grand Day of Grand Birding at Grand Lake. It's just too bad it's 3 hours from my house.
Kenny