Here are the expectations of the center of Texas for this month, with the permission of Travis Odoubon. Learn more about aircraft in central Texas and bird events for all ages Travisaudubon.org Or by call 512-300-Bird.
Austin (KXAN) – two rare coastal birds are expected to be tubes and brown cold, in central Texas in July. Here where you can search for them.
The pipeline is a small shorib bird that appears unaccurable in Austin in the spring and autumn migration. Bob Wintz Park on Lake Travis is a good place to search for migrants heading south in the middle to late July.
In mid -July, it may seem early with the rudeness of the fall, but it is known that adult coastal birds are moving south early if their efforts to nest fail. Also, it is not unusual for an adult person (the male can be) to stay with young people on the land of reproduction while his companion moves south.
Lakeside’s pedestrian has the best opportunity to stumble on this bird as it loves the sand pipes without a lot of vegetation. Look for a small, filled with a distinctive operation and the way to stop the feed. It is about seven inches in length, with bright yellow legs, a pale gray back and large black eyes give them a likable look.
In Austin, we usually see the tubes that wear reproduction feathers (given that most records from mid -April to early May, then again from July to August.) Males have a reproductive black collar usually in the neck, a thick black line via the forehead, and an orange with black information. Adult females are hidden.
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In unmarked feathers, collars fade to gray, black bill and black strip disappears across the forehead.
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Pipe covers use a variety of habitats for reproduction, with a preference for those who have less than 20 % of the plants. Examples include sand and gravel beaches on the coast, sand apartments in natural islands, and clay apartments.
In autumn, all of the population moves south to the winter throughout the southern Atlantic coast and the Gulf Coast, with each other to Cuba, the Bahamas and Yatatan Islands. There it can be found on beaches, sandy sultings and clay sneakes.
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Like many coastal birds, the pipe flower in a trouble – was included as endangered by the Great Lakes, where there were 81 pairs of nesting in the last census in 2024. It needs safe nesting sites free of human disorders, which are difficult to reach on many beaches. With only 7600-8400 birds remains in the world, the tubes are classified as almost threatened by the International Federation for Conservation of Nature and Elysters continues to increase the population.
Texas is very important for the lives of pipe columns, where about 50 % of the world’s population spends winter here! When you take an internal beach vacation or on the coast, remember to give all the space of coastal birds, and keep your dog on the wheel. verify The American bird For more tips to help coastal birds.
Enjoyable facts about the bottle of pipelines
It returns to sand to merge with predators of birds and birds such as hawks, gulls, crows, crows and owls. If you feel the problem, it falls on the floor and it seems that it disappears.
In coastal sites when the wave comes and the sand saturation with water, monitor the behavior of “shivering of the foot”. The pipeline will put one foot slightly forward and take advantage of the sand. This may bring prey elements such as marine worms on the roof.
Flowers love the shallow declines that they create are called scratches, and sometimes add small stones and small shells. A female was seen in the Great Lakes area digging her eggs, which were covered with boys of sand in the storm, then resumed the nursery.
Young children, which means that they can move on their own within hours after hatching. They have to return repeatedly to parents to be prepared for 21 days or so to help regulate the temperature.
Sea birds at Windy Lake Travis Point
Local Berder was surprised to regularly find the sky and water in the Windy Point on Lake Travis in the discovery of Brown Booby there on April 4, and he was still there on June 27.
These large marine birds are usually found in tropical waters around the world, as they dive into fish and rocks. In our region, Brown Boobies multiply in the islands in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Winter on the Atlantic Coast to Newfoundland and Labrador. Over the past twenty -first years, they have appeared on the internal lakes and cabinets as one -day wonders or long birds.
In Texas, it was found in places such as Lake Ray Roberts, Lake Whitney, Lake, Waku, Lake Canyon, Lake Calvirras and Lake Travis, to name a few.
The reason for this marine bird is usually unknown, but it may be due to the scarcity of prey as it usually occurs. Perhaps there is an increase in the abundance of the bird. To date, one in the Travis Lake found enough food that has not moved.
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If you want to search for it, you can see the bird flies along the main channel to the west of the point, but it also seems to disappear on the Cypress Creek arm periodically. It will rest on the water as well. Look for a 30 -inch bird with very angle wings, brown back and tail, brown neck, long yellow bill and white bars. It often approaches the water at a shallow angle, then closes its wings and drowns in the water to pick up the fish near the surface, but it will also dive from altitudes of up to 50 feet!
How did Boby got his name? When the first explorers faced this bird and relevant species such as convincing Boby, they found that they were not afraid of humans and easy to capture food. So he got the name BoboSpanish for stupid, naive or ridiculous.