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Date: 8/18/25 5:45 am From: my AT&T YAHOO MAIL <shenthorn205...> Subject: Re: North end Yukon Parkway, east side Playa
Yesterday 1230 pm the mud was almost completely gone and the cattle had returned. In the general area were these birds: 800 cowbirds in various stages of molt 80 starlings 8 house sparrows One eastern meadowlark Six barn swallows Four turkey vultures Two collared doves Ten pigeons Four killdeer Eight mourning doves Seven Mississippi kites Two great egrets Fifty cattle egrets Ten snowy egrets One crow species What a difference a day makes! Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM, drhal2 Yocum<drhal2...> wrote: Date: 8/14 Time: 4: 30- 5: 30 PM Temp: 96 , light breeze Species: 25 Listing: Great Egret 4 Snowy Egret 3 M. Cattle Egret 30 ( others came and left) Mourning Dove 4 ( sitting & flying) Eurasian Collared Dove 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed HawkZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart External Email ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd #yiv8253217721 #yiv8253217721pfptBannerj0wgy7v {display:block !important;visibility:visible !important;opacity:1 !important;background-color:#D04B4C !important;max-width:none !important;max-height:none !important;}#yiv8253217721 .yiv8253217721pfptPrimaryButtonj0wgy7v:hover, #yiv8253217721 .yiv8253217721pfptPrimaryButtonj0wgy7v:focus {background-color:#e9797a !important;}#yiv8253217721 .yiv8253217721pfptPrimaryButtonj0wgy7v:active {background-color:#d89d9d !important;}#yiv8253217721 html:root, #yiv8253217721 html:root>body {display:block !important;visibility:visible !important;opacity:1 !important;}Date: 8/14 Time: 4:30- 5:30 PM Temp: 96 , light breeze Species:25 Listing: Great Egret 4 Snowy Egret 3 M. Cattle Egret 30 ( others came and left) Mourning Dove 4 ( sitting & flying) Eurasian Collared Dove 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 ( flying) Barn Swallow 6 ( mostly flying) Cliff Swallow 6 (mostly flying) Bald Eagle 1 ( mature) Killdeer 40-50 ( constantly walking about in the mud Yellowlegs, greater 3 Yellowlegs , lesser 7 Least sandpiper many > 50 Western sandpiper? / white rumped sandpiper / Bairds sandpiper - many & hard to separate Short billed Dowitcher- 4 ( typical needle like probing in the mud). Stilt sandpiper 1 Pectoral sandpiper 5 Upland sandpiper 4 Wilson’s Phalaropes 2 ( typical spinning eating behavior, non breeding plumage Eastern Meadowlark 2 Eastern Kingbird 1 Western Kingbird 3 House Sparrow 2 Hal Yocum, Edmond Sent from my iPhone

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