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| May
9th - Latest
Counts at the Preserve |
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| Here's
a message from Sue, one of the monitors who does counts on
the inside of the Preserve. She will be sending us a report
each week. |
Hi all. We have
walked through the colony twice now, May 2 and May 9. The
birds are courting and making scrapes but we have not found
eggs. We will go out again Friday, May 16. After that, assuming
that nesting is picking up, we will go out on Tuesdays and
Fridays. Cyndie will come out on Tuesdays, Dick on Fridays.
Dick made three very wonderful blinds so we envision two -
three people surveying in blinds and anyone else, watching
and taking notes on behavior and activity. Last week we estimated
75-100 birds, today it was difficult to estimate as the birds
didn't flush all at once to get a good count, but there were
probably a few more than last week based on the amount of
calling.
—Sue
Hoffman
Lead Biologist Santa Ana Watershed Association |
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