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| Title | The Spoonbill, Vol. 8, No. 2, June 1959 |
| Alternative Title | The Spoonbill, Vol. VIII, No. 2, June 1959 |
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| Publisher | Outdoor Nature Club |
| Date | June 1959 |
| Subject.Topical (LCSH) |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | ID 2007-023, Box 9, Folder 11 |
| ArchivesSpace URI | /repositories/2/archival_objects/9844 |
| Original Collection | Outdoor Nature Club Records |
| Digital Collection | Outdoor Nature Club Newsletters |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/2007_023 |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections/ |
| Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Image 5 |
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| File Name | uhlib_2007_023_b009_f011_006_005.jpg |
| Transcript | page 3 turbing manner. I stepped on no less than five, and Dudley managed to find three others in the same manner. The count terminated at around 11:10 a.m. when two happily saturated birdwatchers < accompanied by a soggy "Peterson" and several pounds of cattails emerged with the following statistics: We found (6£) sixty-fswio occupied nests representing (6) species - SPECIES Coot Fulvous tree duck Pied-billed grebe Common gallinule Boat-tailed grackle Hed-wlnged blackbird Total: . OF NESTS HO. OF EGGS HO. OF YOUNG 22 2 138 14 8 0 17 2 79 6 0 8 16 37 0 15 0 62 nests 274 eggs 31 young COOT: I do not know the nesting status of the coot in Texas. Dr. Williams informs me that he has observed young ooots in the Valley area and some years ago on Galveston Island (East) There is no record for the whole state of Louisiana (see Louisiana Birds by George H. Lowery Jr.) The nests we found of this bird were made of cattails bent down to form a cupped platform. The eggs were (1.9 X 1.3) • dirty stone white in color finely flecked with blackish brown. (Measurements from Pough) PIED-BILLED GREBE: We actually saw only three pied-billed grebes. I was truly amazed to find so many nests. Each nest contained from one to eight eggs, the average being five. Only one nest contained 8 eggs. Every grebes nest found was covered (presumably by the parent bird as it slipped off) by decayed cattails. All of them were floating. The eggs were unmarked except for the stains of water plants. FULVOUS TREE DUCK: Both nests were made of cattails and were supported by surrounding vegetation - not floating as the coots and grebes were. One nest contained 10 eggs, the other 4. No lining of feathers was used as in so many other species of ducks. BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE: From two to five eggs or young, the average being three. The nests were swung between supports. All but one nest were located in salt cedar, one in sedge bed. COMMON GALLINULE: Two nests both were smaller and better hidden than the majority of coots, though they were constructed in a like manner. One nest had five eggs in it, the other but one. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: Two nests were nearing completion, the third was already finished but no eggs were to be found. Birds seen in, on, or over the marsh: SPECIES 1. Dickcissel 2. Coot* 3. Blue-winged teal 4. Ruddy duck 5. Little blue heron 6. Long-billed marsh wren 7. Black tern 8. Barn swallow 9. Rough-winged swallow 10. Tree swallow 11. Fulvous tree duck 12. Pied-billed grebe 13. Blaok-neoked stilt 14. Eared grebe 15. Sora rail 16. Greater yellowlegs 17. Pectoral sandpiper 18. Ring-billed gull 19. Purple gallinule 20. Common gallinule 21. Gull-billed tern 22. Lesser scaup 23. Purple martin 24. Least bittern COUNT 1 60 plus 40 plus 1 7 3 7 8 2 2 28 3 3 3 11 7 23 3 11 11 5 1 3 15 Submitted: T. B. Feltner |