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 Birds of Hornsby Bend - 2005

 

 

Selected birds seen at Hornsby Wastewater Treatment Facility in 2005:

        January 2005

        Recent pictures:

 

5 February - A Red-breasted Nuthatch along the ridge/fence line that runs from the main facility towards Platt Pond.

 

15 February - A Wild Turkey in the woods along the river, between the Upper and the Lower Island View trails.

19 February - A pair of Ringed Kingfishers along the Colorado River (downstream from the Cypress Wetland) on a gloomy Saturday morning.   The two birds had been present for at least a week already.
2 April - A Barred Owl in the fields off the far side of Pond 3.
3 April - A singing male Prothonotary Warbler just down river from the Cypress Wetlands.
3 April.   A silhouette of a Pileated Woodpecker that was on top of the large Pecan tree along the River Trail, just past the Platt Pond trail.
26 April.   A Glossy Ibis in a group with 23 White-faced Ibis.
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