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© 2000-11 Sundown Island Island

2002 Colonial Waterbird Survey
Species Pairs
Species
Sundown Island
(Matagorda Bay)

Snake Island
(Lavaca Bay)
Laughing Gull
9,000
7,470
Royal Tern
4,030
71
Brown Pelican
1,300
Sandwich Tern
1,180
124
Tricolored Heron
710
369
White Ibis
416
1,211
Black Skimmers
350
Cattle Egret
200
898
Great Egret
120
61
Black -crowned Night-Heron
114
10
Snowy Egret
104
303
Great Blue Heron
48
110
Roseate Spoonbill
35
74
Reddish Egret
34
3
(15 fully fledged juveniles)
Gull-billed Tern
13
23
Little Blue Heron
6
120
Caspian Tern
2
29
White-faced Ibis
274

 

This survey was conducted by Chester Smith, Winnie Burkett, Petra Hockey,
Phil Glass, Marty Underwood and David on May 28, 2002.

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