Field Note #12: not much traffic

Date of Survey: 031816

Official Low Tide: 11:40 am     Survey start time: 10:45 am   Survey end time: 12:20pm

Tide heights: .01ft /3cm

Mudflats exposed? Not at first, Y at official LT

Temperature: 81°F/ 27° C     Cloud cover: 20%

Common Name	Counts of birds foraging on mud flats	Behavior Forage-F Rest/roost-R Fly over -FO	Disturbance (Flushing-F, displaced-D, agitated-A)	Feeding location *Primary flat (P)   Mangrove flat (M)
Snowy egret	3	F	F=P(1) D-(H)-1	M, P-1
Great egret	2	F		M
Great blue heron	5	F		M
Little blue heron	5	F		M, P-1
white ibis	1	F		M
Tri colored heron	1	F		M
Total	17

Notes: Bird traffic was low. Human traffic was HIGH. Sigh.

Humans = 1 wading fisherman; 10 Kayakers; 11 paddle boarders recorded. As we were leaving we noted more kayakers but did not record them.

When low tide is close to high noon, less birds are present. HOT and sunny.

Here are some shots of the few birds that visited today.