Lesser Scaup stops by BNC pond

The Scaup was seen on the "fresh water" pond on Golden Bloom Trail.

 I missed the monthly bird count at Baytown Nature Center, but David H. and fellow birder spotted 52 species on a hot day with extremely high tides.

The most interesting finds were a Yellow-throated Warbler and an out-of-season Lesser Scaup.

The September bird count
2    Mottled Duck
3    Blue-winged Teal
1    Lesser Scaup
1    Wood Stork
22    Neotropic Cormorant
2    Anhinga
2    American White Pelican
28    Brown Pelican
10    Great Blue Heron
14    Great Egret
55    Snowy Egret
7    Little Blue Heron
5    Tricolored Heron
1    Cattle Egret
6    Green Heron
5    Black-crowned Night-Heron
22    Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
22    White Ibis
1    Osprey
2    Cooper's Hawk
2    Red-shouldered Hawk
3    Clapper Rail
3    Black-necked Stilt
12    Killdeer
8    Spotted Sandpiper
3    Willet
30    Least Sandpiper
85    Laughing Gull
33    Forster's Tern
3    Royal Tern
4    Sandwich Tern
8    Rock Pigeon
73    White-winged Dove
8    Mourning Dove
15    Chimney Swift
12    Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4    Belted Kingfisher
2    Red-bellied Woodpecker
1    Downy Woodpecker
2    Loggerhead Shrike
12    Blue Jay
2    Carolina Chickadee
4    Carolina Wren
1    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
17    Northern Mockingbird
42    European Starling
1    Yellow-throated Warbler
1    Northern Cardinal
8    Common Grackle
5    Great-tailed Grackle
1    Orchard Oriole
2    House Sparrow