Presa Centenario fighting back

The start of the rainy season has resulted in the water levels at the Presa in Tequis starting to rise again. It's great news, and if it continues, then as we enter the autumn and winter, it will be teeming with birds again.

Nice to see some ducks had returned to the reservoir. I had about 60 Mexican Ducks and 40+ Ruddy Ducks. Also on the water, a handful of American Coots, 2 gorgeous Black-necked Grebes and a couple of Least Grebes.

Mexican Ducks

Eared (Black-necked) Grebe

There were a large number of Cattle Egret (and 1 Black-crowned Night Heron) feeding at the far end of the reservoir, and as I was walking around I could see that the flocks were gradually leaving and flying towards their roost in the centre. Positioned myself under the flight path and fired off some nice shots of them.

Cattle Egrets

Things are starting to pick up on the wader front as well. Killdeers were literally everywhere. Without doubt, there were at least 100 breeding pairs. The swampy area at the far end provided some further treats as well - 50 Black-necked Stilts including some with young, 4 American Avocets, 30 Lesser Yellowlegs and 1 Greater Legs.

Killdeer

Black-necked Stilts

In the scrub, Cactus Wrens, Curve-billed Thrashers, Lesser Goldfinches, House Finches, Bewick's Wren. I also walked back along the river, picking up Clay-coloured Thrushes, Black Phoebe, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Cassin's Kingbird.