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October 28-29 – Weekend Birding
October 29: Lake Fort Phantom Best bird(s) of the day: Bald Eagle, 1 immature at the south end of Johnston Park Others: Great Egret (6) Northern Pintail Mallard Black-bellied Plover (1) Lesser Yellowlegs (2) Least Sandpiper (14) Franklin’s Gull (1) Bonaparte’s Gull (4) Lots of Ring-billed Gulls American Pipit (1) White-crowned Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lake […]
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Kathy McGinty to Speak at General Meeting, Nov. 2
Kathy McGinty, Regulatory Wildlife Biologist, District 3, with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department will speak at our November 2nd General Meeting on the Black-capped Vireo and the Golden-cheeked Warbler. Kathy has a masters degree in Wildlife Science from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. She has worked for TPWD for 20 years, first […]
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October 24, 2006 – Lake Kirby – Surf Scoter
Best bird(s) of the day: Surf Scoter, 1 Common Loons, 3 Others: American White Pelican, 50-60; hard to get an accurate count when bunched up. Great Egret, 2 Common Moorhen, 1 juv. Northern Harrier, 1 American Avocet, 10 Least Sandpiper, 12 Wilson’s Snipe, 1 Winter Wren, 1 Pyrrhuloxia, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 6 Sightings by Kathy […]
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Surf’s Up At Kirby Lake
Another rare bird for the Big Country, a Surf Scoter. Same song, second verse. I wasn’t birding today, too many chores and the weather wasn’t exactly pleasant. But when Kathy called, I said yes. The last time Surf Scoter was recorded in this area was May of 1999. These birds are hardy seaducks. They breed […]
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Ospreys Over Abilene, Mid-October
More than one Osprey visited the Big Country; two were seen regularly at Lake Fort Phantom and two at Lake Kirby. The Osprey at Dyess AFB (above photo) was photographed again doing what it likes to do: eat fish. Because water plays such an important role in wildlife’s existence, our photos this time reflect birds […]
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October 22-23, 2006 – Lake Kirby
October 22, 2006 Best bird(s) of the day: Western and Horned Grebes Horned Grebe, 3 Eared Grebe, 7 Western Grebe, 3 American White Pelican, 40 Gadwall N Shoveler Osprey, 1 American Avocet, 10 Least Sandpiper, 15 All sightings on the 22nd by Lorie Black October 23, 2006 Best bird(s) of the day: Winter Wren Eared […]
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October 21, 2006 – Fort Phantom Lake
Eared Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Snowy Egret Great Egret Green Heron Great Blue Heron Mallard Green-winged Teal Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Redhead American Kestrel Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Killdeer American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Dowitcher sp. Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove White-winged Dove Ladder-backed Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Golden-fronted Woodpecker Northern […]
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October Hummingbird
This little hummingbird is still hanging around the yard when all others have left. Is it a straggling young Black-chinned or something else? I’ve posted pictures of this hummingbird so you can take a look. Under each picture I’ve commented about its field marks such as wing to tail ratio, bill shape, lack of buffiness, […]
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October 18-19, 2006 – Lake Kirby and Other Areas
October 18, 2006 at Lake Kirby: Best bird(s) of the day: Eared Grebe (6) Cattle Egret (6) Black-bellied Plover (1) American Avocet (24) Franklin’s Gull (1) Other: Great Egret Snowy Egret Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Ring-billed Gull All sightings above by Lorie Black October 19, 2006, State Park and Buffalo Gap Area Sandhill Cranes, (fos) […]
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Field Trip to Lake Fort Phantom
Join us this Saturday, October 21, for our field trip to Lake Fort Phantom. We will meet at 7:45 a.m. at Alfredo’s at 1009 North Judge Ely Blvd. Come early for breakfast and carpooling. We’ve been scouting this week at the lake and there have been as many as two Ospreys still hanging around. Over […]