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October 16, 2006 – Lake Kirby and Oakwood
Lake Kirby Migrants: Greater Egret, 2 Snowy Egret, 3 Osprey, 1 American Avocet, 13 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Least Sandpiper, 5 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Returning Wintering Species: Eared Grebe, 7 Pied-billed Grebe, 5 Double-crested Cormorants, 10 Gadwall, 15 Northern Shoveler, 4 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Green-winged Teal, 1 American Coot, 300+ Common Moorhen, 1 juvenile Others: Great […]
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October 14, 2006 – Lake Ft. Phantom
Highlights at Lake Fort Phantom: Osprey, 2 Franklin’s Gull, 3 Spotted Sandpiper, 3 Others: American Wigeon Northern Pintail Mallard Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Coot Red-tailed Hawk Northern Harrier Least Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Savannah Sparrow All sightings by Lorie Black
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October 12, 2006 – NE Abilene – Kirby Lake
Birded along Cedar Creek where the water was deep and best birds by far were the 9 Wood Ducks (7 males, 2 females) clustered together in an early morning swim. Migrants: Eastern Phoebe, 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Others: Great Blue Heron, 1 Northern Harrier, 1 (female) Cooper’s Hawk, 1 […]
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October 11, 2006 – Mesquite Grove Golf Course
Best bird(s) of the day: Osprey, 1 Wood Duck, 1 (female) Returning wintering birds: Northern Flicker, 1 (red-shafted) Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Others: Pied-billed Grebe, 2 Great Blue Heron, 1 Ducks in eclipse plumage, 40. Mix of Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, and Teal Red-shouldered Hawk, 2 Swainson’s Hawk, 2 Wild Turkey, 20 American Coot, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, […]
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Blackbird Behavior
Today I saw a strange behavior; a Brown-headed Cowbird (BHCO) bowing before a Yellow-headed Blackbird (YHBL). Wherever the YHBL was, the nearest BHCOs would assume a crouching position and lower its head (see above photo). Both sexes of BHCO would “bow” near the YHBL. The BHCO would then move toward the YHBL while keeping its […]
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October 9, 2006 – Lake Kirby
Migrants: Osprey, 1 American Avocets, 9 Black-necked Stilt, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Least Sandpiper, 12 Forster’s Tern, Great Egret, 6 Snowy Egret, 10 Returning Winter Birds: Pied-billed Grebe, 1 American Coot, 25 Green-winged Teal, 1 Gadwall, 1 Double-crested Cormorants, 12 Ring-billed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Others: Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 1 All sightings […]
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October 7, 2006 – Oakwood & Kirby Lake
Oakwood Trails Returning Winter Birds: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 4 Northern Flicker, 2; one Red-shafted, one Yellow-shafted House Wren, 1 Others: Eastern Phoebe, 1 Cattle Egret, 8 Eastern Bluebird, 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1 Medowlark sp., 1 Lake Kirby Migrants: Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Wilson’s Warbler, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Least Sandpiper, 8 Osprey, 2 Forster’s Tern, 18 Scissor-tailed […]
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Osprey Cruises Over Dyess AFB, Early October, 2006
I’ve said it many times before: if you don’t get out and bird, you never know what you could be missing. Such was the case this past week. Birding has been slow, especially with the lack of warblers. I awoke early Tuesday morning and argued with myself whether to stay in bed and get a […]
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October 6, 2006 – Dyess AFB, Mesquite Thorn Shrub Habitat
Best bird(s) of the day: Verdin, 2 (heard calling to each other) The migrants: Orange-crowned Warbler, 5 Eastern Phoebe, 1 House Wren, 4 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 1 (This was a surprise. I hadn’t seen ATFL since Sept. 11) Indigo Bunting, 1 Clay-colored Sparrow, 4 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 40+ (Large flocks are migrating through) American Robin, 11 (Cedar […]
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October 5, 2006 – NE Abilene
At last the warblers and migrants were found moving through along Cedar Creek in NE Abilene. This is the same area the Great Kiskadee was discovered a few weeks back but I did not see or hear any sign of it. Best bird(s) of the day: Wilson’s Warbler, 4 Orange-crowned Warbler, 10 Nashville Warbler, 5 […]