December 2, 2006 – Shackleford, Coleman, & NE Abilene


Best birds of today:

  • Great Kiskadee, heard then seen in Wilhair Park, NE Abilene
  • Black-throated Sparrow, Shackleford Co.
  • Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Shackleford Co.
  • Brown Creeper, Shackleford Co.
  • Eurasian Wigeon, Lake O.H. Ivie, Coleman Co.

Shackleford County, CR. 147 and Lake McCarty:

  • Gadwall, 7
  • American Wigeon, 4
  • Mallard, 9
  • Northern Pintail, 4
  • Lesser Scaup, 4
  • Wild Turkey, 36
  • Pied-billed Grebe, 1
  • Double-crested Cormorant, 3
  • Great Blue Heron, 6
  • Northern Harrier, 1
  • Cooper’s Hawk, 1
  • Red-tailed Hawk, 14
  • American Kestrel, 7
  • American Coot, 1
  • Killdeer, 2
  • Greater Yellowlegs, 1
  • Ring-billed Gull, 25
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove, 2
  • Mourning Dove, 38
  • Belted Kingfisher, 1
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1
  • Northern Flicker, 7
  • Eastern Phoebe, 1
  • Loggerhead Shrike, 8
  • Brown Creeper, 1
  • Bewick’s Wren, 2
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2
  • American Robin, 2
  • Northern Mockingbird, 42
  • Curve-billed Thrasher, 3
  • European Starling, 16
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler, 2
  • Spotted Towhee, 3
  • Canyon Towhee, 1
  • Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 1
  • Field Sparrow, 5
  • Vesper Sparrow, 21
  • Black-throated Sparrow, 3
  • Savannah Sparrow, 15
  • Song Sparrow, 1
  • White-crowned Sparrow, 26
  • Dark-eyed Junco, 9
  • Northern Cardinal, 5
  • Black bird species, 125 ++ (flocked and flew like Brown-headed Cowbirds)
  • Meadowlark species, 51
  • Great-tailed Grackle, 6
  • House Finch, 2
  • American Goldfinch, 2
  • House Sparrow, 14

Shackleford Co. sightings by Kathy Hampton, Bill Hughes, Laura Packer, Charline Wheeler

Lake O.H. Ivie, Coleman County:

  • Eurasian Wigeon, 1 male

Sighting by Jay and Amy Packer
Thousands of ducks present on the lake but don’t have a detailed list yet.

NE Abilene, Wilhair Park:

  • Great Kiskadee, 1

This bird was seen by Kathy Hampton, Laura Packer, and Tom Tustison of Minnesota eating juniper berries. It stayed in the area and was seen well for around ten minutes.