Best bird(s) of the day: Yellow-breasted Chat, 1 Complete List: Gadwall, 5 Blue-winged Teal, 8 Green-winged Teal, 1 Great Blue Heron, 1 Turkey Vulture, 3 Swainson’s Hawk, 2 Red-tailed Hawk, 3 Killdeer, 1 Mourning Dove, 13 Belted Kingfisher, 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 5 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 5 Eastern Phoebe, 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 14 Blue […]

Best bird(s) of the day: Eared Grebe, 7, first time documented at DAFB Chihuahuan Ravens on nest Swainson’s Hawk, 1 FOS (first of season) Vermilion Flycatcher, 1 FOS Ash-throated Flycatcher, 2 FOS Cassin’s Sparrow, 1 FOS Complete List: Gadwall, 6 Blue-winged Teal, 7 Northern Shoveler, 3 Green-winged Teal, 4 Bufflehead, 2 Wild Turkey, heard Eared […]

Highlight: First of the Season Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Purple Martins, and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers Complete List: Gadwall, 6 Mallard, 2 Blue-winged Teal, 7 Northern Shoveler, 2 Green-winged Teal, 12 Wild Turkey, 36 Northern Bobwhite, 1 heard Turkey Vulture, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 Killdeer, 4 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Mourning Dove, 39 Greater Roadrunner, 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 6 Eastern […]

Although the targeted longspurs were not seen, a little-seen event took the title of “Best Bird,” a Great Blue Heron Rookery. Pictures can be viewed at the Rookery Picture Album. Best bird(s): Great Blue Heron, rookery on Lake Nasworthy Osprey, 1 flying close overhead at the rookery Complete List: Key: TG: Tom Green County; LK: […]

Best bird(s): Rock Wren, 1 American Pipit, 5 Brewer’s Blackbird, 75-100 Complete List (without exact numbers): Gadwall, several American Wigeon, several Blue-winged Teal, dozen Northern Shoveler, numerous Northern Pintail, 10-15 Green-winged Teal, numerous Ring-necked Duck, 2 Bufflehead, 4 Northern Harrier, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Sandhill Cranes, 100’s according to Charles, that roosted about a month […]

Best bird(s): Horned Lark, 55 Sprague’s Pipit, 1 Clay-colored Sparrow, 1 (FOS) Complete List: Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 American Kestrel, 4 Killdeer, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 6 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Mourning Dove, 26 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 Horned Lark, 55 Black-crested Titmouse, 1 Eastern Bluebird, 2 Northern Mockingbird, 4 […]

Best bird(s): Marsh Wren, 1 Le Conte’s Sparrow, 1 Complete List: Wild Turkey, 15 Northern Harrier, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 American Kestrel, 1 Killdeer, 1 Mourning Dove, 71 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 13 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 8 Eastern Phoebe, 2 Blue Jay, 3 American Crow, 2 Cliff Swallow, 36 Black-crested Titmouse, 4 Cactus Wren, 5 Bewick’s Wren, 9 […]