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Babes, Bullock’s and Other Birds
Last week John English photographed the birds at Cedar Gap Farm and produced some amazing pictures: Who says birds don’t engage in sports? This looks like a hand-off (er..beak-off) from bill to bill! Wish I could see it again in s-l-o-w m-o-t-i-o-n! John got more great photos of some of the birds at Cedar Gap […]
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June 30, 2007-DAFB
Best bird(s) of the day: High number of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, and Western Kingbirds. The fledglings are sitting around in trees and utility wires waiting to be fed by parents. Grasshopper Sparrow, juvenile Complete List: Black-bellied Whistling Duck, 2 Mallard, 4 Wild Turkey, 2 Northern Bobwhite, 6 Great Blue Heron, 1 Green Heron, 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, […]
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June 16, 2007 – Cedar Gap Farm
Best bird(s) of the day: Black-capped Vireo, 1 Indigo Bunting, 1 Painted Bunting, 9 and most of them males! Complete List: Black Vulture, 3 Turkey Vulture, 16 Mississippi Kite, 2 Mourning Dove, 11 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 5. It’s hard to estimate how many are actually present. The most hummingbirds seen at the same time was five. […]
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Cedar Gap Farm’s Newest Resident: Black-capped Vireo
For those of you picking up today’s Abilene Reporter-News and seeing an article about Cedar Gap Farm and wanting more information, you came to the right place. Just click on Cedar Gap Farm in Birding Locations to read more about the birds and wildlife at the Hutto’s Cedar Gap Farm. As for the Black-capped Vireo, […]
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June 13, 2007-DAFB
Best bird(s) of the day: Orchard Oriole, not because it’s all that great but because first time to document it on base was Sunday, June 10, 2007. Complete List: Northern Bobwhite, 5 Green Heron, 1 Mississippi Kite, 3 Swainson’s Hawk, 2 (plus two little white fuzzy heads were seen above the rim of the nest) […]
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Walnut Creek Ranch Field Trip, May 19, 2007
What a fantastic field trip we had to Walnut Creek Ranch! I don’t know where to begin the accolades so here goes: The view was breathtaking: …the accommodations wonderful: …the bird banding brilliantly fascinating: …the birding exciting: …the colorful caterpillars captivating: …and the company, a riot! The pictures are now up at the Walnut Creek […]
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June 1, 2007 – Cedar Gap Farm
Best bird(s) of the day: Black-capped Vireo, 1 (heard only) List of birds seen: Wild Turkey, 4 (3 toms; 1 hen) Northern Bobwhite, 1 (heard) Turkey Vulture, 11 Mississippi Kite, 2 Mourning Dove, 12 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 6 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 6 Western Kingbird, 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 2 Black-capped Vireo, 1 […]