July 10, 2007 – DAFB


No best bird of the day; all recorded are the usual breeders. However, the bobcat that walked out of the high grass ten feet in front of me was a pretty good find. He sauntered out from the six-foot forbes where I had just been checking a nestbox. I think I roused him from his morning nap.

Complete list:

  • Mallard, 2
  • Wild Turkey, 2
  • Northern Bobwhite, 3
  • Green Heron, 1
  • Mississippi Kite, 3
  • Swainson’s Hawk, 1 plus 1 juvenile on nest
  • Killdeer, 2
  • White-winged Dove, 28
  • Mourning Dove, 74
  • Common Nighthawk, 4
  • Chimney Swift, 30
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird, 1
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 3
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher, 8
  • Western Kingbird, 27
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 40
  • Bell’s Vireo, 1
  • Blue Jay, 3
  • American Crow, 2
  • Cliff Swallow, 39
  • Black-crested Titmouse, 2
  • Bewick’s Wren, 4
  • Eastern Bluebird, 8
  • American Robin, 31
  • Northern Mockingbird, 26
  • Curve-billed Thrasher, 2
  • European Starling, 25
  • Canyon Towhee, 1
  • Cassin’s Sparrow, 1
  • Lark Sparrow, 5
  • Northern Cardinal, 1
  • Pyrrhuloxia, 1
  • Painted Bunting, 4
  • Dickcissel, 6
  • Red-winged Blackbird, 1
  • Eastern Meadowlark, 4
  • Common Grackle, 16
  • Great-tailed Grackle, 16
  • Brown-headed Cowbird, 2
  • Bullock’s Oriole, 2
  • House Finch, 4
  • House Sparrow, 5

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