Month: December 2007

  • December 30, 2007 – Kirby Lake

    Best bird(s) of the day: Common Goldeneye: 1 Hooded Merganser: 2 Common Moorehen: 1 Sedge Wren: 1 Common Yellowthroat: 1 Complete List: Gadwall: 10 American Wigeon: 20 Blue-winged Teal: 1 Northern Shoveler: 1 Northern Pintail: 1 Green-winged Teal: 2 Bufflehead: 7 Common Goldeneye: 1 Hooded Merganser: 2 Pied-billed Grebe: 12 Eared Grebe: 25 American White […]

  • Oh My Deer!

    Some one once asked me if we saw other wildlife (other than birds) when on field trips. Yes we do! Many of our members were in the field in November and some of you sent in photos of your encounters such as this beautiful doe seen in Callahan County by Jay Capra. During the field […]

  • December 29, 2007-Christmas Bird Count

    Complete List (113 species total) of Birds Seen on Christmas Bird Count: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: 24 Canada Goose: 6 American Wigeon: 34 Gadwall: 70 Green-winged Teal: 29 Mallard: 129 Northern Pintail: 32 Northern Shoveler: 16 Canvasback: 1 Ring-necked Duck: 46 Lesser Scaup: 6 Bufflehead: 17 Common Goldeneye: 1 (cw) Hooded Merganser: 7 Wild Turkey: 80 Northern […]

  • Pectoral Sandpiper, Dunlin at Wastewater; Red Crossbills in Buffalo Gap

    Saturday, December 22, 2007, Heidi Trudell and Cole Wild found this Pectoral Sandpiper at Wastewater Treatment Plant. This is a very very late date for a Pectoral; and if you’re interested in what else they saw this cold and windy day, take a look at their Sightings! Also, Mark Cranford from Midland reported a small […]

  • December 22, 2007-Jones County

    Heidi Trudell and Cole Wild (new birder to Abilene) braved the very cold and very windy outskirts of Abilene in search of anything with feathers: Best bird(s): Wastewater Treatment Plant: Ross’s Goose: 1 Pectoral Sandpiper: 1 (very late date; Cole was able to photograph it) Say’s Phoebe: 2 (very late date) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: 2 (very […]

  • December 20, 2007-Lake Kirby

    Highlights: American White Pelican – 50+ Eared Grebe – 15 Horned Grebe – 2 Bufflehead – 2 Common Moorehen – 2 Spotted Sandpiper – 1 Greater Yellowlegs – 2 Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 Least Sandpiper – 3 Bonaparte’s Gull – 4 Sightings by Lorie Black

  • Christmas Social, 2007

    Big Country Audubon had another wonderful Christmas Social this past December, 2007. And like the 2006 social, I got a little inventive on the captions. Thanks to everyone for making 2007 a great year! Pictures are up at Christmas Social 2007. And, did you know Tom, Toni, Carolyn, and WK found THE rarest bird ever […]

  • December 13, 2007-Abilene S.P. and DAFB

    Best bird(s) of the morning: Red-shouldered Hawk: 1, DAFB Red-tailed Hawk: 5, DAFB. Best because all were distinctly differently plumaged birds. One was “normal,” one was the white morph, one was a completely dark morph, one had very big splotchy belly band, and the other had no belly band. Wilson’s Snipe: 1, DAFB Red-breasted Nuthatch: […]

  • December 8, 2007-Lake Ivie

    Best bird(s) of the trip: Hooded Merganser: 2 Common Loon: 12, with one vocalizing Horned Grebe: 8 Sora: 1 Say’s Phoebe: 2 Brown Creeper: 1 Rock Wren: 1 Canyon Wren: 1 House Wren: 1 Marsh Wren: 4 Common Yellowthroat: 1 Complete List: American Wigeon: 16 Green-winged Teal: 8 Mallard: 30 Blue-winged Teal: 15 Canvasback: 5 […]

  • Dark Raptor and After Dark Wildlife

    I want to share some photos others sent in. These photos and sightings have added another level of understanding about the birds and wildlife in the Big Country. Diane Longenecker, Bird Supervisor from the Abilene Zoo, sent me two photos of an injured dark raptor, the face of which you see here. The photo gallery […]