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May 17, 2008 – Callahan, Eastland & Local Area Sightings
Callahan and Eastland Counties: Blue-winged Teal – 5 Ruddy Duck – 1 Wild Turkey – 1 Northern Bobwhite – 6 Great Blue Heron – 3 Green Heron – 2 Black vulture – 1 Turkey Vulture – 21 Mississippi Kite – 1 Red-shouldered Hawk – 3 Swainson’s Hawk – 4 Red-tailed Hawk – 5 Killdeer – […]
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May 12, 2008 – Lake Kirby
Complete List: Mallard Great Blue Heron Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Purple Martin Cliff Swallow Cave Swallow Barn Swallow Northern Mockingbird Yellow-breasted Chat Clay-colored Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Great-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock’s Oriole […]
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May 10, 2008 – Lakes Ft. Phantom, Kirby, & Ivie
Lake Fort Phantom Hill: Ruddy Turnstone – 1 Yellow Warbler – 1 Bonaparte’s Gull – 1 Kirby Lake Stilt Sandpiper – 2 Semi-palmated Sandpiper – 1 Spotted Sandpiper – 3 Cedar Gap Farm – Friday, May 9: Ruby-throated Hummingbird – 1 Indigo Bunting – 1 (female) Lazuli Bunting – 1 (female) Painted Bunting – 6 […]
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May Migration, 2008!
Last week was the time of year every birder looks forward to: spring migration. Whether the birds came to your backyard, stopped at the local park, flew into Dyess, or waded out at the lake, migrants were here in the Big Country and several members sent photos for us to enjoy. Now if the above […]
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May 9, 2008 – Dan’s Backyard Feeder
Backyard Feeder White-winged Dove Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Western Kingbird Blue Jay American Robin Ovenbird Clay-colored Sparrow Common Grackle House Finch Pine Siskin House Sparrow Sightings by Dan Symonds who had a life bird with the Ovenbird! Sorry, no camera handy for a photo.
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April’s Ending
April may have just ended but the spring nesting season has just begun! The Swainson’s are nesting again: Eastern Bluebirds are tending to young: and other goodies are passing through the Big Country on their way to their breeding grounds such as Black-headed Grosbeak, Marbled Godwits, Sprague’s Pipit, and Tri-colored Heron. We’ve all been having […]
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May 4, 2008-Lake Abilene
Lake Abilene Highlights: Common Yellowthroat, FOS Indigo Bunting Blue Grosbeak, FOS Complete List: Great Blue Heron 3 Black Vulture 2 American Coot 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Franklin’s Gull 75 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Mourning Dove 8 Belted Kingfisher 2 Western Kingbird 1 Barn Swallow 10 Northern Mockingbird 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Chipping Sparrow 10 Clay-colored Sparrow […]
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May 3, 2008 – Area Sightings
Lake Fort Phantom Hill Eared Grebe – 8 Willet – 18 Stilt Sandpiper – 6 Franklin’s Gull – 2 Forster’s Tern – 1 Nashville Warbler – 1 Bullock’s Oriole – 3 Yellow-headed Blackbird – 1 Kirby Lake Willet – 31 Marbled Godwit – 2 Common Moorhen – 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher – 1 Bell’s Vireo – […]