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 - 1
• Wilson’s Phalarope - 4
• Eurasian Collared-Dove - 6
• Mourning Dove - 34
• White-winged Dove - 19
• Inca Dove - 2
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
• Greater Roadrunner - 1
• Common Nighthawk - 2 (Taylor County)
• Chimney Swift - 4
• Black-chinned Hummingbird - 9
• Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker - 5
• Downy Woodpecker - 1
• Eastern Phoebe - 8
• Ash-throated Flycatcher - 2
• Western Kingbird - 6
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 32
• Loggerhead Shrike - 1 (Taylor County)
• White-eyed Vireo - 3
• Red-eyed Vireo - 1
• Blue Jay - 1
• American Crow - 8
• Purple Martin - 7
• Cliff Swallow - 6
• Barn Swallow - 15
• Carolina Chickadee - 6
• Black-crested Titmouse - 17
• Carolina Wren - 6
• Bewick’s Wren - 26
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5
• Eastern Bluebird 16
• American Robin - 1
• Northern Mockingbird - 54
• European Starling - 10
• Wilson’s Warbler - 1
• Canyon Towhee - 1
• Clay-colored Sparrow - 3
• Field Sparrow - 3
• Lark Sparrow 22
• Grasshopper Sparrow - 2
• Northern Cardinal - 62
• Blue Grosbeak - 2
• Painted Bunting - 54
• Dickcissel - 46
• Red-winged Blackbird - 9
• Eastern Meadowlark - 10
• Common Grackle - 8
• Great-tailed Grackle - 8
• Brown-headed Cowbird - 20
• Orchard Oriole - 1
• Pine Siskin - 2
• House Sparrow - 18

Sightings by LgPacker, Dan Symonds.

Highlights from Abilene State Park:

• Red-eyed Vireo – 2
• White-eyed Vireo – 1
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo – 2 (FOS for me)

Sunday, May 18, Kirby Lake:

• White-rumped Sandpipers - 4

Abilene State Park and Kirby Lake sightings by Lorie Black