Big Country Audubon Society

Sightings

Oct 31, 2009 – Haskell Wild Goose Chase

Location: Haskell County, TX, US
Number of species: 34

  • Greater White-fronted Goose -  5000
  • Snow Goose – 80
  • Ross’s Goose – 2
  • Cackling Goose – 4
  • Canada Goose – 1000
  • American Wigeon – 20
  • Blue-winged Teal – 10
  • Northern Shoveler – 20
  • Northern Pintail – 6
  • Green-winged Teal – 50
  • Lesser Scaup – 2
  • Great Blue Heron – 2
  • Northern Harrier – 3
  • Red-tailed Hawk – 4
  • Sandhill Crane – 10
  • Black-bellied Plover – 1
  • American Avocet – 2
  • Spotted Sandpiper – 2
  • Greater Yellowlegs – 3
  • Lesser Yellowlegs – 1
  • Least Sandpiper – 50
  • Long-billed Dowitcher – 40
  • Franklin’s Gull – 1
  • Ring-billed Gull – 1
  • Herring Gull (American) – 3
  • Mourning Dove – 25
  • Loggerhead Shrike – 2
  • Horned Lark – 10
  • Northern Mockingbird – 10
  • European Starling – 50
  • Lark Bunting – 10
  • Savannah Sparrow – 5
  • Western Meadowlark – 20
  • Great-tailed Grackle – 100

Location: Lake Fort Phantom (PHP 001)
Number of species: 10

  • Northern Shoveler – 20
  • Great Egret – 4
  • Snowy Egret – 20
  • Red-tailed Hawk – 5
  • American Coot – 200
  • Willet – 1
  • Ring-billed Gull – 20
  • Mourning Dove – 20
  • American Pipit – 1
  • Brown-headed Cowbird – 200

Sighting by Kim Berry, Linda Collins, Kathy Hampton, Bill Hughes, Bera Johnson, Larry Millar, Edna Ross, Dan Symonds, Bonnie and Joe Thompson and Charlene Wheeler.

Oct. 18, 2009 – Lake Abilene

Number of species: 33

  • Gadwall – 20
  • Pied-billed Grebe – 1
  • Double-crested Cormorant – 10
  • Great Blue Heron – 2
  • Great Egret – 1
  • Black Vulture – 11
  • Turkey Vulture – 2
  • Northern Harrier – 1
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk – 2
  • Cooper’s Hawk – 1
  • Red-shouldered Hawk – 1
  • American Coot – 52
  • Killdeer – 3
  • Greater Yellowlegs – 1
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove – 11
  • White-winged Dove – 340
  • Mourning Dove – 10
  • Belted Kingfisher -  3
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker – 2
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker – 2
  • Eastern Phoebe – 6
  • White-eyed Vireo – 1
  • Blue Jay – 7
  • Carolina Chickadee – 4
  • Carolina Wren – 2
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 2
  • Eastern Bluebird – 4
  • American Robin – 22
  • Northern Mockingbird – 3
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler – 4
  • Spotted Towhee – 4
  • Northern Cardinal – 4
  • Eastern Meadowlark – 1

Sightings by Dan Symonds

Oct. 17, 2009 – Haskell County

Number of species: 18

  • Greater White-fronted Goose – 1500
  • Snow Goose – 8
  • Cackling Goose – 2
  • Canada Goose – 50
  • Gadwall – 24
  • American Wigeon – 4
  • Northern Shoveler – 12
  • Northern Pintail – 6
  • Pied-billed Grebe – 2
  • American White Pelican – 4
  • Great Blue Heron – 2
  • White-faced Ibis – 9
  • Red-tailed Hawk – 3
  • American Kestrel – 3
  • American Avocet – 4
  • Greater Yellowlegs – 2
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – 23
  • Common Grackle – 2000

Sightings by Kathy Hampton and Dan Symonds

Oct. 17, 2009 – SeaBee Park

Number of species: 23

  • Gadwall 16
  • Double-crested Cormorant 9
  • Great Blue Heron 5
  • Snowy Egret 5
  • Red-tailed Hawk 2
  • American Kestrel 2
  • American Coot 50
  • Sandhill Crane 16
  • Wilson’s Phalarope 4
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove 4
  • White-winged Dove 10
  • Mourning Dove 6
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
  • Eastern Phoebe 1
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 10
  • Vesper Sparrow 20
  • White-crowned Sparrow 4
  • Northern Cardinal 2
  • Western Meadowlark 2
  • Common Grackle 20
  • Great-tailed Grackle 20
  • House Sparrow 10

Sightings by Kathy Hampton and Dan Symonds

October 4, 2009 – Abilene – Lake Kirby

Number of species: 22

  • Pied-billed Grebe – 3
  • American White Pelican – 101
  • Double-crested Cormorant – 42
  • Great Blue Heron – 23
  • Great Egret – 47
  • Snowy Egret – 36
  • Red-tailed Hawk – 1
  • American Coot – 62
  • Killdeer – 2
  • Spotted Sandpiper – 1
  • Least Sandpiper – 39
  • Rock Pigeon – 4
  • Mourning Dove – 16
  • Belted Kingfisher – 2
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker – 2
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – 2
  • Cave Swallow – 7
  • Northern Mockingbird – 3
  • Northern Cardinal – 4
  • Red-winged Blackbird – 120
  • Common Grackle -  600
  • Great-tailed Grackle – 400

Sightings by Dan Symonds