October 27, 2012 – Lake Colorado City
Number of species – 35
- Gadwall - 20
- Blue-winged Teal – 50
- Northern Shoveler – 40
- Green-winged Teal - 100
- Redhead - 20
- Ring-necked Duck - 20
- Ruddy Duck - 20
- Eared Grebe - 2
- Double-crested Cormorant - 15
- American White Pelican - 11
- Great Blue Heron - 1
- Great Egret - 2
- Northern Harrier - 2
- Red-tailed Hawk - 2
- American Coot - 300
- Sandhill Crane - 32
- Killdeer - 3
- Rock Pigeon - 3
- Eurasian Collared-Dove - 10
- Mourning Dove - 20
- American Kestrel - 2
- Chihuahuan Raven - 4
- Rock Wren - 2
- Bewick’s Wren - 1
- Cactus Wren - 1
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
- Northern Mockingbird - 10
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6
- Lincoln’s Sparrow - 2
- Northern Cardinal - 2
- Pyrrhuloxia - 3
- Common Grackle - 177
- Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
- House Finch - 1
- House Sparrow - 20
Mammals included 3 White-tail Deer (one was a beautiful 6 point buck) and a LARGE Bobcat.
Sightings on our field trip to Lake Colorado City by Kathy Hampton, JoAn Wilks and Dan Symonds
