30 species (+1 other taxa)

• Gadwall - 10
• Mallard - 2
• Northern Shoveler - 250
• Northern Pintail - 20
• Green-winged Teal - 2
• Bufflehead - 16
• Ruddy Duck - 56
• Double-crested Cormorant - 10
• Northern Harrier - 3
• Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
• Red-tailed Hawk - 2
• American Coot - 150
• Killdeer - 6
• Greater Yellowlegs - 1
• Ring-billed Gull - 40
• White-winged Dove - 20
• Mourning Dove - 10
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker - 1
• Say’s Phoebe - 1
• Blue Jay - 4
• Black-crested Titmouse - 2
• Northern Mockingbird - 8
• Savannah Sparrow - 2
• White-crowned Sparrow - 30
• Northern Cardinal - 4
• Pyrrhuloxia - 4
• Red-winged Blackbird - 500
• Eastern/Western Meadowlark - 30
• Great-tailed Grackle - 40
• Brown-headed Cowbird - 50
• House Sparrow - 20

Sighting by: Larry Barnett, Linda Beyer, June Estes, Kathy Hampton, Suzy Nash, Dan Symonds and JoAn Wilks

Number of Species: 41

• Gadwall - 18
• Mallard - 4
• Blue-winged Teal - 18
• Green-winged Teal - 12
• Lesser Scaup - 8
• Horned Grebe - 3
• Double-crested Cormorant - 22
• American White Pelican - 5
• Great Blue Heron - 12
• Great Egret - 7
• Northern Harrier - 3
• Red-tailed Hawk - 4
• American Coot - 200
• Sandhill Crane - 990
• Killdeer - 12
• Greater Yellowlegs - 5
• Long-billed Dowitcher - 25
• Bonaparte’s Gull - 1
• Ring-billed Gull - 1100
• Herring Gull - 1  1st winter juvenile with Ring-billed Gulls
• Forster’s Tern - 3
• Eurasian Collared-Dove - 2
• Mourning Dove - 7
• Belted Kingfisher - 1
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker - 1
• Northern Flicker - 2
• American Kestrel - 2
• Blue Jay - 2
• Chihuahuan Raven - 2
• Eastern Bluebird - 6
• Northern Mockingbird - 10
• European Starling - 10
• Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5
• Field Sparrow - 5
• Vesper Sparrow - 7
• Savannah Sparrow - 2
• White-crowned Sparrow - 5
• Northern Cardinal - 11
• Red-winged Blackbird - 112
• Eastern/Western Meadowlark - 40
• Great-tailed Grackle - 1000

Sightings by Kathy Hampton, Joan Howard, JoAn Wilks, Bera Johnson, Linda Beyer and Dan Symonds

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

35 species

Gadwall – 11
Northern Shoveler – 2
Pied-billed Grebe – 2
Double-crested Cormorant – 11
American White Pelican – 16
Great Blue Heron – 6
Great Egret – 1
Turkey Vulture – 2
Northern Harrier – 1
Peregrine Falcon – 1
American Coot – 181
Snowy Plover – 1
Killdeer – 12
Spotted Sandpiper – 2
Greater Yellowlegs – 4
Least Sandpiper – 20
Ring-billed Gull – 2
Forster’s Tern – 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove – 4
Mourning Dove – 52
Ladder-backed Woodpecker – 2
Cave Swallow – 40
Bewick’s Wren – 1
American Robin – 22
Northern Mockingbird – 30
European Starling – 21
Orange-crowned Warbler – 1
Vesper Sparrow – 20
White-crowned Sparrow – 31
Pyrrhuloxia – 1
Red-winged Blackbird – 32
Western Meadowlark – 22
Great-tailed Grackle – 16
House Finch – 3
House Sparrow – 11

Sighting by Dan Symonds

Number of species:     40

• Northern Bobwhite – 15
• Turkey Vulture – 10
• Swainson’s Hawk – 1
• Red-tailed Hawk – 2     One of the birds was a Krider’s Red-tailed.
• Mourning Dove – 12
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo – 3
• Greater Roadrunner – 1     heard only;
• Common Nighthawk – 12
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker – 3
• Olive-sided Flycatcher – 1
• Least Flycatcher – 1
• Ash-throated Flycatcher – 8
• Western Kingbird – 2
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – 12
• Bell’s Vireo – 2
• Chihuahuan Raven – 2     Very vocal birds. Kirsti is pretty sure they’re nesting.
• Barn Swallow – 2
• Cliff Swallow – 250
• Cave Swallow – 20
• Black-crested Titmouse – 2
• Verdin – 1
• Bewick’s Wren – 2
• Northern Mockingbird – 12
• American Redstart – 1     I believe this bird was an immature male. It had a single black spot on the breast. We all got great looks at it along the creek on that runs through Maddin Prairie.
• Cassin’s Sparrow – 30
• Lark Sparrow – 12
• Grasshopper Sparrow – 8
• Lincoln’s Sparrow – 1     Very late!
• Northern Cardinal – 10
• Pyrrhuloxia – 1
• Blue Grosbeak – 1     heard only;
• Painted Bunting – 15
• Red-winged Blackbird – 3
• Eastern Meadowlark – 10
• Western Meadowlark – 3
• Common Grackle – 3     Flew over
• Brown-headed Cowbird – 5
• Bullock’s Oriole – 6
• House Finch – 2     heard only;
• House Sparrow – 1     Flew by along CR 125.

Sighting by Jay Packer, Amy Packer, Kirsti Harms and Dan Symonds.

During our year end potluck get together at Cedar Gap Farms, we were treated to a trio of bunting species.

Number of species:     19

• Wild Turkey – 1
• Mourning Dove – 3
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird – 2     male;
• Black-chinned Hummingbird – 2     male;
• Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird – 3     female;
• Black-crested Titmouse – 5
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) – 1
• Chipping Sparrow – 5
• Clay-colored Sparrow – 1
• Lark Sparrow – 2
• Summer Tanager – 2     male; female; first of season;
• Northern Cardinal – 15
• Blue Grosbeak – 1
• Lazuli Bunting – 5     male; female; excellent looks, coming into feed repeatedly. Earlene Hutto says that she sees this bird nearly every year during migration.
• Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid) – 1
• Indigo Bunting – 2     male; female;
• Painted Bunting – 7     male; female;
• Red-winged Blackbird – 6
• Brown-headed Cowbird – 2
• House Finch – 2
• Pine Siskin – 30     Very large numbers of birds coming into the feeder

Sightings by all who attended.

Location:     Hords Creek Lake

Number of species:     54

• Blue-winged Teal – 3
• Northern Shoveler – 2
• Green-winged Teal – 1
• Double-crested Cormorant – 1
• American White Pelican – 17
• Great Blue Heron – 3
• Turkey Vulture – 20
• Northern Harrier – 2
• Red-shouldered Hawk  – 1     heard only;
• Swainson’s Hawk – 2
• Red-tailed Hawk – 1
• American Coot – 100
• Killdeer – 3
• Greater Yellowlegs – 1
• Least Sandpiper – 20
• Baird’s Sandpiper – 15
• Wilson’s Snipe – 2
• Ring-billed Gull – 2
• Eurasian Collared-Dove – 6
• Mourning Dove – 12
• Black-chinned Hummingbird – 10
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker – 2
• Eastern Phoebe – 3
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – 5
• White-eyed Vireo – 3
• raven sp. – 1
• Barn Swallow – 12
• Cave Swallow – 50
• Carolina Chickadee – 8
• Black-crested Titmouse – 12
• Rock Wren – 1
• Bewick’s Wren – 12
• House Wren – 1
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – 2
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 3
• Northern Mockingbird – 20
• Orange-crowned Warbler – 1
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) – 1
• Spotted Towhee – 5
• Cassin’s Sparrow – 1     first of season;
• Clay-colored Sparrow – 4
• Field Sparrow – 10
• Vesper Sparrow – 10
• Grasshopper Sparrow – 1
• Song Sparrow – 1
• Lincoln’s Sparrow – 1
• Swamp Sparrow – 6
• White-crowned Sparrow – 20
• Northern Cardinal – 15
• Red-winged Blackbird – 15
• meadowlark sp. – 2
• Common Grackle – 10
• Brown-headed Cowbird – 4
• House Finch – 4
• Pine Siskin – 2
• House Sparrow – 6

Sightings by Jay and Amy Packer, Dan and Maria Symonds, Bera Johnson, and Cherrie-Lee Phillip.

Number of species:     47

• Greater White-fronted Goose     21
• Gadwall     30
• Mallard     8
• Blue-winged Teal     8
• Northern Shoveler     40
• Northern Pintail     50
• Green-winged Teal     20
• Canvasback     4
• Redhead     4
• Ring-necked Duck     10
• Lesser Scaup     2
• Bufflehead     40
• Ruddy Duck     20
• Double-crested Cormorant     20
• American White Pelican     4
• Northern Harrier     2
• Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
• Red-tailed Hawk     1
• American Kestrel     1
• Merlin     1
• American Coot     500
• Sandhill Crane     22
• Killdeer     2
• Long-billed Dowitcher     12
• Bonaparte’s Gull     10
• Ring-billed Gull     25
• Rock Pigeon     15
• White-winged Dove     10
• Mourning Dove     20
• Eastern Phoebe     2
• Say’s Phoebe     1
• Loggerhead Shrike     1
• Chihuahuan Raven     1
• Eastern Bluebird     2
• Northern Mockingbird     2
• European Starling     23
• Vesper Sparrow     20
• Savannah Sparrow     50
• Lincoln’s Sparrow     5
• White-crowned Sparrow     20
• Northern Cardinal     2
• Red-winged Blackbird     500
• Eastern Meadowlark     60
• Common Grackle     20
• Great-tailed Grackle     40
• American Goldfinch     12
• House Sparrow     30

Sighting by:  Kim Berry, Kathy Hampton, Kathy Millar, Larry Millar, Wayne McCormick, Dan Symonds, Joe Thompson

Taylor County
Number of species: 1

• Great Horned Owl – 1

Jones County

Number of species: 13

• Gadwall – 10
• American Wigeon – 2
• Hooded Merganser – 1
• Northern Bobwhite – 1
• Pied-billed Grebe – 2
• Red-tailed Hawk – 3
• Killdeer – 4
• Rock Pigeon – 22
• Mourning Dove – 10
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – 4
• Chihuahuan Raven – 2
• European Starling – 50
• Eastern Meadowlark – 20

Haskell County

Number of species: 28

• Greater White-fronted Goose 8000
• Snow Goose 2000
• Canada Goose 200
• Gadwall 34
• American Wigeon 250
• Northern Shoveler 10
• Northern Pintail 4
• Redhead 21
• White-faced Ibis 1
• Northern Harrier 2
• Red-tailed Hawk 11
• Merlin 1
• Prairie Falcon 1
• American Coot 2500
• Sandhill Crane 3
• Killdeer 10
• Least Sandpiper 40
• Rock Pigeon 30
• Mourning Dove 24
• Belted Kingfisher 1
• Horned Lark 30
• European Starling 40
• White-crowned Sparrow 6
• Red-winged Blackbird 23
• Western Meadowlark 50
• Great-tailed Grackle 28
• Brown-headed Cowbird 1000
• House Sparrow 20

Sightings by Linda Beyer, Joe Thompson and Dan Symonds

Number of species: 17

• Blue-winged Teal – 70
• Pied-billed Grebe – 4
• Great Blue Heron – 2
• Great Egret – 3
• Osprey – 1
• American Coot – 14
• Killdeer – 12
• Spotted Sandpiper – 1
• Mourning Dove – 22
• Belted Kingfisher – 1
• Northern Flicker – 3
• Vermilion Flycatcher – 1
• Barn Swallow – 4
• Northern Mockingbird – 2
• Red-winged Blackbird – 25
• Eastern Meadowlark – 30
• Great-tailed Grackle – 23

Sightings by Dan Symonds