http://www.bigcountryaudubon.org Birding in the Big Country Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:18:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Migration has already started here in the Big Country with the following sightings: SeaBee Park, south end of Lake Fort Phantom: Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 30 Snowy Egret 50 Little Blue Heron 2 , mottled back ... http://www.bigcountryaudubon.org/2008/07/21/07-19thru21-2008-lake-ft-phantom-wastewater/ Complete List: Northern Bobwhite – 9 Great Blue Heron – 1 Great Egret – 1 Mississippi Kite – 2 Swainson’s Hawk – 1 Red-tailed Hawk – 1 Killdeer – 2 and four eggs on the ground Mourning Dove – 12 Yellow-billed Cuckoo – 4 Greater Roadrunner – 5 Common Nighthawk – 6 Black-chinned Hummingbird – 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker – 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker – 1 Western ... http://www.bigcountryaudubon.org/2008/07/03/07-02-2008-callahan-co/ OK, I'm flying in all directions and vow to slow down. You believe that? Me neither. But I've been collecting photos of our birds in the Big Country these last two months and am now ready to share them with you. In May Happenings Gallery, you'll ... http://www.bigcountryaudubon.org/2008/07/02/may-happened-then-june/ Northern Bobwhite - 2 Great Blue Heron - 5 Great Egret - 5 Snowy Egret - 6 Green Heron - 5 Turkey Vulture - 2 Killdeer - 2 Rock Pigeon - 7 White-winged Dove ... http://www.bigcountryaudubon.org/2008/06/30/06-29-2008-lake-kirby/ Turkey Vulture 4 Mississippi Kite 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 4 Mourning Dove 10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Common Nighthawk 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird 5 Eastern Phoebe ... http://www.bigcountryaudubon.org/2008/06/23/06-22-2008-abilene-sp/ Wild Turkey 10 Northern Bobwhite 2 Green Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 4 Mississippi Kite 5 Swainson's Hawk 1 Rock Pigeon 10 Mourning Dove 10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo ... http://www.bigcountryaudubon.org/2008/06/23/06-21-2008-dyess-afb/ Hi everybody! This blog is still alive and doing well. You haven't heard from me in a while because I've been too focused on birding and not paying enough attention to blogging. But hopefully this set of baby bluebird photos will reassure you that we haven't been ... http://www.bigcountryaudubon.org/2008/06/09/baby-bluebird-behavior/ We're taking a break for the summer. No scheduled field trips or programs during June, July, and August. But that doesn't mean we'll be sitting on the beach, eating chocolate bonbons and watching the clouds float by. Well...maybe one of us will be sitting on the beach. ... http://www.bigcountryaudubon.org/2008/06/07/birding-summer-2008/ 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 ... http://www.bigcountryaudubon.org/2008/05/18/05-17-2008-callahan-eastland-local-area-sightings/ 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 House Finch Sightings by Dan Symonds http://www.bigcountryaudubon.org/2008/05/18/05-12-2008-lake-kirby/