October 29: Lake Fort Phantom
Best bird(s) of the day:
Bald Eagle, 1 immature at the south end of Johnston Park
Others:
- Great Egret (6)
- Northern Pintail
- Mallard
- Black-bellied Plover (1)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (2)
- Least Sandpiper (14)
- Franklin’s Gull (1)
- Bonaparte’s Gull (4)
- Lots of Ring-billed Gulls
- American Pipit (1)
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Vesper Sparrow
Lake Fort Phantom Sightings by Lorie Black
NE Abilene, Cedar Creek area:
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1
- Spotted Towhee, 5
- Lincoln’s Sparrow, 4
- Song Sparrow, 3 (fos)
Cedar Creek sightings by Laura Packer
October 28, Saturday:
Kirby Lake
Best bird(s) of the day: the incredible number of pelicans (190) at Kirby and the HUMONGOUS number of ducks (446) at Lake Abilene.
- Eared Grebe
- Pied-billed Grebe
- American White Pelican, 190++
- Double-crested Cormorants
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Belted Kingfisher
Lake Abilene
- Mallard
- Gadwall
- Blue-winged Teal
- American Wigeon
- Northern Shoveler
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Ruddy Duck
- Lesser Scaup
- Ring-necked Duck (fos)
- Bufflehead (fos)
- American Kestrel
- Red-tailed Hawk
- American Coot
- Killdeer
- Greater Roadrunner
- Belted Kingfisher
- Eastern Phoebe
- Blue Jay
- Eastern Bluebird
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
Kirby and Lake Abilene Sightings by Kathy Hampton and Bill Hughes