Best birds of today:
- Great Kiskadee, heard then seen in Wilhair Park, NE Abilene
- Black-throated Sparrow, Shackleford Co.
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Shackleford Co.
- Brown Creeper, Shackleford Co.
- Eurasian Wigeon, Lake O.H. Ivie, Coleman Co.
Shackleford County, CR. 147 and Lake McCarty:
- Gadwall, 7
- American Wigeon, 4
- Mallard, 9
- Northern Pintail, 4
- Lesser Scaup, 4
- Wild Turkey, 36
- Pied-billed Grebe, 1
- Double-crested Cormorant, 3
- Great Blue Heron, 6
- Northern Harrier, 1
- Cooper’s Hawk, 1
- Red-tailed Hawk, 14
- American Kestrel, 7
- American Coot, 1
- Killdeer, 2
- Greater Yellowlegs, 1
- Ring-billed Gull, 25
- Eurasian Collared-Dove, 2
- Mourning Dove, 38
- Belted Kingfisher, 1
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1
- Northern Flicker, 7
- Eastern Phoebe, 1
- Loggerhead Shrike, 8
- Brown Creeper, 1
- Bewick’s Wren, 2
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2
- American Robin, 2
- Northern Mockingbird, 42
- Curve-billed Thrasher, 3
- European Starling, 16
- Yellow-rumped Warbler, 2
- Spotted Towhee, 3
- Canyon Towhee, 1
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 1
- Field Sparrow, 5
- Vesper Sparrow, 21
- Black-throated Sparrow, 3
- Savannah Sparrow, 15
- Song Sparrow, 1
- White-crowned Sparrow, 26
- Dark-eyed Junco, 9
- Northern Cardinal, 5
- Black bird species, 125 ++ (flocked and flew like Brown-headed Cowbirds)
- Meadowlark species, 51
- Great-tailed Grackle, 6
- House Finch, 2
- American Goldfinch, 2
- House Sparrow, 14
Shackleford Co. sightings by Kathy Hampton, Bill Hughes, Laura Packer, Charline Wheeler
Lake O.H. Ivie, Coleman County:
- Eurasian Wigeon, 1 male
Sighting by Jay and Amy Packer
Thousands of ducks present on the lake but don’t have a detailed list yet.
NE Abilene, Wilhair Park:
- Great Kiskadee, 1
This bird was seen by Kathy Hampton, Laura Packer, and Tom Tustison of Minnesota eating juniper berries. It stayed in the area and was seen well for around ten minutes.