October 22, 2006 Best bird(s) of the day: Western and Horned Grebes Horned Grebe, 3 Eared Grebe, 7 Western Grebe, 3 American White Pelican, 40 Gadwall N Shoveler Osprey, 1 American Avocet, 10 Least Sandpiper, 15 All sightings on the 22nd by Lorie Black October 23, 2006 Best bird(s) of the day: Winter Wren Eared […]

Eared Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Snowy Egret Great Egret Green Heron Great Blue Heron Mallard Green-winged Teal Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Redhead American Kestrel Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Killdeer American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Dowitcher sp. Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove White-winged Dove Ladder-backed Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Golden-fronted Woodpecker Northern […]

October 18, 2006 at Lake Kirby: Best bird(s) of the day: Eared Grebe (6) Cattle Egret (6) Black-bellied Plover (1) American Avocet (24) Franklin’s Gull (1) Other: Great Egret Snowy Egret Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Ring-billed Gull All sightings above by Lorie Black October 19, 2006, State Park and Buffalo Gap Area Sandhill Cranes, (fos) […]

Lake Kirby Migrants: Greater Egret, 2 Snowy Egret, 3 Osprey, 1 American Avocet, 13 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Least Sandpiper, 5 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Returning Wintering Species: Eared Grebe, 7 Pied-billed Grebe, 5 Double-crested Cormorants, 10 Gadwall, 15 Northern Shoveler, 4 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Green-winged Teal, 1 American Coot, 300+ Common Moorhen, 1 juvenile Others: Great […]

Highlights at Lake Fort Phantom: Osprey, 2 Franklin’s Gull, 3 Spotted Sandpiper, 3 Others: American Wigeon Northern Pintail Mallard Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Coot Red-tailed Hawk Northern Harrier Least Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Savannah Sparrow All sightings by Lorie Black

Birded along Cedar Creek where the water was deep and best birds by far were the 9 Wood Ducks (7 males, 2 females) clustered together in an early morning swim. Migrants: Eastern Phoebe, 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Others: Great Blue Heron, 1 Northern Harrier, 1 (female) Cooper’s Hawk, 1 […]

Best bird(s) of the day: Osprey, 1 Wood Duck, 1 (female) Returning wintering birds: Northern Flicker, 1 (red-shafted) Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Others: Pied-billed Grebe, 2 Great Blue Heron, 1 Ducks in eclipse plumage, 40. Mix of Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, and Teal Red-shouldered Hawk, 2 Swainson’s Hawk, 2 Wild Turkey, 20 American Coot, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, […]

Migrants: Osprey, 1 American Avocets, 9 Black-necked Stilt, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Least Sandpiper, 12 Forster’s Tern, Great Egret, 6 Snowy Egret, 10 Returning Winter Birds: Pied-billed Grebe, 1 American Coot, 25 Green-winged Teal, 1 Gadwall, 1 Double-crested Cormorants, 12 Ring-billed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Others: Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 1 All sightings […]

Oakwood Trails Returning Winter Birds: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 4 Northern Flicker, 2; one Red-shafted, one Yellow-shafted House Wren, 1 Others: Eastern Phoebe, 1 Cattle Egret, 8 Eastern Bluebird, 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1 Medowlark sp., 1 Lake Kirby Migrants: Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Wilson’s Warbler, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Least Sandpiper, 8 Osprey, 2 Forster’s Tern, 18 Scissor-tailed […]

Best bird(s) of the day: Verdin, 2 (heard calling to each other) The migrants: Orange-crowned Warbler, 5 Eastern Phoebe, 1 House Wren, 4 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 1 (This was a surprise. I hadn’t seen ATFL since Sept. 11) Indigo Bunting, 1 Clay-colored Sparrow, 4 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 40+ (Large flocks are migrating through) American Robin, 11 (Cedar […]