Best bird(s) of the day:

• Hooded Mergansers
• Common Moorehen
• Mountain Bluebirds
• Western Bluebirds
• Marsh Wren
• Common Yellowthroat

Complete List of Birds Seen:

• Gadwall, 3 ASP, 6 LA, 4 BG, 35 LK
• Mallard, 12 LK
• Northern Shoveler, 25 LK
• Northern Pintail, 1 LK
• Green-winged Teal, 3 BG
• Canvasback, 1 LA
• Ring-necked Duck, 3 ASP, 4 BG
• Lesser Scaup, 4 LK
• Bufflehead, 1 LA, 45 LK
• Hooded Mergansers, 83 LA
• Northern Bobwhite, 8
• Pied-billed Grebe, 1 LA, 2 LK
• Eared Grebe, 1 LK
• American White Pelican, 50+ LK
• Double-crested Cormorants, 12 LK
• Great Blue Heron, 2 LA, 1 BG, 4 LK
• Snowy Egret, 1 LK
• Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 T
• Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 BG
• American Kestrel, 2 BG
• Common Moorehen, 1 LK
• American Coot, 6 LA, 25 LK
• Sandhill Crane, heard in the Lake Abilene Area
• Killdeer, 3 LK
• Greater Yellowlegs, 2 LK
• Bonaparte’s Gull, 4 LK
• Ring-billed Gull, 5 LA, 250+ LK
• Forster’s Tern, 1 LK
• White-winged Dove, 1 BG
• Mourning Dove, 35 BG, 5 T
• Belted Kingfisher, 1 LK
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1 T
• Northern Flicker, 1 BG, 3 T
• Loggerhead Shrike, 1 BG
• Blue Jay, 2 ASP, 3 T
• Western Scrub Jay, 7 T
• American Crow, 2 T
• Carolina Chickadee, 2 ASP, 2 T
• Black-crested Titmouse, 2 T, 7 ASP
• Carolina Wren, 1 ASP
• Bewick’s Wren, 1 ASP
• Marsh Wren, 1, ASP
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 ASP, 1 LK
• Eastern Bluebird, 3 ASP, 6 LA, 10 BG
• Western Bluebird, 2 T, 15 BG
• Mountain Bluebird, 8 BG
• American Robin, 250+ T, 100+ BG
• Northern Mockingbird, 1 LA, 10 BG, 3 LK
• Eurasian Starling, 12 T
• Cedar Waxwing, 300+ T, 60 BG, 35 ASP
• Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1 ASP, 4 T
• Common Yellowthroat, 1 ASP
• Spotted Towhee, 1 ASP, 1, LA, 2 T
• Canyon Towhee, 3 T
• Chipping Sparrow, 12 BG, 8 T
• Field Sparrow, 1 BG
• Vesper Sparrow, 6 BG
• Savannah Sparrow, 3 BG
• Song Sparrow, 1 ASP
• White-throated Sparrow, 2 T
• White-crowned Sparrow, 25 BG
• Dark-eyed Junco, 31 ASP, 35 T, 25 BG
• Northern Cardinal, 17 ASP, 8 T
• Red-winged Blackbird, 35 LK
• Meadowlark species, 100+ BG
• House Finch, 3 T, 15 BG
• American Goldfinch, 6 ASP, 25 BG
• House Sparrow, ASP, BG, LK, T didn’t count numbers

Key:
ASP: Abilene State Park
BG: Buffalo Gap area
LK: Lake Kirby
LA: Lake Abilene
T: Tuscola area including Cedar Gap Farm

All sightings by Katherine Hampton and Laura Packer