Best Bird(s):
- Upland Sandpiper, 1 heard
- Greater Roadrunner carrying nesting material
- Orange-crowned Warbler, 1
- Nashville Warbler, 2
- Chipping and Clay-colored Sparrows moving through in good numbers, see below
Highlights of birds seen: (not a complete list)
- Gadwall, 1
- Blue-winged Teal, 4
- Wild Turkey, 1 @ main road near circle intersection
- Double-crested Cormorant, 1
- Great Blue Heron, 2
- Green Heron, 3
- Swainson’s Hawk, 2
- Spotted Sandpiper, 1
- Upland Sandpiper, 1 heard
- Mourning Dove, 3
- Greater Roadrunner, 1 with nesting material
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1
- Eastern Phoebe, 1
- Ash-throated Flycatcher, 2
- Western Kingbird, 9
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 5
- Loggerhead Shrike, 2
- Blue Jay, 2
- Black-crested Titmouse, 4
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3
- Eastern Bluebird, 3
- Northern Mockingbird, 2
- Orange-crowned Warbler, 1
- Nashville Warbler, 2
- Cassin’s Sparrow, 3
- Chipping Sparrow, 36
- Clay-colored Sparrow, 43
- Vesper Sparrow, 2
- Lark Sparrow, 21
- Grasshopper Sparrow, 5 (area around WSA mowed; no GRSP heard from these previously inhabited areas)
- Northern Cardinal, 2
- Great-tailed Grackle, 8
- Brown-headed Cowbird, 2
- Bullock’s Oriole, 1
Sightings by LgPacker around GC & WSA