Here are a few recent birds the week of April 22-29, 2007:

• Black-bellied Whistling Duck, LK
• Bufflehead, 1: LFP
• Wild Turkey, CGF
• Great Egret – 1: LFP
• Snowy Egret – 3: LFP
• Cattle Egret – 17: SBP
• Green Heron – 2: LFP
• White-faced Ibis – 14: LK
• Osprey, 1: DAFB
• Mississippi Kite, FOS 4-26-2007, Elmcreek residential area
• Semi-palmated Plover, 1: LK
• Black-necked Stilt, 4: LFP
• Upland Sandpiper, SBP and DAFB
• Western Sandpiper, 1: LFP
• Least Sandpiper, 32: LFP
• Baird’s Sandpiper, 3: LFP
• Stilt Sandpiper, LK
• Short-billed Dowitcher, 1: LK
• Long-billed Dowitcher, 22: LK
• Common Tern, 1: LK
• Forster’s Tern, 11: LK
• Western Kingbird, CGF
• Eastern Kingbird, 1: CGF
• Cedar Waxwing, 12: DAFB
• Cassin’s Sparrow, 3: DAFB
• Chipping Sparrow, 40: SBP
• Clay-colored Sparrow, 20: SBP
• Lark Sparrow, CGF
• Grasshopper Sparrow, 2: SBP
• Lincoln’s Sparrow, 5: DAFB
• White-throated Sparrow, CGF
• White-crowned Sparrow, 1: DAFB
• Lazuli Bunting, 2: CGF
• Painted Bunting, CGF
• Dickcissel, 1: DAFB
• Yellow-headed Blackbird, 8: LK
• Bronzed Cowbird, LK
• Bullock’s Oriole, 1: SBP; 10: DAFB

Sightings by Lorie Black, Katherine Hampton, Larry Millar, Kathy Miller, Laura Packer

Key:
CGF: Cedar Gap Farm
DAFB: Dyess Air Force Base
LFP: Lake Fort Phantom
LK: Lake Kirby
SBP: SeaBee Park