May 4, 2007 – DAFB


Best Bird(s) of the Day:

  • Eastern Kingbird, 1 FOS and first time to document on base
  • Nashville Warbler, 1
  • Clay-colored Sparrow, high numbers

Complete List:

  • Northern Bobwhite: 2
  • Green Heron, 2
  • Turkey Vulture, 2
  • Mississippi Kite, 3
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2
  • Killdeer, 4
  • Spotted Sandpiper, 1
  • Mourning Dove, 23
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 3
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 2
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher, 4
  • Western Kingbird, 17
  • Eastern Kingbird, 1 (FOS)
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 39
  • American Crow, 1
  • Chihuahuan Raven, 1
  • Cliff Swallow, 95
  • Black-crested Titmouse, 2
  • Bewick’s Wren, 4
  • Eastern Bluebird, 9
  • Northern Mockingbird, 15
  • European Starling, 6
  • Cedar Waxwing, 12
  • Nashville Warbler, 1; strange to find it in mesquite shrubland E of WSA
  • Cassin’s Sparrow, 7
  • Chipping Sparrow, 4
  • Clay-colored Sparrow, 88
  • Lark Sparrow, 25
  • Grasshopper Sparrow, 10
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow, 4
  • White-crowned Sparrow, 2
  • Northern Cardinal, 2
  • Dickcissel, 8
  • Red-winged Blackbird, 19
  • Eastern Meadowlark, 4
  • Common Grackle, 11
  • Great-tailed Grackle, 4
  • Brown-headed Cowbird, 14
  • Bullock’s Oriole, 4
  • House Finch, 16
  • House Sparrow, 4

Sightings by LgPacker; areas covered: GC, WSA, Picnic/Hosp., s. grasslands, s. DD