Best bird(s) of the day:
- Spotted Sandpiper, 9 (high number, usually seen singly)
- Purple Martin, 2 checking out the PUMA house on the GC
- Yellow Warbler, 1
Complete List:
- Mallard, 2
- Blue-winged Teal, 1
- Wild Turkey, 8
- Northern Bobwhite, 3
- Great Blue Heron, 1
- Green Heron, 2
- Turkey Vulture, 2
- Mississippi Kite, 9
- American Coot, 2
- Killdeer, 4
- Spotted Sandpiper, 9
- Rock Pigeon, 1
- Mourning Dove, 21
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 3
- Chimney Swift, 3
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1
- Ash-throated Flycatcher, 6
- Western Kingbird, 19
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 43
- American Crow, 1
- Chihuahuan Raven, 5 (of which 3 are nestlings)
- Purple Martin, 2 (M & F)
- Cliff Swallow, 26
- Cave Swallow, 4
- Black-crested Titmouse, 8
- Cactus Wren, 1
- Bewick’s Wren, 8
- Eastern Bluebird, 12
- American Robin, 1
- Northern Mockingbird, 23
- Curve-billed Thrasher, 1
- European Starling, 20 (all young, flocking together)
- Cedar Waxwing, 23
- Yellow Warbler, 1
- Chipping Sparrow, 3
- Lark Sparrow, 11
- Grasshopper Sparrow, 1
- Northern Cardinal, 1
- Painted Bunting, 3
- Dickcissel, 5
- Red-winged Blackbird, 15
- Western Meadowlark, 1
- Common Grackle, 8
- Great-tailed Grackle, 9
- Brown-headed Cowbird, 8
- Bullock’s Oriole, 4
- House Finch, 9
Sightings by LgPacker, @GC, WSA, and GC’s DD