Best Bird(s) of the day:
- Cattle Egret, 1 perched in a Poplar at Totten Pond
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 2: 1 adult, 1 juvenile
- Swainson’s Hawk chicks have hatched: telltale white down all around nest and foliage. Don’t know how many are in nest yet, Mom is very protective.
- Lark Sparrow fledgling, got a picture which I will post soon.
Complete List:
- Mallard, 2
- Wild Turkey, 3
- Northern Bobwhite, 5
- Great Blue Heron, 1
- Cattle Egret, 1
- Green Heron, 3
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 2
- Turkey Vulture, 2
- Mississippi Kite, 6
- Swainson’s Hawk, 2
- Red-tailed Hawk, 1
- Killdeer, 3
- Spotted Sandpiper, 2
- Rock Pigeon, 4
- Mourning Dove, 31
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 4
- Greater Roadrunner, 1
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 2
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1
- Ash-throated Flycatcher, 9
- Western Kingbird, 17
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 39
- Chihuahuan Raven, 1 (plus 3 in the nest)
- Cliff Swallow, 38
- Cave Swallow, 8
- Black-crested Titmouse, 5
- Eastern Bluebird, 6 (1 juv. was seen at WSA)
- American Robin, 2
- Northern Mockingbird, 14
- Curve-billed Thrasher, 2
- European Starling, 28
- Cassin’s Sparrow, 2
- Lark Sparrow, 7
- Grasshopper Sparrow, 1
- Northern Cardinal, 3
- Painted Bunting, 5
- Dickcissel, 11
- Red-winged Blackbird, 3
- Eastern Meadowlark, 5
- Common Grackle, 9
- Great-tailed Grackle, 3
- Brown-headed Cowbird, 9
- Bullock’s Oriole, 7
- House Finch, 11
- House Sparrow, 5
Sightings by LgPacker @ various places