Best bird(s) of the day:
- Orchard Oriole, not because it’s all that great but because first time to document it on base was Sunday, June 10, 2007.
Complete List:
- Northern Bobwhite, 5
- Green Heron, 1
- Mississippi Kite, 3
- Swainson’s Hawk, 2 (plus two little white fuzzy heads were seen above the rim of the nest)
- Red-tailed Hawk, 3 (plus one juvenile seen on the water tower)
- Killdeer, 1
- Rock Pigeon, 6
- Mourning Dove, 48
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1
- Greater Roadrunner, 2
- Chimney Swift, 9
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 2
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 5
- Ash-throated Flycatcher, 6
- Western Kingbird, 35
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 51
- Bell’s Vireo, 2
- Blue Jay, 1
- Cliff Swallow, 338
- Cave Swallow, 2
- Barn Swallow, 10
- Black-crested Titmouse, 10
- Bewick’s Wren, 10
- Eastern Bluebird, 16 (juveniles are beginning to show up, 3 recorded this morning)
- American Robin, 5
- Northern Mockingbird, 32
- Curve-billed Thrasher, 1
- European Starling, 28
- Cassin’s Sparrow, 1
- Lark Sparrow, 5
- Northern Cardinal, 3
- Painted Bunting, 6
- Dickcissel. 6
- Red-winged Blackbird, 5
- Eastern Meadowlark, 2
- Common Grackle, 6
- Great-tailed Grackle, 33
- Brown-headed Cowbird 8
- Orchard Oriole, 1
- Bullock’s Oriole, 7
- House Finch, 21
- House Sparrow, 13
Sightings by LgPacker