Best bird(s)
- Pied-billed Grebe next to a nest that contained one egg, and other Pied-billeds with young
- Willet, 1
- Solitary Sandpiper, 1
- Baird’s Sandpiper, 2*
- Olive-sided Flycatcher, 1
- And the same shorebird assortment as August 1st.
Complete List:
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck, 22
- Blue-winged Teal, 16
- Green-winged Teal, 4
- Northern Bobwhite, 2 (female seen crossing the road in front of us)
- Pied-billed Grebe, 10
- Great Blue Heron, 1
- Great Egret, 1 (off Loop 322 close to Boy’s Ranch Road)
- Snowy Egret, 8
- Cattle Egret, 75
- White-faced Ibis, 6
- Killdeer, 3
- Black-necked Stilt, 11
- American Avocet, 8
- Solitary Sandpiper, 1 (*1 on Sat.)
- Greater Yellowlegs, 4
- Willet, 1
- Lesser Yellowlegs, 8
- Least Sandpiper, 12
- Baird’s Sandpiper, 2*
- Wilson’s Phalarope, 12
- Black Tern, 4
- Eurasian Collared-Dove, 1
- Mourning Dove, 24
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 2
- Loggerhead Shrike, 2
- Cliff Swallow, 1
- Cave Swallow, 1
- Barn Swallow, 75
- Northern Mockingbird, 6
- Eurasian Starling, 60
- Lark Sparrow, 3
- Northern Cardinal, 1
- Painted Bunting, 1
- Dickcissel, 8 still singing
- Red-winged Blackbird, 95
- Yellow-headed Blackbird, 5
- Brown-headed Cowbird, 4
- House Sparrow, 2
Sightings by Kathy Hampton, LgPacker, 6 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
*Sightings by Heidi Trudell, Pete Hosner on Saturday morning, August 4