Best bird(s) of the morning:
- Spotted Sandpiper, 1
- Long-billed Curlew, 10 flying overhead
- Yellow Warbler, 2
- Wave after wave of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers flying south as dawn broke. By the time the sun rose I had counted over 200.
Complete List:
- Wild Turkey, 18
- Green Heron, 5
- Turkey Vulture, 1
- Mississippi Kite: 1, juvenile. Didn’t find any adults; but noticed one large (75+) kettle of kites August 19 near Seymour.
- Swainson’s Hawk: 2, one juvenile and the other the adult male.
- Killdeer, 3
- Spotted Sandpiper, 1
- Long-billed Curlew, 10 flying overhead
- Rock Pigeon, 2
- White-winged Dove, 5
- Mourning Dove, 29
- Common Nighthawk, 2
- Chimney Swift, 17
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 3
- Western Kingbird, 5
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 217
- Blue Jay, 3
- Cliff Swallow, 2
- Cave Swallow, 7
- Barn Swallow, 2
- Black-crested Titmouse, 1
- Bewick’s Wren, 3
- Eastern Bluebird, 8
- American Robin, 47
- Northern Mockingbird, 6
- Curve-billed Thrasher, 1
- European Starling, 86
- Yellow Warbler, 2
- Northern Cardinal, 4
- Dickcissel, 4 (including one female still bringing food to a nest site)
- Great-tailed Grackle, 200+
- Bullock’s Oriole, 3
- House Finch, 44
Sightings by LgPacker, at Mesquite Grove GC