Best bird(s) of the morning:

• Upland Sandpiper, 11; 6 flying overhead and 5 foraging in a large field
• Long-billed Curlew, 1
• Empidonax, 1
• Yellow Warbler, 2

Complete List: (Seeing some fall migrants and some familiar breeding birds)

• Northern Bobwhite, 22 (yep, came upon a covey)
• Mississippi Kite, 1
• Swainson’s Hawk, 3
• Upland Sandpiper, 11
• Long-billed Curlew, 1
• White-winged Dove, 27
• Mourning Dove, 43
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1
• Common Nighthawk, 2
• Chimney Swift, 3
• Black-chinned Hummingbird, 1
• Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 5
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 3
• Empidonax, 1
• Ash-throated Flycatcher, 2
• Western Kingbird, 2
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 24
• Blue Jay, 2
• Cliff Swallow, 40
• Cave Swallow, 136
• Barn Swallow, 18
• Black-crested Titmouse, 1
• Cactus Wren, 2
• Bewick’s Wren, 3
• Northern Mockingbird, 8
• Curve-billed Thrasher, 1
• Yellow Warbler, 2
• Canyon Towhee, 2
• Lark Sparrow, 4
• Northern Cardinal, 3
• Pyrrhuloxia, 1
• Painted Bunting, 3 (all were either juveniles or females; no males were seen)
• Dickcissel, 9 (and two were still bringing food. Wasn’t able to confirm nesting but females didn’t swallow food. They perched and held the bug in their mouth until I moved on)
• Eastern Meadowlark, 1
• Bullock’s Oriole, 1
• House Finch, 5
• House Sparrow, 36

Sightings by LgPacker, in Mesquite Shrub and Grassland habitats