After counting quail all week for TPWD, I did a little birding in Southern Taylor County along County roads 194, 195, 196, 184, and 207.
Best bird(s) of the day:
- Various ducks at Graham Lake on CR 207 – see list below
- Merlin – 1, with his catch of the day
- Sora – 1
- Bushtit – 8
- Canyon Wren – 2
- Marsh Wren – 1
- Various sparrows – see list below
Complete List:
- American Wigeon – 100
- Gadwall – 28
- Northern Shoveler – 12
- Canvasback – 35
- Redhead – 25
- Ring-necked Duck – 25
- Northern Bobwhite – 1
- Pied-billed Grebe – 10
- Turkey vulture – 1
- Northern Harrier – 1
- Red-tailed Hawk – 2
- American Kestrel – 7
- Merlin – 1
- Sora – 1
- American Coot – 500
- Mourning Dove – 8
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker – 3
- Downy Woodpecker – 1
- Northern Flicker – 1
- Eastern Phoebe – 2
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – 1
- Loggerhead Shrike – 1
- Blue Jay – 4
- Western Scrub-Jay – 4
- Carolina Chickadee – 1
- Black-crested Titmouse – 1
- Bushtit – 8
- Canyon Wren – 2
- House Wren – 1
- Marsh Wren – 1
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 2
- Eastern Bluebird – 4
- Northern Mockingbird – 9
- American Pipit – 2
- Yellow-rumped Warbler – 1
- Spotted Towhee – 1
- Chipping Sparrow – 15
- Vesper Sparrow – 67, they have arrived in the Big Country!
- Lark Bunting – 18
- Savannah Sparrow – 5
- Song Sparrow – 1
- Lincoln’s Sparrow – 4
- White-crowned Sparrow – 26
- Northern Cardinal – 3
- Western Meadowlark – 130
- Pine Siskin – 3
- House Sparrow – 4
Sightings by LgPacker