Category: Sightings

  • September 28, 2007-Cedar Creek Area

    Most of the following were seen at Will Hair Park but a few were noted on Cedar Crest Street, or at Erinshire Gardens. Yes, I took a walk in the neighborhood this morning. Cooper’s Hawk: 1 at Erinshire Swainson’s Hawk: 1 at the house Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 at Will Hair Wild Turkey: 15 near the […]

  • September 22, 2007-Lake Fort Phantom Area

    SeaBee Park: White-faced Ibis – 6 Little Blue Heron – 5 Green Heron – 4 Great Egret – 10 Pied-billed Grebe – 2 Blue-winged Teal – 10 Lesser Yellowlegs – 5 Least Sandpiper – 10 Belted Kingfisher – 1 Lake Ft Phantom Hill: White-faced Ibis – 15 Pied-billed Grebe – 2 Blue-winged Teal – 8 […]

  • Weekend Birding-September 14-16, 2007

    Here are some highlights of the weekend: American Wigeon, 2 @ Waste Water, HT 9-14 Little Blue Heron, 1 @ Sea Bee, LB 9-16 Cattle Egret, 24 on CR 134, Taylor Co, LP 9-14 White-faced Ibis, bunches @ Waste Water, HT 9-14 Osprey, 1 @ Lake Ft. Phantom, LB 9-16 Northern Harrier, 1 @ Waste […]

  • September 12, 2007-DAFB

    Highlights: Swainson’s Hawks, a small kettle of 5, circling overhead. The resident female and junvenile Swainson’s were part of this group. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1. A highlight because it didn’t take flight but allowed me to take a few pictures of it. Nashville Warbler, 2 Complete List: Northern Bobwhite, a covey of 12 Turkey Vulture, 2 […]

  • September 11, 2007 – DAFB

    It was cool, windy, and drizzly this morning. Just the type of weather to lure in the migrants. The highlight of the morning was a beautiful yellow singing Bell’s Vireo. A couple of first of season (FOS) birds were seen, too. Complete list: Black-bellied Whistling Duck, 1 Great Blue Heron, 1 Green Heron, 1 Turkey […]

  • September 8, 2007-Waste Water

    Highlights: The ducks are here!! Cinnamon Teal, still in eclipsed plumage Pied-billed Grebe, several juveniles with contrasting streaking on the face and neck Little Blue Heron, 1 in a flooded field close to Sea Bee Park Cattle Egret, several hundred White-faced Ibis, numerous! (over 50) Willet, 1 Complete List from Waste Water Treatment Plant: Black-bellied […]

  • September 7, 2007 – DAFB

    Highlight: Least Flycatcher, 1 Wilson’s Warbler, 1 male foraging among the giant ragweed near the riparian habitat around WSA Complete List: Wild Turkey, 5 Northern Bobwhite, 8 (1 covey) Great Blue Heron, 1 Green Heron, 1 Turkey Vulture, 3 Mississippi Kite, 1 Swainson’s Hawk, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 American Kestrel, 1 Rock Pigeon, 25 White-winged […]

  • September 1-2, 2007 Area Sightings

    Highlights of September 1 Lake Fort Phantom sightings: Sea Bee Park: Little Blue Heron – 7 White-faced Ibis – 15 Wilson’s Snipe – 6 Willet – 1 Near spillway: Least Sandpiper – 10 Spotted Sandpiper – 1 Willet – 1 Snowy Egret – 1 Cattle Egrets – hundreds in the pastures around the lake Great […]

  • August 31, 2007 – DAFB

    Highlights of this morning: Eastern Bluebirds, 15 clustered around a fruiting vine Wilson’s Warbler, 1 male Complete List: Mallard, 2 Wild Turkey, 25 Great Blue Heron, 1 Great Egret, 5 overhead Green Heron, 3 Swainson’s Hawk, 1 juvenile Killdeer, 4 Mourning Dove, 17 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 2 […]

  • August 30, 2007 – DAFB

    Highlights of this morning: Upland Sandpiper, 2 heard overhead Least Flycatcher, 1 Eastern Kingbird, 1 Loggerhead Shrike: 1, impaling a cricket for later consumption Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Nashville Warbler, 1 Yellow Warbler, 5 Orchard Oriole, 3 Complete List: Wild Turkey, 6 Northern Bobwhite, 12 Great Blue Heron, 1 Great Egret, 6 flying overhead Green Heron, […]