Best bird(s) of the morning: Upland Sandpiper, 16 Long-billed Curlew, 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 juvenile, in my hand (picture coming soon) Grasshopper Sparrow, 3 Complete List: Northern Bobwhite, 16 Green Heron, 2 Swainson’s Hawk, 3 Killdeer, 6 Upland Sandpiper, 16 Long-billed Curlew, 1 Mourning Dove, 44 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 Common Nighthawk, 3 Western Kingbird, 2 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Here are a few sightings from: Lake Ft Phantom Hill: Willet – 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Least Sandpiper, 6 Western Sandpiper, 5 Black Tern, 3 Cattle Egret, 300 + Snowy Egret, 10 Great Egret, 1 Abilene State Park: Cave Swallow, 25 Summer Tanager, 1 Lake Kirby, August 25: Lots of Snowy and […]

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 […]

Best bird(s) of the morning: Bell’s Vireo, 1 still singing as if on territory. Complete List: Northern Bobwhite, 1 Green Heron, 3 Mississippi Kite, 8 (2 of which were fledglings) Swainson’s Hawk, 1 (juvenile; didn’t see parents) Rock Pigeon, 1 Mourning Dove, 15 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 2 Greater Roadrunner, 1 Common Nighthawk, 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 3 […]

Complete List: Great Blue Heron, 1 Mississippi Kite, 1 Upland Sandpiper, 1 heard overhead Mourning Dove, 16 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 1 at the salvia in the hosp. parking lot Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 3 (1 adult, 2 juv.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1 Western Kingbird, 3 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 6 Bell’s Vireo, 1 singing for a few minutes […]

Wastewater is really awesome; lots of water AND migrants. The road on top of levee No. 3 is not passable in my view. The city is not mowing it and growth has easily reached over 6 feet. The last time we drove around pond 3 there were several deeply eroded places, making the going very […]

Best bird(s) of the morning: Empidonax Flycatcher, 1 Orchard Oriole, 12, small flock foraging among the sunflowers left standing west of the cantonment area Both sightings are a sure sign that fall migration has started Complete list: Northern Bobwhite, 7; most in the field where the sunflowers were not mowed down Great Blue Heron, 1 […]

Best bird(s) of the day: Watching a couple of Mississippi Kites work a flock of Cliff Swallows and successfully take one out. Watching the juvenile Swainson’s Hawk learn to fly and feed himself. Complete List: Mallard, 2 Wild Turkey, 4 Northern Bobwhite, 5 Green Heron, 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 2 Turkey Vulture, 1 Mississippi Kite, 7 […]