The scheduled field trip to Lake Hamlin quickly turned into a chase for the Golden-crown Sparrow near Robert Lee since several members needed it for their life list. Two members added the sparrow to their life list, making for a successful chase. We then went back to Buffalo Gap, looking for but not finding the Red Crossbills.

Best bird(s):

• Golden-crowned Sparrow: 1

Complete List:

• American White Pelican: 12, Lake Kirby
• Great Blue Heron: 1
• Black Vulture: 12
• Red-tailed Hawk: 9
• American Kestrel: 5
• American Coot: Lake Kirby
• Sandhill Crane: 95, Hwy 277, Coke Co.
• Ring-billed Gull: 10, Towne Crier
• Eurasian Collared-Dove: 207, S. 14th
• Mourning Dove: 13
• White-winged Dove: 16
• Greater Roadrunner: 1
• Belted Kingfisher: 1
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker: 1
• Loggerhead Shrike: 1
• Western Scrub-Jay: 7
• Raven species: 1
• Carolina Chickadee: 1
• Black-crested Titmouse: 1
• Red-breasted Nuthatch: 1
• Bewick’s Wren: 1
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1
• Bluebird species: 1
• American Robin: 15
• Northern Mockingbird: 36
• European Starling: 36
• Cedar Waxwing: 15
• Orange-crowned Warbler: 1
• Yellow-rumped Warbler: 12
• Canyon Towhee: 2
• Chipping Sparrow: 1
• Lark Bunting: 6
• White-crowned Sparrow: 6
• Golden-crowned Sparrow: 1
• Northern Cardinal: 2
• Pyrrhuloxia: 1
• Meadowlark species: 75
• Great-tailed Grackle: 24
• House Finch: 2
• Pine Siskin: 12
• House Sparrow: 49

Sightings by Lorie Black, Kathy Hampton, Joan Howard, Earlene Hutto, Laura Packer, Dan Symonds