February 1, 2008 – Lake Kirby and Abilene SP


Lake Kirby:

  • Gadwall: 24
  • Green-winged Teal: 5
  • Mallard: 10
  • Northern Pintail: 4
  • Northern Shoveler: 1
  • Lesser Scaup: 9
  • Bufflehead: 5
  • Pied-billed Grebe: 2
  • Eared Grebe: 37
  • American White Pelican: 3
  • Double-crested Cormorant: 1 (yes, one; only one)
  • Great Blue Heron: 1
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron: 1
  • Red-tailed Hawk: 1
  • American Coot: 57
  • Killdeer: 2
  • Wilson’s Snipe: 4
  • Greater Yello9wlegs: 6
  • Spotted Sandpiper: ;
  • Least Sandpiper: 3
  • Rig-billed Gull: 74
  • Rock Pigeon: 17
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker: 1
  • Black-crested Titmouse: 1
  • Orange-crowned Warbler: 1
  • Savannah Sparrow: 7
  • Song Sparrow: 1
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow: 1
  • White-crowned Sparrow: 5
  • Northern Cardinal: 2
  • Red-winged Blackbird: 6
  • Great-tailed Grackle: 12

Abilene State Park (BCAS Blind):

  • Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1
  • Eastern Phoebe: 1
  • Carolina Chickadee: 6
  • Black-crested Titmouse: 6
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1
  • American Robin: 1
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler: 20
  • Northern Cardinal: 2

At a couple of Northeast Abilene Residents: (Jan. 29 and Jan 30)

  • Lesser Goldfinch

Sightings by Kathy Hampton, LgPacker