March 15, 2008 – Lake Hamlin Field Trip


The field trip to Lake Hamlin included stops at Lake Fort Phantom and Lake Stamford. Sightings for the day also included a few resident Abilene birds. Complete list:

  • American Wigeon
  • Mallard
  • Blue-winged Teal
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Redhead
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Pied-billed Grebe
  • American White Pelican
  • Double-crested Cormorant
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Great Egret
  • Snowy Egret
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Northern Harrier
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • American Kestrel
  • Common Moorhen
  • American Coot
  • Killdeer
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper
  • Long-billed Dowitcher
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • Forster’s Tern
  • Rock Pigeon
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
  • White-winged Dove
  • Mourning Dove
  • Inca Dove
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker
  • Northern Flicker, red-shafted
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Loggerhead Shrike
  • Horned Lark
  • Bewick’s Wren
  • Marsh Wren
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • American Robin
  • Northern Mockingbird
  • Curve-billed Thrasher
  • European Starling
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Vesper Sparrow
  • Lark Bunting
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Eastern Meadowlark
  • Western Meadowlark
  • Common Grackle
  • Great-tailed Grackle
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Lesser Goldfinch
  • House Sparrow

Sightings by Kathy Hampton, Dan Symonds, and Charline Wheeler