Saturday, April 12, found several of us out birding in various places. A group met at the Abilene State Park to work on the privacy fence for the blind and their highlights at the blind were:
Abilene State Park, Bird Blind:
- Black-chinned Hummingbird – 2 males, 2 females
- Common Raven – 3 in a kettle overhead
- Red-breasted Nuthatch – 2
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – 1
- Summer Tanager – 1 brightly colored male
- Pine Siskin – 36
At Dyess Air Force Base:
- Gadwall 6
- American Wigeon 5
- Green-winged Teal 3
- Redhead 1
- Northern Bobwhite 2
- Great Blue Heron 1
- Turkey Vulture 11
- Swainson’s Hawk 1
- Red-tailed Hawk 3
- Killdeer 2
- Rock Pigeon 10
- Mourning Dove 30
- Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
- Belted Kingfisher 1
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
- Ash-throated Flycatcher 2
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 25
- Blue Jay 5
- Purple Martin 2
- Barn Swallow 4
- Bewick’s Wren 1
- Eastern Bluebird 3
- Northern Mockingbird 20
- European Starling 15
- Cedar Waxwing 30
- Chipping Sparrow 2
- Clay-colored Sparrow 2
- Field Sparrow 2
- Lark Sparrow 3
- White-crowned Sparrow 15
- Common Grackle 10
- Great-tailed Grackle 25
- Brown-headed Cowbird 5
- House Finch 12
- House Sparrow 5
Sightings at Abilene SP: Lorie Black, Kathy Hampton, Dolores & Steve Owens, Laura Packer, Heidi Trudell, Charline Wheeler, Esta Wigginton. DAFB sightings by Dan Symonds