Highlights of today’s birds:
- Solitary Sandpiper: 1
- Eastern Kingbird: 1, first of the season
- Chihuahuan Ravens: 1 adult on nest, 5 nestlings
- Bullock’s Orioles: 3, first of the season
Complete List:
- Wild Turkey: 7
- Northern Bobwhite: 3
- Great Blue Heron: 1
- Green Heron: 2
- Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1
- Swainson’s Hawk: 2, mom building another nest and relocating
- Red-tailed Hawk: 1 on nest on water tower; nestling seen snuggled under her feathers
- Killdeer: 1
- Solitary Sandpiper, 1
- Rock Pigeon: 2
- Mourning Dove: several
- Greater Roadrunner: 1
- Chimney Swift: 4
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker: 1
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker: 1
- Eastern Phoebe: 1
- Ash-throated Flycatcher: 3
- Western Kingbird: 3
- Eastern Kingbird: 1
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: 14
- Loggerhead Shrike: 1
- Blue Jay: 3
- American Crow: 2
- Chihuahuan Raven: 6 (see above for details)
- Cliff Swallow: several hundred
- Cave Swallow: several hundred
- Barn Swallow: 2
- Black-crested Titmouse: 3
- Bewick’s Wren: 2
- House Wren: 2
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 2
- Eastern Bluebird: 2
- American Robin: 6
- Northern Mockingbird: 5
- European Starling: present but uncounted
- Orange-crowned Warbler: 1
- Yellow-rumped Warbler: 3, 1 Audubon’s Warbler and 2 Myrtle’s Warblers
- Cassin’s Sparrow: 3
- Chipping Sparrow: 10
- Clay-colored Sparrow: 250
- Vesper Sparrow: 9
- Lark Sparrow: 4
- Grasshopper Sparrow: 1
- Lincoln’s Sparrow: 8
- White-crowned Sparrow: 37
- Northern Cardinal: 3
- Red-winged Blackbird: 18
- Common Grackle: present but uncounted
- Great-tailed Grackle: present but uncounted
- Brown-headed Cowbird: present but uncounted
- Bullock’s Oriole: 4
- House Finch: 12
- House Sparrow: present but uncounted
Sightings by LgPacker, at Mesquite Grove GC and WSA