Lake Kirby
Highlights:
- Common Loon
- Duck species
- Horned Grebe
- Eared Grebe
- Wilson’s Snipe
Complete List:
- Gadwall – 2
- Blue-winged Teal – 4
- Northern Shoveler – 5
- Redhead – 4
- Ring-necked Duck – 4
- Ruddy Duck – 2
- Common Loon – 1
- Pied-billed Grebe – 5
- Horned Grebe – 1
- Eared Grebe – 20
- American White Pelican – 30
- Double-crested Cormorant – 22
- Great Blue Heron – 5
- Great Egret – 6
- Snowy Egret – 5
- Cattle Egret – 5
- Red-tailed Hawk – 1
- Common Moorhen – 1
- American Coot – 70
- Killdeer – 3
- Greater Yellowlegs – 3
- Wilson’s Snipe – 5
- Ring-billed Gull – 20
- Belted Kingfisher – 2
- Red-winged Blackbird – 25
- Common Grackle – 2
- Great-tailed Grackle – 2
- House Sparrow – 30
Sightings by Lorie Black and Dan Symonds
Southern Taylor County
Highlights:
- Say’s Phoebe
- Loggerhead Shrike feeding young (late nesting by this species)
- Canyon Wren
- Western Bluebird, FOS
- Brown Thrasher – 2
- Pine Siskin, FOS
Complete List:
- Green-winged Teal – 8
- Mallard – 11
- Northern Bobwhite – 5 coveys heard
- Black Vulture – 5
- Red-tailed Hawk – 4
- American Kestrel – 4
- Rock Pigeon – 18
- Eurasian Collared-Dove – 7
- Mourning Dove – 49
- White-winged Dove – 14
- Great Horned Owl – 2
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker – 1
- Say’s Phoebe – 1, along CR 353
- Loggerhead Shrike – 6
- Western Scrub-Jay – 2
- Chihuahuan Raven – 2
- Carolina Chickadee – 2
- Black-crested Titmouse – 3
- Canyon Wren – 1, CR 351
- Carolina Wren – 1
- House Wren – 1
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 1
- Eastern Bluebird – 2
- Western Bluebird – 18, CR 351 near Hwy 89
- Northern Mockingbird – 14
- Brown Thrasher – 2
- European Starling – 3
- Orange-crowned Warbler – 3
- Spotted Towhee – 9
- Vesper Sparrow – 11
- Savannah Sparrow – 4
- White-crowned Sparrow – 48
- Northern Cardinal – 4
- Pyrrhuloxia – 1
- Red-winged Blackbird – 8
- Western Meadowlark – 81
- Great-tailed Grackle – 12
- Brown-headed Cowbird – 6
- House Finch – 2
- Pine Siskin – 104, FOS, CR 351
- Lesser Goldfinch – 2
- House Sparrow – 10
Sightings by LgPacker along Taylor County Roads 350, 351, 89, FM 1235, Hwy 277, CR 707, 314, 283, 290(Butterfield School Road), 277, 353, 126, but not necessarily in this order.