Highlights: American White Pelican – 250. They have really taken over! American Avocet – 9 Complete List: Mallard (Domestic type) – 4 Blue-winged Teal – 4 Northern Shoveler – 10 Pied-billed Grebe – 3 American White Pelican – 250 Double-crested Cormorant – 6 Great Blue Heron – 17 Great Egret – 27 Snowy Egret – […]

Highlight: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Complete List: Great Blue Heron – 1 Red-tailed Hawk – 1 Red-Shouldered Hawk – 1 American Kestrel – 1 on FM89 Swainson’s Hawk – 1 on FM89 Black Vulture – 3 Turkey Vulture – 15 Belted Kingfisher – 1 Eastern Phoebe – 2 Blue Jay – 5 Black-crested Titmouse – 10 Carolina […]

Here are some recent highlights and first of the season (FOS) sightings for Dyess AFB: October 9, 2008: Spotted Towhee: 2, FOS, returning winter resident Vesper Sparrow: 1, FOS, returning winter resident October 8, 2008: Swainson’s Hawk: 1, 2008 hatch-year bird still present at the golf course Downy Woodpecker: 1, winter resident Carolina Chickadee: 1, […]

Highlights: Olive-sided Flycatcher Least Flycatcher House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Complete List: Wild Turkey: 13 Great Blue Heron: 1 Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 Swainson’s Hawk: 2 Red-tailed Hawk: 1 American Kestrel: 1 Killdeer: 5 White-winged Dove: 15 Greater Roadrunner: 1 Barn Owl: 1 Common Nighthawk: 1 Chimney Swift: 18 Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 3 Black-chinned […]

Highlights: Osprey, flying, diving, landing and eating within sight giving us quite a show for about 2 hours, successful in 2 out of 8 dives. Complete List: Wild Turkey 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 4 Osprey 1 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 4 Mourning Dove 25 Chimney Swift […]

Oakwood Trails: Highlights: Red-headed Woodpecker, juvenile (see photos) Nashville Warbler Baltimore Orioles Complete List: Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 2 Mississippi Kite 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Killdeer 2 Rock Pigeon 10 White-winged Dove 50 Mourning Dove 11 Chimney Swift 7 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4 Blue Jay 25 American Crow […]

Highlights: Least Flycatcher Clay-colored Sparrow (FOS) Brewer’s Sparrow Orchard Oriole Complete List: Great Blue Heron: 1 Turkey Vulture: 2 Mississippi Kite: 4 Swainson’s Hawk: 2 Rock Pigeon: 11 White-winged Dove: 37 Mourning Dove: 33 Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 1 Greater Roadrunner: 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker: 5 Least Flycatcher: 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: 22 Blue Jay: 17 Cliff Swallow: 21 […]

Complete List: Turkey Vulture 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 5 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 5 Mourning Dove 70 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Greater Roadrunner 11 Chimney Swift 10 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 27 Loggerhead Shrike 3 Cliff Swallow 11 Barn Swallow 24 Carolina Chickadee 2 Cactus Wren 2 Bewick’s Wren […]

Highlights: Downy Woodpecker Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (356 flying overhead in a period of 10 minutes! Now that’s migration!) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Yellow Warbler Wilson’s Warbler Chipping Sparrow (FOS) Complete List: Pied-billed Grebe: 1 Green Heron: 1 Cooper’s Hawk: 1 Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 Swainson’s Hawk: 5 Red-tailed Hawk: 1 Killdeer: 2 Mourning Dove: 48 Common Nighthawk: 3 Chimney […]

Highlights: Red-shouldered Hawks, 3 juveniles Upland Sandpiper, heard flying over Least Flycatchers, 2 Carolina Wren, post breeding dispersal Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 2 Gray Catbird Yellow Warbler, 3 Orchard Orioles, 9 Complete List: Great Blue Heron – 3 Green Heron – 1 Turkey Vulture – 1 Mississippi Kite – 3 Cooper’s Hawk – 1 Red-shouldered Hawk – […]