Category: Sightings

  • August 2, 2008 – Abilene State Park and Buffalo Gap Area

    Abilene State Park: Turkey Vulture: 4 Mississippi Kite: 4 Eurasian Collared-Dove: 2 Mourning Dove: 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 1 Common Nighthawk: 2 Black-chinned Hummingbird: 6 Eastern Phoebe: 4 White-eyed Vireo: 5 Red-eyed Vireo: 1 Blue Jay: 2 Carolina Chickadee: 5 Black-crested Titmouse: 5 Bushtit: 2 Carolina Wren: 4 Bewick’s Wren: 2 American Robin: 20 Summer Tanager: […]

  • July 26-27, 2008 – Southern Taylor County

    July 26: Southern Taylor County: Northern Bobwhite: 2 Great Blue Heron: 1 Turkey Vulture: 15 Mississippi Kite: 2 Red-shouldered Hawk: 2 Red-tailed Hawk: 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove: 5 Mourning Dove: oodles White-winged Dove: 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 3 Greater Roadrunner: 1 Common Nighthawk: 1 Chimney Swift: 2 Black-chinned Hummingbird: 6 Empidonax Flycatcher: 1 Western Kingbird: 4 Scissor-tailed […]

  • July 19-21, 2008 – SeaBee Park, Wastewater

    Migration has already started here in the Big Country with the following sightings: SeaBee Park, south end of Lake Fort Phantom: Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 30 Snowy Egret 50 Little Blue Heron 2 , mottled back & wings Cattle Egret 4 Green Heron 1 White-faced Ibis 4 Black-necked Stilt 6 American Avocet 2 […]

  • July 2, 2008 – Callahan County

    Complete List: Northern Bobwhite – 9 Great Blue Heron – 1 Great Egret – 1 Mississippi Kite – 2 Swainson’s Hawk – 1 Red-tailed Hawk – 1 Killdeer – 2 and four eggs on the ground Mourning Dove – 12 Yellow-billed Cuckoo – 4 Greater Roadrunner – 5 Common Nighthawk – 6 Black-chinned Hummingbird – […]

  • June 29, 2008-Lake Kirby

    Northern Bobwhite – 2 Great Blue Heron – 5 Great Egret – 5 Snowy Egret – 6 Green Heron – 5 Turkey Vulture – 2 Killdeer – 2 Rock Pigeon – 7 White-winged Dove – 4 Mourning Dove – 18 Black-chinned Hummingbird – 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker – 1 Western Kingbird – 4 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – […]

  • June 22, 2008 – Abilene State Park

    Turkey Vulture 4 Mississippi Kite 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 4 Mourning Dove 10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Common Nighthawk 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird 5 Eastern Phoebe 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 2 White-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 2 Purple Martin 4 Barn Swallow 5 Carolina Chickadee 10 Black-crested Titmouse 10 Carolina Wren 2 Bewick’s […]

  • June 21, 2008 – Dyess AFB

    Wild Turkey 10 Northern Bobwhite 2 Green Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 4 Mississippi Kite 5 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Rock Pigeon 10 Mourning Dove 10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Common Nighthawk 2 Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 3 Ash-throated Flycatcher 10 Western Kingbird 4 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 20 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 2 Chihuahuan […]

  • May 17, 2008 – Callahan, Eastland & Local Area Sightings

    Callahan and Eastland Counties: Blue-winged Teal – 5 Ruddy Duck – 1 Wild Turkey – 1 Northern Bobwhite – 6 Great Blue Heron – 3 Green Heron – 2 Black vulture – 1 Turkey Vulture – 21 Mississippi Kite – 1 Red-shouldered Hawk – 3 Swainson’s Hawk – 4 Red-tailed Hawk – 5 Killdeer – […]

  • May 12, 2008 – Lake Kirby

    Complete List: Mallard Great Blue Heron Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Purple Martin Cliff Swallow Cave Swallow Barn Swallow Northern Mockingbird Yellow-breasted Chat Clay-colored Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Great-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock’s Oriole […]

  • May 10, 2008 – Lakes Ft. Phantom, Kirby, & Ivie

    Lake Fort Phantom Hill: Ruddy Turnstone – 1 Yellow Warbler – 1 Bonaparte’s Gull – 1 Kirby Lake Stilt Sandpiper – 2 Semi-palmated Sandpiper – 1 Spotted Sandpiper – 3 Cedar Gap Farm – Friday, May 9: Ruby-throated Hummingbird – 1 Indigo Bunting – 1 (female) Lazuli Bunting – 1 (female) Painted Bunting – 6 […]