Turkey Vulture Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove White-winged Dove Mourning Dove Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Blue Jay Cave Swallow American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Clay-colored Sparrow Northern Cardinal Common Grackle Great-tailed Grackle American Goldfinch House Sparrow Sightings by Dan S.

Our March 29 field trip to Callahan County had the following: Best bird(s) of the morning: Black-chinned Hummingbird, first of the season Hairy Woodpecker White-eyed Vireo Canyon Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Black-and-white Warbler Complete List: Wild Turkey Northern Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Black-chinned Hummingbird Ladder-backed Woodpecker Hairy […]

Lorie drove around Ft Phantom this morning after early service and found some goodies: SeaBee Park Cattle Egret (3) Snowy Egret (2) Cinnamon Teal (2) across the road from the park Blue-winged Teal (6) Tree Swallow – 20 Johnston Park American Avocet (1) American Pipet (6) Least Sandpiper (20) Western Sandpiper (6) And this afternoon […]

Kirby Lake: Gadwall 30 Northern Shoveler 25 Redhead 2 Bufflehead 30 Ruddy Duck 22 Pied-billed Grebe 23 Horned Grebe 1 Eared Grebe 20 Double-crested Cormorant 35 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 American Kestrel 1 American Coot 100 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Wilson’s Snipe 1 Bonaparte’s Gull 11 Ring-billed Gull 10 White-winged Dove 2 Mourning […]

The field trip to Lake Hamlin included stops at Lake Fort Phantom and Lake Stamford. Sightings for the day also included a few resident Abilene birds. Complete list: American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Pied-billed Grebe American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Turkey […]

Best bird(s) of the day: Common Goldeneye: 1 Red-tailed Hawk: 1 at her nest. Where? It’s a secret! Northern Long-eared Owl: 1, too bad it was roadkill but I’m sure it has living breathing companions somewhere waiting to be found Sage Thrasher: 1 This truncated list is DAFB highlights, (sightings by LgPacker) except for the […]

Best bird(s): Great Horned Owl sitting on a nest Complete List: American Wigeon – 8 Red-tailed Hawk – 2 overhead pair bonding with arial displays American Kestrel – 2 Killdeer – 2 Ring-billed Gull – 1 Great Horned Owl – 1 sitting on a nest Loggerhead Shrike – 2, doing its buzzy courtship call Chihuahuan […]

Lake Abilene: Best bird(s): Western Grebe: 2 Complete List: Bufflehead: 5 Pied-billed Grebe: 3 Western Grebe: 2 Double-crested Cormorant: 2 Black Vulture: 11 Turkey Vulture: 1 Red-tailed Hawk: 1 American Coot: 25 Ring-billed Gull: 3 Mourning Dove: 3 Belted Kingfisher: 1 Eastern Phoebe: 1 Western Scrub-Jay: 1 Carolina Chickadee: 2 Black-crested Titmouse: 3 Carolina Wren: […]

Best bird(s) of the morning: Snow Goose – 1 Cinnamon Teal – 4 gorgeous males White-faced Ibis – 5 Sedge Wren – 1 American Pipit – 2 Brewer’s Blackbird – 3 Complete List: Snow Goose – 1 Gadwall – 12 Green-winged Teal – 350 Mallard – 2 Northern Pintail – 12 Cinnamon Teal – 4 […]

Highlights at Lake Fort Phantom Hill: Am White Pelican – 6 Eared Grebe – 12 Horned Grebe – 1 Pied-billed Grebe – 5 Snowy Egret – 1 Least Sandpiper – 20 Greater Yellowlegs – 2 Bonaparte’s Gull – 20 Ring-billed Gull – 200+ Redhead – 6 Am Coot – 100+ Am Pipit – 4 Highlights […]