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April 20, 2008-SeaBee Park
Dan Symonds had a very productive morning at Seebee Park, adding 5 to his life list (marked with an L). Black-necked Stilts and Wilson’s Phalarope are beautifully colored birds this time of year. Those birds marked with an X means they were present but uncounted. Complete List: Gadwall – 15 Blue-winged Teal – 18 Northern […]
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April 19, 2008-Lake Kirby
Highlights: Semipalmated Sandpiper – 8 Western Sandpiper – 1 Nashville Warbler – 1 (FOS) Yellow-headed Blackbird – 1 Complete List: Mallard – 2 Pied-billed Grebe – 1 American White Pelican – 1 Double-crested Cormorant – 4 Great Blue Heron – 2 Snowy Egret – 2 Green Heron – 2 Turkey Vulture – 4 American Coot […]
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April 18, 2008-Dyess AFB
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 […]
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Upland Sandpipers and Great Kiskadee in April
During the first half of April, Upland Sandpipers fly into the Big Country, like this one seen off S. 27th at Oakwood Trails (Centennial Park). They are a difficult bird to photograph, because they seem to know just how far to land away from the camera. But I caught a couple of them taking a […]
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Eagles, Bluebirds, and Bobcat
John English sent me this majestic pose of a young Bald Eagle trying out its wings above its nest while holding onto a half eaten fish March 27, 2008. Young eagles do not become breeding adults until five years of age. This is also when they acquire the white feathers on their head and tail. […]
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April 12, 2008-Abilene State Park and Dyess AFB
Saturday, April 12, found several of us out birding in various places. A group met at the Abilene State Park to work on the privacy fence for the blind and their highlights at the blind were: Abilene State Park, Bird Blind: Black-chinned Hummingbird – 2 males, 2 females Common Raven – 3 in a kettle […]
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Crested Caracara in Callahan County
And yet another rare bird (for this area) has shown up in the Big Country: the Crested Caracara. On February 2, 2008, a friend reported seeing a caracara flying overhead on CR 283 on the county line of Callahan and Coleman. These types of sightings are hard to confirm; how does one chase a bird […]
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Brown Pelican Spotted at Lake Kirby
Thursday at noon, April 3, 2008, Lorie Black spotted this Brown Pelican at Lake Kirby. A few Audubon members rushed out to the lake and refound the bird and some photos were obtained. This is a very rare sighting for the Big Country. Brown Pelicans are common along the coast and this may be a […]
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March 31, 2008-Will Hair Park
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.
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April Calendar, 2008
Do you know what this wildflower is? Or how about this tree…do you know what it is? Me neither. Until I met Dr. Herb Grover, the most knowledgeable plant person around the Big Country. Dr. Grover, professor of Biology and Environmental Management at Hardin-Simmons University will speak to us on the flora of Taylor County […]