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March 29, 2008-Callahan County Sightings
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 […]
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Love is in the Air (and on Cars)!
March is a great time of year. Many resident birds are staking out territories, singing to attract mates, and starting to build nests. A pair of Eastern Bluebirds were photographed at a natural cavity on Dyess Air Force Base. The couple was pair bonding, evident by the male coming to the cavity and feeding the […]
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March 23, 2008 – Area Sightings
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 […]
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March 23, 2008 – Lake Kirby
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 […]
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March 15, 2008 – Lake Hamlin Field Trip
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 […]
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Blind Sightings
Big Country Audubon is pleased to announce that our bird blind at the Abilene State Park is now ready for birders, wildlife watchers, and birds! In September, 2007, the blind was delivered to the State Park. Over the next few months our eager volunteers painted the inside, hung feeders, and constructed a water feature. Immediately […]
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March 7, 2008-Area Highlights
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 […]
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Long-eared Owl Found in Taylor County
Guest post by Heidi Trudell – This afternoon (3/7/08) while heading back from work I spotted a lump of roadkill just off the shoulder of 351 and out of the kindness of his heart, my coworker obliged and we investigated the lump. Initially the lump looked like a clump of wood or Great-horned Owl, but […]
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March 4, 2008 – Shackelford County
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 […]
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March 2008 Calendar
March 6, Thursday, 7pm. General Meeting. Lorie Black, past President of Big Country Audubon Society, will present a program on dragonflies. For the past year Lorie has been studying and photographing the area’s dragonflies and damselflies. She will share her pictures and knowledge of Odonata. Lorie is a native Abilenian and a graduate of ACU […]