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February 24, 2008 – Area Sightings
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: […]
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February 23, 2008 – Waste Water Field Trip
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 […]
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Abilene State Park Goodies in February
Dan Symonds found a Carolina Chickadee excavating a hole in a snag out at the Abilene State Park this past Sunday, February 3, 2008. Nest building in February? I knew our resident birds got started early, but geez, it’s barely February. And while photographing the excavation, a little red bird flew into the tree top […]
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February 3, 2008-Lake Ft. Phantom & Oakwood
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 […]
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February 1, 2008 – Lake Kirby and Abilene SP
Lake Kirby: Gadwall: 24 Green-winged Teal: 5 Mallard: 10 Northern Pintail: 4 Northern Shoveler: 1 Lesser Scaup: 9 Bufflehead: 5 Pied-billed Grebe: 2 Eared Grebe: 37 American White Pelican: 3 Double-crested Cormorant: 1 (yes, one; only one) Great Blue Heron: 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron: 1 Red-tailed Hawk: 1 American Coot: 57 Killdeer: 2 Wilson’s Snipe: 4 […]
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William L. Hohman to Speak February 7, 2008
Join us February 7, 2008 for our general meeting when Dr. William L. Hohman, Wildlife Biologist of the Fort Worth USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Services will present a program on Bird Responses to Grassland and Wetland Restorations in the Northern Plains. He’ll focus on restorations accomplished under USDA conservation programs. Dr. Hohman serves as the […]
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January 27, 2008-Area Sightings
Abilene State Park Best bird(s) Wood Ducks between the pool and the picnic area Complete List: Wood Duck: 4 Wild Turkey: 1 Great Blue Heron: 1 Black Vulture: 18 Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove: 2 Mourning Dove: 10 Ladder-backed Woodpecker: 2 Downy Woodpecker: 1 Northern Flicker: 1 Blue Jay: 10 Chihuahuan Raven: 2 Carolina Chickadee: […]
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January 26, 2008-Waste Water Treatment Plant
Snow Goose: 1 Mallard: 10 Blue-winged Teal: 10 Cinnamon Teal: 2 Northern Shoveler: 175 Northern Pintail: 100 Green-winged Teal: 30 Bufflehead: 1 Ruddy Duck: 2 Northern Harrier: 2 Red-tailed Hawk: 1 American Kestrel: 1 Sora: 1 American Coot: 100 Killdeer: 3 Greater Yellowlegs: 1 Lesser Yellowlegs: 2 Least Sandpiper: 12 Pectoral Sandpiper: 1 Short-billed Dowitcher: […]
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How to Remain Friends While Rarity Chasing
During the Robert Lee CBC conducted by the Midland Naturalists on Saturday, December 15, an adult Golden-crowned Sparrow was located in a small flock of White-crowned Sparrows not far from the town (see below). This news spread like wildfire in the birding community and soon I was plotting a rarity chase. Commitments were first met, […]
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January 19, 2008-Lake Colorado City SP
Best bird(s) of the day: Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Eared Grebe Sandhill Crane Bonaparte’s Gull Horned Lark Bushtit Complete List: American Wigeon: 6 Gadwall: 8 Mallard: 6 Northern Shoveler: 6 Ring-necked Duck: 6 Lesser Scaup: 5 Common Goldeneye: 4 Bufflehead: 6 Hooded Merganser: 3 Pied-billed Grebe: 2 Eared Grebe: 12 American White Pelican: 100 […]