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December 2007 Calendar of Events
December 6, 2007: Christmas Party! Who: All Big Country Audubon members and their families What: Christmas Party When: Thursday, December 6, at 7:00 p.m. Where: Rose Park Activity Center located at S. 7th and Barrow, Room A Bring: Your favorite finger foods, snacks, and a wrapped gift for the Christmas gift exchange (completely voluntary). Please […]
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November 23, 2007-Lake Kirby
Best bird(s) of the morning: Pomarine Jaeger continues harrassing the gulls and I watched it chase after an American White Pelican, but the pelican seemed indifferent to its advances. The cold and snow brought in a few more ducks. The List: American Wigeon: 4 Gadwall: 8 Mallard: 4 Northern Pintail: 4 Northern Shoveler: 12 Canvasback: […]
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Black Phoebe Found at Willhair Park
This is a Black Phoebe! New member Dan found this bird at Willhair Park this past Saturday and posted to the web his findings. In fact, he found two Black Phoebes at the park! I followed up on his sighting, refound one bird, and managed a couple of diagnostic photos. (Sliding down a twenty-foot embankment […]
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November 19, 2007-Willhair Park
Best bird(s) of the day: Black Phoebe; first reported by Dan Symonds 11-17-2007 Complete List: Great Blue Heron: 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk: 2 Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 Red-tailed Hawk: 1, being chased by one of the Sharpies American Kestrel: 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove: 3 White-winged Dove: 26 Black Phoebe: 1 Great Kiskadee: 1 heard Blue Jay: 6 American […]
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Lake Kirby in November, 2007
With the past excitement of the jaeger flying around at Kirby, we’ve been doing a little more birding at the lake and have found a few interesting birds we’d like to share with you. With November’s warmer weather the egrets are hanging around in pretty good numbers, some gulls are showing off, and a few […]
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November 12, 2007-Lake Kirby
Best bird(s) of the morning: Pomarine Jaeger: 1 Complete List: Mallard: 8 Redhead: 1 Pied-billed Grebe: 6 Eared Grebe: 2 American White Pelican: 5 Double-crested Cormorant: 4 Great Blue Heron: 4 Great Egret: 3 Snowy Egret: 5 Black-crowned Night-Heron: 1 American Coot: 31 Killdeer: 19 Wilson’s Snipe: 4 Greater Yellowlegs: 1 Spotted Sandpiper: 1 Least […]
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Kirby Jaeger Identified as Pomarine
For those of you who are following the discussions on Texbirds on the Kirby Lake Jaeger, Martin Reid posted his views regarding its identity. Below are his comments along with the photos submitted to highlight his conclusions. The full-sized photos can be found at Flickr. Lorie Black’s photo (above) is also used to highlight some […]
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November 09, 2007 – Lake Kirby
Best bird(s): Red-breasted Merganser: 1 female Forster’s Tern: 1 Parasitic Jaeger (until someone with more experience tells us different) Complete List: Red-breasted Merganser: 1 Pied-billed Grebe: 8 American White Pelican: 12 Double-crested Cormorant: 24 Great Blue Heron: 8 Great Egret: 2 Snowy Egret: 8 Red-tailed Hawk: 1 American Coot: 24 Killdeer: 4 American Avocet: 2 […]
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Jaeger Cruises Over Lake Kirby, November 8, 2007
Heidi Trudell found a dark bird flying with the Ring-billed Gulls Thursday, November 8, 2007, around 12:45 p.m. at Lake Kirby, Taylor County, TX. But without a field guide, a definite ID could not be made. I re-found the bird around 4:30 p.m. and managed some photos. We believe the jaeger is a juvenile Parasitic […]
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November 3, 2007 – Lake Kirby
Best bird(s) of the day: The ducks are finally here! Cackling Goose – 1 Merlin – 1 Complete List: Pied-billed Grebe – 12 Horned Grebe – 2 Eared Grebe – 18 American White Pelican – 60 Great Egret – 2 Snowy Egret – 6 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron – 1 immature Cackling Goose – 1 American Wigeon […]