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September 7, 2007 – DAFB
Highlight: Least Flycatcher, 1 Wilson’s Warbler, 1 male foraging among the giant ragweed near the riparian habitat around WSA Complete List: Wild Turkey, 5 Northern Bobwhite, 8 (1 covey) Great Blue Heron, 1 Green Heron, 1 Turkey Vulture, 3 Mississippi Kite, 1 Swainson’s Hawk, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 American Kestrel, 1 Rock Pigeon, 25 White-winged […]
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It Sure is Quiet These Days; Where Is Everyone?
What a difference a few weeks make. At the end of July the sounds of begging nestlings and singing adults defending territories filled the early morning hours. Now all is quiet as our breeders are slipping out of the Big Country and heading south for the winter. I caught the juvenile Swainson’s hawk at the […]
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September 1-2, 2007 Area Sightings
Highlights of September 1 Lake Fort Phantom sightings: Sea Bee Park: Little Blue Heron – 7 White-faced Ibis – 15 Wilson’s Snipe – 6 Willet – 1 Near spillway: Least Sandpiper – 10 Spotted Sandpiper – 1 Willet – 1 Snowy Egret – 1 Cattle Egrets – hundreds in the pastures around the lake Great […]
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August 31, 2007 – DAFB
Highlights of this morning: Eastern Bluebirds, 15 clustered around a fruiting vine Wilson’s Warbler, 1 male Complete List: Mallard, 2 Wild Turkey, 25 Great Blue Heron, 1 Great Egret, 5 overhead Green Heron, 3 Swainson’s Hawk, 1 juvenile Killdeer, 4 Mourning Dove, 17 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 2 […]
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August 30, 2007 – DAFB
Highlights of this morning: Upland Sandpiper, 2 heard overhead Least Flycatcher, 1 Eastern Kingbird, 1 Loggerhead Shrike: 1, impaling a cricket for later consumption Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Nashville Warbler, 1 Yellow Warbler, 5 Orchard Oriole, 3 Complete List: Wild Turkey, 6 Northern Bobwhite, 12 Great Blue Heron, 1 Great Egret, 6 flying overhead Green Heron, […]
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August 29, 2007-DAFB
Best bird(s) of the morning: Upland Sandpiper, 16 Long-billed Curlew, 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 juvenile, in my hand (picture coming soon) Grasshopper Sparrow, 3 Complete List: Northern Bobwhite, 16 Green Heron, 2 Swainson’s Hawk, 3 Killdeer, 6 Upland Sandpiper, 16 Long-billed Curlew, 1 Mourning Dove, 44 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 Common Nighthawk, 3 Western Kingbird, 2 […]
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August 28, 2007-DAFB
Best bird(s) of the morning: Upland Sandpiper, 11; 6 flying overhead and 5 foraging in a large field Long-billed Curlew, 1 Empidonax, 1 Yellow Warbler, 2 Complete List: (Seeing some fall migrants and some familiar breeding birds) Northern Bobwhite, 22 (yep, came upon a covey) Mississippi Kite, 1 Swainson’s Hawk, 3 Upland Sandpiper, 11 Long-billed […]
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Rufous in the Big Country
Rufous Hummingbirds have hit the Big Country! Member Jay Capra photographed this beautiful male the first week of August at a private residence in the Buffalo Gap area. He says; “I was MOST excited about the hummer, having only seen a Rufous on our place once before and never 2 days in a row. He […]
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August 27, 2007-DAFB
Best bird(s) of the morning: Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Long-billed Curlew, 10 flying overhead Yellow Warbler, 2 Wave after wave of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers flying south as dawn broke. By the time the sun rose I had counted over 200. Complete List: Wild Turkey, 18 Green Heron, 5 Turkey Vulture, 1 Mississippi Kite: 1, juvenile. Didn’t find […]
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August 26, 2007-Area Sightings
Here are a few sightings from: Lake Ft Phantom Hill: Willet – 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Least Sandpiper, 6 Western Sandpiper, 5 Black Tern, 3 Cattle Egret, 300 + Snowy Egret, 10 Great Egret, 1 Abilene State Park: Cave Swallow, 25 Summer Tanager, 1 Lake Kirby, August 25: Lots of Snowy and […]