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August 6, 2007 – Waste Water
Best bird(s) Pied-billed Grebe next to a nest that contained one egg, and other Pied-billeds with young Willet, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 1 Baird’s Sandpiper, 2* Olive-sided Flycatcher, 1 And the same shorebird assortment as August 1st. Complete List: Black-bellied Whistling Duck, 22 Blue-winged Teal, 16 Green-winged Teal, 4 Northern Bobwhite, 2 (female seen crossing the […]
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August Collage, 2007
The first week of August brought several neat photos my way that I wanted to share with everyone. John English went to Colorado and took pictures along steep, winding, narrow mining trails: Larry Millar shares his photos of a Least Bittern taken at Lake Kirby in June: Bill Kerr from Northern Ireland shares photos of […]
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August 3, 2007 – DAFB
Best bird(s) of the morning: Bell’s Vireo, 1 still singing as if on territory. Complete List: Northern Bobwhite, 1 Green Heron, 3 Mississippi Kite, 8 (2 of which were fledglings) Swainson’s Hawk, 1 (juvenile; didn’t see parents) Rock Pigeon, 1 Mourning Dove, 15 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 2 Greater Roadrunner, 1 Common Nighthawk, 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 3 […]
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August 2, 2007 – DAFB
Complete List: Great Blue Heron, 1 Mississippi Kite, 1 Upland Sandpiper, 1 heard overhead Mourning Dove, 16 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 1 at the salvia in the hosp. parking lot Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 3 (1 adult, 2 juv.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1 Western Kingbird, 3 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 6 Bell’s Vireo, 1 singing for a few minutes […]
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August 1, 2007 – Wastewater
Wastewater is really awesome; lots of water AND migrants. The road on top of levee No. 3 is not passable in my view. The city is not mowing it and growth has easily reached over 6 feet. The last time we drove around pond 3 there were several deeply eroded places, making the going very […]
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July Endings, 2007
The end of July pretty much marks the close to the nesting season in the Big Country. The Dickcissels (above) and Mourning Doves were seen this morning still on the nest or tending young. But the Swainson’s Hawk at Dyess AFB has fledged; the Western Kingbirds and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers are clumped together in family groups […]
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July 30, 2007 – DAFB
Best bird(s) of the morning: Empidonax Flycatcher, 1 Orchard Oriole, 12, small flock foraging among the sunflowers left standing west of the cantonment area Both sightings are a sure sign that fall migration has started Complete list: Northern Bobwhite, 7; most in the field where the sunflowers were not mowed down Great Blue Heron, 1 […]
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BCAS Annual Meeting and Auction, 2007
Please join us for a fun evening of food, fellowship, and silent auction, Thursday evening, September 6 at the Lodge at Oakwood Trails. We’ll eat about 6:30 but come early if you’d like to bird the area. We’re going casual again this year; bring your own food (sandwiches was the norm last year). Drinks, dessert […]
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July 24, 2007 – DAFB
Best bird(s) of the day: Watching a couple of Mississippi Kites work a flock of Cliff Swallows and successfully take one out. Watching the juvenile Swainson’s Hawk learn to fly and feed himself. Complete List: Mallard, 2 Wild Turkey, 4 Northern Bobwhite, 5 Green Heron, 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 2 Turkey Vulture, 1 Mississippi Kite, 7 […]
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July 10, 2007 – DAFB
No best bird of the day; all recorded are the usual breeders. However, the bobcat that walked out of the high grass ten feet in front of me was a pretty good find. He sauntered out from the six-foot forbes where I had just been checking a nestbox. I think I roused him from his […]