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A Bird in the Hand…
I’ve posted bird banding pictures recently, but I just had to share these photos with everyone because how many times do you see a hummingbird in the hand and it’s still alive? Kathy and I went to Christoval to Dan Brown’s Hummer House at the end of June (it was her birthday!) to watch the […]
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Mid-July Parenting
This year only one Swainson’s Hawk chick sits in the nest at Mesquite Grove Golf Course. The nest started out with two chicks but either fratricide, rain storms (I think I remember we had some rain), or an accidental slip reduced the nest to one. The hawks are being good parents and every mockingbird, scissor-tail, […]
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July 6, 2007 – Lake Fort Phantom
Best bird(s) of the evening: White-faced Ibis, 6, flying overhead Cattle Egret, 203, most still in breeding plumage Common Moorhen, 3. Don’t think we’ve ever recorded this species at Lake Ft. Phantom Complete List: Northern Bobwhite, 5 Great Blue Heron, 24 Snowy Egret, 8 Cattle Egret, 203 White-faced Ibis, 6 Turkey Vulture, 2 Mississippi Kite, […]
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July 6, 2007 – DAFB
Best bird(s) of the morning: Well, it’s getting harder and harder to find a best; but the 16 juvenile American Robins flocking together like teenagers was amusing. Their spotted breasts and boldly patterned facial markings were reminiscent of varied thrushes. Others: Northern Bobwhite, 4 Mississippi Kite, 5 Swainson’s Hawk, 2 (only seeing 1 juvenile on […]
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July 5, 2007 – Lake Fort Phantom
Best bird(s) of the day: Cattle Egret, 136 and probably more, most of them in breeding plumage Complete List: Northern Bobwhite, 4 Great Blue Heron, 2 Snowy Egret, 2 Cattle Egret, 136 Green Heron, 4 Turkey Vulture, 3 Mississippi Kite, 2 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Killdeer, 6 Mourning Dove, 24 Inca Dove, 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 2 […]
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Babes, Bullock’s and Other Birds
Last week John English photographed the birds at Cedar Gap Farm and produced some amazing pictures: Who says birds don’t engage in sports? This looks like a hand-off (er..beak-off) from bill to bill! Wish I could see it again in s-l-o-w m-o-t-i-o-n! John got more great photos of some of the birds at Cedar Gap […]
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June 30, 2007-DAFB
Best bird(s) of the day: High number of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, and Western Kingbirds. The fledglings are sitting around in trees and utility wires waiting to be fed by parents. Grasshopper Sparrow, juvenile Complete List: Black-bellied Whistling Duck, 2 Mallard, 4 Wild Turkey, 2 Northern Bobwhite, 6 Great Blue Heron, 1 Green Heron, 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, […]
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June 16, 2007 – Cedar Gap Farm
Best bird(s) of the day: Black-capped Vireo, 1 Indigo Bunting, 1 Painted Bunting, 9 and most of them males! Complete List: Black Vulture, 3 Turkey Vulture, 16 Mississippi Kite, 2 Mourning Dove, 11 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 5. It’s hard to estimate how many are actually present. The most hummingbirds seen at the same time was five. […]
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Cedar Gap Farm’s Newest Resident: Black-capped Vireo
For those of you picking up today’s Abilene Reporter-News and seeing an article about Cedar Gap Farm and wanting more information, you came to the right place. Just click on Cedar Gap Farm in Birding Locations to read more about the birds and wildlife at the Hutto’s Cedar Gap Farm. As for the Black-capped Vireo, […]
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June 13, 2007-DAFB
Best bird(s) of the day: Orchard Oriole, not because it’s all that great but because first time to document it on base was Sunday, June 10, 2007. Complete List: Northern Bobwhite, 5 Green Heron, 1 Mississippi Kite, 3 Swainson’s Hawk, 2 (plus two little white fuzzy heads were seen above the rim of the nest) […]