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Walnut Creek Ranch Field Trip, May 19, 2007
What a fantastic field trip we had to Walnut Creek Ranch! I don’t know where to begin the accolades so here goes: The view was breathtaking: …the accommodations wonderful: …the bird banding brilliantly fascinating: …the birding exciting: …the colorful caterpillars captivating: …and the company, a riot! The pictures are now up at the Walnut Creek […]
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June 1, 2007 – Cedar Gap Farm
Best bird(s) of the day: Black-capped Vireo, 1 (heard only) List of birds seen: Wild Turkey, 4 (3 toms; 1 hen) Northern Bobwhite, 1 (heard) Turkey Vulture, 11 Mississippi Kite, 2 Mourning Dove, 12 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 6 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 6 Western Kingbird, 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 2 Black-capped Vireo, 1 […]
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May 31, 2007-DAFB
Best Bird(s) of the day: Downy Woodpecker 1, because I don’t know if it’s a late wintering/migrant bird or if it’ll breed on base. Carolina Chickadee 1, ditto. These two birds have only been recorded once before on base. Complete List: Northern Bobwhite, 1 Swainson’s Hawk, 2 Killdeer, 1 Mourning Dove, 19 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 4 […]
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Memorial Weekend Birding
Memorial Weekend found me quail counting at Dyess AFB. How does one count quail? Easy. Stand in one place, listen to calling quail, and count how many you hear. Move to the second place and count again and so on. Some wise guy (above) had to walk out of cover and wave at me. The […]
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May 28 and 31, 2007
MacGillivray’s Warbler, 1 DAFB, LP, 5-28 Cooper’s Hawk, 1 Cedar Gap Farm, HT & LP, 5-31 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, 1 Cedar Gap Farm, HT, 5-31
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Chihuahuan Ravens Nesting on Dyess AFB
While out at Dyess birding in a Mesquite scrub area at the end of March, a Chihuahuan Raven shot out of a tree and soared above me cawing loudly. I watched it circle around me (of course I was capturing this behavior digitally, see above) and wondered why it was so agitated. When I heard […]
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May 25-26-27, 2007-Various Places
Highlights from the past few days: Black-bellied Whistling Duck, 1, 5-26, DAFB, LP Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 4: 2 adults, 2 juveniles, DAFB, 5-25, LP American Avocets, 4, Lake Kirby 5-27, LB Franklin’s Gull, 1, Lake Kirby 5-27, LB Least Flycatcher, 1, 5-25 and 1, 5-26, DAFB, LP Swainson’s Thrush, 1, NE Abilene, LP Yellow Warbler, 1, […]
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May 22, 2007-DAFB
Best Bird(s) of the day: Cattle Egret, 1 perched in a Poplar at Totten Pond Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 2: 1 adult, 1 juvenile Swainson’s Hawk chicks have hatched: telltale white down all around nest and foliage. Don’t know how many are in nest yet, Mom is very protective. Lark Sparrow fledgling, got a picture which I […]
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May 18, 2007-DAFB
Best Bird(s) of the day: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 3: 2 adults, 1 juv. Yellow Warbler, 5 Complete List: Wild Turkey, 4 Northern Bobwhite, 4 Green Heron, 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 3 Mississippi Kite, 4 Swainson’s Hawk, 1 Killdeer, 3 Mourning Dove, 24 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 Greater Roadrunner, 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 2 Western Kingbird, 14 […]
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May 15, 2007-DAFB
Best bird(s) of the day: Spotted Sandpiper, 9 (high number, usually seen singly) Purple Martin, 2 checking out the PUMA house on the GC Yellow Warbler, 1 Complete List: Mallard, 2 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Wild Turkey, 8 Northern Bobwhite, 3 Great Blue Heron, 1 Green Heron, 2 Turkey Vulture, 2 Mississippi Kite, 9 American Coot, […]