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Moms Working Hard
This past Sunday, May 13, was Mother’s Day. Since this site is all about birds and nature, I thought you might like to see what the mother birds were doing last week. I accidentally stumbled upon several species of birds tending to nests at Dyess AFB. I spotted this mother cardinal bringing food to her […]
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May 11, 2007 – DAFB
Best bird(s) of the day: Least Flycatcher, 2 Yellow Warbler, 7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 1 (FOS, first time documented on DAFB) Other highlights: (not a complete list; morning was extremely foggy, winds from the NNW) Wild Turkey, 4 Green Heron, 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Mississippi Kite, 9 Least Flycatcher, 2 Bell’s Vireo, 1 Eastern Bluebird, 1 Cedar […]
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May 10, 2007 – DAFB
Best bird(s) of the day: Black-crowned Night-Heron, 1 Blue-headed Vireo, 1 Yellow Warbler, 4 Wilson’s Warbler, 2 Baltimore Oriole, 1 Orchard Oriole, 2 @ Wilhair Park, Abilene, TX American Goldfinch, 1 (late in the season) Complete List: Blue-winged Teal, 2 Wild Turkey, 1 Northern Bobwhite, 2 Green Heron, 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 1 Turkey Vulture, 2 […]
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Well, Owl Be Surprised!
This evening a friend called and invited me to bird. Said she’d heard of a hawk’s nest out on utility poles south of Lake Fort Phantom and wanted to go take a look. Yawn, every year some Red-taileds nest there. I was tired; really didn’t want to go see another Red-tailed; but made the effort […]
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May 5, 2007
Here are a few highlights of birds seen from various places: White-faced Ibis (6) – Kirby Lake Franklin’s Gull – 4 – Lk Fort Phantom Hill Common Moorhen – 1 – Kirby Lake Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 – SeaBee Park (my FOS) Blue Grosbeak (1 f) W Lake Rd Grasshopper Sparrow (3) – SeaBee Park Summer […]
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So Many Birds; So Little Time to Blog
One faithful reader commented the other day, “I check your website everyday, but I’m not finding anything recent.” Ouch; I’m guilty as charged. But those close to me know I haven’t been slouching off. Quite the contrary. I’ve been birding almost non-stop since mid-April. Birding in and around Abilene, birding on the upper Texas coast, […]
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May 4, 2007 – DAFB
Best Bird(s) of the Day: Eastern Kingbird, 1 FOS and first time to document on base Nashville Warbler, 1 Clay-colored Sparrow, high numbers Complete List: Northern Bobwhite: 2 Green Heron, 2 Turkey Vulture, 2 Mississippi Kite, 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2 Killdeer, 4 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Mourning Dove, 23 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 3 Ladder-backed […]
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May 3, 2007 – DAFB
Best Bird(s) of the day: Northern Harrier 1, (late in the season?) Least Flycatcher, 1 House Wren, 2 (also fairly late in the season) Nashville Warbler, 3 Yellow-breasted Chat, 1 Complete List: Northern Bobwhite, 2 Great Blue Heron, 2 Northern Harrier, 1 Swainson’s Hawk, 2 Greater Roadrunner, 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1 Least […]
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May 1, 2007 – DAFB
Best Bird(s) of the day: Black-bellied Whistling Duck, 2 Least Flycatcher, 1 (FOS) Chihuahuan Raven nestlings just a few days old, 3 Yellow Warbler, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1 Black and White Warbler, 1 Complete List: Black-bellied Whistling Duck, 2 on GC Mallard, 2 Northern Shoveler, 1 Wild Turkey, 6 on Green 10 Great Blue Heron, […]
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May 1, 2007 – Cedar Gap Farm
Highlights: Black-capped Vireo, 2 Lazuli Bunting, 4 Indigo Bunting, 1 Painted Bunting, 6 Sightings by KHampton and LgPacker