Author: Laura

  • December 13, 2008 – Cedar Gap Farm

    Highlights: Western Bluebird Pine Siskin, numerous! Complete List: Sharp-shinned Hawk – 1 Mourning Dove – 2 Carolina Chickadee – 3 Black-crested Titmouse – 4 Western Bluebird – 7 Northern Mockingbird – 1 Orange-crowned Warbler – 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler – 2 Spotted Towhee – 3 Canyon Towhee – 1 Chipping Sparrow – 18 Field Sparrow – […]

  • Dec 6, 2008 – Lakes-State Park, & Hummer

    Several birders were out birding over the weekend and here are their highlights. If you wish to see a complete list, contact us and we’ll happily send you a list. Lake Abilene: Great Horned Owl – 1 seen and photographed Brown Thrasher – 1 Abilene State Park: Cedar Waxwing – 21 (FOS) Swamp Sparrow – […]

  • December 5, 2008 – Waste Water

    Waste Water is now without water. High evaporation rates and low precipitation has drained all moisture from the ponds. We’ll have to wait for rain to replenish the ponds. Highlights: Sandhill Cranes – 26 Wilson’s Snipe – 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – 1, very late date Complete List: Green-winged Teal – 12 Mallard – 9 Northern […]

  • December 2008 Calendar

    December 4, 2008: Christmas Party! Who: All Big Country Audubon members and their families What: Christmas Party When: Thursday, December 4, at 7:00 p.m. Where: Rose Park Activity Center located at S. 7th and Barrow, Room A Bring: Your favorite finger foods, snacks, and a wrapped nature-related gift for the Christmas gift exchange (completely voluntary). […]

  • November 30, 2008 – Lake Kirby

    Lake Kirby got birded twice and in different areas! Read on for the sightings. Pied-billed Grebe – 1 American White Pelican – 75 Double-crested Cormorant – 27 Great Blue Heron – 2 Spotted Sandpiper – 1 Least Sandpiper – 6 Ring-billed Gull – 60 Bonaparte’s Gull – 20 American Coot – 16 Cooper’s Hawk – […]

  • November 27, 2008 – Lake Kirby

    Gadwall – 14 Mallard (Domestic type) – 4 Blue-winged Teal – 2 Ring-necked Duck – 4 Bufflehead – 2 Pied-billed Grebe – 11 Horned Grebe – 4 American White Pelican – 10 Great Blue Heron – 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk – 1 Red-shouldered Hawk – 1 American Coot – 30 Killdeer – 4 Spotted Sandpiper – […]

  • November 22, 2008 – Elm Creek Reservoir (Lake Winters)

    Highlights: Mountain Bluebirds Lark Buntings American Goldfinches Complete List: Gadwall 4 Ring-necked Duck 8 Bufflehead 6 Northern Bobwhite 20 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Double-crested Cormorant 51 Great Blue Heron 4 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Kestrel 3 American Coot 10 Killdeer 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 4 Mourning Dove 35 […]

  • No Theme, Just Pictures

    Most blogs have some sort of theme: species, seasonal, rarities, or trip. This blog is none of the aforementioned. I have a hodge podge of interesting photos I wanted to share with you that others have sent in. Such as this photo of a Loggerhead Shrike taken by Joe Thompson: Joe happened to find the […]

  • November 12, 2008 – Cedar Creek Area

    Highlights: Wood Ducks Brown Thrasher Audubon’s Warbler Complete List: Wood Duck – 8 Wild Turkey – 17 Cooper’s Hawk – 1 Red-tailed Hawk – 1 American Kestrel – 1 Mourning Dove – 1 White-winged Dove – 12 Inca Dove – 4 Ladder-backed Woodpecker – 1 Downy Woodpecker – 1 Northern Flicker – 2 Eastern Phoebe […]

  • November 9, 2008 – SeaBee Park

    Complete List: Gadwall 14 Blue-winged Teal – 10 Northern Shoveler – 30 Canvasback – 10 Ring-necked Duck – 10 Pied-billed Grebe – 11 Double-crested Cormorant – 75 Great Blue Heron – 2 Great Egret – 3 Northern Harrier – 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk – 1 Red-tailed Hawk – 1 American Kestrel – 3 American Coot – […]