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October 18, 2008 – Lake Abilene
Highlights: The ducks are here! See complete list below. Olive-sided Flycatcher White-eyed Vireo Eastern Wood-Peewee Complete List: Wood Duck – 3 Gadwall – 10 American Wigeon – 10 Blue-winged Teal – 15 Northern Shoveler – 10 Northern Pintail – 2 Redhead – 10 Ruddy Duck – 2 Pied-billed Grebe – 5 Double-crested Cormorant – 15 […]
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Site Fidelity in October
Last year (2007) at Dyess AFB, TX, a beautiful white morph Red-tailed Hawk decided to overwinter on base: Last Friday (October 17, 2008) I photo’d another white morph Red-tail. If it is the same hawk that hung out last year, it is showing site fidelity. With birds, site fidelity is when they complete their migration […]
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Blind Sightings
I bet you thought I was never going to post again. Uh…me to! But here I am to let you know what happens when you throw up a portable blind and watch the birds on the move in the Big Country. Warblers began their migration at the end of September and I caught a few […]
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October 12, 2008 – Lake Kirby
Highlights: American White Pelican – 250. They have really taken over! American Avocet – 9 Complete List: Mallard (Domestic type) – 4 Blue-winged Teal – 4 Northern Shoveler – 10 Pied-billed Grebe – 3 American White Pelican – 250 Double-crested Cormorant – 6 Great Blue Heron – 17 Great Egret – 27 Snowy Egret – […]
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October 11, 2008 – Abilene State Park
Highlight: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Complete List: Great Blue Heron – 1 Red-tailed Hawk – 1 Red-Shouldered Hawk – 1 American Kestrel – 1 on FM89 Swainson’s Hawk – 1 on FM89 Black Vulture – 3 Turkey Vulture – 15 Belted Kingfisher – 1 Eastern Phoebe – 2 Blue Jay – 5 Black-crested Titmouse – 10 Carolina […]
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September-October, 2008: Dyess AFB, TX
Here are some recent highlights and first of the season (FOS) sightings for Dyess AFB: October 9, 2008: Spotted Towhee: 2, FOS, returning winter resident Vesper Sparrow: 1, FOS, returning winter resident October 8, 2008: Swainson’s Hawk: 1, 2008 hatch-year bird still present at the golf course Downy Woodpecker: 1, winter resident Carolina Chickadee: 1, […]
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September 22, 2008 – Dyess AFB
Highlights: Olive-sided Flycatcher Least Flycatcher House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Complete List: Wild Turkey: 13 Great Blue Heron: 1 Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 Swainson’s Hawk: 2 Red-tailed Hawk: 1 American Kestrel: 1 Killdeer: 5 White-winged Dove: 15 Greater Roadrunner: 1 Barn Owl: 1 Common Nighthawk: 1 Chimney Swift: 18 Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 3 Black-chinned […]
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September 21, 2008 – Shackelford County
Highlights: Osprey, flying, diving, landing and eating within sight giving us quite a show for about 2 hours, successful in 2 out of 8 dives. Complete List: Wild Turkey 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 4 Osprey 1 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 4 Mourning Dove 25 Chimney Swift […]
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September 20, 2008
Oakwood Trails: Highlights: Red-headed Woodpecker, juvenile (see photos) Nashville Warbler Baltimore Orioles Complete List: Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 2 Mississippi Kite 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Killdeer 2 Rock Pigeon 10 White-winged Dove 50 Mourning Dove 11 Chimney Swift 7 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4 Blue Jay 25 American Crow […]
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Red-headed Woodpecker in Abilene, TX
Big Country birding has been soooooo quiet this past week, even a little dead except for the occasional hummingbird fight at the feeders. A few warblers are passing through, mainly Yellow, a few Wilson’s and now a Nashville or two. But on this morning’s field trip to Oakwood Trails, our group spotted this dark-headed woodpecker: […]