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Caspian Terns and Sanderlings at Kirby
Once again, Lake Kirby has produced a couple of more rarities for the Big Country. This Caspian Tern (above) was spotted and photographed August 30, 2008, by Lorie Black. A week later (September 6), another Caspian Tern was seen but with a juvenile: Lorie thinks this is a different adult tern from the one seen […]
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September 7, 2008 – Dyess AFB
Highlights: Least Flycatcher Clay-colored Sparrow (FOS) Brewer’s Sparrow Orchard Oriole Complete List: Great Blue Heron: 1 Turkey Vulture: 2 Mississippi Kite: 4 Swainson’s Hawk: 2 Rock Pigeon: 11 White-winged Dove: 37 Mourning Dove: 33 Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 1 Greater Roadrunner: 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker: 5 Least Flycatcher: 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: 22 Blue Jay: 17 Cliff Swallow: 21 […]
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September 6, 2008 – SE Fisher County
Complete List: Turkey Vulture 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 5 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 5 Mourning Dove 70 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Greater Roadrunner 11 Chimney Swift 10 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 27 Loggerhead Shrike 3 Cliff Swallow 11 Barn Swallow 24 Carolina Chickadee 2 Cactus Wren 2 Bewick’s Wren […]
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September 5, 2008 – Dyess AFB
Highlights: Downy Woodpecker Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (356 flying overhead in a period of 10 minutes! Now that’s migration!) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Yellow Warbler Wilson’s Warbler Chipping Sparrow (FOS) Complete List: Pied-billed Grebe: 1 Green Heron: 1 Cooper’s Hawk: 1 Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 Swainson’s Hawk: 5 Red-tailed Hawk: 1 Killdeer: 2 Mourning Dove: 48 Common Nighthawk: 3 Chimney […]
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September 3, 2008 – Dyess AFB, TX
Highlights: Red-shouldered Hawks, 3 juveniles Upland Sandpiper, heard flying over Least Flycatchers, 2 Carolina Wren, post breeding dispersal Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 2 Gray Catbird Yellow Warbler, 3 Orchard Orioles, 9 Complete List: Great Blue Heron – 3 Green Heron – 1 Turkey Vulture – 1 Mississippi Kite – 3 Cooper’s Hawk – 1 Red-shouldered Hawk – […]
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September 2, 2008 – Cedar Gap Farm
Highlights: Summer Tanager, brilliant red male, showing off in the bath Baltimore Orioles Complete List: Mourning Dove – 1 Greater Roadrunner – 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird – 6 Black-chinned Hummingbird – 3 Western Scrub-Jay – 2 Carolina Chickadee – 4 Black-crested Titmouse – 3 Bewick’s Wren – 1 Summer Tanager – 1 Canyon Towhee – 2 […]
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September 1, 2008 – SeaBee Park
SeaBee Park: Pied-billed Grebe 1 Least Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 3 Great Egret 5 Snowy Egret 25 Little Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 3 Turkey Vulture 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Rock Pigeon 12 White-winged Dove 2 Mourning Dove 16 Belted Kingfisher 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 3 Blue Jay 2 […]
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August 31, 2008 – Lake Kirby
Great Blue Heron 4 Great Egret 11 Snowy Egret 5 Green Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 4 Killdeer 6 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Rock Pigeon 11 White-winged Dove 4 Mourning Dove 10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney Swift 5 Belted Kingfisher 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 2 Cliff Swallow 50 Barn Swallow 5 Black-crested Titmouse 2 Carolina Wren 2 Northern […]
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August 30, 2008 – NE Fisher County
NE Fisher County: Northern Bobwhite 50 Turkey Vulture 33 Swainson’s Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 10 White-winged Dove 25 Mourning Dove 200 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Greater Roadrunner 3 Chimney Swift 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 4 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 200 Loggerhead Shrike 6 White-eyed Vireo 2 Barn Swallow 100 Northern […]
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September Announcements:
September 4, 2008: Annual BCAS Meeting Where: At the Lodge at Oakwood Trails, Abilene State School (click to see directions) Time: 6 pm to 8:30 pm Bring: your own brown-bag dinner. Desserts and drinks will be provided. Also bring: an item or two for a silent auction. Program: We’ll elect new officers, have a silent […]