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White Hummingbird in Abilene
There is an almost albino (leucistic) hummingbird in Abilene, Texas. It is coming to a feeder at a private residence in south Abilene. If you are interested in seeing this bird, please contact us through this web site and a field trip will be arranged. More photos can be seen here.
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August 23, 2008 – Waste Water
Highlights: Upland Sandpipers, actually seen All the shorebirds, read on American Golden-Plover (see picture) Long-billed Curlew (see picture) Leucistic (almost albino) Black-chinned Hummingbird Complete List: Blue-winged Teal – 4 Northern Bobwhite – 3 Great Blue Heron – 1 Great Egret – 1 Snowy Egret – 2 Cattle Egret – 15 White-faced Ibis – 26 Turkey […]
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Mystery Oriole
A birder sent me a couple of pictures of an oriole he thinks is Hooded. It does appear to have a larger bill than Orchard and he said the overall size was clearly larger than any Orchard he’d seen before. The bird was seen at Lake Kirby in the weeds next to the dam. It […]
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Seeing is Believing: American Woodcock in Taylor County – August 11, 2008
Yesterday I opened up my inbox to discover an e-mail from a Big Country Audubon member who claimed to have seen an American Woodcock. Baloney! He saw a snipe. But when he sent the promised pictures, I was in SHOCK! How could this be? Woodcocks are nocturnal (he saw it during the daylight), they are […]
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August 10, 2008 – Lake Abilene
Great Blue Heron 5 Great Egret 1 Turkey Vulture 12 Mississippi Kite 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 15 White-winged Dove 25 Mourning Dove 12 Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Western Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 2 Purple Martin 2 Cliff Swallow 15 Cave Swallow 10 […]
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August 9, 2008 – Dyess AFB
Northern Bobwhite 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 2 Mississippi Kite 2 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 Rock Pigeon 11 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 White-winged Dove 100 Mourning Dove 150 Common Nighthawk 2 Chimney Swift 3 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 3 Western Kingbird 10 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4 Blue Jay 2 […]
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August 8, 2008 – Lake Kirby
Mallard: 5 Great Blue Heron: 1 Great Egret: 3 Snowy Egret: 5 Green Heron: 3 Least Bittern: 2 Common Moorhen: 2 American Coot: 2 Killdeer: 2 Upland Sandpiper: 1 overhead Lesser Yellowlegs: 1 Greater Yellowlegs: 4 Spotted Sandpiper: 1 Pectoral Sandpiper: 1 Least Sandpiper: 15 Mourning Dove: 12 Barn Swallow: 25 Northern Mockingbird: 2 Red-winged […]
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August 7, 2008 – Dyess AFB
Wild Turkey: 13 Northern Bobwhite: 2 Mississippi Kite: 6 Swainson’s Hawk: 2 adults, 2 nestlings Killdeer: 5 Upland Sandpiper: 14 flying overhead Mourning Dove: 12, but over 450 recorded 8-6 White-winged Dove: 1 Greater Roadrunner: 6 Common Nighthawk: 24 along S. 1st Chimney Swift: 2 Black-chinned Hummingbird: 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker: 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker: 3 Western […]
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August 3, 2008 – Lake Fort Phantom
SeaBee Park, southern end of Lake Fort Phantom: Pied-billed Grebe: 2 Great Blue Heron: 1 Great Egret: 3 Snowy Egret: 5 Little Blue Heron: 2 Cattle Egret: 3 Green Heron: 2 White-faced Ibis: 12 Turkey Vulture: 2 Mississippi Kite: 2 Killdeer: 10 Black-necked Stilt: 5 Greater Yellowlegs: 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper: 2 Rock Pigeon: 10 Mourning […]
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August 2, 2008 – Abilene State Park and Buffalo Gap Area
Abilene State Park: Turkey Vulture: 4 Mississippi Kite: 4 Eurasian Collared-Dove: 2 Mourning Dove: 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 1 Common Nighthawk: 2 Black-chinned Hummingbird: 6 Eastern Phoebe: 4 White-eyed Vireo: 5 Red-eyed Vireo: 1 Blue Jay: 2 Carolina Chickadee: 5 Black-crested Titmouse: 5 Bushtit: 2 Carolina Wren: 4 Bewick’s Wren: 2 American Robin: 20 Summer Tanager: […]