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July 26-27, 2008 – Southern Taylor County
July 26: Southern Taylor County: Northern Bobwhite: 2 Great Blue Heron: 1 Turkey Vulture: 15 Mississippi Kite: 2 Red-shouldered Hawk: 2 Red-tailed Hawk: 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove: 5 Mourning Dove: oodles White-winged Dove: 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 3 Greater Roadrunner: 1 Common Nighthawk: 1 Chimney Swift: 2 Black-chinned Hummingbird: 6 Empidonax Flycatcher: 1 Western Kingbird: 4 Scissor-tailed […]
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July 19-21, 2008 – SeaBee Park, Wastewater
Migration has already started here in the Big Country with the following sightings: SeaBee Park, south end of Lake Fort Phantom: Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 30 Snowy Egret 50 Little Blue Heron 2 , mottled back & wings Cattle Egret 4 Green Heron 1 White-faced Ibis 4 Black-necked Stilt 6 American Avocet 2 […]
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July 2, 2008 – Callahan County
Complete List: Northern Bobwhite – 9 Great Blue Heron – 1 Great Egret – 1 Mississippi Kite – 2 Swainson’s Hawk – 1 Red-tailed Hawk – 1 Killdeer – 2 and four eggs on the ground Mourning Dove – 12 Yellow-billed Cuckoo – 4 Greater Roadrunner – 5 Common Nighthawk – 6 Black-chinned Hummingbird – […]
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May Happened; Then June
OK, I’m flying in all directions and vow to slow down. You believe that? Me neither. But I’ve been collecting photos of our birds in the Big Country these last two months and am now ready to share them with you. In May Happenings Gallery, you’ll see who has bred successfully, who has some babies, […]
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June 29, 2008-Lake Kirby
Northern Bobwhite – 2 Great Blue Heron – 5 Great Egret – 5 Snowy Egret – 6 Green Heron – 5 Turkey Vulture – 2 Killdeer – 2 Rock Pigeon – 7 White-winged Dove – 4 Mourning Dove – 18 Black-chinned Hummingbird – 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker – 1 Western Kingbird – 4 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – […]
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June 22, 2008 – Abilene State Park
Turkey Vulture 4 Mississippi Kite 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 4 Mourning Dove 10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Common Nighthawk 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird 5 Eastern Phoebe 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 2 White-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 2 Purple Martin 4 Barn Swallow 5 Carolina Chickadee 10 Black-crested Titmouse 10 Carolina Wren 2 Bewick’s […]
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June 21, 2008 – Dyess AFB
Wild Turkey 10 Northern Bobwhite 2 Green Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 4 Mississippi Kite 5 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Rock Pigeon 10 Mourning Dove 10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Common Nighthawk 2 Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 3 Ash-throated Flycatcher 10 Western Kingbird 4 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 20 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 2 Chihuahuan […]
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Baby Bluebird Behavior
Hi everybody! This blog is still alive and doing well. You haven’t heard from me in a while because I’ve been too focused on birding and not paying enough attention to blogging. But hopefully this set of baby bluebird photos will reassure you that we haven’t been slackers. The last time we visited the Eastern […]
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Birding Summer, 2008
We’re taking a break for the summer. No scheduled field trips or programs during June, July, and August. But that doesn’t mean we’ll be sitting on the beach, eating chocolate bonbons and watching the clouds float by. Well…maybe one of us will be sitting on the beach. Even die-hard birders need a break every now […]
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May 17, 2008 – Callahan, Eastland & Local Area Sightings
Callahan and Eastland Counties: Blue-winged Teal – 5 Ruddy Duck – 1 Wild Turkey – 1 Northern Bobwhite – 6 Great Blue Heron – 3 Green Heron – 2 Black vulture – 1 Turkey Vulture – 21 Mississippi Kite – 1 Red-shouldered Hawk – 3 Swainson’s Hawk – 4 Red-tailed Hawk – 5 Killdeer – […]