Category: Sightings

  • April 12, 2009 – Nelson Park

    Highlights Mallard – 11 (1 pair with 7 ducklings in tow and another pair) Western Kingbird – 1 (FOS) Number of species: 32 Greater White-fronted Goose – 1 Canada Goose – 1 Mallard – 11 Mallard (Domestic type) – 10 Green-winged Teal – 1 American White Pelican – 4 Great Egret – 1 Red-tailed Hawk […]

  • April 11, 2009 – Mesquite Grove Golf Course

    Number of species: 38 Neotropic Cormorant – 1 Great Egret – 1 Turkey Vulture – 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk – 1 Cooper’s Hawk – 1 Swainson’s Hawk – 2 Red-tailed Hawk – 2 Killdeer – 2 Rock Pigeon – 10 Mourning Dove – 125 Greater Roadrunner – 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird – 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker – 6 […]

  • Apirl 5, 2009 – Lake Fort Phantom Hill

    Eared Grebe – 8 Osprey – 2 Dowitcher sp – 50 Least Sandpiper – 8 Am. Avocet – 9 Green-winged Teal – 12 Blue-winged Teal – 6 Cinnamon Teal – 1 Ruddy Duck – 12 Brewer’s Blackbird – 5 Also, Say’s Phoebe (1) at Will Hair Park in Abilene Sightings by L. Black

  • March 28, 2009 – Lake Kirby

    Highlights: Black-bellied Plover Black-necked Stilt Western Sandpiper Bonaparte’s Gull Franklin’s Gull Forster’s Tern Tree Swallow Lark Bunting Complete List: Gadwall  – 28 American Wigeon – 2 Mallard – 4 Blue-winged Teal – 9 Northern Shoveler – 15 Green-winged Teal – 4 Pied-billed Grebe – 2 Eared Grebe – 1 American White Pelican – 40 Double-crested […]

  • February 23, 2009 – SeaBee Park

    Highlights: Bold is only emboldened to note some of the gentle reminders that the first few snowflakes of the spring migration blizzard are upon us. Vermilion Flycatcher – 1, first year male Bewick’s Wren -1 Black-crested Titmouse – 4 Northern Mockingbird Song Sparrow – 1 Mourning Dove Northern Cardinal – 3 Gadwall Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal […]

  • January 29, 2009 – Lake Ft. Phantom Area

    Sea Bee Park: Highlights: Cinnamon Teal Northern Pintail Neotropic Cormorant Great Egret Snowy Egret Vermilion Flycatcher, first-year male Complete List: Gadwall – 7 Cinnamon Teal – 1 Northern Shoveler – 35 Northern Pintail – 6 Green-winged Teal – 55 Bufflehead – 12 Pied-billed Grebe – 5 Neotropic Cormorant – 1 Double-crested Cormorant – 10 Great […]

  • January 17, 2009 – Haskell County Field Trip

    Big Country Audubon’s Wild Goose Chase to Haskell County was attended by Carolyn Wiggins, Charline Wheeler, Linda Beyer and Dan Symonds.  Winchester Lake, where we had captured the awesome video for the membership meeting in November, was dry. However, we were still able to see hundreds of geese feeding in fields and flying in large […]

  • January 15, 2009 – Lake Kirby

    Highlight: Common Goldeneye,  female Complete List (fairly standard winter sightings): Gadwall  –   32 Mallard   -  12 Northern Shoveler  –   12 Green-winged Teal  –   35 Common Goldeneye  –   1 Ruddy Duck  –   2 Pied-billed Grebe  –   9 Eared Grebe  –   55 Double-crested Cormorant  –   27 Great Blue Heron  […]

  • January 10, 2009 – Area Sightings

    Abilene State Park Highlights: Wood Duck Brown Creeper Complete list: Wood Duck – 2 Great Blue Heron – 2 Black Vulture – 6 Red-shouldered Hawk – 1 Mourning Dove – 2 Downy Woodpecker – 1 Eastern Phoebe – 1 Blue Jay – 2 Carolina Chickadee – 7 Black-crested Titmouse – 11 Brown Creeper – 1 […]

  • January 6, 2009 – SeaBee Park

    Highlight: Vermilion Flycatcher, 1 young male found Jan 1 and still present White-faced Ibis – 1 juvenile Complete List: Gadwall – 10 Northern Shoveler – 52 Northern Pintail – 1 Green-winged Teal – 14 Bufflehead – 4 Pied-billed Grebe – 3 Snowy Egret – 2 White-faced Ibis – 1 Northern Harrier -  1 American Coot […]