Best Bird(s) of the day:

• Downy Woodpecker 1, because I don’t know if it’s a late wintering/migrant bird or if it’ll breed on base.
• Carolina Chickadee 1, ditto. These two birds have only been recorded once before on base.

Complete List:

• Northern Bobwhite, 1
• Swainson’s Hawk, 2
• Killdeer, 1
• Mourning Dove, 19
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 4 (with one deaf–has to be–individual near the flightline)
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1
• Downy Woodpecker, 1
• Ash-throated Flycatcher, 2
• Western Kingbird, 5
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 9
• Chihuahuan Raven, 3, flying over from their nest site into the golf course around 11:15 a.m.
• Purple Martin, 1 flying overhead
• Cliff Swallow, 54
• Cave Swallow, 11
• Carolina Chickadee, 1
• Black-crested Titmouse, 1
• Bewick’s Wren, 1
• Northern Mockingbird, 5 (and 1 that was imitating Western Scrub Jay..wonder where he’s been?)
• Curve-billed Thrasher, 1
• Canyon Towhee, 2
• Northern Cardinal, 2
• Painted Bunting, 5
• Dickcissel, 1
• Red-winged Blackbird, 6
• Eastern Meadowlark, 1
• Common Grackle, 1
• Great-tailed Grackle, 7
• Brown-headed Cowbird, 7
• House Finch, 3
• House Sparrow, 1

Sightings by LgPacker in the southern diversion ditch next to the airfield (except for the CHRAs)