Best bird(s) of the evening:

• White-faced Ibis, 6, flying overhead
• Cattle Egret, 203, most still in breeding plumage
• Common Moorhen, 3. Don’t think we’ve ever recorded this species at Lake Ft. Phantom

Complete List:

• Northern Bobwhite, 5
• Great Blue Heron, 24
• Snowy Egret, 8
• Cattle Egret, 203
• White-faced Ibis, 6
• Turkey Vulture, 2
• Mississippi Kite, 1
• Red-tailed Hawk, 2
• Common Moorhen, 3
• American Coot, 1
• Killdeer, 6
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• White-wing Dove
• Mourning Dove, 39
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1
• Greater Roadrunner, 1
• Common Nighthawk, 10
• Chimney Swift, 2
• Black-chinned Hummingbird, 1
• Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 5
• Eastern Phoebe, 1
• Western Kingbird, 8
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 65
• Bell’s Vireo, 1
• Purple Martin, 129, beginning to form large flocks in preparation of fall migration
• Cliff Swallow, 12
• Barn Swallow, 2
• Black-crested Titmouse, 4
• Verdin, 2
• Cactus Wren, 1
• Bewick’s Wren, 3
• Eastern Bluebird, 1
• Northern Mockingbird, 21
• Curve-billed Thrasher, 3
• European Starling, 5
• Northern Cardinal, 7
• Painted Bunting, 5
• Dickcissel, 1
• Red-winged Blackbird, 20
• Eastern Meadowlark, 1
• Common Grackle, 34
• Great-tailed Grackle, 21
• Brown-headed Cowbird, 4
• Bullock’s Oriole, 4
• House Sparrow, 40

Sightings by KHampton, LgPacker