It was cool, windy, and drizzly this morning. Just the type of weather to lure in the migrants. The highlight of the morning was a beautiful yellow singing Bell’s Vireo. A couple of first of season (FOS) birds were seen, too.

Complete list:

• Black-bellied Whistling Duck, 1
• Great Blue Heron, 1
• Green Heron, 1
• Turkey Vulture, 1 perched
• Swainson’s Hawk, 1 (the resident juvenile)
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Killdeer, 2
• Spotted Sandpiper, 1
• Rock Pigeon, 6
• White-winged Dove, 8
• Mourning Dove, 15
• Belted Kingfisher, 1 (last one seen was in April)
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 5
• Ash-throated Flycatcher, 1
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 53
• American Crow, 2
• Barn Swallow, 2
• UnID’d swallows, 53
• Black-crested Titmouse, 2
• Bewick’s Wren, 2
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 (FOS)
• Eastern Bluebird, 4
• American Robin, 4
• Northern Mockingbird, 2
• Curve-billed Thrasher, 2 (one was a juvenile)
• Orange-crowned Warbler, 1
• Nashville Warbler, 1
• Yellow Warbler, 1
• Chipping Sparrow, 1 (FOS)
• Northern Cardinal, 3
• Painted Bunting, 1
• Dickcissel, 1 (heard only)
• Orchard Oriole, 1
• Bullock’s Oriole, 1
• Baltimore Oriole, 1
• House Finch, 5

Sightings by LgPacker at Mesquite Grove GC