Number of species:     40

• Northern Bobwhite – 15
• Turkey Vulture – 10
• Swainson’s Hawk – 1
• Red-tailed Hawk – 2     One of the birds was a Krider’s Red-tailed.
• Mourning Dove – 12
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo – 3
• Greater Roadrunner – 1     heard only;
• Common Nighthawk – 12
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker – 3
• Olive-sided Flycatcher – 1
• Least Flycatcher – 1
• Ash-throated Flycatcher – 8
• Western Kingbird – 2
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – 12
• Bell’s Vireo – 2
• Chihuahuan Raven – 2     Very vocal birds. Kirsti is pretty sure they’re nesting.
• Barn Swallow – 2
• Cliff Swallow – 250
• Cave Swallow – 20
• Black-crested Titmouse – 2
• Verdin – 1
• Bewick’s Wren – 2
• Northern Mockingbird – 12
• American Redstart – 1     I believe this bird was an immature male. It had a single black spot on the breast. We all got great looks at it along the creek on that runs through Maddin Prairie.
• Cassin’s Sparrow – 30
• Lark Sparrow – 12
• Grasshopper Sparrow – 8
• Lincoln’s Sparrow – 1     Very late!
• Northern Cardinal – 10
• Pyrrhuloxia – 1
• Blue Grosbeak – 1     heard only;
• Painted Bunting – 15
• Red-winged Blackbird – 3
• Eastern Meadowlark – 10
• Western Meadowlark – 3
• Common Grackle – 3     Flew over
• Brown-headed Cowbird – 5
• Bullock’s Oriole – 6
• House Finch – 2     heard only;
• House Sparrow – 1     Flew by along CR 125.

Sighting by Jay Packer, Amy Packer, Kirsti Harms and Dan Symonds.