Highlights of this morning:
- Upland Sandpiper, 2 heard overhead
- Least Flycatcher, 1
- Eastern Kingbird, 1
- Loggerhead Shrike: 1, impaling a cricket for later consumption
- Orange-crowned Warbler, 2
- Nashville Warbler, 1
- Yellow Warbler, 5
- Orchard Oriole, 3
Complete List:
- Wild Turkey, 6
- Northern Bobwhite, 12
- Great Blue Heron, 1
- Great Egret, 6 flying overhead
- Green Heron, 1
- Turkey Vulture, 2
- Swainson’s Hawk, 2
- Red-tailed Hawk, 1
- American Kestrel, 1
- Killdeer, 2
- Upland Sandpiper, 2 heard overhead
- Mourning Dove, 22
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 2
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1
- Least Flycatcher, 1
- Eastern Phoebe, 1
- Ash-throated Flycatcher, 1
- Western Kingbird, 1
- Eastern Kingbird, 1 juvenile
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 103
- Loggerhead Shrike, 1 impaling a cricket for later consumption
- American Crow, 2
- Cliff Swallow, 61
- Barn Swallow, 5
- Bewick’s Wren, 2
- Eastern Bluebird, 3
- Northern Mockingbird, 11
- European Starling, 25
- Orange-crowned Warbler, 2
- Nashville Warbler, 1
- Yellow Warbler, 5
- Lark Sparrow, 3
- Northern Cardinal, 3: male and female feeding young
- Dickcissel, 7
- Eastern Meadowlark, 2
- Common Grackle, 8 flying overhead
- Orchard Oriole, 3
- Bullock’s Oriole, 1
- House Finch 7
Sightings by LgPacker in the grassland and riparian habitats around WSA