Location: Taylor County
Number of species: 16
- Bufflehead -Â 2
- Red-tailed Hawk – 4
- Rock Pigeon – 12
- Eurasian Collared-Dove – 10
- White-winged Dove – 7
- Mourning Dove – 40
- Short-eared Owl – 1
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker – 1
- Loggerhead Shrike – 2
- Blue Jay – 2
- Northern Mockingbird – 5
- European Starling – 21
- Savannah Sparrow – 2
- Common Grackle – 154
- Brown-headed Cowbird – 12
- House Finch – 12
Location: Runnels County
Number of species: 10
- Great Blue Heron – 1
- Red-tailed Hawk – 2
- Mourning Dove – 40
- Loggerhead Shrike – 4
- Verdin – 2
- Cactus Wren – 2
- Bewick’s Wren – 2
- Northern Mockingbird – 5
- Pyrrhuloxia – 2
- Brown-headed Cowbird – 1000
Location: Concho County
Number of species: 44
- Gadwall – 200
- American Wigeon – 200
- Mallard – 20
- Cinnamon Teal – 4
- Northern Shoveler -Â 200
- Green-winged Teal -Â 200
- Canvasback – 20
- Redhead – 20
- Common Loon – 2
- Pied-billed Grebe – 5
- Anhinga – 1
- Great Egret – 2
- Black Vulture – 25
- Turkey Vulture – 20
- Osprey – 3
- Northern Harrier – 3
- Crested Caracara – 1
- American Kestrel – 3
- Common Moorhen – 1
- American Coot – 1000
- Greater Yellowlegs – 4
- Least Sandpiper – 20
- Long-billed Dowitcher – 20
- Bonaparte’s Gull – 4
- Franklin’s Gull – 5
- Ring-billed Gull – 22
- Herring Gull (American) – 4
- Short-eared Owl – 1
- Belted Kingfisher – 2
- Eastern Phoebe – 1
- Say’s Phoebe – 2
- Vermilion Flycatcher – 2
- Rock Wren – 3
- Marsh Wren – 4
- Eastern Bluebird – 4
- American Pipit – 25
- Yellow-rumped Warbler – 10
- Vesper Sparrow – 10
- Lark Sparrow – 10
- Lark Bunting – 46
- White-crowned Sparrow – 45
- Northern Cardinal – 4
- Red-winged Blackbird – 300
- House Sparrow – 20
Location: Coleman County
Number of species: 4
- Red-tailed Hawk – 2
- American Kestrel – 3
- Mourning Dove – 40
- Northern Mockingbird – 4
Sightings by Tom & Toni Dolan, Kathy Hampton, Dan Symonds and Joe & Bonnie Thompson
One response to “Nov. 14, 2009 – BCAS Trip to Lake O.H. Ivie”
Man, what a great day of birding. An Anhinga, Crested Caracara, and two Short-eared Owls! I’ve seen a Crested Caracara once (right outside Paint Rock, coming back from O.H. Ivie) but I’ve not seen the other two in the Big Country.