Category: Sightings

  • May 1, 2007 – Cedar Gap Farm

    Highlights: Black-capped Vireo, 2 Lazuli Bunting, 4 Indigo Bunting, 1 Painted Bunting, 6 Sightings by KHampton and LgPacker

  • April 30, 2007 – DAFB

    Best Bird(s) of the day: Mississippi Kite, FOS for DAFB Yellow-billed Cuckoo, FOS Northern Waterthrush Complete List: Mallard, 4 Blue-winged Teal, 2 Northern Shoveler, 1 Wild Turkey, 2 Northern Bobwhite, 5 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Green Heron, 2 Mississippi Kite, 5 (FOS for Dyess) Red-tailed Hawk, 1 American Crow, 1 Killdeer, 4 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 White-winged […]

  • April 29, 2007 – Birding from Lake Fort Phantom to Lake Kirby

    Best bird(s) of the day: Stilt Sandpiper Bronzed Cowbird Compete List: Gadwall Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Lesser Scaup Pied-billed Grebe Eared Grebe – 11 – Kirby Lake American White Pelican 25 – Lake Ft Phantom Hill Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret 2 – Kirby Lake Snowy Egret 2 – Kirby Lake Green […]

  • April 22-29, 2007

    Here are a few recent birds the week of April 22-29, 2007: Black-bellied Whistling Duck, LK Bufflehead, 1: LFP Wild Turkey, CGF Great Egret – 1: LFP Snowy Egret – 3: LFP Cattle Egret – 17: SBP Green Heron – 2: LFP White-faced Ibis – 14: LK Osprey, 1: DAFB Mississippi Kite, FOS 4-26-2007, Elmcreek […]

  • April 26, 2007 – DAFB

    Best Bird(s) of the day: Dickcissel, FOS Chipping and Clay-colored Sparrows still showing up in good numbers Complete List: Blue-winged Teal, 3 Wild Turkey, 10 Great Blue Heron, 1 Green Heron, 1 Turkey Vulture, 2 Accipiter, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 (heard) Swainson’s Hawk, 2 Red-tailed Hawk, 2 Killdeer, 3 Rock Pigeon, 1 White-winged Dove, 2 […]

  • April 20, 2007 – DAFB

    Best Bird(s): Upland Sandpiper, 1 heard Greater Roadrunner carrying nesting material Orange-crowned Warbler, 1 Nashville Warbler, 2 Chipping and Clay-colored Sparrows moving through in good numbers, see below Highlights of birds seen: (not a complete list) Gadwall, 1 Blue-winged Teal, 4 Wild Turkey, 1 @ main road near circle intersection Double-crested Cormorant, 1 Great Blue […]

  • April 19, 2007 – DAFB

    Best Bird(s): Upland Sandpiper Brown Creeper, first time to document on Base Complete List: Wild Turkey, 1 (south end of cantonment area) Northern Bobwhite, 5 Double-crested Cormorant, 1@ hospital pond Turkey Vulture, 2 Accipiter, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Upland Sandpiper, 3 heard Mourning Dove, 10 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 1 Western Kingbird, 6 Scissor-tailed […]

  • April 18, 2007-DAFB

    Best bird(s): Snowy Egret, FOS Complete List: Ruddy Duck, 1 Wild Turkey, 1 Northern Bobwhite, 1 Great Blue Heron, 1 Snowy Egret, 1 Green Heron, 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 Swainson’s Hawk, 2 (D. Walters saw hawks mate today and Lg found nest). Last year the hawks mated March 31; so they are two and a […]

  • April 17, 2007-DAFB

    Best Bird(s): Osprey, FOS Bell’s Vireo, FOS Northern Waterthrush, FOS Painted Bunting, FOS Complete List: Rudy Duck, 1 Wild Turkey, 3 Northern Bobwhite, 6 Great Blue Heron, 1 Green Heron, 3 Osprey, 1, FOS American Coot, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Mourning Dove, 8 Belted Kingfisher, 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 1 […]

  • April 16, 2007 – DAFB

    Best bird(s) of the day: House Wren, 2 Nashville Warbler, 1 FOS Complete List: Blue-winged Teal, 2 Ruddy Duck, 4 Wild Turkey, 4 Turkey Vulture, 2 Northern Harrier, 1 Swainson’s Hawk, 1, carrying nesting material. Haven’t found the nest, yet. Killdeer, 9, including a family unit with 3 chicks Spotted Sandpiper, 1 White-winged Dove, 3 […]