Best bird(s) of the day: Greater White-fronted Geese, best because there were over 260 of ’em vocalizing and flying in V formation Hooded Merganser Harris Sparrow Complete List: Greater White-fronted Geese, 260+ Gadwall, 12 TP American Wigeon, 1 TP Mallard, 2 TP Northern Shoveler, 17 HP Ring-necked Duck, 2 TP Hooded Merganser, 2 HP Great […]

Best bird(s) of the day: Hooded Mergansers Common Moorehen Mountain Bluebirds Western Bluebirds Marsh Wren Common Yellowthroat Complete List of Birds Seen: Gadwall, 3 ASP, 6 LA, 4 BG, 35 LK Mallard, 12 LK Northern Shoveler, 25 LK Northern Pintail, 1 LK Green-winged Teal, 3 BG Canvasback, 1 LA Ring-necked Duck, 3 ASP, 4 BG […]

Best bird(s) of the day: Bushtits Brown Creeper Common Moorhen Golden-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Le Conte’s Sparrow Say’s Phoebe Townsend’s Solitaire Western Bluebirds Western Sandpipers Complete List: Canada Goose, 4 Wood Duck, 3 Gadwall, 162 American Wigeon, 22 Mallard, 135 Northern Shoveler, 54 Northern Pintail, 4 Green-winged Teal, 33 Canvassback, 12 Ring-necked Duck, 16 Lesser […]

Here’s what members of BCAS found on Dyess AFB during the Christmas Bird Count. A complete CBC list will be posted next. Gadwall, 10 American Wigeon, 1 Northern Shoveler, 12 Green-winged Teal, 8 Bufflehead, 3 Wild Turkey, 15 Northern Bobwhite, 6 Great Blue Heron, 3 Northern Harrier, 3 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 6 American […]

Best bird(s): Wood Duck, 1 (female, in the diversion ditch behind the driving range) List: Wood Duck, 1, dd (diversion ditch) Gadwall, 2 (1 in dd; 1 in Totten) Mallard, 6 (Totten) Northern Shoveler, 10 (Totten) Bufflehead, 2 Great Blue Heron, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 2 Killdeer, 12 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Ring-billed Gull, 1 Rock Pigeon, […]

Best bird(s) of the day: Marsh Wren, 1 Others: Gadwall, 2 Northern Shoveler, 1 Green-winged Teal, 5 Rock Pigeon, 1 Mourning Dove, 23 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 2 Blue Jay, 1 Black-crested Titmouse, 1 Cactus Wren, 1 Bewick’s Wren, 3 Marsh Wren, 1 Eastern Bluebird, 9 American Robin, 16 Northern Mockingbird, 4 European Starling, […]

Most unexpected bird: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 1 Others: Gadwall, 1 Northern Shoveler, 4 Bufflehead, 5 Mourning Dove, 12 Ladderbacked-Woodpecker, 1 Blue Jay, 4 Black-crested Titmouse, 2 Cactus Wren, 6 Bewick’s Wren, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 1 Eastern Bluebird, 6 American Robin, 4 Northern Mockingbird, 8 Curve-billed Thrasher, 3 European Starling, 10 Spotted Towhee, 2 […]

Bonaparte’s Gull Not a rare bird, but something of a break from the Ring-billed Gulls. Most range maps portray Abilene as either at the western edge of the winter range or just to the west of the western edge. Submitted by Gary Hunter

Best bird(s) of the morning: Great Kiskadee, 1 (heard along the 1700 block of Cedar Crest) Winter Wren, 1 (boldly marched …OK, hopped… past me from 3 feet away while cussing …OK, giving his alarm call… and working his way downstream) Hermit Thrush, 1 (h) Complete list: Gadwall, 8 Mallard, 12 Northern Shoveler, 5 Ring-necked […]

Birds of note: Wood Duck, 4 at Lake Fort Phantom American Pipit, 7 at SeaBee Park Verdin, 1 near the westside boat dock in Johnson Park The most interesting thing was a roadkill javalina on West Lake Rd between Ambler and I-20. Not a feral hog – I took a second look. All sightings by […]