Birds found in, on, or near Cedar Creek: Best bird(s) of the day: Great Kiskadee, last seen Sept. 23. Others: Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 Great Kiskadee, 1 Carolina Chickadee, 3 Black-crested Titmouse, 1 House Wren, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Northern Mockingbird, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, […]

Lake Kirby: Best bird(s): White-faced Ibis, 2 Gadwall, 24 Canvassback, 10 Ring-necked Duck, 50 Lesser Scaup, 50 Ruddy Duck, 4 Pied-billed Grebe, 2 Eared Grebe, 5 American White Pelican, 200+ Double-crested Cormorants, 366+ Great Blue Heron, 9 White-faced Ibis, 2 American Coots, 175 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 American Crow, 2 American Robin, 9 Lake Ft. Phantom […]

October 29: Lake Fort Phantom Best bird(s) of the day: Bald Eagle, 1 immature at the south end of Johnston Park Others: Great Egret (6) Northern Pintail Mallard Black-bellied Plover (1) Lesser Yellowlegs (2) Least Sandpiper (14) Franklin’s Gull (1) Bonaparte’s Gull (4) Lots of Ring-billed Gulls American Pipit (1) White-crowned Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lake […]

Best bird(s) of the day: Surf Scoter, 1 Common Loons, 3 Others: American White Pelican, 50-60; hard to get an accurate count when bunched up. Great Egret, 2 Common Moorhen, 1 juv. Northern Harrier, 1 American Avocet, 10 Least Sandpiper, 12 Wilson’s Snipe, 1 Winter Wren, 1 Pyrrhuloxia, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 6 Sightings by Kathy […]

October 22, 2006 Best bird(s) of the day: Western and Horned Grebes Horned Grebe, 3 Eared Grebe, 7 Western Grebe, 3 American White Pelican, 40 Gadwall N Shoveler Osprey, 1 American Avocet, 10 Least Sandpiper, 15 All sightings on the 22nd by Lorie Black October 23, 2006 Best bird(s) of the day: Winter Wren Eared […]

Eared Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Snowy Egret Great Egret Green Heron Great Blue Heron Mallard Green-winged Teal Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Redhead American Kestrel Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Killdeer American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Dowitcher sp. Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove White-winged Dove Ladder-backed Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Golden-fronted Woodpecker Northern […]

October 18, 2006 at Lake Kirby: Best bird(s) of the day: Eared Grebe (6) Cattle Egret (6) Black-bellied Plover (1) American Avocet (24) Franklin’s Gull (1) Other: Great Egret Snowy Egret Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Ring-billed Gull All sightings above by Lorie Black October 19, 2006, State Park and Buffalo Gap Area Sandhill Cranes, (fos) […]

Lake Kirby Migrants: Greater Egret, 2 Snowy Egret, 3 Osprey, 1 American Avocet, 13 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Least Sandpiper, 5 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Returning Wintering Species: Eared Grebe, 7 Pied-billed Grebe, 5 Double-crested Cormorants, 10 Gadwall, 15 Northern Shoveler, 4 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Green-winged Teal, 1 American Coot, 300+ Common Moorhen, 1 juvenile Others: Great […]

Highlights at Lake Fort Phantom: Osprey, 2 Franklin’s Gull, 3 Spotted Sandpiper, 3 Others: American Wigeon Northern Pintail Mallard Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Coot Red-tailed Hawk Northern Harrier Least Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Savannah Sparrow All sightings by Lorie Black

Birded along Cedar Creek where the water was deep and best birds by far were the 9 Wood Ducks (7 males, 2 females) clustered together in an early morning swim. Migrants: Eastern Phoebe, 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Others: Great Blue Heron, 1 Northern Harrier, 1 (female) Cooper’s Hawk, 1 […]