Best bird(s) of the day: Osprey, 1 Wood Duck, 1 (female) Returning wintering birds: Northern Flicker, 1 (red-shafted) Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Others: Pied-billed Grebe, 2 Great Blue Heron, 1 Ducks in eclipse plumage, 40. Mix of Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, and Teal Red-shouldered Hawk, 2 Swainson’s Hawk, 2 Wild Turkey, 20 American Coot, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, […]

Migrants: Osprey, 1 American Avocets, 9 Black-necked Stilt, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Least Sandpiper, 12 Forster’s Tern, Great Egret, 6 Snowy Egret, 10 Returning Winter Birds: Pied-billed Grebe, 1 American Coot, 25 Green-winged Teal, 1 Gadwall, 1 Double-crested Cormorants, 12 Ring-billed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Others: Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 1 All sightings […]

Oakwood Trails Returning Winter Birds: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 4 Northern Flicker, 2; one Red-shafted, one Yellow-shafted House Wren, 1 Others: Eastern Phoebe, 1 Cattle Egret, 8 Eastern Bluebird, 2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 1 Medowlark sp., 1 Lake Kirby Migrants: Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Wilson’s Warbler, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Least Sandpiper, 8 Osprey, 2 Forster’s Tern, 18 Scissor-tailed […]

Best bird(s) of the day: Verdin, 2 (heard calling to each other) The migrants: Orange-crowned Warbler, 5 Eastern Phoebe, 1 House Wren, 4 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 1 (This was a surprise. I hadn’t seen ATFL since Sept. 11) Indigo Bunting, 1 Clay-colored Sparrow, 4 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 40+ (Large flocks are migrating through) American Robin, 11 (Cedar […]

At last the warblers and migrants were found moving through along Cedar Creek in NE Abilene. This is the same area the Great Kiskadee was discovered a few weeks back but I did not see or hear any sign of it. Best bird(s) of the day: Wilson’s Warbler, 4 Orange-crowned Warbler, 10 Nashville Warbler, 5 […]

All birds seen at Mesquite Grove Golf Course: Best bird(s) of the day: Osprey, 1 Wilson’s Warbler, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Clay-colored Sparrow, 27 Eastern Phoebe, 2 Empid., 1 UnID’d Shorebirds, flyover, 3 Returning Winter Residents: Spotted Towhee, 1 (fos) Lincoln’s Sparrow, 2 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Others: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 34 House Finch, 17 Eastern Bluebird, […]

Lake Fort Phantom Area: On the northeast shore: Osprey (2) Black-bellied Plover (1) From SeaBee Park: Am White Pelican (1) (All sightings from the Lake Ft. Phantom area by Lorie Black) From the hotline: (325-691-8981) Bill Hughes: Yellow-shafted Flicker (1) at his place on 9/30 June Estes: their son John III saw a Burrowing Owl […]

The Great Kiskadee put in a very brief appearance this morning in NE Abilene along the intersection of Lincoln and Hillcrest. Other birds in the neighborhood: Orchard Oriole, 1 Swainson’s Hawk, 1 American Crow, 2 Clay-colored Sparrow, 2 At Fort Phantom Lake: Osprey (1) Northern Harrier (2) Swainson’s Hawk (2) Forster’s Tern (4) Savannah Sparrow […]

The Great Kiskadee continues to be seen and heard along the Cedar Creek area in NE Abilene. At 7:25 a.m. it was seen and heard at the corner of Cedar Crest and E.N. 22nd, near Wilhair Park. About ten minutes later it was heard and seen along the creek area behind the houses in the […]

At the golf course: Migrants: Blue Grosbeak, 1 Wilson’s Warbler, 2 Nashville Warbler, 2 Orange-crowned Warbler, 1 (fos) House Wren, 1 (fos) Clay-colored Sparrow, 5 (fos) Painted Bunting, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 33 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 1 Others: Red-tailed Hawk, 2 Mississippi Kite, 1 juvenile, (could be a migrant) White-wing Dove, […]