Sunday, May 24, 2009

Hackberry Flats 5-17-09

It started off pretty cool, but warmed up in the afternoon. Sunshine!!!

(Somewhat in the order that we saw them.)

Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Meadowlark
Mourning Dove
Baltimore Oriole
Barn Swallow
Great-tailed Grackle
Lark Sparrow
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Killdeer
American Coot
Eastern Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Canada Goose
Northern Mockingbird
Wilson’s Phalarope
Black Tern
Great Egret
White-faced Ibis
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Snowy Plover
Pie-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
Common Nighthawk
Franklin’s Gull
Willet
Least Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper

Yellow-headed Blackbird
Common Grackle
Cliff Swallow
Black-bellied Plover
Northern Bobwhite

Life birds are in bold.


Also saw
Skunk
Cottontail
Deer

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Tishomingo NWR 5-12-09

Went out for about an hour this evening. Best time was when I had 2 male Indigos, 1 Painted Bunting, and 1 Chipping Sparrow all in the scope at the same time.

1. Painted Buntings (seemed to be an abundance of females out)
2. Indigo Buntings
3. Yellow Warblers
4. Great Blue Heron
5. Crow
6. Barn Swallows
7. Prothonotary Warbler
8. Gray Catbird
9. Least Flycatcher
10.Cardinals
11. Red-shouldered Hawk
12. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
13. Mockingbird
14. Eastern Bluebird
15. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
16. Chipping Sparrow
17. Western Kingbird
18. Eastern Kingbird


Hopefully this weekend we will have some sun. If so expect a report Monday of the Hackberry Flatt outing from Sunday.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Lazuli Buntings


Went to the Tish NWR yesterday to see the Bobolinks that were reported, but couldn't locate any. I did however see Lazuli Buntings.

Also saw Indigo and Painted Buntings, lots of Orchard Orioles, American Pelicans, Franklin's Gulls, both Kingbirds, a clay-colored sparrow, and heard a couple of Swainson's Thrushes.

Arbuckle-Simpson Nature Festival

The Arbuckle-Simpson Nature Festival was this past weekend. I had a good time even though it rained off and on most of the time.

Pictures from ASNF 2009