Tishomingo NWR 3-26-09

Made a trip out to the refuge this morning to drop off a CD at headquarters. I saw 4 turkeys (2 males, 2 females) in the front yard of the house that is on the way to headquarters.

Tishomingo NWR 3-22-09

Ran out to Tishomingo NWR this evening to see what I could find. Was only there for maybe an hour.

Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Cardinal
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Hermit Thrush (On the Nature Trail)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler
Great Egrets
Yellowlegs
Pelicans
Barn Swallow
Eastern Bluebirds

Heard blue-gray gnatcatchers

Hagerman NWR 3-19-09

Started the day off about 8:30am it was sunny and 50 degrees. When I ended about 11:30am it was cloudy and 64 degrees. Below is what I saw:

Eastern Phoebes
European Starlings
Eastern Bluebirds
Northern Cardinals
Meadowlarks
Crows
Red-winged Blackbirds
Killdeer
American Coots
Gadwall
Greater Yellowlegs
Downy Woodpecker
American White Pelican
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shovelers
Great Egret
Green-winged Teal
Mallards
Pie-billed Grebes
Double-crested Cormorants
Black Vultures
Turkey Vultures
Northern Pintails
Forrester's Terns
Coopers Hawk
Canada Geese
Least Sandpipers
Buffleheads
Mockingbirds
White-crowned Sparrows
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Carolina Chickadee
Ring-billed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Tufted Titmouse
Snowy Egrets (8)
Wilson's Snipe (over 500)

Unidentified Sparrows

Tishomingo NWR

Went out to Tishomingo NWR last Thursday & Friday to look for the Vermillion Flycatcher that was reported but I didn't get to see him.

Went out again Monday and just saw the usual species and got close to some Eastern Bluebirds so hopefully the pictures turned out good (they are still in the camera).

TREES Birding

Went out this past weekend to the TREES birding event. Started off the day at 9am, around 35 degrees with a strong North wind. I didn't keep a list, but I think we got somewhere around 40 species in about 2 hours.

Hagerman NWR 2-12-09

Went to Hagerman NWR with the MSC Vet Tech students on 2-12-09. Looked for the long-tailed duck at the L-pad, but it didn't show up. There was hardly any water left in the spot where I had seen the duck last month so that is probably why it left the area.

Nothing special to report. Around 30 species in 2 hours.

Hagerman NWR

Went to Hagerman NWR yesterday to see the long-tailed duck that was reported to TexasBirds on Tuesday. The day started out around 29 degrees and only warmed up to 35 or thereabouts, cloudy and windy. We saw it on the L Pad as reported (with pic). Other species of interest was a Common Loon at the boat ramp between A & B Pads, 9 Horned Grebes, a Red-shouldered Hawk eating an unidentified bird, and a Krider's Red-tailed Hawk. We got around 45 species in about 5 hours.