Photo of Rusty Blackbird
© by Ken Nanney
Sightings From Around
the Area
Greg Cook and Steve Glover reported several
hard-to-see area birds on a birding trip to Throckmorton, Baylor,
Wilbarger, and Wichita counties. Among the sightings were three Mountain
Plovers in Throckmorton County. Also seen were Prairie Falcon, Verdin,
Chihuahuan Raven, Black-throated Sparrow, and Pyrrhuloxia.
A Little Gull was observed by Chris Runk at the White
Rock Lake spillway area on December 9.
A
Harris's Hawk was observed and photographed on Nov. 23, 2009 in
Dallas County by Kaustubh Deshpande.
A Western Grebe and a Sprague's Pipit were seen by
Chris Runk around WR Lake on November 6, 2009.
Least
Grebes have again been documented for North-central Texas during
this summer season of 2009. Photo by Laura Bunton.
Bob Stone reported approximately 200
Bobolinks in
Kaufman County on May 10.
American Bittern,
Village Creek, Tarrant Co, April 25. Photo by Ken Nanney
Two Anhingas mating
were photographed at the UT Southwest Medical Center by Daniel Lim.
Superb photos.
A Swainson's Warbler was observed April
13, 2009, at the WR Lake Fish Hatchery by Chris Runk. Dallas County
observations of this bird are extremely rare.
A hybrid
Cinnamon x Blue-winged
Teal at Village Creek, March 4, 2009
A
Merlin feeding on a House Sparrow at White Rock Lake, December 6,
2009 by Jason Hogle.
Merlin and Sharp-shinned
Hawk skirmish at Village Creek on March 4, 2009. Photos by Ken Nanney.
A
first-winter Mew Gull
was seen at the White Rock lake spillway on December 22, 2008, by Bob Stone and Chris Runk.
A
Golden-crowned
Sparrow has been observed and photographed in Tarrant County for several
days (October 2008). Photographs are by Bob Stone, Greg Cook and Peter Billingham. It is the first record of this review species for the study area.
A
Masked Duck in
Kaufman County, June 14, 2008, - Photo by Bob Stone. This unusual review species is the first
record for the area.
Continuing the string of South Texas birds, we
have also had several reports of
Least Grebe throughout the
summer (2008). As many as
four have shown up at Village Creek in Tarrant Co. This will be the first record
for the area.
An unusual
Bald Eagle at White
Rock Lake, January 27, 2009, by J. R. Compton. A
Bald Eagle at a nest
in Hunt Co., February 20, 2008, by Ron Baltzegar
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper,
Village Creek, photo by Ken Nanney, May 5, 2008
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