Photo of Rusty Blackbird © by Ken Nanney

Sightings From Around the Area

A first June record of Piping Plover, was recently observed by Susan Thrower, Ed Wetzel, et. al., on June 25-26, 2010, at Village Creek Drying Beds, Tarrant Co.

A Hooded Merganser with chicks was observed at White Rock Lake by Chris Runk, May 15, 2010. There are very few nesting records of this species for North-central Texas.

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.

Two Anhingas mating were photographed at the UT Southwest Medical Center by Daniel Lim.

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 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.

A Masked Duck in Kaufman County, June 14, 2008, - Photo by Bob Stone. This unusual review species is the first record for the area.

We have also had several reports of Least Grebe throughout the summer (2008).

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

Out-of-season winter sightings since 2000:

1. Palm Warbler from 2001 and 2002
2. A Tropical\Couch's Kingbird was observed on the December 18, 2004 Dallas Christmas Count.
3. Two unusual wintering warblers from central Dallas County: A Black-throated Gray Warbler and a Chestnut-Sided Warbler, observed and photographed by multiple observers on November 26, 2005.
4. An American Woodcock was photographed in Collin Co., on Jan. 24th, 2006.
5. A rare winter sighting of a Common Nighthawk was observed on the 2006 Dallas Christmas Count.
6. A Wilson's Warbler observed at a feeder in Tarrant County, December 30, 2007
7. Scott's Oriole at a feeder in Tarrant Co., Jan 12, 2008, photo by David Smith

Area Resources

NEW! Birding Grayson County (PDF file) by Thomas Riecke
Texas Parks and Wildlife Regional Bird Checklist
Sightings from the TEXBIRDS Archive (Audubon web site). 
Sightings from Ft. Worth - Ft. Worth Audubon web site.
Sightings and descriptive gull photos at Martin Reid's web site.
Excellent photos of birds and natural history of NCTX from Ken Nanney

Texas Review Species

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►Maps: Review species observed by North-central Texas county◄

A Mississippi Kite feeding young. Photo by Larry Smith, eastern Parker County, July 29, 2005.

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