Monday, March 20, 2017

Travis Audubon Introduction to Birds and Birding class at Commons Ford
March 11 and 12, 2017

Shelia Hargis led the TA Introduction to Birds and Birding Class at Commons Ford Prairie on Saturday and Sunday, March 11th and 12th. Though the weather was less than ideal (cool and raining on Sunday), the group never complained and endured the entire 3+ hour class each day. There were nine students.     

Bird lists from each day follow, along with a photo.

Eastern Bluebird. Photo by Shelia Hargis on March 11.

Saturday's list:
Mallard (Domestic type)
Wild Turkey
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
30  White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
2   Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Purple Martin
10  Barn Swallow
25  Cliff/Cave Swallow
6  Carolina Chickadee
7  Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3   Eastern Bluebird
14   American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
22  Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
20   Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
27  Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
4   Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
13  House Finch
3   Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
                                                  
Sunday's list:
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
30  White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse (hybrid)
Canyon Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
40  Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
14  Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1   Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)
10  Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
1   Rufus-crowned Sparrow
13  Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
100  Common Grackle (Bronzed)
House Finch