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2012 Posts:
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Mon May 7 17:25:37 2012
nice singing canyon wren this morning just upstream from jacob's well. no wrablers seen. other notable sightings included great creasted flycather, scissor tail flycather, green heron, summer tanager, male painted bunting, and red-tailed hawk. 25 species in all on this morning's walk was a good start to the day.
Name: Gary kasper
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Wed May 2 17:11:16 2012
Saw Dickcissel,and Blue Grosbeak out at my place today.(Red Corral Ranch Road)
Name: marv wold
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Fri Apr 27 15:54:07 2012
At the low water crossing in Woodcreek. A yellow crowned night heron. The problem is both of my books state that this bird has a black and WHITE head, and the bird in Woodcreek has a screaming black and golden yellow head. Just doing the heron thing -- staring at something in the weeds. Beautiful bird.
marv
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Mon Apr 23 17:38:06 2012
heard a bird singing when i started my walk this morning in woodcreek north. turned out to be a dickcissel.
Name: Linda Gawkoski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sun Apr 22 12:07:15 2012
During my Friday evening walk (approx. 7:00p.m.), I saw 2 Egyptian geese. They were feeding on the grass near the turn to the QuickSand golf course pro shop. They are beautiful with their Cleopatra eyeliner!
Name: Gary kasper
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sat Apr 21 22:57:21 2012
Have a large number of hummingbirds this year, most are blackchins, but at least one Ruby throat. Have two feeders, and have to fil them almost every day...
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Tue Apr 10 16:42:00 2012
the catchment pond in woodcreek north hasn't had much activity for the past 2 or 3 weeks. but this morning at 8:00 AM there were 4 redheads, 8 blue wing teals, 2 pie-billed grebes, and 2 coots. turned out to be a nice(weather and birdy)morning on my walk with 27 species. mostly there were the usual species, but i was treated to a pair(male and female) of woodducks that i unintentionally flushed at close range. nice.
Name: Lona Flocke
Date of sighting: April 4, 2012
Date posted: Sun Apr 8 23:00:01 2012
Great Kiskadee. I spotted this bird clinging to a clump of horsetail growing in my front yard pond. It was about 15 feet away from me and hopped around so that I had a good view of all its markings. I watched it for just a few minutes before it flew off. I'm in a juniper-oak-elm forest adjoining Jacob's Well Natural Area. On April 8, 2012 I got a call from Ben Archer saying that he had seen a Great Kiskadee hanging out near a swimming pool on Flite Acres Road.
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Mon Mar 26 12:47:10 2012
this morning there was a spotted towhee about 200 yards from my home in woodcreek north. i thought they would have migrated north by now, so i was surprised to hear it and then see it.
yesterday, a creasted cara cara flew over valley springs road in wood creek north.
i haven't seen many migrants coming through wood creek north yet...but it shouldn't be long before we do see them.
Name: Mike Kirkpatrick
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Wed Mar 7 23:28:51 2012
We had a vermilion flycatcher visit the house today, first one we've seen here. Also, have several hummers back at the feeders, no chance to i.d. them yet.
Mike
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Wed Mar 7 12:53:03 2012
this morning, we had a dark -eyed junco in the yard...it belonged to the "gray headed" race. national geographic field guide says it's range is primarily rockies and southwest. it came to our yard about a week ago too, but did not positively identify it then. this time i had a good long look...rufous back and no "pink" on the sides.
last week saw a male and female pair of cinnamon teal in woodceek north. also FOS barn swallow(2) and two purple martin scotts.
sping is beginning to burst forth. enjoy.
tom
Name: Julie Crouch
Date of sighting: 2/24/12 Friday
Date posted: Tue Feb 28 18:34:07 2012
Prairie Falcon
Canyon Park Rd, Canyon Lake
.25 mi from FM 306 on right side in Tree by water and on Telephone Pole. Same location as January 28.
Name: Vicki Giere
Date of sighting: Feb. 22, 2012
Date posted: Fri Feb 24 12:22:51 2012
A black hawk landed in a tree outside my window to feast on a freshly caught lizard. I thought it was a buzzard at first, until I saw it's head. Probably a Zone-tail hawk. The first black hawk I've ever seen!
Name: Theresa Vining
Date of sighting: 2/9/2012
Date posted: Fri Feb 10 16:42:55 2012
We are visiting my daughter and her family. Yesterday I was out back on their deck and saw this pretty blue bird flying around. Then I noticed another one perched up in a tree nearby. I am pretty sure that they were Mexican Jays- male and female. I got pictures if anyone would like to confirm what they were.
Name: Herb Smith & Susan Zimmerman
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Tue Feb 7 18:03:58 2012
This morning I saw a pair of Ringed kingfishers apparently courting. We've seen the female quite a few times, but this is the first time that we have seen a male. For a while I thought they were going to copulate, but they must have realized that someone was watching, and decided to fly downstream for privacy. On the way home, I saw a pair of courting Green kingfishers. Apparently spring is in the air.
Last Sunday we got some very nice looks at a Zone-tailed hawk, the first time in several months.
Name: Mike Kirkpatrick
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sun Feb 5 21:33:59 2012
We have a yellow-bellied sapsucker staying here at the house for the first time.
Name: Merry Gibson
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sun Jan 8 18:02:06 2012
Got to observe two pair of Orchard Orioles at my feeders near Cypress Creek this afternoon.
Name: Herb Smith & Susan Zimmerman
Date of sighting: January 2, 2012
Date posted: Fri Jan 6 15:51:26 2012
Walking along the river in the morning, we got good looks at the Ringed kingfisher that's been around for the last couple of months. At one point he or she flew by with a small fish. Unfortunately, the looks weren't good enough to determine sex. We also got good looks at a Spotted towhee, and a red-shafted Northern flicker.
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