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2011 Posts:
Name: Mike Kirkpatrick
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sat Dec 31 21:55:41 2011
We saw our FOS cedar waxwings today.
Name: Bobbie and Bill Wofford
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sat Dec 24 12:49:50 2011
About 4 weeks ago we had a female Rufus Hummer come to the feeder and hesitated to report it. Since then we have have had at least two males and at least three females coming pretty regular. The part I find strange is that they begin to show up before day break. We have also had white crowned sparrows as well as the chipping sparrows.
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Wed Dec 7 12:19:28 2011
last new sighting for the year was rusty blackbirds at hornsby bend on monday, dec.5. (#362). if anyone sees these birds can you please call me at 512 940 6828
le cont's sparrow
anna's hummer
canada goose
american woodcock
anything else really unusual for our area.
thank, tom
Name: Mike Kirkpatrick
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Tue Dec 6 20:54:36 2011
Have rufous hummingbird at feeder regularly. Most folks have probably taken their hummingbird feeders down by now.
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Thu Nov 3 16:22:14 2011
on my morning walk in woodcreek this morning, the pie-billed grebe was still present on the catchment pond. four redheads(ducks) were also present. the dark-eyed junco put in an appearance in our yard during the lunch hour. 21 species in all at woodcreek including my home.
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Thu Oct 27 16:19:36 2011
at noon today, there were 3 orange crown warblers on our bird bath at the same time! two were bathing.
also in the yard there were 2 rufous-crowned sparrows.
the pie-billed grebe was still on the catchment pond inwoodcreek north late this morning...perhaps it will stay for the winter.
also, i have had several sightings of a dark eyed junco in my yard during the past two weeks or so. earliest i'v ever seen one here in woodcreek north.
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Tue Oct 18 13:20:37 2011
First of Fall(FOF) meadowlark species(sp) in woodcreek north this morning. four of them
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Mon Oct 17 16:45:31 2011
there was a pie-billed grebe on the catchment pond in woodcreek north this morning.
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: 10-12-11
Date posted: Thu Oct 13 12:59:37 2011
birded aquarena in san marcos on wednesday, oct12. highlights were ringed kingfisher, longbilled thrasher, yellow breasted chat, and a kettle of about 40 swainson's hawks. also walked much of prospect park. saw 2 song sparrows...i think it is pretty early for them. over 40 species for the day. nice
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: 10-09-11
Date posted: Tue Oct 11 12:09:52 2011
on sunday at a catchment pond in woodcreek north, i saw a sora about an hour before sunset. i did not see it monday at dusk. nice bird for my 'neighborhood.
Name: Bobbie and Bill Wofford
Date of sighting: Oct 2 2011
Date posted: Sun Oct 9 17:17:46 2011
Wanting to get out of the house and do a little birding we went to Aquarena Springs. While there our first target was the Wetlands Boardwalk. Just to name a few of the migrants we saw were; Common yellow throat, eastern phoebe, an unknown flycatcher, Green kingfisher, belted kingfisher and ringed kingfisher, wood ducks, great egrets, red shouldered hawk, scissor tailed flycatcher, downy woodpecker, golden fronted woodpecker. This is a great time to be outside looking for the birds coming through,
Name: Bobbie and Bill Wofford
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sun Oct 9 17:07:38 2011
Last winter from about October until April we entertained a male Rufus Hummer bird. This afternoon around 3:00pm either it or another one came and searched out the hummer bird feeder. What caught my attention was the loud clicking sound it makes. I began searching the tree near the patio and it zeroed in on its target and made a quick dash to the feeder. Since this is the first one of this season, I shall mark the calendar, so be on the lookout.
Name: Bobbie and Bill Wofford
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Thu Oct 6 21:08:13 2011
For the past few days we have seen several immature chipping sparrows in our back yard. We have also seen the Nashville warbler, ruby crown kinglets, and the downy woodpecker.
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Tue Sep 27 12:40:09 2011
this morning in the yard:
clay colored sparrow, and nashville warbler.
Name: Jerry Hall
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sat Sep 24 21:00:58 2011
WBS bird survey at Texas H20asis sanctuary in Driftwood this morning: 12 white-winged dove, 12 mourning dove, 6 northern mockingbird, 5 black-crested titmouse, 4 chimney swift, 3 ruby-crowned kinglet, 3 turkey vulture, 2 western scrub-jay, 2 vermilion flycatcher, 2 eastern bluebird, 2 loggerhead shrike, 1 Bewick's wren, 1 Carolina chickadee, 1 European starling, 1 greater roadrunner, 1 least flycatcher, 1 orchard oriole, 1 painted bunting, 1 red-shouldered hawk, 1 orange-crowned warbler. Good lunch followed at Trattoria Lisina.
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Tue Sep 20 12:54:41 2011
here is a list of recent sightings.
sep 18...baltimore oriole in the yard...male; also a blue gray gnat cather.
sep. 19...yellow warbler in the yard
sep. 20...at the Patsy Glenn Refuge this morning:
coopers hawk directly above the refuge.
black and white, nashville and wilson's
warblers at the blind between 10 and 11 a.m.
nice morning at the refuge.
tom
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Fri Sep 16 12:38:53 2011
another warbler in the yard this morning...early. a nashville this time. also a summer tanager (male).
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Thu Sep 15 12:50:42 2011
early this morning in our yard, we had a mac gillivreys warbler (female).
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Tue Sep 13 12:27:03 2011
this morning on my walk in woodcreek north i had a good look at a mourning warbler(male). also had a FOS house wren. 20 species in all...all the regulars.
yesterday(sunday) in the yard we had a nashville warbler and a female oriole(baltimore...i think).
Name: Gary Kasper
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Mon Sep 12 13:01:00 2011
Had a Baltimore(Northern Oriole)on hummingbird feeder yesterday.
Name: Steve Pierce
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sat Sep 10 12:49:11 2011
Backyard on golf course in Woodcreek,
female ring necked pheasant in back yard.
Just a guess that fires caused it's escape
from somewhere.
Name: Bill Wofford
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Mon Sep 5 22:10:34 2011
Having seen a pair of Baltimore Orioles earlier today along with a immature rose breasted grosbeak, we decided to go to Aquarena Springs this evening. Arriving about 6:30pm we began to see some of the fall migration. First off we saw several Baltimore Orioles, both Eastern and Western Kingbirds, Eastern Phoebe, Nashville Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Belted Kingfisher, and some ten or twelve local birds that we usually see at this spot. All this within the wetland boardwalk area in about an hour and a half. It appears that the fall migration is beginning and I advise cleaning the binocs and heading out for an evening or morning of fun.
Name: Bill Wofford
Date of sighting: August 30 2011
Date posted: Fri Sep 2 15:52:18 2011
Bobbie and I went to Aqurena Springs this morning and was able to see both the male and female RINGED KINGFISHER. They have been reported recently in the area, this is the first time this year that we were able to see both of them. We also saw the Eastern Phoebe, Wood Ducks, Yellow Crown Night Heron, as well as the Western Kingbird.
Name: Bill Wofford
Date of sighting: Aug 30 2011
Date posted: Fri Sep 2 15:49:56 2011
Bobbie and I went to Aqurena Springs this morning and was able to see both the male and female RINGED KINGFISHER. They have been reported recently in the area, this is the first time this year that we were able to see both of them. We also saw the Eastern Phoebe, Wood Ducks, Yellow Crown Night Heron, as well as the Western Kingbird.
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sat Aug 27 18:04:17 2011
blue headed vireo in the yard about 3:30.
103 degrees at my house this afternoon...the birds need water...there were 5 species sitting on the birdbath at the same time.
Name: Steve Pierce
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sat Aug 27 17:51:18 2011
Backyard in Woodcreek on golf course another
yellow warbler early this afternoon.
Name: Steve Pierce
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Thu Aug 25 13:49:02 2011
Yellow Warbler in front yard at 12:30pm
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Wed Aug 24 17:15:49 2011
this morning about 7:50, we had a yellow breasted chat in the yard. although it was present for only a minute or so, i had good looks. new bird for our yard.
Name: Mary Jo Campbell
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sun Aug 7 14:39:09 2011
Scott's Oriole sitting on my Hummy feeder upstairs deck Sunset Canyon South, 4 miles east of Dripping Springs
Name: Jaundalynn
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sun Jul 10 11:14:44 2011
Thank God! Soeomne with brains speaks!
Name: Laicee
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Fri Jul 8 20:30:09 2011
You’re the one with the barnis here. I’m watching for your posts.
Name: Lotta
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Fri Jul 8 14:51:11 2011
Kudos to you! I hadn't thohugt of that!
Name: Gerry
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Wed Jul 6 21:32:01 2011
Home run! Great slugging with that anwser!
Name: Velvet
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Wed Jul 6 21:26:11 2011
Thanks for writing such an easy-to-understand arcitle on this topic.
Name: Brandice
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Wed Jul 6 19:30:38 2011
I can't believe I've been going for years without konnwig that.
Name: Fawn Fisher
Date of sighting: 07/03/2011
Date posted: Mon Jul 4 13:54:32 2011
@ the Crack of Noon ranch a Scrub Jay youth hopping around the rocks right off the pool...I think he wanted water from the pool but was too shy as we were sitting there.
Name: Fawn Fisher
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Mon Jul 4 13:52:30 2011
At the Crack of Noon Ranch...a Canyon Wren has been sitting on the top of the house singing his song all morning....
Name: Betty Delaney
Date of sighting: June 2011-July 2011
Date posted: Sat Jul 2 21:05:41 2011
I do not know what this bird is. Black head, back, tail, wings with brilliant y ellow breast. Like seeds especially sunflower. eats seeds from the wild sunflowers, sometimes upside down. The closest picture I have found is a black-vented oriole, but they are not supposed to come this far north?????
Name: Gary Kasper
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Thu Jun 16 12:55:04 2011
Birds on my birdbath so far this morning. I am just inside the Blanco county line.
Black & Whte Warbler, Golden Cheeked Warbler, Lesser Gold Finch, Eastern Bluebirds,Summer Tanager,Ladder Backed Woodpecker,Red Winged Blackbird along with chickadees, titmice, cardinals,Rufous crowned sparrow, Inca & White Winged doves
Name: Jean McMeans
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Thu May 19 14:05:00 2011
Thanks for leaving plenty of "bird magic" when you came for the salad supper. Yesterday I saw my first ever pair of Baltimore orioles. Today Jesse and Jacki were here doing a bird count for us, and we had fun watching warblers from the back porch. We saw Yellow, Wilson's, Orchard, Canada, Golden-cheek, and Magnolia warblers. Jesse was so helpful explaining the characteristics of each. I had seen a Black-and-white warbler recently, too. The pair of Green herons came to make sure we didn't have too many frogs. Lots of fun!
Name: Ann Womer
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Sat Apr 30 18:19:45 2011
All sightings/heard birds are out of town at our property on Thompson Ranch Road.
I heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo this morning.
Mike, we have had many migrants also that come to our water feature & feeders, and are still coming through including:
American Robin (2) in March
Black & White Warbler 3/14/11
Golden-cheeked Warbler (males singing) first on 3/24/11
Nashville Warbler continually since 3/28/11
Ruby-throated Hummingbird first on 4/3/11
Black-throated Green Warbler since 4/6/11
Tenn. Warbler 4/18/11
Great-crested Flycatcher 4/25/11
The next two we are quite sure of as we moved here from the Northeast and are very familiar with identifying these two species.
Song Sparrow 3/12/11
Wood Thrush 4/17/11
We got our first B.C. Hummingbird on 3/15/11 and already have fledglings at the feeders.
Chuck-wills Widow came in on 4/12/11
Ash-throated Flycatcher on 4/5/11
Painted buntings and Summer Tanagers arrived on 4/25/11 and are singing on the property
GOOD BIRDING YíALL!
Name: Mike Kirkpatrick
Date of sighting: Same as date posted, warbler 4/21
Date posted: Fri Apr 29 14:38:31 2011
Varied bunting this morning, and Nashville warbler on 4/21. We seem to still have migrants coming through.
Is no one else seeing anything, or just do not post..
Name: Mike Kirkpatrick
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Fri Mar 18 13:19:33 2011
FOS hummingbirds today, two black-chinned at our feeders.
Name: Mike Kirkpatrick
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Fri Mar 18 11:24:25 2011
We saw our first hummingbirds of the season this morning, 2 black- chinned at our feeders. We are still having numerous American & lesser goldfinches, cedar waxwings, as well as the regulars.
Name: Jerry Hall
Date of sighting: March 5, 2011
Date posted: Tue Mar 8 19:09:17 2011
At TexasH2Oasis sanctuary in Driftwood; WBS group saw: 4 black vultures, 15 chipping sparrows, 1 common raven, 1 crested caracara, 2 eastern bluebirds, 15 eastern meadowlarks, 1 mourning dove, 2 northern cardinals, 3 northern mockingbirds, 2 red-tailed hawks, 1 Savannah sparrow, 1 song sparrow, 4 white-crowned sparrows, 1 white-winged dove, 1 yellow-rumped warbler. And numerous domestic guineas.
Name: joan webb
Date of sighting: February 22, 2011
Date posted: Sun Feb 27 17:30:34 2011
What did I see? Driving on Hugo RD, between Cascade and Purgatory saw Black Vulture like bird having a snack on the road. Time approx 4:15 PM. As I passed by, it flew over fence into pasture. What I saw was a dark, blackish bird with a white tail, (from the top and back.) The whole tail was fanned out and was white! See Sibley page 123. I was expecting a black vulture, but vultures do not have white tails. Anyone have any ideas? Joan
Name: Judy Bradbury (aka Miller)
Date of sighting: Jan 18 - Jan 26, 2011
Date posted: Thu Jan 27 13:51:10 2011
I set my feeder up in view of my cabin in Rio Bonito Resort on Jan. 15 although I didn't move in until the 17th. Cardinals and juncos first then a house finch, a golden fronted woodpecker,chickadees, both types of titmouse (tufted and black crested) mourning doves and the 6th my first blue jays (which are as bossy as the stellar jays at my feeders in very No. California. What I thought were white crowned sparrows were probably chipping sparrows. I have also enjoyed the songs of either a song sparrow or a hermit thrush. Bad binocs don't help.
Name: Mike Kirkpatrick
Date of sighting: Same as date posted
Date posted: Thu Jan 27 11:01:32 2011
"Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker, off Skyline Dr. Was getting a drink at bird bath early this morning. We are new to area, and are pleasantly surprised at number of woodpeckers being seen. Also, there has been a large number of robins & cedar waxwings recently. We look forward to becoming part of the Wimberley Birding Society.
Name: tom toporowski
Date of sighting: jan. 1 2011
Date posted: Mon Jan 3 12:59:16 2011
on a walk about 2 hours before sunset in woodcreek north on new year's day i had a pleasant surprise. amoung other birds seen, i heard and then saw 2 sandhill cranes flying overhead. also there were 18 buffleheads (male and female) on laurel lake. also on a snag by the lake a merlin(male) perched for about 10 minutes or more. great view as it was lighted by the sun which was getting low on the horizon. now that's the way i like to start another year of birding.
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