I ran the flycatcher sp. photos past some folks on one of the birding
forums. They agreed with me that one was a Western Wood Pewee and the
other was a Willow Flycatcher, but they were less sure about the latter.
On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 10:29 PM Jennifer Miller <foundnatureblog@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Jim and I met Jamie Court at Clapp Park this evening to try for a Bell's
Vireo and get Jamie some nighthawks. We had a pleasant time covering pretty
much all of Clapp. It was a slow evening, but we were happy to find a few
Wilson's Warblers scattered about, a Least Flycatcher along the dog park
fence, a juvenile Sora in the little remaining water, and at sunset we were
treated to a large group of swifts, swallows, and nighthawks again. There
were even a couple of Mississippi Kites out and about, so there are still a
few around. On our way out, we were surprised to spot one military plane
refueling another in mid air!
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 6
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 2 Both in breeding plumage
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 3
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 8
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) 26
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 50
Sora (Porzana carolina) 1 Juvenile
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1 Flyover
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 13 Flyover
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 4 Immature
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 52 Kettling and then streaming south
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) 2
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 1 Small, olive back, double wing
bars and edged secondaries and primaries, large head, eye ring, small bill
with an orange base, white throat, slightly darker chest, upper side of
tail dark and squared off and flicked frequently. Perched on the dog fence
in the chain link. Head and body fit within one chain link diamond.
flycatcher sp. (Tyrannidae sp.) (Tyrannidae sp.) 2 Couldn’t ID
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 3
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 6
swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.) 3
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 5
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 8
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 18
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 8 Females
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 2 Females
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) 1
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) 3 Male and 2 females
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4 Female feeding a juvenile
on the ground and 2 males chasing each other.
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) 3 Female
Jennifer
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Jennifer Miller
Lubbock, TX
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