Birding Counts in River Legacy – September

Birder and Audubon member Jim Sipiora offers a list of bird sightings and counts in River Legacy Parks each month. Check out his amazing sightings and let us know what sounds and sightings of birds you may have seen in the park!

River Legacy Park–Trail east of Collins St., Tarrant, Texas, US
Sep 1, 2017 8:28 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.27 mile(s)
32 species

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  2
Canada Goose  19
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  10
Snowy Egret  8
Little Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Killdeer  8
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
White-winged Dove  1
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  4
American Kestrel  2
White-eyed Vireo  8
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  3
Carolina Chickadee  15
Tufted Titmouse  8
Carolina Wren  9
Bewick’s Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  3
Brown Thrasher  1
Summer Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  8
Indigo Bunting  3
Great-tailed Grackle  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38940053

River Legacy Park–Trail east of Collins St., Tarrant, Texas, US
Sep 1, 2017 5:57 AM – 8:28 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.8 mile(s)
22 species (+1 other taxa)

Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Killdeer  2
Mourning Dove  6
Great Horned Owl  1     Seen and heard at 0601.  Sunrise 0702
Chimney Swift  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
American Kestrel  1
Empidonax sp.  1
White-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  3
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  3
Carolina Wren  8
American Robin  4
Brown Thrasher  1
Summer Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  12
Dickcissel  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38939951