June Birding Counts in River Legacy!

A huge thanks to Jim Sipiora for providing monthly birding counts in River Legacy Park and River Legacy Park East! Enjoy and let us know what birding sights and sounds you find in River Legacy!

River Legacy Park–Trail east of Collins St., Tarrant, Texas, US
Jun 27, 2018 6:00 AM – 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.72 mile(s)
41 species

Canada Goose  54
Mallard  8
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  7
Snowy Egret  3
Little Blue Heron  3
Green Heron  1
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Mississippi Kite  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Killdeer  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  30
Mourning Dove  7
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2
Barred Owl  1     heard at mi 7 at 0600
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  4
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Western Kingbird  6
White-eyed Vireo  5
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Purple Martin  1
Barn Swallow  2
Carolina Chickadee  15
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  13
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Summer Tanager  3
Northern Cardinal  15
Indigo Bunting  1
Painted Bunting  7
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Great-tailed Grackle  2
House Finch  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46829061

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Jun 25, 2018 8:54 AM – 2:46 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.7 mile(s)
33 species

Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  3
Tricolored Heron  1
Green Heron  1
White Ibis  2
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  4
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Mourning Dove  4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2
Black-chinned Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  3
Eastern Phoebe  3
Western Kingbird  1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  2
White-eyed Vireo  10
Red-eyed Vireo  6
Blue Jay  4
Barn Swallow  1
Carolina Chickadee  16
Tufted Titmouse  3
Carolina Wren  13
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Summer Tanager  3
Northern Cardinal  20
Indigo Bunting  5
Painted Bunting  2
Dickcissel  2
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46791892

River Legacy Park–Trail east of Collins St., Tarrant, Texas, US
Jun 22, 2018 4:42 AM – 10:32 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.83 mile(s)
35 species

Mallard  22
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  3
Little Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  11
Mourning Dove  2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2
Eastern Screech-Owl  1     Heard at 0546 near mi 5.75.  steady trill call.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Western Kingbird  3     bird seen at pile of man-made fabrics in the fork of a tree above mi 3.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  3
White-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  4
Barn Swallow  1
Cliff Swallow  4
Carolina Chickadee  12
Tufted Titmouse  6
Carolina Wren  11     carrying nesting material into old cliff swallow nest.
Bewick’s Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
American Robin  1
Brown Thrasher  3
Summer Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  11
Indigo Bunting  2
Painted Bunting  7
Great-tailed Grackle  8
House Finch  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46718914

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Jun 14, 2018 6:01 AM – 11:14 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.07 mile(s)
32 species

Great Blue Heron  1
Snowy Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  2
Green Heron  1
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  5
Mississippi Kite  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  5
Eastern Phoebe  2
White-eyed Vireo  9
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Barn Swallow  1
Cliff Swallow  40
Carolina Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  9
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  5
Summer Tanager  5
Northern Cardinal  20
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  4
Painted Bunting  4     Immature male had blue head but otherwise all green-no red anywhere.
Dickcissel  2
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
House Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46585543

River Legacy Park–Trail east of Collins St., Tarrant, Texas, US
May 31, 2018 7:00 AM – 9:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.03 mile(s)
32 species

Canada Goose  22
Mallard  21
Great Egret  5
Little Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Least Tern  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Western Kingbird  3
White-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  2
Barn Swallow  2
Cliff Swallow  10
Carolina Chickadee  11
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  11
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Summer Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  12
Indigo Bunting  1
Painted Bunting  3
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Great-tailed Grackle  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46241486