bird counts

Enjoy Feathered FUN at FREE Festival!

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Become a citizen scientist for the day and discover who might be showing their feathers by participating in River Legacy’s Great Backyard Bird Count FREE Family Festival on Saturday, Feb. 16.

River Legacy Living Science Center will lead guided bird counts and host a family-friendly festival as part of the 22nd annual Great Backyard Bird Count, a four-day global event sponsored by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that allows bird watchers from across the globe to count the birds they see from Feb. 15 through Feb. 18.

River Legacy’s FREE festival slated from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Science Center, 703 NW Green Oaks Blvd., will give participants a chance to be citizen scientists by contributing to a snapshot of bird distribution that can help Cornell scientists discover changes over the past 20 years.

Discover all of the family-friendly feathered fun available by downloading the activity schedule here.

In 2018, Great Backyard Bird Count participants in more than 100 countries counted more than 6,400 species of birds on more than 180,000 checklists!

This free festival is supported by River Legacy Living Science Center’s annual sponsors: Baylor Orthopedic Spine Hospital of Arlington, SA-SO and Viridian.

The Year of the Bird!

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In 1918, Congress passed the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, widely regarded as the most comprehensive and essential legislative protection of birds ever passed. The Act makes it illegal to hunt, take, pursue, kill, capture or sell any of the listed migratory birds, which currently includes more than 800 species. National Geographic, celebrating the centennial of this pivotal law, has named 2018 the “Year of the Bird.”

And yet, we might wonder why birds are so important. More specifically, why is regularly counting and recording their numbers worth our time? And why do birds merit protective legislation? Novelist and essayist Jonathan Franzen, a notorious bird-enthusiast, wrote a piece in January to inaugurate National Geographic’s Year of the Bird, intending to answer this same question: Why do birds matter?

He writes about their diversity of appearance and behavior, claiming that “if you could see every bird in the world, you’d see the whole world.” Franzen writes about their amazing capacity to build and to fly. But he notes that birds cannot protect their own environments; they cannot preserve themselves.

Franzen believes that birds matter simply because they are incredible. They are, he writes, “our last, best connection to a natural world that is otherwise receding. They’re the most vivid and widespread representatives of the Earth as it was before people arrived.” This is certainly true. “The house finch outside your window,” Franzen notes,  “is a tiny and beautifully adapted living dinosaur.”

Birds matter because birds are stunning. What more could we need? “In every corner of the globe, in nests as small as walnuts or as large as haystacks, chicks are pecking through their shells and into the light.” This image is beautiful, particularly when written in the prose of an acclaimed writer. So much beauty comes from a hatchling.

But even if we accept that birds are valuable, how are they to be protected? What can we do?

The Audubon Society notes that birds are most threatened by habitat loss. Eleven percent of the world’s current bird species are at risk. But careful bird counting can help combat this loss by providing important research and data to help resource managers make appropriate land management decisions. “Without data counts, calculated habitat preservation becomes much more difficult.”

So this is why we count – because birds are beautiful and cannot count themselves. Much of contemporary social and economic activity is carried out in search of profit. It cannot harm us to dedicate a fraction of that energy to the preservation of beauty, especially when such a task can be accomplished by simply standing amongst the trees and the sunlight, counting the birds.

Join us in sharing your sights, counts and pictures of the birds you see in River Legacy Park.

Written by Josh Ripple, summer intern at River Legacy Living Science Center and student at Stanford University.

 

Birding Counts in River Legacy – December 2017

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Birder and Audubon member Jim Sipiora provides birding counts in River Legacy Park,  River Legacy Park East and the Village Creek Drying Beds. Check out his sightings below and let us know what birds you have seen or heard in the area!

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 15, 2017 7:21 AM – 10:27 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.42 mile(s)
37 species (+1 other taxa)

Wood Duck  4
Double-crested Cormorant  175
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  1
Black Vulture  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Ring-billed Gull  26
Mourning Dove  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  6
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  9
American Crow  5
Carolina Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  7
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  7
Bewick’s Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Eastern Bluebird  4
Hermit Thrush  6
American Robin  13
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  13
Cedar Waxwing  62
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  6
White-throated Sparrow  7
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  16
House Finch  9

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41102893

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 15, 2017 10:46 AM – 1:09 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.83 mile(s)
27 species

Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Killdeer  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  3
Carolina Chickadee  6
Carolina Wren  5
Bewick’s Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Eastern Bluebird  3
Hermit Thrush  4
American Robin  5
Cedar Waxwing  4
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  5
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41103184

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 13, 2017 10:38 AM – 11:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.02 mile(s)
Comments:     Snyder Creek Woods.  Monthly FWAS field trip extension.  2 attendees.
22 species

Turkey Vulture  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  3
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
American Robin  2
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
White-throated Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  4
American Goldfinch  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41071604

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 11, 2017 10:31 AM – 1:24 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.58 mile(s)
15 species

Turkey Vulture  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  3
American Kestrel  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  1
Carolina Chickadee  4
Carolina Wren  4
American Robin  1
Cedar Waxwing  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Fox Sparrow (Red)  1
White-throated Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41035008

 

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 11, 2017 7:19 AM – 10:31 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.48 mile(s)
29 species (+1 other taxa)

Double-crested Cormorant  4
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  6
Red-tailed Hawk  5
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  3
Carolina Chickadee  9
Tufted Titmouse  4
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6
Eastern Bluebird  1
Hermit Thrush  4
Northern Mockingbird  2
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  18
House Finch  6
American Goldfinch  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41034400

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 7, 2017 9:12 AM – 11:04 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.19 mile(s)
29 species

Great Blue Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Mourning Dove  6
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Carolina Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  4
Brown Creeper  2
Carolina Wren  4
Bewick’s Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  6
Orange-crowned Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2
White-throated Sparrow  9
Song Sparrow  1
Lincoln’s Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  5
American Goldfinch  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40975763

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 7, 2017 7:02 AM – 9:12 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.49 mile(s)
16 species

Double-crested Cormorant  19
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
American Crow  1
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Fox Sparrow (Red)  1
Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40975325

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 5, 2017 9:26 AM – 1:13 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.82 mile(s)
26 species

Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Black Vulture  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
White-winged Dove  4
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  5
Carolina Chickadee  15
Tufted Titmouse  7
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  5
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  8
Eastern Bluebird  5
Brown Thrasher  3
Orange-crowned Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Fox Sparrow (Red)  1
Harris’s Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  10
American Goldfinch  4

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40930059

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 5, 2017 6:51 AM – 9:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.2 mile(s)
20 species

Neotropic Cormorant  1
Double-crested Cormorant  11
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Northern Harrier  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Downy Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
American Crow  3
Carolina Chickadee  6
Carolina Wren  9
Brown Thrasher  1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  7
American Goldfinch  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40929734

River Legacy Park–Trail east of Collins St., Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 4, 2017 10:52 AM – 1:54 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.51 mile(s)
34 species

Canada Goose  28
Northern Shoveler  2
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  49
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal  5
Redhead  6
Ring-necked Duck  40
Lesser Scaup  1
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Coot  31
Killdeer  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  30
Mourning Dove  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
American Crow  2
Carolina Chickadee  15
Tufted Titmouse  6
Brown Creeper  2
Carolina Wren  3
Bewick’s Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Hermit Thrush  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  2
Song Sparrow  3
Spotted Towhee  1
Northern Cardinal  3
American Goldfinch  3

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40929336

River Legacy Park–Trail east of Collins St., Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 4, 2017 6:42 AM – 10:42 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.35 mile(s)
43 species

Canada Goose  42
Gadwall  5
Mallard  23
Northern Pintail  4
Green-winged Teal  10
Canvasback  11
Redhead  6
Double-crested Cormorant  18
American White Pelican  60
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  31
Least Sandpiper  4
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Ring-billed Gull  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  72
Mourning Dove  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
American Kestrel  1
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  3
Carolina Chickadee  10
Tufted Titmouse  5
Brown Creeper  2
Carolina Wren  5
Bewick’s Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Hermit Thrush  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Field Sparrow  3
Harris’s Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  1
Northern Cardinal  8
Red-winged Blackbird  155
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  6

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40928652

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 1, 2017 10:46 AM – 2:53 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.82 mile(s)
33 species

Double-crested Cormorant  40
Black Vulture  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Mourning Dove  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  2
Carolina Chickadee  9
Tufted Titmouse  5
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  7
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  1
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Fox Sparrow (Red)  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Northern Cardinal  8
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  4

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40846297

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Dec 1, 2017 6:46 AM – 10:46 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.35 mile(s)
33 species (+1 other taxa)

Wood Duck  5
Double-crested Cormorant  540     birds flying over west to east in groups of from 10-100 individuals.
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  1
Black Vulture  10
Turkey Vulture  8
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  3
Carolina Chickadee  9
Tufted Titmouse  3
Carolina Wren  11
Bewick’s Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Fox Sparrow (Red)  5
White-throated Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  8
Red-winged Blackbird  11
American Goldfinch  7

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40845727

 

Birding Counts in River Legacy – September

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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

Birding Counts in River Legacy – August

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Birder and Audubon member Jim Sipiora shares his August bird counts with us. Share any bird sightings or sounds you may have seen or heard in River Legacy Parks!

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 29, 2017 6:09 AM – 12:58 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.34 mile(s)
31 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Snowy Egret  1
Green Heron  1
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Mourning Dove  3
Great Horned Owl  2
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  7
Downy Woodpecker  11
Empidonax sp.  2
Eastern Phoebe  4
White-eyed Vireo  12
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Carolina Chickadee  21
Tufted Titmouse  5
Carolina Wren  15
Bewick’s Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Robin  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  5
Summer Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  14

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38908384

 

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 28, 2017 10:31 AM – 11:48 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.37 mile(s)
Comments:     Snyder Creek Woods
9 species

Black-chinned Hummingbird  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
White-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  1
Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38871449

River Legacy Park–Trail east of Collins St., Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 25, 2017 6:08 AM – 8:54 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.87 mile(s)
31 species

River Legacy Park–Trail east of Collins St., Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 25, 2017 8:54 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.99 mile(s)
28 species

Canada Goose  17
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  5
Turkey Vulture  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  12
Stilt Sandpiper  2
Least Sandpiper  25
Pectoral Sandpiper  2
Western Sandpiper  5
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  8
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
American Kestrel  1
White-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Barn Swallow  10
Carolina Chickadee  7
Carolina Wren  10
Northern Mockingbird  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38814727
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  1
Spotted Sandpiper  4
White-winged Dove  1
Mourning Dove  12
Eastern Screech-Owl  1     at sunrise (0656) was doing owl imitation to try to lure out a skulking passerine.  The owl responded vigorously and called for at least a minute.
Great Horned Owl  1     seen and heard at 0640.  Sunrise 0656.
Chimney Swift  4
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
American Kestrel  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  6
White-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Barn Swallow  3
Carolina Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  1
Yellow Warbler  4
Northern Cardinal  9
Painted Bunting  1
Dickcissel  4

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38814662

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 21, 2017 10:13 AM – 11:27 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.47 mile(s)
Comments:     Snyder Creek woods
12 species (+1 other taxa)

Mississippi Kite  8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
hummingbird sp.  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
White-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  2
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  5
American Robin  1
Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38767730

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 22, 2017 6:16 AM – 9:43 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.39 mile(s)
32 species

Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
White-winged Dove  4
Mourning Dove  10
Eastern Screech-Owl  1     heard at 0643-13 min before sunrise
Great Horned Owl  1     heard at sunrise-0656
Chimney Swift  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  4
Eastern Phoebe  3
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  1
White-eyed Vireo  5
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  2
Barn Swallow  1
Carolina Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  5
Carolina Wren  8
Bewick’s Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Eastern Bluebird  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
Yellow Warbler  3
Summer Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  8
Blue Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38767885

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 22, 2017 9:44 AM – 12:04 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.29 mile(s)
22 species

Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  1
Black Vulture  7
Mississippi Kite  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Mourning Dove  4
Black-chinned Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  3
White-eyed Vireo  9
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
Barn Swallow  2
Carolina Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  4
Carolina Wren  10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Summer Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38768040

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 15, 2017 6:09 AM – 9:24 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.38 mile(s)
25 species (+1 other taxa)

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  1
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
White-winged Dove  3
Mourning Dove  3
hummingbird sp.  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  3
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
White-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  1
Carolina Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  16
Bewick’s Wren  2
Eastern Bluebird  2
Summer Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  8
Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38661704

River Legacy Park, Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 15, 2017 9:25 AM – 11:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.55 mile(s)
19 species

Great Blue Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Mourning Dove  3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  4
White-eyed Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  4
Barn Swallow  12
Carolina Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  11
Bewick’s Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Summer Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  7

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38661769

 

Arlington–River Legacy Pk, Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 10, 2017 6:00 AM – 11:49 AM
Protocol: Traveling
6.92 mile(s)
32 species (+1 other taxa)

Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Mississippi Kite  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  2
White-winged Dove  10
Mourning Dove  15
Eastern Screech-Owl  2     responded to call  about 20 mins before sunrise
Great Horned Owl  2     seen and heard about 10 min before sunrise.
Black-chinned Hummingbird  1
hummingbird sp.  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  6
Downy Woodpecker  6
Eastern Phoebe  3
White-eyed Vireo  5
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  1
Barn Swallow  2
Carolina Chickadee  9
Tufted Titmouse  6
Carolina Wren  15
Bewick’s Wren  3
Eastern Bluebird  1
Summer Tanager  4
Northern Cardinal  15
Blue Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  1
Great-tailed Grackle  2

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Arlington–River Legacy Pk trail east of Collins St., Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 11, 2017 8:52 AM – 11:14 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.69 mile(s)
25 species

Canada Goose  26
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  5
Snowy Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Killdeer  3
Mourning Dove  7
Chimney Swift  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
American Kestrel  2
Western Kingbird  2
White-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Purple Martin  2
Barn Swallow  4
Carolina Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  8
Northern Mockingbird  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38589139

Arlington–River Legacy Pk trail east of Collins St., Tarrant, Texas, US
Aug 4, 2017 6:03 AM – 11:04 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.7 mile(s)
34 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  7
Gadwall  1
Mallard  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  5
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Cooper’s Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  1
Spotted Sandpiper  4
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  7
hummingbird sp.  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  4
American Kestrel  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  2
White-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  1
Purple Martin  1
Barn Swallow  1
Carolina Chickadee  9
Tufted Titmouse  3
Carolina Wren  18
Bewick’s Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Eastern Bluebird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Summer Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  11
Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38475782