Fall Migration
Fall migration is in the air! Dickcissels and at least 4 upland sandpipers going over on this morning’s walk.

Fall migration is in the air! Dickcissels and at least 4 upland sandpipers going over on this morning’s walk.

And so it goes — Grackles are next. They’re actually fun on the Bolivar Peninsula!! (you’re on you own for females (ask the males)).
Here are the gulls we did see. Can you ID without your book?
Davis Mountains in May. Can anyone ID?
I finally got one!! Two actually, an apparently mated pair. Give me an ID before I give you the location.
Cornell Bird Academy Quiz
Ok, here’s where birding gets tantalizing (?) frustrating (?)…….again!! We were just out on a snow walk in garland near a wooded creek. I heard an owl. I heard it twice give 3 note, medium pitched hoots — lower pitched than Saw Whet, and Northern pygmy, higher pitched than Long eared — not screech, not…