Northern Shrike
Anybody else see this cool local visitor?

Anybody else see this cool local visitor?

There’s a nice discussion of Pacific vs American Golden Plover on the “Advanced Bird ID” FB page. You’ll have to join that group to see the rest of post.
Spent about 4 hours on morning of November 9 staking out Santa Elena canyon overlook with a buddy and some pleasant fellow birders trying to see nutting’s flycatcher. Had to settle for heard only but we heard it about 10 times and have no doubts.
Final from Granger. It was a 5 Eagle Day!!! And the last 2 were engaged in some aerial combat for over 2 minutes!!
A nuther interesting bird u might of heard of.
Been hunting for Baird’s Sparrow south of Marfa. Had 8 bogies, but can’t get them to sit up. Here’s the best “view” of a possible I’ve had. The quest continues!!! (Note: there’s no bird in the photo).
I finally got one!! Two actually, an apparently mated pair. Give me an ID before I give you the location.