Here is a list of birds seen on our May field trip to Fort Hood. Again many thanks go to Gil Eckrich for leading our trip and finding us Golden-cheeked Warblers and Black-capped Vireos.
Location: Fort Hood-Bell County
Observation date: 5/22/10
Number of species: 40
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 6
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 14
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Greater Roadrunner 2
Chimney Swift 1
Black-chinned Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Western Kingbird 1
Eastern Kingbird 6
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 5
White-eyed Vireo 10
Bell’s Vireo 2
Black-capped Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 2
American Crow 8
Cliff Swallow 36
Carolina Chickadee 9
Black-crested Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 7
Bewick’s Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Eastern Bluebird 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
Golden-cheeked Warbler 3
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Lark Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 18
Indigo Bunting 4
Painted Bunting 15
Dickcissel 11