If any of you are bird watchers I saw an unusual one up at Lake Meredith northeast of Amarillo yesterday. I was fishing out of my float tube and had a male loon swim up to me. They aren't very common down here since they normally stay up in places like Maine and New Hampshire. If you need to add one to your personal "list" he was there yesterday.

Are you sure it wasn’t a cormorant?

Weather has a lot of birds in areas they are not normally. We had a Least Bittern at our pond last week. Bird maps show their range ends about 75 miles from us.

I have "my" Summer Tanager back again. A beautiful red bird.

I see red wing blackbirds a lot but had never taken a picture of one and noticed the actual colors of the red patch until yesterday

I've seen loons a number of times on Lake Bob Sandlin. Just checked and surprisingly, they are on the Lake Bob Sandlin State Park Birding Checklist.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_cd_p4508_0117j.pdf

Loons are all over Cedar Creek in the winter.

We have Mississippi Kites nesting in a huge oak tree across the street they are pretty cool birds.

This cormorant visits my back yard every once in a while.

Yep. My wife is from NH and I have seen a bunch of them on the lakes up that way. Loon. No doubt about it.

I see loons on most all the lakes around here.

How do they taste?

I've actually seen loons on our neighborhood pond. They were just making a rest stop though.

I put out a bird feeder on my patio this year and have really been enjoying it. Several regulars come in that I have never seen before - no idea what they are.


And since someone started a bird thread, what is the deal with hummingbirds this year? So far I have had a grand total of one. And he just bounced in one time and that's it. Is my sugar water not sweet enough or something?

Lots of loons on Texoma in the winter. The birds I mean.

Coff I have several hummingbirds visiting us here-
I have feeders in front and back and get visitors on both-

I see a lot of the Red Birds!!

Lots of loons on Stillhouse every year. They like to come over and check your boat out.

They winter on Lake Palestine also.

MO

Prolly after some of your succulent baby bass.

Hummers are thick this year. We have 2 Bluebird houses so they come into the yard for their baths! Also have a Painted Bunting coming by…. beautiful bird!

Love the red birds also amped up-

These stopped by to eat some seed heads off my hay and cool off in the tank.

Was hog hunting a couple days ago at our farm near Telephone TX and saw a Painted Bunting for the 1st time. My neighbor said he has a few that come to his bird feeder. and a couple Indigo Bunting very infrequently

JR

I don’t believe I have ever seen one of those except pictures-
I’m envious, and hopeful-

Out my kitchen window

That’s cool David!

Want some video of one? I have one that visits the window feeder multiple times a day.

Thanks Steve

Had these guys in our yard, in our trees, & on top of our 2 story house in San Antonio. Was fun watching them cross the street. They always came to a stop and looked both ways.

Road Runners were everywhere when I lived in the Panhandle. I see one every now and then here in Cherokee County,

MO

Haven't seen a Blue Bird in years until we bought this property. It's nest is in the post to the left.