This Barn Owl flew out of the cotton gin and into a tree just to the south.

Mary saw that one of the Barn Owls flew back into the cotton gin and it let me snap several photos without flying away.

Loggerhead Shrike
in a small tree outside the cotton gin

We think this Great Horned Owl flew out of the cotton gin too.

Great Horned Owl in flight

Savannah Sparrow

Killdeer
Hackberry Flat WMA

Killdeer

We saw many American Kestrels
and one or two let us take photos of them.

Dark Ibis

Dark Ibis

Pied-billed Grebe

Greater Yellowlegs

Green-winged Teal

A pair of Ruddy Ducks

Male and female Ruddy Ducks

Immature Mallards

Short-eared Owl
Hackberry Flat WMA

Short-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Geese on the north side of the Hackberry Flat WMA reservoir
from the south side of the lake

Mallards, Ruddy Ducks and Gadwalls
seeking shelter from the north wind
on the south side of a reservoir island

This White-crowned Sparrow
had just gotten a drink at the edge of the canal.
Hackberry Flat WMA

American Wigeon (left) and Gadwalls taking off from a small pond

Immature Ferruginous Hawk
hovering over a field near the Burrowing Owl mound

Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk on the ground

Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Male Northern Harrier
gliding over a field at Hackberry Flat WMA

Male Northern Harrier

Male Northern Harrier

American Kestrel

Three of six Wilson's Snipes
in a pond on the east side of Hwy 54

Wilson's Snipes

Male and female Brewer's Blackbirds
among a flock of mostly-female Red-winged Blackbirds

Male Brewer's Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird
among female Red-winged Blackbirds

Western Red-tailed Hawk
on a round hay bale

Male Brown-headed Cowbirds and
female Red-winged Blackbirds

Cowbirds and Blackbirds

Male Northern Bobwhite

Two female Northern Bobwhites

Meadowlark

Meadowlark

Meadowlark

Meadowlark--
when we get one to stand still, we take a lot of photos

Lone Wilson's Snipe
on the north shore of the
Hackberry Flat WMA reservoir

Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Snipe

Greater Yellowlegs
back feather pattern

Greater Yellowlegs

Greater Yellowlegs

Dowitchers
BD: dark feather centers on coverts and tertials and
gray wash below the wing indicate Long-billed

Long-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitchers

Long-billed Dowitcher
BD: supercilium not strongly arched,
chin and upper neck not notably pale,
very long bill

Two pairs of Cinnamon Teal, a Green-winged Teal
and two other ducks
North side of Hackberry Flat WMA reservoir

Cinnamon Teal

Tucked in Northern Pintails on the left,
Canvasback on the right

Greater Yellowlegs

When we got back on Hwy 5 to head home,
this colorful American Kestrel watched us leave.

American Kestrel

American Kestrel