Bird count along the Bosque River Trail August 4, 2026. Funny hummingbird.

Weather - clear, no wind, temp ~75 degrees at 7:00 am. Its very dry in Stephenville. Supposed to be 101 degrees this afternoon.

Black Belly Whistling Ducks - I haven’t seen any of these ducks for about a week. I thought maybe they had migrated south. Today I saw two BBWDs flying around the park and landing in a tree near the footbridge.

Hummingbird - I saw a hummingbird today in an area where I have never seen a Hummingbird. I was walking past my bench in the park and I saw a Hummingbird fluttering in the air by the river. It wasn’t near any flowers or flower bearing trees. It was just hanging out near the river. There are a few trumpet vines in trees in the park. These plants have a few flowers.

Types of birds - 21 Number of birds - 99

Number‍ ‍Type

18 Cardinals

10 Starlings

10 Mockingbirds - I saw a “flock” of five Mockingbirds just south of the dam.

9 Grackles

9 House Sparrows

7 Robins

5 Scissortail Flycatchers

5 House Finches

4 Mississippi Kites

4 Western Kingbirds

2 Carolina Wrens

2 Hummingbirds - one in the park, the other in the wild flower garden

2 Black Belly Whistling Ducks a pair

2 White Winged Doves

2 Bluejays - heard but didn’t see.

1 Great Blue Heron

1 Red Bellied Woodpecker

1 Eastern Phoebe

1 Turkey Vulture

1 White Eyed Vireo

1 Sparrow - type unknown - distinct red-brown upper body

1 Sparrown - type unknown