July 11 bird count along the Bosque River Trail

Weather - mostly sunny, some large cloud bands, temp ~80 degrees at 7:15 am, no wind. Wind picks up around 9:00 am.

Event 1 - I saw a Summer Tanager sitting high up in a tree near the city museum. As I watched a Cardinal landed in a lower branch about 10 feet away. I have a picture of these two birds sitting in the tree. Suddenly a third red bird attacked the Summer Tanager. All three birds flew away, but the original Tanager returned to a lower branch in the tree. I initially thought the attacking bird was another Summer Tanager, as a similar event happened yesterday. However, it is possible that the attacking bird was another Cardinal. I didn’t get a good look at it. I saw a separate Summer Tanager in the large tree in the hayfield.

Types of birds 21-20 Number of birds 118

Number‍ ‍Type

25 Starlings

14 Cardinals

13 House Sparrows

10 Barn Swallows

10 Mourning Doves

8 Grackles

7 Mockingbirds

4 Eastern Phoebes

4 White Winged Doves

4 Mississippi Kites

4-3 Summer Tanagers

3 Great Blue Herons

2 Black Vultures

2 Bluejays

2 Vireos - white eyed ? I did not get a good look at these two birds, which were together.

1 Robin

1 Great Egret - flying south

1 Bluebird

1 Turkey Vulture

1 Red Bellied Woodpecker

1 Scissortailed Flycatcher