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Vicki Wilmarth
Feb 17, 2020
The Eagles of Amarillo
As many as a dozen Bald Eagles call Amarillo home during the winter months, but they can go unnoticed unless you know where to look for them
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Vicki Wilmarth
Dec 22, 2019
Buffalo Lake's Boisterous Northern Shrike
A beautiful, buff-colored bird has sparked birdwatcher's interest in Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge this winter. The juvenile...
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Vicki Wilmarth
Dec 15, 2019
Christmas Bird Count 2019--Amarillo
For 120 years, birders have been trudging out into fields, lakesides, mountains and beaches as citizen scientists to record the types and...
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Vicki Wilmarth
Dec 13, 2019
Yellow-Headed Blackbirds By the 100's
While huge flocks of blackbirds are not uncommon, particularly in agricultural settings, I was startled in early October 2019 by more...
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Vicki Wilmarth
Dec 9, 2019
The Great Varied Thrush Stakeout of 2019
While I was visiting my big brother, Steve Hart, in Lakewood, Colorado, he created a small birding sensation when he spotted a Varied...
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Vicki Wilmarth
Dec 4, 2019
Playa Lakes are the Lifeblood of the Texas Panhandle
Playa lakes provide water, food and shelter to migratory and local birds and have become one of this bird nerd's favorite destinations....
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Vicki Wilmarth
Dec 3, 2019
Palo Duro Canyon Bird Blind
The bird blind at Palo Duro Canyon State Park yields a treasure trove of interesting local birds.
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Vicki Wilmarth
Dec 2, 2019
Ferruginous Hawk (dark morph)
Only 10% of Ferruginous Hawks are dark morphs, so I felt lucky to see this beautiful guy in northeast Amarillo. On the west side of NE...
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Vicki Wilmarth
Dec 1, 2019
Northern Parula in Palo Duro Canyon
Someone needed to tell this bird it was the middle of November and he wasn't supposed to be here. I was birding at Palo Duro Canyon State...
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