Tag: Limpkin

Photos: Birding around Conway/Mayflowers

May 31, 2023
Prairie Warbler

On Sunday, I decided to revisit the Hendrix Creek Preserve in Conway to find the visiting rare Limpkin, and ended up stopping in Mayflower on my way home to tour through Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area, Lake Conway and Camp Robinson Special Use Area.

It was a birdy trip with my most exciting sight being the above Prairie Warbler. I’ve heard them before but it was the first time I was able to see and then photograph one. Here are a few others found:

Wilson’s Warbler
Limpkin
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow Warbler

Photos: Migration Craziness

May 28, 2023
Dunlin

My birding trips have picked up recently. I’ve found a birding buddy to go on weekly birding trips to different parts of the state, and we’ve been taking advantage of the current bird migrations to see as many birds as we can. Here’s a few of what we have seen so far:

American Redstart
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Canada Goose hybrid
Canada Warbler
Dickcissel
Cliff Swallow
Eurasian Collared Dove
European Starling feeding baby
Great Egret
Great-tailed Grackle
Greater Yellowlegs
Killdeer
Least Tern
LeConte’s Sparrow
Limpkin
Magnolia Warbler
Painted Bunting
Philadelphia Vireo
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Kingbird
Western Sandpiper

I also spotted this adorable turtle.

Photo: Limpkin

May 12, 2022
Limpkin

I’ve heard about Limpkin sightings within the state; however, I didn’t expect to stumble across one myself while birding on the nature trail at Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area in Mayflower. I was walking along a dirt trail between a wooded area and a field when the limpkin just walked across the road with its head down, looking for food.

Limpkins are found year-round in South America. Limpkins look similar to herons and are typically found in tropical wetlands.