Hi All,
I went back to the Bison playa in Levelland this evening. There were fewer
birds overall, but a greater diversity of species. Lots of great birds and some
Western Sandpipers in beautiful breeding plumage. Finally got my Stilt
Sandpipers, too :) The water level seems about the same but there is now water
running along the ditches on either side of the road, making parking off to the
side a little more difficult.
US-TX-Levelland-79336 - 33.5577x-102.3382
Apr 20, 2016
6:25 PM
Traveling
0.50 miles
123 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.5 Build 44
1 American Wigeon
3 Mallard
11 Blue-winged Teal
3 Cinnamon Teal -- 2 males
50 Northern Shoveler
1 Northern Pintail -- Male
13 Green-winged Teal
1 Swainson's Hawk
1 hawk sp. -- Far out. Flashes of white underneath with a brown back.
2 American Coot
5 Black-necked Stilt
72 American Avocet
5 Killdeer
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
2 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs
2 Stilt Sandpiper
1 Least Sandpiper
4 Semipalmated Sandpiper -- On with a very short bill.
4 Western Sandpiper
25 peep sp. -- Far shore. Too hard to tell species.
26 Long-billed Dowitcher
2 Wilson's Phalarope
1 Franklin's Gull
4 Ring-billed Gull
3 Mourning Dove
11 Burrowing Owl
3 Horned Lark -- Lots of singing and chasing. Saw one male well on a "high"
area of dirt singing.
1 Savannah Sparrow
1 Red-winged Blackbird -- Male. Flew overhead while calling.
1 Western Meadowlark -- Heard only
2 Great-tailed Grackle
Number of Taxa: 31
Jennifer Miller
Lubbock, TX
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