[leasbirds] Re: Clapp Park 8/29
- From: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:47:07 -0500
Dag, that's a pleasingly early MacGillivray's.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> After yesterday's glorious half inch of rain that fell in Lubbock, I made
> a concerted effort to be out at Clapp Park first thing in the morning. It
> was a fantastic decision with many a good bird to be found.
>
> Quite a few hummingbirds about. I could only confirm the identities of
> Black-chinned, but I suspect that I had at least one Broad-tailed.
> Dickcissels and Upland Sandpipers were noted as flyovers. Many Mississippi
> Kites hanging about - a good mix of adults and young. An Olive-sided
> Flycatcher was first noted in the dead trees in the thick area along the
> berm, but later moved to the tall dead cottonwood in the middle of the berm
> where it remained until I left. 1 Loggerhead Shrike was in the Arboretum
> and three more were on the barbed wire around the radio tower. A peregrine
> Falcon sat preening on the water tower. A good flock of 11 Bronzed Cowbirds
> were in the grass on the north side of the park. A MacGillivray's in the
> thick veg near the junipers.
>
> The area where the playa meets the fence of the arboretum held the most
> birds, Three Orchard Orioles, many Painted Buntings, a Least Flycatcher and
> another unidentified empid, a male and female Blue Grosbeak, at least one
> Indigo Bunting flew by. A Common Yellowthroat was in the thick vegetation.
> One Yellow Warbler and Wilson's Warbler were in the mix.
>
> Flyovers from Great and Snowy Egrets. The Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
> continues to haunt the playa. Several Black-crowned Night-Herons were
> roosting around the playa.
>
> 39 species total. Not a bad uptick to this seemingly slow migration. With
> the new water in the playa, things could get interesting out there before
> it is all said and done.
>
> Cameron Carver
> Lubbock, TX
>
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