[leasbirds] Re: Clapp Park 8/29
- From: Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:57:37 -0500
Ross kicked out a RBNU after I left.
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> On Aug 29, 2014, at 14:47, Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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