Wait 39 hawks in one place?? Wow, what a sight. Thanks Jennifer
Kassie
On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 8:15 PM Jennifer Miller <foundnatureblog@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Jim K and I went to Dupree Park this evening to see if there were any--
shorebirds about. Besides 4 Black-necked Stilts and 2 Spotted and an
unknown sandpiper showing up at dusk, we struck out. But there were at
least 39 Mississippi Kites putting on quite a show with a few immatures in
the mix!
Dupree Park, Lubbock
Sep 4, 2021
7:21 PM
Stationary
45 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Mostly cloudy. Breezy. Low 80’s/high 70’s.
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3 Eurasian Collared-Dove
2 White-winged Dove
2 Chimney Swift
4 American Avocet
3 Killdeer
2 Spotted Sandpiper
1 shorebird sp.
1 Double-crested Cormorant
3 Great Egret
18 Snowy Egret
39 Mississippi Kite -- 39 in the air at once when a bus went by. Probably
at least a few more in the trees. Adults and a few juveniles.
1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker -- Heard
2 Blue Jay
50 Great-tailed Grackle
Number of Taxa: 14
Jennifer Miller
Lubbock, TX
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