[leasbirds] Fw: Clapp Park / Black-throated Sparrow
- From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:10:15 -0800 (PST)
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From: Paul Sunby <psunby@xxxxxxxx>
To: "terrverts@xxxxxxxxx" <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:58 PM
Subject: Clapp Park / Black-throated Sparrow
Anthony,
Hello there. I thought you might be interested to know that I saw a
Black-throated Sparrow in Clapp Park today (the 27th). I was in Lubbock today
for work and stopped at Clapp Park to look for the Evening Grosbeak, which I
did not find. All those evergreens on the north side of the park were devoid
of birds of any kind. But, in looking for the Evening Grosbeak, I found the
Black-throated Sparrow. It was hanging around a brush pile at the north end of
the that tree-lined dike (or whatever you call it) that runs through the
currently dry playa. If that is not clear, I was walking west past the very
north end of the dry playa by the stand of junipers where the Evening Grosbeak
should have been. If I had kept walking west I would have reached a baseball
field, and if I had started walking southwest I would have reached the
arboretum. Instead, I turned south to reach the deciduous trees developed
along that dike and right there at the start of
the trees is a pile of brush or big pile of cut branches where the sparrow
was. From there you could take a gravel path west to the arboretum or walk
more south / southeast down the trail that goes along the dike with the now
leafless deciduous trees on either side of it and dry playa beyond that.
If you're interested in looking for that bird and those directions aren't
clear, please let me know and I'll send you a Google Earth pin to show the
location.
Hope you've been well.
Best regards,
Paul Sunby
Austin
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