[leasbirds] HIghlights from Garza and Kent Counties - Today
- From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 14:28:31 -0800 (PST)
Greetings All:
I was in the mood for some signs of Spring so I headed down to the Banana Belt
of my region (Garza and Kent Counties) this morning/afternoon.
I had no incidental highlights in Lubbock or Lynn Counties whilst on the way to
and fro.
Garza County highlights from the morning: 14 Blue-winged Teals at a playa east
of Post, 2 Redheads at a playa further east of Post, and 2 Eastern Bluebirds
near the Garza/Kent County line.
Kent County highlights: 1 Say's Phoebe just east of the Garza/Kent County line;
2 Common Ravens and 1 Curve-billed Thrasher, just west of Clairemont; 1
Eastern Screech Owl and 2 Eastern Phoebes in Clairemont; 4 Greater Yellowlegs,
5 Least Sandpipers, 1 Verdin, and 1 Fox Sparrow at the Highway 130 crossing of
the Brazos River; 1 Brown Thrasher south of the Kent County Golf Course; 2
Bewick's Wrens, 2 Eastern Bluebirds, 7 Lark Sparrows (a very large number for
our region in February), and 1 Lesser Goldfinch at the Kent County Golf Course;
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch at the woodlot along FM 2320 just west of CR 145; 1
Common Raven, 1 Rock Wren, 1 Bewick's Wren well north of Clairemont; 17
Mountain Bluebirds just west of Clairemont.
Garza County highlights from the afternoon: 2 Canvasbacks and 2 Greater
Yellowlegs at a playa east of Post; 2 Common Ravens just east of Post; 2
Wilson's Snipes, 2 Ring-billed Gulls (very hard to find in Garza County), and 2
Purple Martins at Post City Park.
I also managed to tally 9 species of butterfly during the day (most nectaring
at Henbit) but no Olympia Marbles as of yet.
Of all the highlights, the most surprising were the Red-breasted Nuthatch (just
not in our region this winter) and the SEVEN Lark Sparrows.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
Other related posts:
- » [leasbirds] HIghlights from Garza and Kent Counties - Today - Anthony Hewetson