[leasbirds] Highlights from Floyd, Hale, and Lamb County today
- From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 16:11:30 -0800 (PST)
Greetings All:
I took a six hour ramble across Floyd, Hale, and Lamb Counties earlier today -
mostly in search of longspurs.
Incidental highlights from Crosby County: 1 Rough-legged Hawk and 3 McCown's
Longspurs near Cone.
Highlights from Floyd County: 1 Rock Wren, 1 Canyon Wren, 2 Bewick's Wrens, and
2 Eastern Bluebirds at the Highway 207 crossing of White River; 2 Wilson's
Snipes and 1 Swamp Sparrow at Eagle's Hall Park; 2 Lapland Lonspurs and 7
Chestnut-collared Longspurs along CR 202 between Highway 70 and FM 378; 1
Merlin just east of the Floyd/Hale County line on FM 784.
Highlights from Hale County: 1 Ring-necked Pheasant and 1 Rough-legged Hawk at
the Muleshoe NWR property off of FM 784; 1 Say's Phoebe, 4 Lapland Longspurs,
and 16 McCown's Longspurs along FM 789 south of Highway 70.
Highlights from Lamb County: 2 Greater White-fronted Geese, 3 Snow Geese, 1
male Cinnamon Teal, and 2 Greater Yellowlegs at the Olton Playa; 1 immature
Golden Eagle high above the Lamb County Sandhills Historical Marker; 1 Bewick's
Wren at the LCSHM; 1 female Rusty Blackbird in a huge, mixed flock of
blackbirds at the intersection of Highway 385 and CR 212; 3 American Pipits at
a park in Littlefield.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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