[leasbirds] Highlights from Terry, Lynn, and Lubbock Counties - Today
- From: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 18:41:24 -0500
Greetings All:
With interesting weather to the south and west of Lubbock early this
morning I decided to do a little birding that way - just looking for a free
carwash:)
I spent 3.5 hours in Terry County and, though just about everything (except
city parks) was bone dry found a few interesting birds including 1 Tree
Swallow just north of the intersection of Highway 168 and CR 1698, 1 Willow
Flycatcher at the intersection of Highway 168 and CR 1698, 2 Green-winged
Teals/3 Spotted Sandpipers/1 Solitary Sandpiper/2 Stilt Sandpipers/4
Northern Rough-winged Swallows/1 Yellow Warbler/2 male Bronzed Cowbirds at
Gillham-Howell Park, 1 Calliope Hummingbird/1 Western Wood Pewee/1 Least
Flycatcher/1 Yellow Warbler at Coleman Park, 3 Western Wood Pewees/1
Northern Waterthrush/3 Yellow Warblers at Lost Draw.
I spent 2.5 hours in Lynn County. Sadly, Frog Lake, Skeen Playa, the salt
lake just south of Tahoka, the Tahoka Cemetery Complex, and all of the
playas that were popping in late spring were bone dry. I did find some
goodies, though, including 1 Yellow Warbler in New Moore, 1 Western Wood
Pewee at Frog Lake, 2 Western Wood Pewees/1 Willow Flycatcher/1 Chipping
Sparrow/1 female Western Tanager/1 STUNNING male Lazuli Bunting at the big
woodlot near Highway 380 x CR AA, 4 Black-necked Stilts/1 Western Sandpiper
at a dugout near the intersection of Highway 380 and FM 212, 7 Cattle
Egrets at the intersection of FM 212 and Highway 84.
I then spent an hour at Clapp Park in Lubbock. It was a bit hot and more
than a bit slow by the time I got there but I did kick out a few notables
including 2 Olive-sided Flycatcher, 2 Western Wood Pewees, 1 Least
Flycatcher, 1 Yellow Warbler, and 1 immature Bronzed Cowbird.
Not bad for yet another hot, August day in a region sliding back into
drought.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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