[leasbirds] Re: Migrants in town today?
- From: Jennifer Miller <foundnatureblog@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 13:11:07 -0500
Hi All,
Based on Anthony's sightings, I headed down to the Arboretum and Clapp Park
late morning/early afternoon. The birding was a little slow, but I did see:
Western kingbirds
Robins
House sparrows
House finches
Grackles
White-crowned sparrows
Chipping sparrows
Male and female yellow-rumped warblers
Wilson's warbler
Unknown hummingbird
I got a good look at the hummingbird sitting on the end of a branch in the sun.
It was the drabbest looking hummer I have ever seen with an all brown head and
throat and dingy light brown/whitish stomach and back. Subtle flashes of green
behind the eye and on the shoulders as it looked around. Short bill and wings
did not appear to extend to the tail tip. First instinct was a black-chinned
but the more I looked it just didn't seem right. Suggestions?
The birds were starting to pick up when the city showed up for maintenance. Oh
well.
Jennifer Miller
Lubbock, TX
Blog - http://foundnature.weebly.com/index.html
> On May 1, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Greetings All:
>
> Based on the number of warblers (2 Orange-crowned, 1 Nashville, 2 Yellow, 1
> Townsend's, and 2 Wilson's) seen in the live oaks at the northwest corner of
> the TTU HSC building while waiting fifteen-twenty minutes to have my
> fifteen-year photograph taken it might be a good day to visit the woodlands
> along/below Lake Six, the MacKenzie Park/Purina Mountain Bike Trail complex,
> or Clapp Park.
>
> Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson
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