[leasbirds] Phainopepla in Lubbock
- From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:59:12 -0700 (PDT)
Greetings All:
I observed a very nice, male Phainopepla, flycatching from an oak tree at the
corner of 78th Street and Flint Avenue, from 6:32 to 6:43 this evening. It
had, to judge by the happy looks on the faces of Steve Collins, Peter Keyel,
and Rob Lee as I drove be on the way out of the neighborhood, returned to the
site at about 7:10. According to Steve, it was still there when he left the
neighborhood around 7:45.
I actually hit the area at 5:10 and walked every street and alley in an area
bordered by Elgin Avenue to the east, Gary Avenue to the west, 77th Street to
the north, and 80th Street to the south. Other highlights included a pair of
Inca Doves (and I do mean a pair, if you get my drift) in an alley scanned from
Gary Avenue between 77th and 78th Street, 1 Brown Creeper (did it winter here
or are they wandering northward?) in a huge live oak in the alley between 78th
and 79th street running east from Flint Avenue, and 3 Orange-crowned Warblers
(singles at widely scattered locations - all in live oaks or mistletoe balls).
Oh, and 2 Cackling Geese, initially spotted flying over the schoolyard by Peter
Keyel.
A big shout out to Rob Lee for finding this bird yesterday evening and to
everybody who participated in getting the sighting out to folk.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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