I was hiking around. The playa forms kind of a backward L and they were on the
bottom of the L on the south side. I parked off of the alley between 104th and
105th. There were a LOT of birds…
Playa at 103rd & Slide, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, US Sep 18, 2021 3:40 PM - 5:20
PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.6 mile(s)
32 species
Blue-winged Teal 110
Northern Shoveler 9
Mallard 6
Ruddy Duck 3
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 14
Eurasian Collared-Dove 8
White-winged Dove 3
Mourning Dove 16
American Coot 12 Included a few juveniles.
Black-necked Stilt 58 Count of birds in both playas.
American Avocet 3
Killdeer 8
Stilt Sandpiper 7
Baird's Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 7
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 8
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
White-faced Ibis 84
Burrowing Owl 2
Blue Jay 1
Barn Swallow 5
European Starling 22
American Pipit 1 Small pipit with gray-brown upperparts, pale buff
underparts, streaked breast, white edges on tail, long thin bill. See Pictures.
Yellow-headed Blackbird 6
Red-winged Blackbird 190
Great-tailed Grackle 45
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S94855093
From: leasbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <leasbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
Of Kathy Teague
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2021 6:47 AM
To: leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [leasbirds] Re: Shore Birds at Chicago and 103rd Playa
So Joe, can those be seen from the street or were you hiking around?
Thanks, Kathy Teague
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2021, at 11:43 PM, Joe Cochran <JCochran2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:JCochran2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
All – I need some help with these birds. I can’t seem to pinpoint what they
are.
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