Greetings All:
Spurred on by a Willet report I got out a bit this morning. First of
season - for me - are indicated with (FOS)
I got on the Willet (FOS) at McAlister Park pretty quickly and thanks
to a socially distanced Jim Crites got on the Semipalmated Plover
(FOS) almost as quickly.
Other highlights from McAlister Park included 4 Blue-winged Teals, 2
Cinnamon Teals, 21 Black-necked Stilts, 13 American Avocets, 3 Baird's
Sandpipers, 6 Least Sandpipers, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 5
Long-billed Dowitchers, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, 26
Wilson's Phalaropes (FOS), 1 Snowy Egret, 3 White-faced Ibises, 1
Merlin, 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallows, 1 Tree Swallow, 2 Bank
Swallows, 4 Cave Swallows (amidst hordes of Barn and Cliff Swallows),
1 Grasshopper Sparrow, 2 White-crowned Sparrows, 1 Bullock's Oriole, 2
Yellow Warblers, 1 Wilson's Warbler, and 2 Dickcissels (FOS).
A quick stop at Leftwich Park was well worth the effort with
highlights included 2 Stilt Sandpipers (FOS), 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 1
Great Egret, 5 Snowy Egrets, 1 Mississippi Kite (FOS), 1 Plumbeous
Vireo (FOS - with 6+ Yellow-rumped Warblers working the tops of some
of the taller trees), and 2 Chipping Sparrows.
A quick stop at Leroy Elmore Park was decent with 2 Neotropic
Cormorants, 7 Great Egrets, 11 Snowy Egrets, 2 Cattle Egrets, 1
Broad-winged Hawk, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 1 Yellow Warbler, and 2
Wilson's Warblers. All of the warblers were in the willow clusters at
the northwest corner of the playa.
Anthony Hewetson; Lubbock