[leasbirds] Re: Tundra Swan, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Loon, and Evening Grosbeak in Lubbock Today

  • From: Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 16:06:12 -0600

I briefly saw the swan flying up Lake 2 in the direction of Erskine Marsh.
I was out of position and never saw where it went. I then drove the entire
Canyon Lake system looking for it and checked all of the marshes. The only
place I didn't check was the big golf course lake. Not sure where it went
between when you saw it and 3:10, but it was hiding somewhere.

C


On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Greetings All:
>
> I spent a little over three hours in Lubbock this morning and Clapp Park
> and the Canyon Lakes were well worth the effort.
>
> I started at Clapp Park where every songbird in the park was clustered in
> the two conifer thickets at the north end of the park with most of the
> birds (including all of the highlights) in the thicket closest to the
> northwest playa.  The thicket afforded a pleasant microclimate away from
> the two inches of snow on the ground.  Highlights included 1 Townsend's
> Solitaire, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 1 Fox Sparrow, and 1 female EVENING
> GROSBEAK.  The grosbeak, quite probably the same one spotted earlier in the
> winter, was relocated at this site earlier in the week by Cameron Carver.
> Thanks, Cameron!
>
> Highlights at Lake Six included 11 Common Mergansers, 1 Red-breasted
> Merganser, and 3 White-throated Sparrows.  Mae Simmons Park kicked out a
> happily singing Carolina Wren.  MacKenzie Park kicked out 1 Greater
> Yellowlegs, 2 Wilson's Sniipes, and 1 Downy Woodpecker - the woodpecker had
> been spotted earlier in the week by Ross Rickett - thanks Ross!  The Common
> Loon was back, assuming this is the same bird, at Lake Two but much further
> down the lake - just above the spillway separating Lake Two from the upper
> reaches of Erskine Marsh.  Buddy Holly Park kicked out 1 first winter
> (cycle) TUNDRA SWAN (assuming that our identification of this bird is
> correct), 2 Greater White-fronted Geese, 4 Snow Geese, 2 Redheads, and 1
> Common Goldeneye - the swan was swimming close to the boat launch in the
> area that was thickest with geese and is presumable the same bird we had
> earlier in the year.
>
> Anybody who would like photographs of the swan can e-mail me at
> anthony.hewetson@xxxxxxxxxx and I will send my two best shots along.
>
> Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
>

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