Thanks Jim. Great photos.
On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 3:40 PM James Crites <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi All,--
I had a great morning birding Yellowhouse Canyon this morning. I
originally went to Clapp Park, but the mowers were intolerable so I left
and went to the canyon. The warblers have moved on but I did see two
Yellow Warblers. In the vicinity of the oxbow I had a beautiful male
Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a beautiful male Western Tanager. I also had at
least four Lazuli Buntings, two males and two females.
Just below the first low water bridge I had a late Townsend’s Solitaire.
I heard but did not see a Bell’s Vireo, near the oxbow. On the way back to
the car, near the graffitied walls of an old building I saw and
photographed an Eastern Kingbird, a lubbock county lifer for me.
Near the almost pond like section of the stream below the first low water
bridge there is a Painted Bunting with yellow undersides and yellow eye
ring. Both areas should be red. It is an interesting variation.
Below is the eBird link of the birds I saw this morning. For some reason
I can not post pictures on this site.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S87757263
Also, a friend contacted me and wanted an identification of a bird they
had photographed in central Lubbock, it was a Western Tanager. Keep your
eyes open, she said they had several of these birds.
Jim Crites
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