Probably should keep that second one at genus only (Aellopos) to be safe.
Aellopos clavipes looks similar.
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From: leasbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <leasbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf
of Lena Zappia <lzappia@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 8:54 PM
To: leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [leasbirds] Re: [leasbirds] Re: [leasbirds] Jim’s Big TX Year
Jim,
Congratulations on an amazing accomplishment; what a fantastic way to spend a
year! Your blog, photos, meals of meat, views and other sightings are
fantastic! I enjoyed them all.
Lena
P.S. Your Nov 1st moths are a Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata) and a Titan
Sphinx Moth (Aellopos titan). That said, if you or anyone else finds an
interesting moth, Ellen or I would be happy to help with the ID. We've been
obsessively documenting all the species found in Lubbock County,
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Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 9:51 PM
To: leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [leasbirds] Re: [leasbirds] Jim’s Big TX Year
Jennifer,
Thanks for asking! I have been decompressing the last two days as I was
birding all the previous week. I ended up with 457 species for the year
surpassing my goal of 425! My Ebird rank was seventh in the state, I tried
very much to break into the top five but I just could not come up with four
more birds.
My last species for the year were Chestnut-collared Longspurs, I saw those at
Muleshoe NWR on December 31st. My next to last bird was a Northern Shrike at
Lake Palo Duro. Interesting, I believe I was the only ebirder to post seeing a
Northern Shrike in Texas for the year 2018.
I had a grand adventure birding across Texas. I went to places I had never
been to before including the exalted High Island. I met many birders and even
reconnected with old friends. I experienced a minor bird fall-out at Sabine
Woods. I increased my North America life list from 385 to 508. I saw many
rare birds for Texas: White-crowned Pigeon, Roadside Hawk, Hooked-bill Kite,
Hermit Warbler, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Warbler, Blue Bunting,
Red-billed Pigeon, and others.
I want to thank everyone for their support and encouragement. It was a lot of
fun, but it is time for me to get on with other aspects of my life. I am two
months behind on my blog, and will now have time to finish blogging. My blog
is
jimstexasbigbirdingyear.wordpress.com<http://jimstexasbigbirdingyear.wordpress.com>.
Thanks again! Happy Birding!
Jim Crites
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 2, 2019, at 4:57 PM, Jennifer Miller
<foundnatureblog@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:foundnatureblog@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Maybe I missed it, but I have been waiting for Jim to send us his final species
count for his big year!
Drumroll...
Jennifer
Jennifer Miller
Lubbock, TX
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