Anthony,
Another great showing. I wonder if Crosby has the overall highest species
diversity of the 15 counties??
Highlights of my weekend were watching a beautiful Pileated WO sampling some of
the bark beatles in my back yard, and Nathan spotting a beautiful Barred Owl
sitting on a tree branch in plain sight of the deck. Gave is great looks by
daylight.
Enjoy.
Martin
Martin J. Campbell, PhD
Professor of Organic Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, Box 7633
Henderson State University
1100 Henderson Street
Arkadelphia, AR 71999
870-230-5150
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Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 9:43 AM
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Anthony Hewetson
Subject: [leasbirds] Crosby County highlights - yesterday
Greetings All:
I decided to see what kind of damage I could do to my Crosby County list in
just an afternoon with no time at/near White River Lake so I spent close to
five hours wandering about the northern half of the county.
Highlights included 110 Greater White-fronted Geese east of Crosbyton, 280 Snow
Geese east of Crosbyton, 26 Ross's Geese east of Crosbyton, 2 Canvasback near
Ralls, 1 Ring-necked Pheasant near Cone, 1 Sora at Silver Falls Rest Area, 2
Wilson's Snipes in Crosbyton, 1 Greater Yellowlegs near Cone, 1 Lesser
Yellowlegs at Crosbyton City Park (photographs), 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at
FM 2951 x White River, 1 Downy Woodpecker at FM 2951 x White River, 1 Merlin
near Cone, 1 Eastern Phoebe at Silver Falls Rest Area, 3 Common Ravens in Rio
Blanca Canyon, 1 Brown Creeper at Silver Falls Rest Area, 2 Rock Wrens at the
FM 193 x FM 651 canyon crossing, 2 Canyon Wrens at Silver Falls Rest Area, 1
Carolina Wren at FM 2591 x White River, 2 female and 3 male Mountain Bluebirds
at FM 2591 x White River, 1 male Common Yellowthroat at Silver Falls Rest Area,
and 1 Fox Sparrow at Silver Falls Rest Area.
All in all, I racked up 77 species of birds - in less than five hours - without
taking recourse to White River Lake.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
