Greetings All:
I spent 7.5 hours exploring Hockley County yesterday. Highlights included
1 Canada Goose at the Smyer Playa, 2 Gadwalls at the Smyer Playa, 2
Blue-winged Teals west of Anton, 1 Northern Pintail at the Smyer Playa, 4
Green-winged Teals at the Smyer Playa, 6 Ruddy Ducks at the Smyer Playa, 2
Scaled Quails north of Levelland, 1 Ring-necked Pheasant at the Roundup
Playa, 4 Cattle Egrets at the Anton Ponds, 2 Black-necked Stilts north of
Levelland, 8 Black-necked Stilts at the Smyer Playa, 12 Black-necked Stilts
west of Anton, 4 American Avocets at the Roundup Playa, 6 American Avocets
at the Smyer Playa, 36 American Avocets west of Anton, 1 Snowy Plover at
the Smyer Playa, 1 Spotted Sandpiper at the Roundup Playa, 2 Spotted
Sandpipers at the Smyer Playa, 1 Solitary Sandpiper west of Anton, 4
Greater Yellowlegs at the Smyer Playa, 9 Greater Yellowlegs west of Anton,
7 Lesser Yellowlegs at the Smyer Playa, 9 Lesser Yellowlegs west of Anton,
3 Long-billed Curlews at the Smyer Playa, 4 Stilt Sandpipers west of
Anton, 3 Least Sandpipers west of Anton, 1 Baird's Sandpiper at the Smyer
Playa, 1 Baird's Sandpiper west of Anton, 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers west of
Anton, 1 Western Sandpiper at the Smyer Playa, 5 Western Sandpipers west of
Anton, 4 Wilson's Phalaropes at the Smyer Playa, 92 Wilson's Phalaropes
west of Anton, 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo at the Anton Ponds, 1 Yellow-billed
Cuckoo at Levelland City Park, 1 Willow Flycatcher at the Smyer Playa, 2
early Tree Swallows at the Smyer Playa, 3 early Tree Swalllows west of
Anton, 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows at the Smyer Playa, 10 VERY EARLY
Bank Swallows at the Smyer Playa, 2 Cave Swallows at the Smyer Playa, 1
female Painted Bunting (my first of the year for Hockley County) at the
West x 13th Woodlot in Levelland, and 4 Yellow-headed Blackbirds at the
Roundup Playa.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
