[texbirds] Lubbock Area Highlights - Today
- From: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 16:37:40 -0500
Greetings All:
I spent most of the morning chasing critters at several Lubbock area
hotspots.
A quick drive around Lake Six kicked out 25 species including 2 Cackling
Geese, 1 Canada Goose, 1 Great Egret, 1 Snowy Egret, 2 Gadwalls, 2 Common
Gallinules, 1 Black-necked Stilt, 4 Spotted Sandpipers, 2 Northern
Rough-winged Swallows, and 5 Chipping Sparrows.
The riparian area below Lake Six was surprisingly slow (not a single Yellow
Warbler or Wilson's Warbler to be had) but highlights included an
absolutely stunning adult Tricolored Heron, 2 Cattle Egrets, 1 Solitary
Sandpiper, 1 House Wren, 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 1 Swainson's Thrush, 3
Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 Yellow-breasted Chat, and 1 Orchard Oriole.
A quick cruise along a portion of Ransom Lake's shoreline kicked out 13
Canada Geese, 1 Snowy Egret, 15 Ruddy Ducks, 2 Franklin's Gulls, 2
Ring-billed Gulls, 28 Chipping Sparrows, and 5 Clay-colored Sparrows.
The chapel/bird sanctuary at Ransom Lake actually had some migrants and
tasty summer residents and, amongst the 46 species tallied in this
beautiful stretch of riparian woodland, I noted 1 Warbling Vireo, 1 Canyon
Wren, 2 House Wrens, 1 Swainson's Thrush, 1 Gray Catbird, 2 Curve-billed
Thrashers, 2 Brown Thrasher, 1 Northern Waterthrush, 1 Common
Yellowthroat, 1 American Redstart, 2 Yellow Warblers, 2 Yellow-rumped
Warblers, 2 MacGillivray's Warblers, 4 Wilson's Warblers, 1 Canyon Towhee,
5 Chipping Sparrows, 1 Orchard Oriole, 2 Lesser Goldfinches, and 3 American
Goldfinches.
The closest thing to stunning seen during the day was the Tricolored Heron
but it was nice to have a vireo and some warblers about.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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