[texbirds] The Local Patch - Sixth Month of the 2013 Game
- From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "leas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:58:04 -0700 (PDT)
Greetings All:
Here's
the sixth summary of my 2013 game. While June may be the roughest month of
the year for birds in our region (I barely made 100 species) some decent rains
made for better herping than we have had thus far this year, butterflies have
picked up a bit, and mammals were a little easier to find.
This goal of this year's game is to see how many butterflies, amphibians,
reptiles, birds, and mammals I can see in my 'patch': a circle, with a
radius of 7.5 miles, centered on the intersection of Quaker Avenue and
34th Street in Lubbock, Texas. All of Lubbock's in-town playas, the
entire run of the Canyon Lakes of Lubbock, and a lot of urban/suburban
parks are in my patch with some agricultural/prairie patches around the
periphery. I don't quite get Buffalo Springs Lake or City Farms to the
east but I do get almost to Reese Center to the west. I decided to set my
goals high - failure is definitely an
option: 50 species of butterfly, 5 species of amphibian, 10 species of
reptile, 250 species of bird, and 15 species of mammal by the end of
2013.
The sixth month saw visits to the Canyon Lakes and the in-town playas of
Lubbock .., and to some nicely flooded playas in the northwest corner of the
patch. These playas and the stretch of river below the Canyon Lakes of
Lubbock were the best sites this month.
The following list includes all critters (37 butterfly, 6 amphibian, 17
reptile, 100 bird, 14 mammal species) seen in my patch during the
month. By the end of June I was up to 45 species of butterfly, 6 species of
amphibian, 20
species of reptile, 238 species of bird (not a single species added during the
month), and 20 species of mammal in my
patch for the year. I lack 5 species of butterfly and 12 species of bird to
meet the stated goals for the year. Species that were new to the list for the
year are
indicated with an *.
Funereal Duskywing
Common Checkered Skipper
Common Sootywing
Orange Skipperling
Fiery Skipper
Sachem
Uncas Skipper*
Nysa Roadside Skipper
Eufala Skipper
Pipevine Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Checkered White
Orange Sulphur
Southern Dogface
Lyside Sulphur
Sleepy Orange
Dainty Sulphur
Gray Hairstreak
Marine Blue*
Western Pygmy Blue
Reakirt's Blue
Monarch
Queen*
Gulf Fritillary*
Variegated Fritillary
Hackberry Emperor
Gorgone Checkerspot*
Phaon Crescent
Pearl Crescent
Viceroy*
Question Mark
Mourning Cloak
Red Admiral
Painted Lady
American Lady
Great Plains Toad
Texas Toad*
Woodhouse's Toad*
Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad*
Northern Cricket Frog*
American Bullfrog
Red-eared Slider
Yellow Mud Turtle*
Ornate Box Turtle
Spiny Soft-shelled Turtle
Mediterranean Gecko
Greater Earless Lizard*
Texas Horned Lizard
Great Plains Skink
Texas Spotted Whiptail*
Six-lined Racerunner
Plain-bellied Water Snake
Western Ribbon Snake*
Coachwhip
Western Hog-nosed Snake*
Gopher Snake*
Common Kingsnake*
Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake*
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Ruddy Duck
Northern Bobwhite
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Green
Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Mississippi Kite
Harris's Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Chimney Swift
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue Jay
Chihuahuan Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Verdin
Carolina Wren
Bewick's
Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Wilson's
Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Cassin's Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Painted Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard
Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Nine-banded Armadillo
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Desert Cottontail
Eastern Cottontail
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
American Beaver
Plains Harvest Mouse*
Hispid Cotton Rat
Bobcat
Raccoon*
Striped Skunk
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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