I went out to the playa off Bison Rd in Levelland late morning/early afternoon
and wow! If you like waterfowl and shorebirds, this is the place to go! More
birds kept coming in and it was hard to pull myself away. I didn't get the
Stilt Sandpiper that I was looking for, but there were lots of great birds.
Thanks to Anthony for suggesting this playa!
US-TX-Levelland-79336 - 33.5577x-102.3382
Apr 18, 2016
11:47 AM
Stationary
131 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Overcast, moderate winds (11-16 mph), cold (51 degrees). Sun came out
for a bit but remained cloudy. Birds just kept flying in.
Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.5 Build 44
1 Greater White-fronted Goose -- Did not see this goose or the Cackling Geese
during my first 1.5 hours of scanning. Fairly certain they flew in. Had white
behind the bill and was the same size as the Cackling Geese. Far shore.
2 Cackling Goose
20 Mallard
30 Blue-winged Teal
7 Cinnamon Teal -- 6 males
70 Northern Shoveler
30 Green-winged Teal
6 Black-necked Stilt
88 American Avocet
10 Killdeer
4 Lesser Yellowlegs
4 Baird's Sandpiper
2 Semipalmated Sandpiper
1 Western Sandpiper -- Breeding plumage. Neat speckling half way down body and
red on head.
15 peep sp. -- Have the impression that most were Baird's but pretty far out
and almost constantly flushing.
12 Long-billed Dowitcher
22 Wilson's Phalarope -- Males and females
1 Franklin's Gull -- Breeding plumage. Very rosy breast, large eye arcs, and
large white dots on tail.
1 Ring-billed Gull
1 Western Kingbird
1 Horned Lark
2 Lark Sparrow
1 Savannah Sparrow
1 Western Meadowlark
2 Great-tailed Grackle
Number of Taxa: 25
Jennifer Miller
Lubbock, TX
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