You might want to consider Swisher County, Tulia. There is a "wildlife refuge"
about 5 miles east of Tulia. It is just south of my family farm. It is owned
by the city and is not being used and there is really no wildlife biologist
working there that I know of. We could find other spots too. I could work to
get you permission.Just a thought for 2018?Jackie Driskill
On Friday, December 30, 2016 6:52 PM, Anthony Hewetson
<fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Greetings All:
I spent almost eight hours in Hockley County today, making one last run at
running up the totals for my 2016 game.
Highlights included 2 Greater White-fronted Geese at Smyer Playa, 7 Snow Geese
at Smyer Playa, 1 Ross's Goose at Brashears Park in Levelland, 2 Ross's Geese
at Smyer Playa, 2 male Ring-necked Pheasants just south of Roundup, 5
Short-eared Owls foraging over a field northeast of Smyer, 1 Peregrine Falcon
at the Smyer Playa, 1 Say's Phoebe in Pep, 1 Winter Wren in Pep, 5 Mountain
Bluebirds near Petit, 1 Hermit Thrush at Anton Ponds, 1 Brown Thrasher
southwest of Pep, and 2 Field Sparrows southwest of Pep.
The Short-eared Owls, Winter Wren, and Brown Thrasher were all new for my
county list for the year and I actually managed to get photographs of the
.....owls. By the time I got to songbirds, the winds had kicked up something
awful and I was barely able to get good looks at the wren and the thrasher,
much less photographs.
If I have gotten my paperwork right, this means that I have seen 210 species of
bird in Hockley County in a single year which, unless Leanna Smith has done
better at some point in the past, must be the record big year for the county.
In other news, Rich and I have picked our game for 2017 and I have picked my
next county for an attempt at another county big year record in 2017 but .... I
think I will save that news for the new year!
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
