Greetings All:
We completed the White River Lake CBC on Saturday (31st). Observers were:
Jackie Driskill, Drew Harvey, Anthony Hewetson, Phillip Kite, Rob Lee,
Colton Robbins, and Katheryn Watson.
We tallied 108 species during day - about average - with general
observations that a) waterfowl were unusually absent b) a lot of winter
birds didn't seem to be down yet White-throated and Harris's Sparrows were
big misses and c) Fox Sparrows were off the hook!
Highlights from Crosby County were:
59 Common Mergansers on White River Lake (JD, PKi, RL, KW - AH)
3 Scaled Quails east of White River (AH)
6 Scaled Quails north of White River Lake (DH, CR)
2 Ring-necked Pheasants north of White River Lake (DH, CR)
8 Horned Grebes on White River Lake (RL, KW)
5 Western Grebes on White River Lake (JD, PKi, RL, KW - AH)
1 Wilson's Snipe north of White River Lake (DH, CR)
2 Wilson's Snips along White River (AH)
2 Greater Yellowlegs at White River Lake (RL, KW)
2 Bonaparte's Gulls on White River Lake (RL, KW)
1 Great Egret at White River Lake (JD, PKi - AH)
2 Yellow-breasted Sapsuckers north of White River Lake (DH, CR)
1 Downy Woodpecker near Kalgary (AH)
1 Downy Woodpecker north of White River Lake (DH, CR)
2 Woodhouse's Scrub Jays west of White River Lake (AH)
1 Common Raven east of White River (AH)
3 Common Ravens near Kalgary (AH)
1 Carolina Chickadee north of White River Lake (DH, CR)
4 Bushtits near Kalgary (AH)
2 Brown Creepers north of White River Lake (DH, CR)
1 House Wren north of White River Lake (DH, CR)
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet at White River Lake (RL, KW)
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet west of White River Lake (AH)
20 Mountain Bluebirds north of White River Lake (DH, CR)
17 Mountain Bluebirds at White River Lake (JD, PKi)
6 Mountain Bluebirds west of White River Lake (AH)
1 Hermit Thrush near Kalgary (AH)
1 Hermit Thrush at White River Lake (JD, PKi)
1 Hermit Thrush at White River Lake (RL, KW)
75 Cedar Waxwings at White River Lake (AH)
1 Orange-crowned Warbler south of White Rive Lake (AH)
3 Orange-crowned Warblers at White River Lake (JD, PKi)
1 Chipping Sparrow at White River Lake (JD, PKi)
3 Fox Sparrows near Kalgary (AH)
41 Fox Sparrows north of White River Lake (DH, CR)
1 Swamp Sparrow at White River Lake (RL, KW)
2 Swamp Sparrows north of White River Lake (DH, CR)
Highlights from Dickens County were:
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker along CR 405 (AH)
1 Eastern Phoebe along CR 405 (AH)
2 Verdins along CR 405 (AH)
1 Brown Creeper along Red Mud Road (AH)
1 Rock Wren along Red Mud Road (AH)
1 House Wren along Red Mud Road (AH)
2 Eastern Bluebirds along Red Mud Road (AH)
1 Mountain Bluebird along CR 405 (AH)
1 Hermit Thrush along Red Mud Road (AH)
2 Chipping Sparrows along Red Mud Road (AH)
1 Grasshopper Sparrow near Red Mud (AH)
1 Fox Sparrow along CR 405 (AH)
1 Swamp Sparrow near Red Mud (AH)
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
