[leasbirds] Highlights from west of Lubbock today
- From: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 21:24:58 -0500
Greetings All:
Though I 'dipped' on the Slate-throated Redstart at Stanford Park in Plains
(Yoakum County) the 45 species of birds located in seven hours of scouring
the park featured several highlights including: 1 Great Egret (flyover), 1
Mississippi Kite, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 Plumbeous Vireo, 1 Red-breasted
Nuthatch, 2 House Wrens, 7 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 2 Townsend's
Solitaires, 5 Orange-crowned Warblers, 3 Nashville Warblers, 1 Tennessee
Warbler, 16 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2 Black-throated Gray Warblers, 1
Townsend's Warbler, 10 Wilson's Warblers, 71 Chipping Sparrows, 2 Brewer's
Sparrows, and 1 female Lazuli Bunting.
Every one of the aforementioned birds except the Lazuli Bunting was
seen/heard by other observers present during the Great Slate-throated
Redstart Chase and warbler numbers, in an effort to avoid double-counting,
are probably undercounts for the more common species.
On the way home Yoakum County kicked out 1 Say's Phoebe and 1 Grasshopper
Sparrow just east of plains.
Terry County highlights included 1 Osprey, 1 Nashville Warbler, and 2
Nashville Warblers at the Tokio Playa; 6 male Yellow-headed Blackbirds on
the western outskirts of Plains; 2 Snowy Egrets flying over Meadow.
Hockley County highlights included 1 Grasshopper Sparrow and 7 female
Yellow-headed Blackbirds at the Ropesville Rest Area. Of all the
Yellow-headed Blackbirds I have seen during the last two weeks, these were
the only females.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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