Lubbock received 1.04 inches of rain during September, way below the
expected total for the month of 2.51 inches, with 10.61 inches of rain
for the year, far below the expected year-to-date total of 15.58
inches. Water levels continued to decline throughout the region
which, as expected, led to a concentration of waterbirds at the few
remaining, mostly urban, wetlands. We also saw an unusually strong
and protracted movement of migrants, many western, packing in at
favored urban parklands. This seemed to be most pronounced for
western hummingbirds and songbirds, suggesting that birds might have
been moving in from the drought- and fire-stricken west.
As always, the county follows the site in ( ) and birds are mentioned
by virtue of rarity, atypical abundance, or atypical scarcity. Water
Treatment Ponds have come to feature so prominently in these reports
that they will, henceforth, be referred to as WTP.
WOOD DUCK: 1 at the Plains WTP (Yoakum0 on 9/2/20 (JB), 1 at Clapp
Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/20 (AH), 1 at Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/17/20
and 9/22/20 (JoC), and 13 at Leroy Elmore Park (Lubbock) on 9/28/20
(GK) – RUNNING A TAD LATE AND STILL A BIT LOW AT THE END OF THE
PERIOD.
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: Seven reports of 1-10 birds, six reports of 12-23
birds, and one report of 120 birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran,
Hale, Lubbock, Yoakum) during the period (JB, JoC, JrC, WC, JCr, AH,
JK, JM, NP, BSc, BSh) – GOOD NUMBERS AND SCATTER, PARTICULARLY GIVEN
DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
CINNAMON TEAL: 1 at the Morton WTP (Cochran) on 9/2/20 (JB), 1 at
Dupree Park (Lubbock) on 9/5/20 (AH), and 3 at the CR 185 Playa (Hale)
on 9/13/20 (NP) the only reports received – LOW, PARTICULARLY GIVEN
THE RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF BLUE-WINGED TEALS.
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 200 at the Morton WTP (Cochran) on 9/2/20 (JB) and
30 at the Plains WTP (Yoakum) on 9/2/20 (JB) – NOT UNUSUAL IN THE
REGION DURING THE PERIOD BUT THESE ARE VERY GOOD NUMBERS FOR ANY SITE
IN OUR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES.
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 20 at the Plains WTP (Yoakum) on 9/2/20 (JB) and 20
at Guy Park (Lubbock) on 9/22/20 (WW) – GOOD NUMBERS FOR A SINGLE SITE
THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON.
RUDDY DUCK: 4 at Leroy Elmore Park (Lubbock) on 9/6/20 (GK) – THE
FIRST REPORT OF PROBABLY WINTERING BIRDS.
SCALED QUAIL: 14 at the Plains WTP (Yoakum) on 9/2/20 (JB), 15 in
south Lubbock (Lubbock) on 9/3/20 (KM), and 8 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on
9/7/20 (JoC, JrC, WC) – GOOD NUMBERS FOR THIS SOMETIMES HARD TO FIND
SPECIES.
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1 -3 below Lake Six (Lubbock) throughout the
period (JoC) the only reports received – LOW NUMBERS BUT LITTLE EFFORT
REPORTED FROM OUR NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES.
EARED GREBE: 1 at Dupree Park (Lubbock) on 9/11/20 (CR, FR) – QUITE
THE EARLY ARRIVAL DATE, BY CONTEMPORY STANDARDS, FOR THIS SPECIES.
INCA DOVE: 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/1/20 (CR, FR), in in the
same yard (Lubbock) on 9/23/20 (CR, FR), and 3 in another Lubbock yard
(Lubbock) on 9/24/20 (CL, RL) the only reports received – STILL
HANGING ON.
COMMON POORWILL: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/14/20 (DH) and 1 on
the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/30/20 (AH) the only reports – A TAD
LOW; MIGHT PICK UP IN OCTOBER.
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/5/20 (AH), 1
in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/6/20 (AH), 1 at Clapp Park from
9/12/20 through 9/16/20 (DH, AH, BSc), 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock)
from 9/14/20 through 9/16/20 (AH), 2 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on
9/17/20 (AH), 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/20/20 (AH), and 1 in
a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/22/20 (JCr) – A STRONG SEPTEMBER
PERFORMANCE FOR THIS SPECIES.
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD: Thirty-seven reports of 1-7 birds spread
across one site in (Hale), at least six sites in (Lubbock), and one
site in (Yoakum) during the period (JB, CC, JoC, JCr, DH, AH, AK, RL,
KM, NP, BSc) - THIS WAS A VERY STRONG MIGRATORY MOVEMENT AS THE
REGION HAD A VERY POOR BREEDING PRESENCE THIS YEAR.
BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD: 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) from 9/1/20
through 9/3/20 (AH), 2 at the Morton Cemetery (Cochran) on 9/2/20
(JB), 1 at Yoakum County Park (YO) on 9/2/20 (JB), 2 in a Lubbock yard
(Lubbock) on 9/5/20 (AH), up to 4 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/12/20
through 9/14/20 (DH, AH, BSc), 3 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on
9/15/20 (KD), 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/17/20 (KD), 1 adult
female in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) from 9/18/20 thorugh9/19/20 (AH), 3
in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/19/20 (KD), 2 in a Lubbock yard
(Lubbock) on 9/20/20 (AH), 1 immature male in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock)
from 9/21/20 thoguh 9/25/20 (AH), 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on
9/28/20 and 9/29/20 (KD) – AS A STRONG EFFORT WAS MADE TO WEED OUT
OVERLAPPING REPORTS, THIS IS A SPECTACULAR SHOWING FOR THIS WESTERN
SPECIES – STUNNING NUMBERS BY CONTEMPORARY STANDARDS.
ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD: 1 immature male in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) from
9/9/20 through 9/30/20 (JCr, DH, AH, PKe, JM, BSh, photographs) – THE
MOST REMARKABLE OF OUR FALL HUMMINGBIRD MOVEMENT THUS FAR; THE SPECIES
HAS OVERWINTERED IN LUBBOCK IN THE PAST AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE HOW LONG THIS ONE STICKS.
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD: Forty-six reports of 1-10 birds scattered across
at least six sites in (Lubbock) and at one site in (Yoakum) during the
period (CC, JoC, JCr, DH, AH, PKe, AL, JM, KM, BSc, BSh) – A STUNNING
NUMBER OF SIGHTINGS AND EVEN MORE STUNNING NUMBERS FOR THIS WESTERN
HUMMINGBIRD; THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT OF THIS SPECIES I HAVE SEEN
IN THE REGION DURING MY TWO DECADES IN LUBBOCK!
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD: 1 immature female in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock)
from 9/2/20 through 9/6/20 (AH), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/3/20
(DH), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/5/20 (AH), and 1 immature female
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/12/20 (AH) – A GOOD NUMBER OF REPORTS,
THOUGH NOT STUNNING – AS WERE NUMBERS IN AUGUST, FOR THE MONTH.
SORA: 1-4 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/1/20 through 9/14/20 (JoC,
JrC, JCr, DH, AH, RL, BSc) and 1 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on
9/29/20 (JM, BSh) – GOOD NUMBER OF REPORTS BUT LOW NUMBERS DUE TO
LIMITED NUMBER OF SITES COVERED.
SANDHILL CRANE: 37 at Tahoka Lake Pasture (Lynn) on 9/12/20 (MDL) –
THE FIRST REPORT OF THE SEASON; RECORDS STARTED POURING IN THEREAFTER,
SUGGESTING A SLIGHTLY EARLY MOVEMENT OF THE SPECIES INTO THE REGION
THIS YEAR.
BLACK-NECKED STILT: Ten reports of 2-10 birds and five reports of
11-15 birds in the region (Cochran, Hale, Lubbock) during the period
(JB, JoC, DHa, AH, JK, JM, NP, MR, BSc, LZ) – ABOUT AVERAGE, GIVEN THE
LIMITED AMOUNT OF HABITAT AVAILABLE IN THE REIGON.
AMERICAN AVOCET: Thirteen reports of 1-7 birds and three reports of
13-18 birds in the region (Cochran, Hale, Lubbock) during the period
(JB, JoC, JrC, WC, DHa, AH, PKe, JK, JM, NP, MR, BSc, LZ) – A BIT
LOWER THAN EXPECTED THIS TIME OF YEAR.
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER: 1 at Dupree Park (Lubbock) on 9/4/20 (JK, JM) and
9/5/20 (AH) and 1 at McAlister Park (Lubbock) on 9/12/20 (BSc) the
only reports – ABOUT AVERAGE.
UPLAND SANDPIPER: Six reports of 1-11 birds in the region (Bailey,
Hale, Lubbock, Yoakum) during the period (JB, DH, AH, NP) – LOW NUMBER
OF REPORTS AND LOW NUMBERS BUT … GOOD SCATTER.
STILT SANDPIPER: Five reports of 1-6 birds and two reports of 14-15
birds in the region (Hale, Lubbock) during the first two thirds of the
period (JoC, DHa, AH, JK, JM, NP) – LOW NUMBER OF REPORTS AND LOW
NUMBERS; FAVORED HABITAT IN SHORT SUPPLY.
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER: Eleven reports of 1-9 birds at various sites in
(Lubbock) during the period (BB, JoC, JrC, WC, AH, PKe, JM, MR, BSc) –
LOW NUMBER OF REPORTS AND LOW NUMBERS; FAVORED HABITAT IN SHORT
SUPPLY.
LEAST SANDPIPER: Fourteen reports of 1-12 birds in the region (Bailey,
Hale, Lubbock) during the period (BB, JB, JOC, JrC, WC, AH, JK, JM,
NP, MR, BSc, LZ) – LOW NUMBER OF REPORTS AND LOW NUMBERS; FAVORED
HABITAT IN SHORT SUPPLY.
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER: 1 at McAlister Park (Lubbock) on 9/6/20 (PKe,
photographs) – A VERY RARE FALL REPORT FOR THIS SPECIES AS ALMOST ALL
INDIVIDUALS MOVE ALONG THE ATLANTIC FLYWAYS IN FALL.
PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 4-7 at Dupree Park (Lubbock) from 9/4/20 through
9/5/20 (JoC, AH, JK, JM), 1 at McAlister Park (Lubbock) from 9/6/20
through 9/10/20 (BB, JoC, JrC, WC, JM, MR), and 2 at the Division
Street Playa, Slaton (Lubbock) on 9/20/20 (JM, LZ) – GOOD NUMBER OF
REPORTS AND GOOD NUMBERS … DESPITE LIMITED SUPPLY OF QUALITY HABITAT.
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 1 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on 9/2/20
(GK), 1-2 at Dupree Park (Lubbock) from 9/3/20 through 9/5/20 (JoC,
AH), and 1 at McAlister Park (Lubbock) on 9/6/20 (PKe) – VERY LOW.
WESTERN SANDPIPER: Eight reports of 1-11 birds at various sites in
(Lubbock) during the period (BB, JoC, JrC, WC, AH, PKe, JK, JM, MR,
BSc) – LOW.
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER: 23 at the CR 185 Playa (Hale) on 9/13/20 (NP)
the only report received – EXTRAORDINARILY LOW.
WILSON’S SNIPE: 3 near Maple (Bailey) on 9/1/20 (JB), 4 near Maple
(Bailey) on 9/2/20 (JB), 1 at the Plains WTP (Yoakum) on 9/2/20 (JB),
1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/5/20 (AH), and 1 at Dupree Park
(Lubbock) on 9/8/20 (JM) – WERE ALL RUNNING A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
SPOTTED SANDPIPER: Fourteen reports of 1-5 birds in the region
(Bailey, Cochran, Lubbock, Yoakum) during the period (JB, JoC, JrC,
DH, AH, JK, JM, BSc) – GOOD NUMBERS AND GOOD SCATTER; THIS SPECIES
DOES WELL IN DROUGHT YEARS WHEN ROCKY SHORELINES AT URBAN SITES ARE
EXPOSED.
SOLITARY SANDPIPER: Seven reports of 1-5 birds in the region (Hale,
Lubbock, Yoakum) during the period (JoC, DH, AH, JK, JM, NP, CFRT) –
ABOUT AVERAGE; ANOTHER SPECIES THAT DOES WELL AT URBAN SITES IN
DROUGHT YEARS.
LESSER YELLOWLEGS: Six reports of 1-5 birds and one report of 13 birds
in the region (Bailey, Hale, Lubbock) during the period (JB, JoC, DHa,
AH, JK, JM, NP, BSc) – LOW; VERY LITTLE FAVORABLE HABITAT AVAILABLE.
WILLET: 1 at McAlister Park (Lubbock) from 9/6/20 through 9/10/20 (BB,
JoC, JrC, WC, DH, PKe, JM, MR, BSh) – FORMERL CONSIDERED CASUAL IN THE
REGION, WITH REPORTS EVERY TWO-THREE YEARS – NOW KNOWN TO BE ANNUAL,
ALBEIT IN SMALL NUMBERS, AS BOTH A SPRING AND FALL MIGRANT.
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: Seven reports of 1-7 birds and one report of 11
birds in the region (Hale, Lubbock) during the period (JoC, AH, JK,
JM, NP, BSh, LZ) – VERY LOW; VERY LITTLE FAVORABLE HABITAT REMAINING.
WILSON’S PHALAROPE: 22 at the Morton WTP (Cochran) on 9/2/20 (JB), 10
at McAlister Park (Lubbock) on 9/8/20 (JoC), and 14 over Lubbock
(Lubbock) on 9/20/20 (AH) the only reports – VERY LOW.
BLACK TERN: 12 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on 9/2/20 (GK), and 1
at the CR 185 Playa (Hale) on 9/13/20 (NP) the only reports – LOW.
FORSTER’S TERN: 1 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on 9/2/20 (GK) – VERY LOW.
GREAT EGRET: Fifteen reports of 1-8 birds at various sites in
(Lubbock) during the period (DHa, AH, GK, PKe, JK, JM, BSh) – AVERAGE
NUMBER OF REPORTS; NUMBERS A BIT LOW BY CONTEMPORARY STANDARDS; VERY
POOR SCATTER.
SNOWY EGRET: Seventeen reports of 1-8 birds at various sites in
(Lubbock) during the period (BB, JoC, DHa, AH, GK, PKe, JK, JM, BSc,
BSh, LZ) – AVERAGE NUMBER OF REPORTS; NUMBERS A BIT LOW BY
CONTEMPORARY STANDARDS; VERY POOR SCATTER.
CATTLE EGRET: Three reports of 1-4 birds, one report of 13 birds, and
one report of 70 birds at various sites in (Lubbock) – THIS WOULD HAVE
BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY LOW BUT – 3481-3884 birds at the Slaton Egret
Roost from 9/1/20 through at least 9/6/20 (GK, AH) – MADE FOR VERY
GOOD, IF A BIT CONCENTRATED, NUMBERS. THIS ROOST WAS DRAWING BIRDS IN
FROM AT LEAST CROSBY AND LUBBOCK COUNTIES.
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON: Seven reports of 1-3 birds at various
sites in (Lubbock) during the period (JoC, WC, JCr, AH, PKi) – ABOUT
AVERAGE; IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF ANY STICK INTO WINTER.
WHITE-FACED IBIS: 17 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/5/20 (AH) and 34 at
the CR 185 Playa (Hale) on 9/13/20 (NP) the only reports – VERY LOW
NUMBER OF REPORTS AND VERY LOW NUMBERS.
OSPREY: Seven reports of single birds in the region (Lubbock, Yoakum)
during the period (JoC, DH, PKi, BSh, JW) – ABOUT AVERAGE; THE YOAKUM
COUNTY REPORT WAS INTRIGUING.
NORTHERN HARRIER: 1 at the Slaton Egret Roost (Lubbock) on 9/6/20 (AH)
and 1 at the CR 185 Playa (Hale) on 9/13/20 (NP) the only report from
the first half of the period – RIGHT ON TIME, A BIT LOW IN TERMS OF
NUMBERS EVEN AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/5/20 (AH) the first
report of the season – RIGHT ON TIME; FILLED IN A BIT SLOWLY
THEREAFTER, WITH ONLY FOUR SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.
COOPER’S HAWK: Nineteen reports of 1-2 birds at various sites in
(Lubbock) during the period (JoC, JCr, AH, PKi, LEAS trip, JM, KM, ZS,
BSc, BSh) – BIRDS WERE ALREADY PRESENT IN THE LATTER HALF OF AUGUST;
THESE REPORTS SHOWED JUST HOW QUICKLY THE SPECIES CAN FILL IN DURING
SEPTEMBER.
HARRIS’S HAWK: 1 at the Plains WTP (Yoakum) on 9/2/20 (JB), 1 adult
over the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/24/20 (AH), and one immature
near the TTU Rangeland (Lubbock) later in the month (DH) – THIS
SPECIES’ STATUS IN THE REGION IS VERY MUCH UP AND DOWN – THIS IS ABOUT
AVERAGE.
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/12/20 through
9/14/20 (DH, AH) the only reports – LOW BY RECENT YEARS’ STANDARDS.
BROAD-WINGED HAWK: Six reports of 1-2 birds in the region (Lubbock,
Yoakum) during the first two thirds of the month (JoC, DH, AH, DK, WW)
– A BIT ON THE LOW SIDE.
ZONE-TAILED HAWK: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/20 (AH, KB, AL,
KM, photographs) – ACCIDENTAL; THE THIRD REPORT OF THE SPECIES FOR THE
REGION!
FERRUGINOUS HAWK: 2 at Bole’s Lake Road (Lubbock) on 9/20/20 (BSh) and
1 below Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/28/20 (JoC) the first reports of the
season – RIGHT ON TIME, FILLING IN A BIT SLOW.
MERLIN: 1 over a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/13/20 (AH) the first of
the season – A BIT LATE AND A BIT LOW.
PEREGRINE FALCON: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/15/20 (AH), 1 at Lake
Six (Lubbock) on 9/15/20 (PKi), and 1 on the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock)
from 9/28/20 through 9/30/20 (AH) – RIGHT ON TIME AND FILLING IN ON
SCHEDULE.
PRAIRIE FALCON: 1 near Floydada (Floyd) on 9/4/20 (AK) – A SLIGHTLY
EARLY REPORT BY RECENT YEARS’ STANDARDS.
GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 1 at the Littlefield Cemetery (Lamb) on
9/6/20 (BB) – A BIT LOW; THE SPECIES HAS BECOME EXPECTED, IN LOW
NUMBERS, DURING FALL.
CASSIN’S KINGBIRD: 1 in Yellowhouse Canyon (Lubbock) on 9/29/20 (JrC,
WC) the only report – LOW; FALL USUALLY FEATURES A SPATE OF REPORTS OF
THIS SPECIES.
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: Six reports of single birds in the region
(Bailey, Lubbock, Yoakum) during the first half of the period (JB, DH,
AH) the only reports – A BIT ON THE LOW SIDE.
WESTERN WOOD PEWEE: Twenty-five reports of 1-9 birds in the region
(Bailey, Cochran, Lamb, Lubbock, Yoakum) throughout the period (BB,
JB, JoC, DH, PKe, RL, JW) – GOOD NUMBER OF REPORTS, GOOD NUMBERS, AND
GOOD SCATTER.
WILLOW FLYCATCHER: Twelve reports of 1-6 birds in the region (Bailey,
Lamb, Lubbock, Yoakum) during the first two thirds of the period (JB,
JoC, JRC, WC, JCr, DH, BSc) - THE SPECIES HIT THE REGION A BIT EARLY
BUT NEVER REALLY HIT FULL STRIDE; SOMEWHAT LOW.
LEAST FLYCATCHER: Twenty-five reports of 1-4 birds in the region
(Bailey, Cochran, Hale, Lubbock, Yoakum) throughout the period (JB,
JoC, JCr, DH, AH, AK, PKe, RL, JM, KM, NP, BSc, JW) – GOOD NUMBER OF
REPORTS AND GOOD NUMBERS.
HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER: 1 at Aztlan Park (Lubbock) form 9/19/20 through
9/21/20 (JrC, WC, JoC) the only report – A BIT ON THE LOW SIDE.
GRAY FLYCATCHER: 1 at the Littlefield Cemetery (Lamb) on 9/1/20 (JB),
1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/11/20 (KM), 1 at Yoakum County Park
(Yoakum) on 9/15/20 (DH), 1 at the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/28/20
(DH, AH, JM), and 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/29/20 (JoC) – GOOD
NUMBER OF REPORTS AND GOOD NUMBERS.
CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER: 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/7/20 (JoC, JrC,
WC) and 1 at Yoakum County Park (Yoakum) on 9/15/20 (DH) the only
reports – A TAD LOW WHICH WAS SURPRISING GIVEN THE ‘WESTERN’ FLAVOR OF
THIS YEAR’S MIGRATION.
BLACK PHOEBE: 1 at Aztlan Park (Lubbock) from 9/15/20 through 9/28/20
(PKi, JoC, JrC, WC, JCr, PKe, DM, BSc, BSh, JW) and one near Slaton
(Lubbock) on 9/27/20 (BSc) – ANOTHER SPECIES WITH UNCERTAIN STATUS IN
THE REGION; IT CURRENTLY SEEMS TO BE EXPANDING INTO THE REGION.
SAY’S PHOEBE: 1 near Maple (Bailey) on 9/2/20 (JB), 1 at Tahoka Lake
(Lynn) on 9/12/20 (MDL), 1 at Bole’s Lake Road (Lubbock) on 9/15/20
(PKi), and 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/17/20 (AH) – AN
INTERESING SCATTER OF REPORTS WITH AN ODD URBAN REPORT TOSSED IN.
EASTERN PHOEBE: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/12/20 (AH) the only
report – LOW BUT LITTLE EFFORT REPORTED FROM OUR EASTERN COUNTIES.
WHITE-EYED VIREO: 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/15/20 (HB) –
ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION; ONE OF A HANDFUL OF RECORDS FROM THE REGION.
BELL’S VIREO: 1 near Maple (Bailey) on 9/1/20 (JB) – A RATHER LATER
REPORT FOR THE REGION.
CASSIN’S VIREO: 1 at the Littlefield Cemetery (Lamb) on 9/1/20 (JB), 1
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/20 (AH, BSc), and 1 in Yellowhouse
Canyon (Lubbock) on 9/29/20 (JrC, WC) – A GOOD NUMBER OF REPORTS FOR A
SINGLE MONTH.
BLUE-HEADED VIREO: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/4/20 through
9/5/20 (JCr, AH, BSh) and 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/20 (AH,
BSc) the only reports – ABOUT AVERAGE; MIGHT PICK UP IN OCTOBER.
PLUMBEOUS VIREO: 1 at the Morton Cemetery (Cochran) on 9/2/20 (JB) the
only report received – A BIT LOW.
WARBLING VIREO: Seven reports of 1-2 birds in the region (Cochran,
Lubbock, Yoakum) throughout the period (JB, JrC, WC, DH, AH, BSc) –
GOOD NUMBER OF REPORTS AND GOOD NUMBERS.
RED-EYED VIREO: 1 at the Morton Cemetery (Cochran) on 9/2/20 (JB), 1
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/2/20 through 9/4/20 (JCr, HB, JCr), and
1 below Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/7/20 (JoC0 – GOOD NUMBER OF REPORTS.
COMMON RAVEN: 2 near Maple (Bailey) on 9/1/20 (JB) – A BIT OUT OF
RANGE FOR A SUMMER/FALL REPORT – THEY GENERALLY MOVE INTO OUR WESTERN
AREAS FROM THE WEST LATER IN THE YEAR.
BANK SWALLOW: Four reports of 1-7 birds in the region (Lubbock, Lynn)
during the first half of the period (MDL, AH) the only reports – LOW.
TREE SWALLOW: Eleven reports of 1-5 birds in the region (Bailey,
Cochran, Lubbock, Lynn, Yoakum) during the period (JB, MDL, DH, AH,
PKi, JM, BSh) – ABOUT AVERAGE FOR A DROUGHT YEAR.
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: 3 at Yoakum County Park (Yoakum) on
9/15/20 (DH) the only report from the month – VERY LOW.
VERDIN: 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/4/20 (PKi) and 1 below Lake Six
(Lubbock) from 9/7/20 through 9/11/20 (JoC) – FAIRLY REGULAR FURTHER
TO THE EAST IN OUR REGION; LUBBOCK IS NOW A WESTERN EDGE FOR THIS
SPECIES.
BUSHTIT: 6-8 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/4/20 (PKi) and 5 at Lake Six
(Lubbock) on 9/19/20 (PKe) – RARELY SEEN THIS FAR WEST IN THE REGION
IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES.
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/12/20 (AH) – THE
ONLY REPORT FROM OUR REGION, THOUGH THE SPECIES WAS ALREADY REPORTED
FROM THE PANHANDLE PROPER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
ROCK WREN: 1 at the Slaton Egret Roost (Lubbock) on 9/6/20 (AH) the
only report – LOW.
HOUSE WREN: Twenty reports of 1-4 birds in the region (Bailey,
Cochran, Lamb, Lubbock, Yoakum) during the period (BB, JB, DH, AH,
PKe, PKi, JM, BSh) – GOOD NUMBER OF REPORTS AND GOOD NUMBERS; THE
SPECIES USUALLY PEAKS, DURING FALL MIGRATION, IN OCTOBER.
WINTER WREN: 1 on the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/2/20 (AH) – VERY
EARLY; THE SECOND EARLIEST FALL REPORT ON RECORD FOR OUR REGION.
MARSH WREN: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/12/20 through 9/17/20
(DH, AH, ZS), 1 on the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/28/20 and 9/29/20
(PKe, JM, AH), and 1 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on 9/29/20 (JM,
BSh) – RIGHT ON TIME AND IN SOME ODD PLACES.
CACTUS WREN: 3 at the Plains WTP (Yoakum) on 9/2/20 (JB) – FORMERLY
REGULAR IN OUR WESTERN TIER OF COUNTIES; MAY BE RESURGING.
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER: Nine reports of 1-2 birds at various sites in
(Lubbock) during the period (JoC, JrC, WC, AH, PKi, LEAS trip) – ABOUT
AVERAGE; USUALLY PEAKS, DURING FALL, IN OCTOBER.
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/20 (AH) the
only report from the first half of the month – eight reports of 1-3
birds at various sites in (Lubbock) during the second half of the
month (JoC, JrC, WC, JCr, AH, PKe, JM) – THE SPECIES SEEMS TO BE
GETTING INTO THE REGION A BIT EARLY THIS YEAR.
SWAINSON’S THRUSH: Five reports of single birds at various sites in
(Lubbock) during the period (JoC, KD, PKi, BSc) the only reports –
VERY LOW.
HERMIT THRUSH: Four reports of single birds at various sites in
(Lubbock) during the period (KD, AL, BSh, ZS) the only reports – LOW.
GRAY CATBIRD: 1 at the Slaton Egret Roost (Lubbock) on 9/6/20 (AH) and
1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/13/20 through 9/16/20 (JoC, JrC, WC,
DH, AH, JM) – GOOD NUMBER OF REPORTS BUT LOW NUMBERS AS, PROBABLY,
ONLY TWO BIRDS WERE SEEN.
BROWN THRASHER: 1 at the Slaton Egret Roost (Lubbock) on 9/6/20 (AH),
1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/13/20 through9/16/20 (CC, JoC, JrC,
WC, DH, AH, PKe, JM, BSc, ZS, WW), 1 at Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on
9/20/20 (JW), and 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/30/20 (KD) – GOOD
NUMBER OF REPORTS FOR ABOVE THE CAPROCK ESCARPMENT.
CEDAR WAXWING: 3 near Maple (Bailey) on 9/1/20 and9/2/20 (JB) and 28
over the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/10/20 (AH) – VERY EARLY REPORTS
BY CONTEMPORARY STANDARDS.
PHAINOPEPLA: 1 near Maple (Bailey) on 9/2/20 (JB) – FORMERLY
ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION; NOW REGARDED AS AN ANNUAL VISITOR WITH VERY
LITTLE SEASONALITY DETECTABLE AS YET.
PINE SISKIN: Nineteen reports of 1-10 birds and one report of 16 birds
in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Lubbock, Yoakum) from 9/2/20 onward
(JB, CC, JoC, JCr, AH, PKe, LEAS trip, AL, JM, KM, BSc, WW) – A VERY
STRONG, SOMEWHAT EARLY MOVEMENT INTO THE REGION; IT MAY BE AN
IRRUPTIVE YEAR FOR FINCHES.
LESSER GOLDFINCH: Twenty-nine reports of 1-10 birds and one report of
12 birds in the region (Cochran, Lubbock, Yoakum) throughout the
period (JB, JoC, JrC, JCr, DH, AH, PKe, RL, AL, JM, KM, BSc) – A
DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN PATTERN THIS YEAR: ALMOST NO BREEDING EFFORT
REPORTED; GOOD NUMBERS IN AUGUST, REMARKABLY GOOD NUMBERS THROUGH
SEPTEMBER – PERHAPS OCTOBER WILL HELP MAKE SENSE OF THINGS.
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/3/20 (JoC) and 1 at
Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/28/20 (JCr) – LOW NUMBERS FOR A MONTH WHEN
AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES SHOULD BE MOVING IN AS LESSER GOLDFINCHES MOVE
OUT.
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW: 1-3 on the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) from 9/28/20
through 9/30/20 (DH, AH, JM) – NOT REMARKABLE FOR THE REGION; BUT
REMARKABLE FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE!
CHIPPING SPARROW: Twenty-three reports of 1-10 birds, four reports of
14-25 birds, one report of 40 birds, and one report of 80 birds in the
region (Bailey, Cochran, Hale, Lubbock, Yoakum) throughout the period
(JB, JoC, DH, AH, PKe, PKi, JK, LEAS trip, AL, JM, NP, BSc, BSh, WW)
– GIVEN THE WESTERN FLAVOR OF THE YEAR’S MIGRATION, IT WAS SURPRISING
TO HAVE MORE CLAY-COLORED SPARROW REPORTS THAN CHIPPING SPARROW
REPORTS.
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW: Forty-one reports of 1-10 birds and five reports
of 11-20 birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Lubbock, Yoakum)
throughout the period (JB, JoC, JrC, WC, JCr, DH, AH, JK, PKe, PKi,
LEAS trip, JM, KM, MR, BSc, BSh) – GIVEN THE WESTERN FLAVOR OF THE
YEAR’S MIGRATION, IT WAS SURPRISING TO HAVE MORE CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
REPORTS THAN CHIPPING SPARROW REPORTS.
BREWER’S SPARROW: 1 in Yellowhouse Canyon (Lubbock) on 9/29/20 (JrC,
WC) the only report – LOW; ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE STRONG MOVEMENT OF
CHIPPING AND CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS.
DARK-EYED JUNCO: 1 at Yoakum County Park (Yoakum) on 9/2/20 (JB), 1
on the TTU Campus (Lubbock) on 9/10/20 (BJ), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock)
from 9/13/20 through 9/15/20 (JoC, AH, JM, BSh), 1 below Lake Six
(Lubbock) on 9/28/20 (JoC), and 1 on the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on
9/29/20 (AH) – AN UNUSUALLY STRONG EARLY MOVEMENT OF THE SPECIES INTO
THE REGION.
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 1 at Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/17/20 (JoC), 4
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/29/20 (AL), 2 at Buffalo Springs Lake
(Lubbock) on 9/29/20 (JM, BSh), 1 at Yellowhouse Canyon (Lubbock) on
9/29/20 (JrC, WC), 6 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/30/20 (AH), and
1 on the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/30/20 (AH) – AN UNUSUALLY
STRONG EARLY MOVEMENT OF THE SPECIES INTO THE REGION.
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/30/20 (AH)
– A VERY EARLY SIGHTING; THE SECOND EARLIEST REPORT ON RECORD.
LINCOLN’S SPARROW: 1 at McAlister Park (Lubbock) on 9/2/20 (JoC), 1 at
Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/12/20 (AH), and 1 at the CR 185 Playa (Hale)
on 9/13/20 (NP) – eight reports of 1-2 birds in the region through the
rest of the month- A VERY STRONG MOVEMENT FOR THIS EARLY IN THE
SEASON.
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/11/20 and 9/12/20
(KM, AH), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/25/20 (JCr), 1 on the TTU HSC
Campus (Lubbock) from 9/28/20 through 9/30/20 (DH, AH), and 1 at Clapp
Park (Lubbock) on 9/29/20 (AL) – ABOUT AVERAGE.
SPOTTED TOWHEE: Fifteen reports of 1-5 birds at various sites in
(Lubbock) from 9/19/20 onward (LEAS trip, JoC, JCr, KD, AH, PKe, AL,
JM) – A VERY STRONG EARLY MOVEMENT OF THIS SPECIES FOR THIS REGION;
THESE ARE OCTOBER NUMBERS!
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/3/20 (JoC, JrC,
WC, DH), 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) from 9/4/20 through 9/7/20 (PKi, JoC,
JrC, WC), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/25/20 (JCr), and 1 on the TTU
HSC Campus (Lubbock) from 9/28/20 through 9/30/20 (DH, AH, PKe, JM) –
ALL RUNNING A BIT LATE FOR THE REGION.
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD: Five reports of 1-3 birds, one report of 16
birds, one report of 36 birds, and one report of 50-60 birds in the
region( Bailey, Cochran, Hale, Lubbock, Lynn) during the period (JB,
MDL, AH, PKi, JM, NP) – ABOUT AVERAGE; NUMBER OF LARGE FLOCKS SEEMED A
BIT DOWN.
ORCHARD ORIOLE: 1 at Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/17/20 (JoC) and 1 in a
Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/20/20 (JCr) – PERSISTING A BIT ON THE LATE
SIDE BY CONTEMPORARY STANDARDS.
BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/14/20 (DH) and 1 at
Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/17/20 (JoC) – FORMERLY CONSIDERED CASUAL IN
THE REGION; NOW EXPECTED ANNUALLY AS A POST-BREEDING MIGRANT.
BRONZED COWBIRD: 32 in Plainview (Hale) on 9/1/20 (AK, NP), 1 at the
Morton Cemetery (Cochran) on 9/2/20 (JB), 1 at the Morton Landfill
(Cochran) on 9/2/20 (JB), 36 in Plainview (Hale) on 9/6/20 (CA, MA),
and ‘many’ at Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/11/20 (PKi) – WHEN THE
SPECIES FIRST GOT HERE, THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN LATE REPORTS – WE NOW
EXPECT THEM INTO OCTOBER.
OVENBIRD: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/14/20 through 9/17/20 (SP,
JoC, JrC, DH, AH, JM, KM, BSh) – FORMERLY CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL TO THE
REGION; NOW KNOWN TO BE CASUAL.
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH: 1 near Maple (Bailey) on 9/1/20 (JB), 1-2 at
Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/1/20 through 9/5/20 (JoC, JrC, JCr, DHa,
DH, AH, RL), and 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/20/20 (AH) – ABOUT
AVERAGE.
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on on 9/4/20 and
9/5/20 (JoC, AH, WW), 1 at Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/11/20 (PKi), 1-2
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/12/20 through 9/15/20 (AH, JM, KM,
BSh), and 1 at Stanford Park (Yoakum) on 9/15/20 (DH) – A BIT BETTER
THAN AVERAGE.
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/5/20 (AH) and
1-3 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/12/20 through 9/15/20 (AH, KM), and
1 at Yoakum County Park (Yoakum) on 9/15/20 (DH) were good first half
of the month reports – fourteen reports of 1-8 birds and two reports
of 12 birds at various sites in (Lubbock) during the remainder of the
month (JoC, JCr, WC, DH, AH, PKe, JM, BSc, BSh, WW) – A STRONG EARLY
SHOWING LEADING INTO A REALLY STRONG MOVEMENT.
NASHVILLE WARBLER: Twenty-one reports of 1-2 birds at various sites in
(Lubbock) throughout the period (JoC, JrC, WC, JCr, KD, DH, AH, PKe,
RL, JM, BSc, JC) – AT FIRST AN EARLY MOVEMENT AND THEN A VERY STRONG
MOVEMENT.
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/5/20 (AH), 1 at
Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/12/20 through 9/15/20 (AH, JM), and 1 in a
Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/27/20 (JCr) – A TAD LOW ACTUALLY, STEALING
A BIT FROM THE WESTERN FLAVOR OF THE SEASON.
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: Fifteen reports of 1-3 birds at various sites in
(Lubbock) throughout the period (CC, KD, AH, JM, ZS) – GOOD NUMBER OF
REPORTS, FAIRLY GOOD NUMBERS.
AMERICAN REDSTART: 1 near Maple (Bailey) on 9/1/20 (JB), 1 at Aztlan
Park (Lubbock) on 9/11/20 (PKi), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/20
and 9/14/20 (JoC, AH, JM, BSh), 2 at Yoakum County Park (Yoakum) on
9/15/20 (DH), and 1 on the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/29/20 (AH) –
GOOD NUMBER OF REPORTS AND GOOD SCATTER.
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER: 1 on Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/11/20 (RL) and on
9/12/20 (AH) – FORMERLY CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL; NOW, PROBABLY DUE TO
INCREASED OBSERVER EFFORT, PROMOTED TO CASUAL.
YELLOW WARBLER: Twenty-nine reports of 1-4 birds in the region
(Bailey, Cochran, Hale, Lubbock, Yoakum) during the period (JB, JoC,
JrC, WC, KD, DH, AH, AK, PKe, PKi, DM, JM, NP, BSc, LZ) – GOOD NUMBER
OF REPORTS, FAIRLY GOOD NUMBERS, AND GOOD SCATTER – FOLLOWING A VERY
GOOD AUGUST FOR THE SPECIES.
PALM WARBLER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/17/20 (DH), 1 at
McAlister Park (Lubbock) on 9/24/20 (BSh), and 1 at Buffalo Springs
Lake (Lubbock) on 9/29/20 (JM, BSh) – CASUAL TO THE REGION; THREE
REPORTS IN A SEASON IS PRETTY GOOD.
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER: Twenty reports of 1-8 birds in the region
(Bailey, Cochran, Lubbock, Yoakum) from 9/1/20 onward (JB, JoC, JrC,
WC, JCr, KD, AH, PKe, DM, JM, BSh, CFRT) – A STRONG MOVEMENT OF THE
SPECIES INTO THE REGION FOR THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON.
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER: 1 near Maple (Bailey) on 9/1/20 (JB), 1 at
McAlister Park (Lubbock) on 9/8/20 (JoC), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock)
from 9/13/20 on 9/13/20 and 9/14/20 (AH, DH, BSc), 1 at Yoakum County
Park (Yoakum) on 9/15/20 (DH), 2 near Slaton (Lubbock) on 9/27/20
(BSc), 1 on the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/28/20 and 9/29/20 (AH,
PKe, JM), and 2 on the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/30/20 (AH) – A
VERY GOOD MOVEMENT OF THIS SPECIES THROUGH THE REGION.
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/14/20
(DH) – FORMERLY CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL IN THE REGION; NOW CONSIDERED
CASUAL.
WILSON’S WARBLER: Seventy-five reports of 1-10 birds, seven reports of
11-25 birds, and four reports of 26-46 birds in the region (Bailey,
Cochran, Lamb, Lubbock, Yoakum) during the period (JB, CC, JoC, JrC,
WC, JCr, KD, DHa, DH, AH, GK, PKe, PKi, LEAS trip, RL, JM, KM, BSc,
BSh, CFRT, WW, JW) – OUTSTANDING NUMBER OF SIGHTINGS, REALLY GOOD
NUMBERS, AND GOOD SCATTER - FOLLOWING A PRETTY GOOD AUGUST.
SUMMER TANAGER: 1 female at Yoakum County Park (Yoakum) on 9/15/20
(DH) and 1 female on the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/28/20 (AH) –
ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS RARE MIGRANT.
WESTERN TANAGER: Eight reports of single birds in the region (Bailey,
Cochran, Lamb, Lubbock) during the first half of the period (JB, AH,
PKi, JM, BSh) – A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AVERAGE AND, AS EXPECTED THIS YEAR,
A BETTER SHOWING OF THE WESTERN SPECIES (WESTERN) AS OPPOSED TO THE
EASTERN (SUMMER).
PYRRHULOXIA: 1 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on 9/29/20 (JM, BSh)
and 1 on the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 9/30/20 (AH) – RUNNING A BIT
EARLY INTO THE REGION.
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 1 immature male at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from
9/12/20 through 9/14/20 (DH, AH) the only report – A TAD LOW.
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK: 1 near Maple on 9/1/20 and 9/2/20 (JB), 1 at
Yoakum County Park (Yoakum) on 9/2/20 (JB), 1 below Lake Six (Lubbock)
on 9/7/20 (JoC), 1-4 at Clapp Park almost daily from 9/11/20 through
9/24/20 (JoC, JrC, DH, AH, PKe, LEAS trip, JM, KM), 2 females in a
Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/12/20 (KD), 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock)
on 9/14/20 (KD), 1 at Stanford Park (Yoakum) on 9/15/20 (DH), and 1 at
Yoakum County Park (Yoakum) on 9/15/20 (DH) – VERY GOOD NUMBER OF
REPORTS, GOOD NUMBERS, AND GOOD SCATTER – AGAIN THE WESTERN FLAVOR
(MORE BLACK-HEADED THAN ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS) MANIFESTS ITSELF.
LAZULI BUNTING: 2 near Maple (Bailey) on 9/1/20 (JB), 1 at Clapp Park
(Lubbock) on 9/1/20 (JoC), 1 at the Morton Cemetery (Cochran) on
9/2/20 (JB), 1 below Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/7/20 (JoC), 1 adult
female at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/12/20 (AH), I immature at Clapp
Park (Lubbock) from 9/13/20 through 9/16/20 (AH, JoC), and 1 at Clapp
Park (Lubbock) from 9/29/20 (JoC) – VERY GOOD NUMBER OF REPORTS AND
GOOD NUMBERS FOR THIS LATE IN THE SEASON.
INDIGO BUNTING: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/5/20 (AH), 1 at Yoakum
County Park (Yoakum) on 9/15/20 (DH), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on
9/20/20 (AH), and 1 at Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/26/20 (BSc) – GOOD
NUMBERS FOR THIS LATE IN THE SEASON.
PAITNED BUNTING: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/16/20 (JoC, JM), 1 at
Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/17/20 (JoC), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on
9/19/20 (LEAS trip), 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/22/20 (KD), 1
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/24/20 and 9/25/20 (JoC, JCr), and 1 at
Mae Simmons Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/20 (PKe) – GOOD NUMBERS FOR THIS
LATE IN THE SEASON.
DICKCISSEL: 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/21/20 (JoC) – YET
ANOTHER LATE REPORT FOR THE SEASON.
OBSERVERS: CA=Connie Andrus, MA=Marlin Andrus, BB-Bradley Banner,
JB=Justin Bosler, KB=Kathrn Brautigam, HB=Holly Bundock, CC=Cathy
Cochran, JoC=Joe Cochran, JrC=Jordan Cochran, WC=Whitney Cochran,
JCr=Jim Crites, MDL=Manuel De Leon, KD=Ken Dixon, DHa=Danny Hancock,
DH=Drew Harvey, AH=Anthony Hewetson, BJ=Brad Jury, AK=Andrew Kasner,
GK=Glenda Kelly, PKe=Peter Keyel, PKi=Phillip Kite, JK=Jim Kringle,
LEAS Trip (Sheri Anderson, Jim Crites, Brad Ewing, Matthew Ewing, Joe
Heppert, Kathy Heppert, Aveline Hewetson, Greg Joiner, Christopher
Keeble, Michelle Keeble, Barry Keith, Glenda Kelly, Ashley Kempken,
Phillip Kite, Rob Lee, Larallye Lopez, Cienna Lyon, Kassie Moore,
Gloria Paraskeva, Jubalee Penuliar, Gary Strickland, Sebastian
Strickland, Tess Trost), CL=Carol Lee, RL=Rob Lee, AL=Alan Livingston,
DM=Derek Malone, JM=Jennifer Miller, KM=Kassie Moore, SP=Skyler Parks,
NP=Niler Pyeatt, MR=Matt Radford, CR=Clarice Robertson, FR=Floyd
Robertson, BSc=Bobby Schat, ZS=Zachary Schwab, BSh=Brad Shine,
CFRT=Carlos Fernandez Ramirez Torres, WW=William Wenthe, JW=Jessie
Williamson, LZ= Lena Zappia.
Anthony Hewetson; Lubbock
