McAlister is drying up, too. Water only remains on the west side and minus the
pond in front of Bob Mills, it can all be seen from one vantage point. Some
surprises today including my FOS Ring-necked Ducks.
McAlister Park, Lubbock
Oct 2, 2020
1:07 PM
Traveling
3.13 miles
84 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Sunny with wispy clouds and windy. Low to high 70’s. McAlister is
drying up. Water is only left on the west side.
Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.2.0 Build 2.2.4
3 Gadwall -- 1 male, 2 females
1 American Wigeon -- Male
3 Northern Pintail
2 Green-winged Teal
3 Ring-necked Duck -- 2 males, 1 female
10 Ruddy Duck
40 duck sp.
2 Pied-billed Grebe
4 American Coot
7 Killdeer
8 Baird's Sandpiper
14 Least Sandpiper
25 peep sp. -- Based on the calls I would guess Least Sandpipers. All looked
the same size. In flight.
2 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Snowy Egret
1 Northern Harrier -- Female/immature. Successfully pursued a small bird in
flight.
1 Swainson's Hawk -- Adult
3 Burrowing Owl
1 American Kestrel
1 Loggerhead Shrike
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
1 Western/Eastern Meadowlark
2 Red-winged Blackbird -- Females
1 Great-tailed Grackle -- Male
Number of Taxa: 27
Jennifer Miller
Lubbock, TX
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