[leasbirds] Re: Osprey in Lubbock
- From: WILLIAM WENTHE <wwenthe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:00:41 -0700 (PDT)
Just before 5:30 I was at Quaker and 19th, and saw what I believe was that same
osprey. I was driving, and negotiating the difficult choice of "Do I risk a
car wreck or do I keep craning my neck up to try and look at that bird which is
some kind of raptor but not what I'm used to seeing?" I was rushing to an
appointment on Slide at 5:30. I bet it was that osprey.
Speaking of the "same" bird, I suspect the same rock wren reappeared in my
backyard last week. I can't imagine there have been two. Also last week, a
grey fox. On Tuesday, 4/15, my semiannual backyard hermit thrush, and the
first chipping sparrow I've seen this year in Tech Terrace. Goldfinches are
around, too.
Bill
From: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Anthony Hewetson
<fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 8:43 AM
Subject: [leasbirds] Osprey in Lubbock
Greetings All:
One of my favorite things about birding is that one can 'do it' in almost any
environment and, if the bird is big enough, bare-eyed.
Yesterday evening (5:35 PM), whilst stopped at the intersection of 4th Street
and Quaker Avenue, I watched a stunningly beautiful Osprey drift slowly over
the intersection. It was most likely in transit from Whisperwood Pond to the
TTU Sewage Ponds and, whatever its origin or destination, it was a startling
contrast with the Black-tailed Jackrabbit-dotted agricultural 'wasteland' to my
left and the mesquite-dotted grassland to my right.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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