In hopes that we couldn't possibly have two miserably dry, birdless,
and butterflyless years in a row and in hopes of a) getting that
danged painting done and b) getting more of my historical data entered
into eBird I decided to repeat my attempt to document 40 butterfly, 0
amphibian, 2 reptile, 80 bird, and 4 mammal species - with 90% of the
species seen/heard photographed as well.
At the end of May, Lubbock was doing pretty well in terms of
precipitation and my yard had gone mad. Mowing, in most years a
monthly chore, had become a weekly task and 'weeds' (aka wildflowers)
that I had never seen before were springing up in my ill-tended back
yard - because of code inspectors I treat my yard like a mullet
hairdo: business up front, party in the back:) Birding was not
particularly good (migrants mostly gave my yard a pass this year -
possibly because town is not as much of a draw in wet years) but
butterflying really picked up..
During May I managed to spot 18 species of butterfly, 0 species of
amphibian, 1 species of reptile, 20 species of bird, and 1 species of
mammal, getting up to 18 species of butterfly, 0 species of amphibian,
1 species of reptile, 35 species of bird, and 1 species of mammal for
the year, hitting 45%,100%, 50%, 43.75%, and 25% of my taxonomic goals
- still quite a ways behind where I expected to be at this point. Of
the 55 species recorded so far this year, I have photographed 46,
putting me at 83.64% in terms of my photographic goal,
June may well be more interesting than usual if conditions continue
wet in town as I could pick up quite a few butterflies, my missing
reptile (Ornate Box Turtle), some the more common waders that have yet
to grace my yard with a flyover, and my missing mammals. It .
The list follows coded as *=new, (y) = photographed
Funereal Duskywings*(y)
Common Sootywings
Sachem
Black Swallowtail*(y)
Cabbage White
Checkered White
Southern Dogface
Sleepy Orange
Dainty Sulphur*
Marine Blue*(y)
Reakirt's Blue
Gray Hairstreak*(y)
American Snout*(y)
Monarch
Phaon Crescent
Vesta Crescent*(y)
Red Admiral
Painted Lady*(y)
Mediterranean Gecko*(y)
Eurasian Collared Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk*
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Neotropic Cormorant*(y)
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Mississippi Kite*(y)
Western Kingbird
Blue Jay
American Robin
Curve-billed Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
House Sparrow
House Finch
Lincoln's Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Anthony Hewetson; Lubbock
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