Greetings All:
On Sunday, I spent most of the day checking out an even more flooded (than
Lynn) Crosby County, really having to take care on even paved roads in
low-lying spots where playas had filled and spilled. Toading/frogging was
awesome, butterflying was really good, and birding was pretty solid.
Highlights included: 2 Cackling Geese at Crosbyton City Park, 1 Canada
Goose at Crosbyton City Park, 2 Gadwalls well north of Crosbyton, 2
Blue-winged Teals at Crosbyton City Park, 4 Blue-winged Teals south of
Crosbyton, 2 Northern Pintails southeast of Mt. Blanco, 1 Canvasback north
of Lorenzo, *2 Common Gallinules* at Ralls WTP, 2 Black-necked Stilts north
of Ralls, 1 Black-necked Stilt well north of Crosbyton, 4 American Avocets
in Cone, 2 American Avocets just north of Crosbyton, 16 American Avocets
north of Ralls, 2 American Avocets south of Crosbyton, 2 Upland Sandpipers
well north of Crosbyton, 1 Greater Yellowlegs just north of Crosbyton, 1
Greater Yellowlegs north of Ralls, *1 Willet* well north of Crosbyton, 2
Lesser Yellowlegs north of Ralls, 1 Great Egret west of Crosbyton, 1 Snowy
Egret north of Lorenzo, 4 Snowy Egrets north of Ralls, 2 Snowy Egrets
southeast of Mt. Blanco, 1 Snowy Egret west of Crosbyton, 2 Cattle Egrets
at Crosbyton City Park, 7 Cattle Egrets north of Ralls, 1 Cattle Egret
well north of Crosbyton, 14 Cattle Egrets south of Ralls, 75 Cattle Egrets
southeast of Mt. Blanco, 1 White-faced Ibis at Crosbyton City Park, 1
White-faced Ibis south of Ralls, 3 White-faced Ibises southeast of Mt.
Blanco, 4 White-faced Ibises well north of Crosbyton, 2 Red-headed
Woodpeckers at Camp Rio Blanca crossing, 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers at FM 193
x FM 651 crossing, 1 Downy Woodpecker at Silver Falls Rest Area, 2 Eastern
Phoebes at Silver Falls Rest Area, 1 Common Raven at Silver Falls Rest
Area, 1 Purple Martin in Crosbyton, 12 Northern Rough-winged Swallows at FM
193 x FM 651 crossing, 2 Rock Wrens at the FM 193 x FM 651 crossing, 2
Canyon Wrens at the FM 193 x FM 651 crossing, 2 adult Canyon Wrens with 3
fledglings at Silver Falls Rest Area, 2 Cave Swallows south of Crosbyton, 2
Cave Swallows southeast of Mt. Blanco, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers at Camp Rio
Blanca crossing, 1 Common Yellowthroat at Ralls WTP, 1 male Indigo Bunting
at Silver Falls Rest Area, 1 female and 2 male Yellow-headed Blackbirds at
Crosbyton City Park, and 1 male Yellow-headed Blackbird south of Crosbyton.
My favorite non-avian highlight - a tarantula walking directly into a mud
puddle, to the point where it was almost afloat, to snag and consume an
earthworm. This gets me one step closer to knowing the answer to the
ultimate question in biology: "Just what won't eat an earthworm?"
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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