Greetings All:
I led the trip to Edwards County on Sunday. Present at the beginning (FM
335 north of Barksdale, Barksdale-Rocksprings Rest Area, and Rocksprings -
city park, cemetery, and stock pond) were Ashley Cheshire, Carol Cheshire,
Shelia Hargis, Ray Hodson, Roz Hodson, Ron Huebner, Ethel Kutac (how
awesome is that!), Mark Lyon, Romey Swanson, Jane Tillman, and Catherine
Winans). Romey peeled off to visit Dobb's Run and contributed Canyon Wren
and Olive Sparrow and after everybody else peeled off I discovered a
Swainson's Hawk (amazingly the only one seen during the day) and a small
flock of Cliff Swallows.
Altogether, the group pulled in at least 92 species for the day!!
The list:
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Zone-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Eurasian Collared Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ringed Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Crested Caracara
Eastern Wood Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Black-capped Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Western Scrub Jay
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee'
Black-crested Titmouse
Verdin
Bushtit
Canyon Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Long-billed Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Louisiana Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-throated Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Olive Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Canyon Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Ninety-two species seems pretty good - especially given that we encountered
close to no standing water AND it was a short day. This could be a one day
county with access to a single sewage pond or a couple of bouts of
nocturnal birding - anybody up for an Edwards County big day!
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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