[texbirds] Full Report from Plains I BBS - 23 June 2013
- From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "leas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:34:16 -0700 (PDT)
Greetings All:
I completed the Plains I BBS (Yoakum County) on 23 June
2013. The route
which runs eastward to the Yoakum/Terry County line from a point north of
Plains and then southward along the county line is in horrible shape this year.
It is located in a portion of the county that has not benefited from recent
rains (in dramatic contrast with the Plains II route - just 20 miles to the
west) and, to make matters worse, is undergoing 'improvements' related to
agriculture and energy extraction. I actually had a run of five stops in a row
during which I tallied no wildlife at all - not even a Horned Lark to be
spotted on the desolate sand- and wind-swept, almost sterile cotton fields. I
think this is probably the worst list that this route has ever produced for me.
The entire list of critters seen on the Plains I BBS:
4 Pipevine Swallowtails
1 Black Swallowtail
4 Checkered Whites
1 Lyside Sulphur
1 Long-nosed Snake
4 Northern Bobwhites
1 Swainson's Hawk
1 Killdeer
53 Rock Pigeons
3 Eurasian Collared Doves
74 Mourning Doves
2 Common Nighthawks
2 American Kestrels
73 Western Kingbirds
1 Loggerhead Shrike
10 Chihuahuan Ravens
23 Horned Larks
14 Barn Swallows
1 Curve-billed Thrasher
2 Cassin's Sparrows
15 Lark Sparrows
1 Grasshopper Sparrow
1 Blue Grosbeak
2 Red-winged Blackbirds
2 Eastern Meadowlarks
6 Western Meadowlarks
18 Great-tailed Grackles
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Bullock's Oriole
4 House Finches
2 House Sparrows
2 Black-tailed Prairie Dogs
1 Coyote
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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