Greetings All:
As I was cleaning and refilling my hummingbird feeders on the morning of
the 10th I noted 2 Curve-billed Thrashers in the largest of my pecan
trees. This species has become uncommon in the immediate vicinity of
Lubbock and is very rare to my neighborhood.
A Hermit Thrush (another plain, brown job) graced my yard on the 7th.
A Chipping Sparrow was in my yard on the 8th and 9th. On the 10th, it was
joined by a buddy. They are working over the bugs that nosh on the
reproductive bits that fall of my fruitless mulberry tree.
For most of the week I had 2 Lincoln's Sparrows - on the 9th and 10th there
were at least 4. Again, not a mind-boggling species for the region but it
is very unusual to have more than a single bird in my yard at a time.
Unusual misses at the point: I usually have a pair of Western Kingbirds
setting up a nest in my yard by the end of the first week of April; haven't
seen one in the entire region yet - I should have, given the amount of time
spent in the year, had at least a couple of Swainson's Hawk flyovers; so
far nada.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson, Lubbock
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