[texbirds] Highlights from Floyd County - Yesterday

  • From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "leas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:35:12 -0700 (PDT)

Greetings All:

Yesterday, 15 September 2012, Rick Kostecke and I spent roughly 5.5 hours in 
Floyd County visiting the White River crossing of Highway 207, Eagle's Hall 
Park in Floydada, and the willow-lined playa near the intersection of CR 3111 
and CR 318.

Highlights from the White River crossing included 1 Least Flycatcher (AH only), 
1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 1 female Blue Grosbeak, and 1 female Orchard Oriole.

Highlights from Eagle's Hall Park: 1 Cooper's Hawk, 2 Chimney Swifts, 1 EASTERN 
WOOD PEWEE (seen and heard), 1 Western Wood Pewee, 1 Willow Flycatcher, 1 
RED-EYED VIREO, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 2 
MacGillivray's Warblers, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 5 Wilson's Warblers, 1 
subadult White-crowned Sparrow, 1 male Indigo Bunting, and 3 Lesser Goldfinches.

Highlights from the 3111x318 playa: 1 Willow Flycatcher, 1 Eastern Kingbird, 2 
House Wrens, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet,  1 Yellow Warbler, 14 Wilson's Warblers, 
11 Clay-colored Sparrows, 1 Brewer's Sparrow (RK only), 1 Field Sparrow (AH 
only), 1 subadult White-crowned Sparrow, and1 subadult male Western Tanager. 


Random highlights: 10 White-faced Ibises near Dougherty, 2 Sandhill Cranes near 
the White River crossing, 1 Greater Yellowlegs near Dougherty, 1 Eastern Phoebe 
in Floydada, and  8 Yellow-headed Blackbirds near Floydada.

Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock

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