Greetings All:
Though I got a late start (had to get a rear tail-light fixed - not easy,
in Lubbock, on a Saturday) I did manage to spend most of Saturday in
Hockley County, sighting 110 species of bird in just over ten hours and
picking up the following highlights: 4 Gadwalls at Roundup Playa, 2
Gadwalls at the Sundown WTP, 2 American Wigeons along FM 2646, 32
Blue-winged Teals along FM 2646, 124 Blue-winged Teals at Roundup Playa, 50
Blue-winged Teals south of Smyer, 2 Blue-winged Teals southwest of Pep, 19
Blue-winged Teals at the Sundown WTP, 3 Blue-winged Teals west of Anton, 2
Cinnamon Teals along FM 2646, 2 Cinnamon Teals at Roundup Playa, 14
Northern Shovelers along FM 2646, 24 Northern Shovelers at Roundup Playa, 4
Northern Shovelers at the Sundown WTP, 4 Northern Shovelers west of Anton,
3 Northern Pintails at Roundup Playa, 4 Northern Pintails south of Smyer, 1
Northern Pintail at the Sundown WTP, 14 Green-winged Teals at Roundup
Playa, 8 Green-winged Teals at the Sundown WTP, 3 Green-winged Teals west
of Anton, 2 Redheads at Roundup Playa, 2 Ruddy Ducks along FM 2646, 14
Ruddy Ducks at Roundup Playa, 8 Ruddy Ducks at the Sundown WTP, 2 Scaled
Quails south of Levelland, 1 Scaled Quail southeast of Pep, 1 RIng-necked
Pheasant west of Anthon, 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Sundown City Park, 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo west of Anton, 1 Common Nighthawk near Petit, 2 Common
Nighthawks in Pep, 1 immature Black-chinned Hummingbird at Sundown School,
1 Belted Kingfisher south of Smyer, 1 male *Red-naped Sapsucker* in Pep, 6
American Avocets at Roundup Playa, 2 American Avocets west of Anton, 3
Long-billed Curlews along FM 2646, 2 Stilt Sandpipers along FM 2646, 4
Long-billed Dowitchers south of Roundup, 4 Wilson's Snipes along FM 2646, 2
Wilson's Snipes south of Roundup, 1 Spotted Sandpiper at Roundup Playa, 1
Solitary Sandpiper west of Ropesville, 13 Greater Yellowlegs along FM 2646,
5 Lesser Yellowlegs along FM 2646, 23 Wilson's Phalaropes southwest of Pep,
1 Black Tern along FM 2646, 2 Snowy Egrets along FM 2646, 3 Cattle Egrets
at Roundup Playa, 1 White-faced Ibis at the Sundown WTP, 1 Sharp-shinned
Hawk at Sundown Cemetery, 1 Prairie Falcon over Sundown City Park, 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher in Pep, 2 Western Wood Pewees in Pep, 1 Western Wood
Pewee south of Levelland, 1 Western Wood Pewee southeast of Pep, 1 Western
Wood Pewee southwest of Pep, 1 Willow Flycatcher along FM 2646, 1 Least
Flycatcher in Pep, 1 Least Flycatcher at Sundown City Park, 4 Say's Phoebes
in Pep, 1 Say's Phoebe at the Sundown Cemetery, 1 Blue-headed Vireo south
of Levelland, 3 Tree Swallows south of Smyer, 2 Northern Rough-winged
Swallows at the Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 1 *Red-breasted Nuthatch* at the
Sundown Cemetery, 1 House Wren at the Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 1 House
Wren in Pep, 1 House Wren south of Smyer, 1 House Wren south of Smyer, 1
House Wren southeast of Pep, 1 House Wren southwest of Pep, 2 Blue-gray
Gnatcatchers at Anton Ponds, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers near Petit, 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Sundown City Park, 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher west of
Anton, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet south of Levelland, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet at
Sundown Cemetery, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Sundown Golf Course, 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet west of Anton, 1 Swainon's Thrush at Anton Ponds, 3
Lesser Goldfinches at the Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 1 Northern Waterthrush
at Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 1 Black-and-white Warbler near Petit, 3
Orange-crowned Warblers in Anton, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler at Anton Ponds,
1 Orange-crowned Warbler at the Foster X Hawk Roads Playa, 1 Nashville
Warbler along FM 2646, 1 Nashville Warbler in Pep, 1 Nashville Warbler at
the Ropesville Cemetery, 1 Nashville Warbler at Sundown Golf Course, 1
Nashville Warbler west of Ropesville, 1 female Common Yellowthroat at Anton
Ponds, 1 male American Redstart at the Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 1 Yellow
Warbler along FM 2646, 1 Yellow Warbler at the Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 1
Yellow Warbler near Petit, 1 Yellow Warbler west of Ropesville, 2
Yellow-rumped Warblers in Pep, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler at Roundup Playa, 2
Yellow-rumped Warblers south of Roundup, 1 Wilson's Warbler in Anton, 4
Wilson's Warblers at Anton Ponds, 7 Wilson's Warblers along FM 2646, 26
Wilson's Warblers at the Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 5 Wilson's Warblers
near Petit, 3 Wilson's Warblers in Pep, 2 Wiilson's Warblers at Ropesville
Cemetery, 1 Wilson's Warbler at Roundup Playa, 4 Wilson's Warblers south of
Roundup, 1 Wilson's Warbler south of Smyer, 2 Wilson's Warblers southeast
of Pep, 3 Wilson's Warblers southwest of Pep, 1 Wilson's Warbler at Sundown
Cemetery, 1 Wilson's Warbler at Sundown City Park, 1 Wilson's Warbler at
Sundown Golf Course, 2 Wilson's Warblers at Sundown School, 2 Wilson's
Warblers west of Anton, 1 Yellow-breasted Chat at the Foster x Hawk Roads
Playa, 1 Yellow-breasted Chat southwest of Pep, 2 Cassin's Sparrows
southwest of Pep, 20 Chipping Sparrows along FM 2646, 3 Chipping Sparrows
at the Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 1 Chipping Sparrow in Pep, 1 Chipping
Sparrow at the Ropesville Cemetery, 4 Chipping Sparrows at Roundup Playa,
12 Chipping Sparrows south of Smyer, 2 Chipping Sparrows at Sundown
Cemetery, 2 Chipping Sparrows west of Anton, 1 Clay-colored Sparrow in
Anton, 21 Clay-colored Sparrows along FM 2646, 14 Clay-colored Sparrows at
Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 2 Clay-colored Sparrows in Pep, 12 Clay-colored
Sparrows at Roundup Playa, 8 Clay-colored south of Smyer, 1 Brewer's
Sparrow at the Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 1 Brewer's Sparrow at Roundup
Playa, 1 immature *Black-throated Sparrow* at Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 1
Grasshopper Sparrow west of Ropesville, 3 Lincoln's Sparrows at Foster x
Hawk Roads Playa, 2 Lincoln's Sparrows in Pep, 1 female *Black-headed
Grosbeak* at Anton Ponds, 1 immature male Indigo Bunting at Anton Ponds, 2
immature Painted Buntings at the Foster x Hawk Roads Playa, 30
Yellow-headed Blackbirds south of Smyer, 1 female Orchard Oriole west of
Anton, 1 adult male Bullock's Oriole in Pep, and 1 immature male Bullock's
Oriole at Roundup Playa.
What a great day!
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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