Greetings All
I spent nine hours in Hockley County yesterday, focussing on wet areas that
might hold a wandering wader or as-yet-missed shorebird.
Highlights included 2 Cackling Geese at Lobo Lake, 5 Canada Geese at Lobo
Lake, 1 Canada Goose at Smyer Playa, 7 Blue-winged Teals at Smyer Playa, 6
Blue-winged Teals at Sundown Water Treatment Plant (WTP), 4 Blue-winged
Teals west of Anton, 2 Cinnamon Teals at Sundown WTP, 2 Northern Shovelers
at Smyer Playa, 4 Northern Pintails at Smyer Playa, 4 Ruddy Ducks at Smyer
Playa, 2 Ruddy Ducks at Sundown WTP, 1 Ring-necked Pheasant in Anton, 1
Eared Grebe at Smyer Playa, 2 Eared Grebes at Sundown WTP, 2 White-faced
Ibises at Smyer Playa, 9 White-faced Ibises at Sundown WTP, 12 Black-necked
Stilts in Smyer, 26 Black-necked Stilts at Smyer Playa, 4 Black-necked
Stilts south of Smyer, 8 Black-necked Stilts at Sundown WTP, 16
Black-necked Stilts west of Anton, 2 American Avocets at Roundup Playa, 12
American Avocets at Smyer Playa, 12 American Avocets south of Smyer, 2
American Avocets at Sundown WTP, 39 American Avocets west of Anton, 1
Spotted Sandpiper at Lobo Lake, 2 Spotted Sandpipers at Roundup Playa, 5
Spotted Sandpipers at Smyer Playa, 3 Spotted Sandpipers south of Smyer, 3
Spotted Sandpipers at Sundown WTP, 1 Solitary Sandpiper west of Anton, 1
Greater Yellowlegs at Roundup Playa, 1 Greater Yellowlegs at Smyer Playa, 3
Greater Yellowlegs south of Smyer, 2 Greater Yellowlegs west of Anton, 2
Lesser Yellowlegs at Roundup Playa, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs at Sundown WTP, 6
Lesser Yellowlegs west of Anton, 3 Long-billed Curlews at Smyer Playa, 3
Stilt Sandpipers at Smyer Playa, 2 Least Sandpipers at Smyer Playa, 3
Baird's Sandpipers at Roundup Playa, 1 Baird's Sandpiper at Smyer Playa, 2
Baird's Sandpipers west of Anton, 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers west of Anton,
2 Western Sandpipers at Smyer Playa, 3 Western Sandpipers west of Anton, 32
Wilson's Phalaropes at Smyer Playa, 19 Wilson's Phalaropes at Sundown WTP,
24 Wilson's Phalaropes west of Anton, 2 Black Terns at Smyer Playa, 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo at West x 13th in Levelland, 1 adult female and 1
adult male Rufous Hummingbird in Pep, 1 adult male Rufous Hummingbird at
South Plains College, 1 Least Flycatcher southwest of Pep, 3 Say's Phoebes
in Pep, 1 Tree Swallow at Roundup Playa, 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows
at Roundup Playa, 1 adult male and 3 immature Painted Buntings at West x
13th in Levelland, 1 adult male Painted Bunting southwest of Pep, 8
Yellow-headed Blackbirds at Roundup Playa, 5 Yellow-headed Blackbirds at
Smyer Playa, 8 Yellow-headed Blackbirds south of Smyer, 1 Lesser Goldfinch
southeast of Pep, and 2 Lesser Goldfinches southwest of Pep.
The Black Tern and Rufous Hummingbird were additions to my Hockley County
game - and I finally got pictures of Chimney Swift in the county for the
year - Woo Hoo!
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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