[texbirds] Indigo Bunting in Plainview, Hale County - Friday
- From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "leas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:17:45 -0800 (PST)
Greetings All:
On Friday, 28 December 2012, Rich Kostecke and I spent most of the day
exploring Hale County. Between the two of us we spotted 64 species of birds in
this depressingly drought-stricken county, faring best at parks in Plainview
and at outlying playas in the afternoon - after the daily thaw.
Highlights included the following:
At Plainview Apartments Playa (19th and Yonkers - best accessed from the alley
between 18th and 19th): 2 Carolina Wrens, 1 Swamp Sparrow, 1 Fox Sparrow, 2
White-throated Sparrows, 3 Harris's Sparrows, and 1 immature male INDIGO
BUNTING (spotted by Rich, confirmed by Anthony - the MOST STARTLING bird of the
day).
At the Plainview Duck Pond (Travis Trussel Park) 6 female and 14 male Wood
Ducks.
From Interstate 27 - just north of Hale Center: 1 adult Golden Eagle.
At the open pond along CR 275 - just west of I27: 172 Greater White-fronted
Geese, 90 Snow Geese, and 36 Ross's Geese.
At Abernathy City Park: 1 female Common Merganser.
At various stops along the way - at least 5 Rough-legged Hawks.
Dropping generally southward from Highway 70, along FM 789, CR 125, CR EE, CR
235, and FM to Petersburg: thousands of longspurs including at least 350
Lapland Longspurs and 150 McCown's Longspurs. No Chestnut-collared Longspurs
were positively identified - but it is hard to believe, given the sheer number
of longspurs - that there weren't a few out there.
Folk who have been waiting for a good year to chase longspurs in the southern
reaches of the Panhandle: this appears to be it!
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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