Lubbock received 3.03 inches of rain during the month, a bit above the
average August total of 2.35 inches, and is now at 9.78 inches for the year
... catching up, a bit, with the average year-to-date total of 13.03
inches. Some regional playas were nicely refurbished by the end of the
month and a lot of the highlights fell in the waterbirds category.
Swallows, of all species, were a bit easier to come by than during recent
fall migration - possibly due to a standing water-spurred increase in
insects.
Regional summaries of eBird data can not be acquired in a timely fashion.
Consequently, records submitted to eBird may not appear in this report.
Reports from the region that are submitted to the texbirds or leasbirds
listserve can be reviewed in a timely fashion and should appear.
As always, the county follows the site in ( ) and birds are mentioned by
virtue of rarity, atypical abundance, or atypical scarcity. I believe that
this list captures all of the recent changes in taxonomy accepted by the
AOU - and there are some doozies!
CACKLING GOOSE: 7 at Brashears Park (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH) the only
report - A TAD LOW BUT LUBBOCK PLAYAS WERE EITHER POORLY COVERED OR POORLY
REPORTED.
CANADA GEESE: 1 at Smyer Play (Hockley) throughout the period (AH) and 11
at Brashears Park (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH) - A TAD LOW BUT LUBBOCK PLAYAS
WERE EITHER POORLY COVERED OR REPORTED.
GADWALL: 1 at Smyer Play (Hockley) on 8/6/16 (AH), 1 at Roundup Playa
(Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH), 13 at the Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH),
8 at the Sundown WTP (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH), 7 at Roundup Playa
(Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH), and 3 at Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH)
the only reports - GOOD NUMBERS FOR SO EARLY IN THE SEASON.
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: Five reports of 4-10 birds, five reports of 12-21 birds,
one report of 26 birds, three reports of 76-80 birds, and two reports of
121-130 birds in the region (Cochran, Hale, Hockley) during the period (AH,
PKe, NP) - VERY GOOD NUMBERS; THE SPECIES HAD A GOOD BREEDING SEASON IN THE
REGION AND MOVEMENT SEEMS TO HAVE BROUGHT IN EVEN MORE.
CINNAMON TEAL: 2 at Roundup Playa (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH), 4 at Smyer
Playa (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH), 4 at the Hale Center WTP (Hale) on 8/27/16
(NP), and 6 at Roundup Playa (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH) - REASONABLY GOOD
NUMBERS FOR AUGUST.
NORTHERN SHOVELER: Three reports of 2-9 birds, two reports of 22-30 birds,
six reports of 30-80 birds, and one report of 220 birds in the region
(Hale, Hockley) during the period (AH, NP) - GREAT NUMBERS, VASTLY
OUTNUMBERING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTED BASED ON LOCAL BREEDERS,
SUGGESTING THAT MIGRATION IS UNDER WAY FOR THIS SPECIES.
NORTHERN PINTAIL: Nine reports of 1-10 birds in the region (Hale, Hockley)
during the period (AH, PKe, NP) - ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED FROM THE
PAIRS THAT BRED IN THE REGION THIS SUMMER.
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: Six reports of 1-10 birds and six reports of 11-33 birds
in the region (Hale, Hockley) during the period (AH, NP) - GREAT NUMBERS,
VASTLY OUTNUMBERING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTED BASED ON LOCAL BREEDERS,
SUGGESTING THAT MIGRATION IS UNDER WAY FOR THIS SPECIES.
REDHEAD: 4 at Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH) and 3 along FM 789
(Hale) on 8/28/16 (NP) - WHO KNOWS; LOCAL BREEDERS OR MIGRANTS, NUMBERS A
BIT LOW, GIVEN THE ABUNDANCE OF DABBLERS.
RUDDY DUCK: Four reports of 2-6 birds, one report of 11 birds, and one
report of 32 birds in the region (Hockley) during the period (AH) - GOOD
NUMBERS BUT ACCOUNTABLE FOR BY LOCAL BREEDING EFFORTS IN THIS RELATIVELY
WET YEAR.
SCALED QUAIL: 2 near Pep (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH), 2 at Smyer Playa
(Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH), and 4 along FM 789 (Hale) on 8/28/16 (NP) - A
BIT LOW, GIVEN THEIR ABUNDANCE EARLIER IN THE SEASON, BUT THE SPECIES
ALWAYS SEEMS TO LAY A BIT LOW THIS TIME OF YEAR.
RING-NECKED PHEASANTS: Eight reports of 1-3 birds in the region (Crosby,
Hale, Hockley) during the period (AH, KH, NP) - GOOD NUMBERS FOR AUGUST.
HORNED GREBE: 1 at Lake Two (Lubbock) on 8/27/16 (PKi, SP) - A VERY EARLY
REPORT BUT NOT UNPRECEDENTED; THE SECOND AUGUST REPORT FOR THE SPECIES IN
THE REGION.
EARED GREBE: 1 at Smyer Playa (Hockley) through the period (AH) and 1 at
Sundown WTP (Hockley) through the period (AH) - PERSISTED THROUGH THE
SUMMER AT THESE SITES BUT NO EVIDENCE OF BREEDING.
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO: Seven reports of single birds in the region (Hockley,
Lubbock) during the period (AH) the only reports - SEEMS A BIT LOW BUT THE
SPECIES IS NOT RARE ENOUGH TO TRIP eBIRD FILTERS AND MAY SIMPLY HAVE BEEN
UNDER-REPORTED.
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 1 female in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 8/28/16
(AH) the only report - FORMERLY CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION; NOW
KNOWN TO BE ANNUAL AS A SPRING OVERSHOOT AND AS A FALL WANDERER.
BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD: 1 male at South Plains College (Hockley) on
8/6/16 (AH), one male at the TTU HSC Campus (Lubbock) on 8/17/16 (AH) and 1
at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 8/20/16 (KH) - ABOUT AVERAGE; NUMBERS PICK
UP IN SOME SEPTEMBERS.
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD: Seven reports of single birds in the region (Crosby,
Hale, Hockley, Lubbock) during the period (JC, AH, KH, NP) - A BIT LOW BUT
NUMBERS SOMETIMES PICK UP, ESPECIALLY FOR FEMALE AND IMMATURE BIRDS, IN
SEPTEMBER.
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD: 1 female at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) from 8/6/16
through 8/7/16 (KH) the only report - A TAD LOW.
BLACK-NECKED STILT: Eleven reports of 1-10 birds and nine reports of 11-25
birds in the region (Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock) during the
period NB, DH, AH, PKe, NP, AR, JR) - GOOD NUMBERS AND GOOD SPREAD;
BREEDERS STICKING AROUND AND SOME EVIDENCE OF MOVEMENT.
AMERICAN AVOCET: Thirteen reports of 1-10 birds, two reports of 15-18
birds, and four reports of 29-52 birds in the region (Hale, Hockley,
Lubbock) during the period NB, DH, AH, GJ, PJ, PKe, NP) - GOOD NUMBERS BUT
AN EARLY AUGUST DROP FOLLOWED BY A LATE AUGUST SURGE SUGGESTED MOVEMENT OF
MIGRANTS.
SNOWY PLOVER: 3 at the Hale Center WTP (Hale) on 8/27/16 (NP) - GIVEN THE
HABITAT, THESE WERE MIGRANTS.
UPLAND SANDPIPERS: Five reports of 1-7 birds in the region (Crosby, Hale,
Hockley) during the period (AH, KH, NP) - ABOUT AVERAGE, GIVEN THE EFFORT
REPORTED.
STILT SANDPIPER: Seven reports of 1-3 birds in the region (Hale, Hockley)
during the period (AH, NP) - RATHER LOW, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF HABITAT
AVAILABLE AND WHAT SEEMED A GOOD START IN JULY.
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER: Eight reports of 1-9 birds in the region (Hale, Hockley,
Lubbock) during the period NB, AH, PKe, NP) - RATHER LOW, GIVEN THE AMOUNT
OF HABITAT AVAILABLE, BUT CONSISTENT WITH THE SLOW START IN JULY.
LEAST SANDPIPER: Seven reports of 1-8 birds and three reports of 17-24
birds in the region (Hale, Hockley) during the period (AH, PKe, NP) - GOOD,
NOT GREAT, NUMBERS - CONSISTENT WITH THE SLOW START IN JULY.
PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 1 south of Smyer (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH) and 1 at a
different site south of Smyer (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH) the only reports -
LOW, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF HABITAT AVAILABLE.
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: Five reports of 1-4 birds in the region (Hale,
Hockley) during the period (AH, NP) the only reports received - VERY LOW;
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF HABITAT AVAILABLE.
WESTERN SANDPIPER: Eight reports of 1-7 birds in the region (Hockley,
Lubbock) during the period (NB, AH, PKe) - LOW, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE AMOUNT
OF HABITAT AVAILABLE.
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER: Six reports of 1-t birds and one report of 13 birds
in the region (Hale, Hockley) during the period (AH, NP) - LOW, NEED I
REPEAT MYSELF.
WILSON'S SNIPE: 2 along FM 789 (Hale) on 8/28/16 (NP) and 1 at the Hale
Center WTP (Hale) on 8/28/16 (NP) - NICE, EARLY REPORTS OF THIS TYPICALLY
LATER FALL MIGRANT AND WINTER RESIDENT.
SPOTTED SANDPIPER: Eighteen reports of 1-5 birds, one report of 11 birds,
and one report of 13 birds in the region (Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lubbock)
during the period NB, DH, AH, PKe, NP) - THE SHOREBIRD SUCCESS OF THE
MONTH; MUCH BETTER NUMBERS THAN AVERAGE FOR AUGUST!
SOLITARY SANDPIPER: 1 southwest of Pep (Hockley) on 8/6/16 (AH) and 2 at
the Hale Center WTP (Hale) from 8/27/16 to 8/28/16 (NP) the only reports -
LOW, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF HABITAT AVAILABLE.
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: Eleven reports of 1-8 birds, one report of 15 birds,
and one report of 16 birds in the region (Hale, Hockley, Lubbock) during
the period NB, AH, PKe, NP) - GOOD NUMBERS, CONTINUING THE TREND SET IN
JULY.
WILLET: 1 south of Smyer (Hockley) on 8/6/16 (AH) and one at Roundup Playa
(Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH) - FORMERLY CONSIDERED CASUAL TO THE REGION; NOW
KNOWN AS A RARE, BUT ANNUAL, SPRING AND FALL MIGRANT.
LESSER YELLOWLEGS: Six reports of 1-4 birds and one report of 21 birds in
the region (Hale, Hockley, Lubbock) during the period NB, AH, NP) - A BIT
LOW BUT CONSISTENT WITH JULY MIGRATION.
WILSON'S PHALAROPE: Six reports of 2-9 birds, five reports of 11-24 birds,
and two reports of 26-55 birds in the region (Cochran, Hale, Hockley)
during the period ( AH, PKe, NP) - A GAP EARLY IN THE MONTH SUGGESTED THAT
GOOD BREEDING NUMBERS HAD GIVEN WAY TO TYPICAL FALL MIGRATORY NUMBERS.
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE: 1 at Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (PKe, AH,
photographs) the only report so far this season - LOW BUT NUMBERS CAN PICK
UP IN SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER.
BLACK TERN: 14 at Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 8/6/16 (AH), 2 south of Smyer
(Hockley) on 8/6/16 (AH), 1 at the Sundown WTP (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH), 1
at the Morthon WTP (Cochran) on 8/27/16 (PKe), 2 at Smyer Playa (Hockley)
on 8/27/16 (AH), and 2 south of Smyer (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH) - GOOD
NUMBERS AND SCATTER.
FORSTER'S TERN: 22 at Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 8/6/16 (AH) and 4 south of
Smyer (Hockley) on 8/6/16 (AH) - SOME ATYPICALLY EARLY REPORTS, ESPECIALLY
GIVEN THE ABSENCE OF REPORTS LATER IN THE MONTH DESPITE REPEATED VISITS TO
FAVORED SITES.
GREAT EGRET: Seven reports of 1-4 birds in the region (Hale, Lubbock)
during the period AH, GJ, PJ, PKi, SP, NP, CR, FR) - STILL A TAD LOW;
DROUGHT RECOVERY IS NOT BEING BOUGHT INTO BY THIS SPECIES JUST YET.
SNOWY EGRET Nine reports of 2-7 birds and one report of 11 birds in the
region (Hale, Lubbock) during the period (JC, DH, AH, JJ, GJ, PJ, PKi, SP,
NP) - ABOUT AVERAGE; NOWHERE NEAR PEAK NUMBERS FOR WET YEARS.
CATTLE EGRET: Five reports of 1-7 birds and five reports of 11-47 birds in
the region (Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock) during the period (AH, NP, AR,
JR) - LOW NUMBERS, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF HABITAT AVAILABLE.
GREEN HERON: Very few reports from the region and difficult to find at some
of the most popular hotspots - LOW!
WHITE-FACED IBIS: Eight reports of 1-8 birds and three reports of 17-35
birds in the region (Hale, Lamb, Hockley) during the period (AH, PKe, NP,
AR, JR) - LOW NUMBERS BUT PERSISTENT AND, GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF MANY
JUVENILE BIRDS, BREEDING AT OUR MORE RESILIENT WETLANDS.
OSPREY: 1 in southeast Lubbock (Lubbock) on 8/26/16 (DH) and one in
northwest Lubbock (Lubbock) on 8/27/16 (AH) - FAIRLY EARLY FOR THE SPECIES
IN THE REGION.
NORTHERN HARRIER: 1 at Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH), 1 south of
Smyer (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH), 1 near Seth Ward (Hale) on 8/27/16 (NP), 1
at Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH), and 1 along FM 789 (Hale) on
8/28/16 (NP) - FAIRLY EARLY TO BE IN THE REGION IN SUCH GOOD NUMBERS.
COOPER'S HAWK: 1 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 8/14/16 (KH) the first
report of the season - A TAD EARLY; WE GENERALLY LOOK FOR OUR FIRST
ARRIVALS IN SEPTEMBER.
GOLDEN EAGLE: 1 immature bird at Andrews Park (Lubbock) on 8/27/16 (GJ) -
AN ODD LOCALE FOR THE FIRST REPORT OF THE SEASON - SOMEWHAT EARLY.
BELTED KINGFISHER: 1 over a FLOODED DITCH near Pep (Hockley) on 8/6/16 (AH)
- DEMONSTRATES THE FLEXIBILITY OF THIS CRITTER - IT WAS SEEN CATCHING AND
EATING A PLAINS LEOPARD FROG!
MONK PARAKEET: The world's loneliest parakeet persisted at Wayland Baptist
University (Hale) through 8/24/16 (NP) - COLONIES OCCASIONALLY CROP UP IN
THE REGION, GENERALLY IN THE METROPOLIS OF LUBBOCK, SO WE CAN 'HOPE".
PEREGRINE FALCON: 1 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 8/14/16 (KH), 1 near
Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 8/16/16 (AH), 1 near Plainview (Hale) on 8/17/16
(AK), and 1 south of Smyer (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH) - FANTASTIC NUMBERS
AND GREAT SCATTER FOR SO EARLY IN THE SEASON!
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: Eight reports of single birds in the region (Hale,
Hockley, Lubbock) during the period (AH, JJ, PKi, AL, SP, NP) - RIGHT ON
TIME AND IN AVERAGE NUMBERS SO FAR.
WESTERN WOOD PEWEE: Fifteen reports of 1-2 birds in the region (Crosby,
Hockley, Lubbock) during the period (AH, KH, PKi, SP) - RIGHT ON TIME AND
IN AVERAGE NUMBERS SO FAR.
UNIDENTIFIED EMPID: Twelve reports of 1-2 birds in the region (Garza,
Hockley, Lubbock) during the period (AH) - SOME OF THESE CRITTERS JUST, I
THINK, CAN'T BE DONE:)
WILLOW FLYCATCHER: Nineteen reports of 1-3 birds in the region (Crosby,
Garza, Hockley, Lubbock) during the period (AH, KH) - GOOD NUMBERS AND
SCATTER - FINDABLE AT ANY GOOD SITE THROUGH THE PERIOD.
LEAST FLYCATCHER: Thirteen reports of 1-2 birds in the region (Crosby, Hale
Hockley, Lubbock) during the period ( NB, AH, KH, NP) - AVERAGE NUMBERS AND
SCATTER - FINDABLE AT ANY GOOD SITE THROUGH THE PERIOD.
HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER: 1 in Anton (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH) - ABOUT AVERAGE
FOR THIS VERY RARE, BUT ANNUAL, MIGRANT.
GRAY FLYCATCHER: 1 southeast of Pep (Hockley) on 8/6/16 (AH) and 1 at Anton
Ponds (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS RARE, BUT ANNUAL,
MIGRANT - THE FIRST REPORT WAS A WEE BIT EARLY.
CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER: 1 near Petit (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH) and 1
southeast of Pep (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH) the only reports - ABOUT AVERAGE
FOR THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON; NUMBERS SOMETIMES PICK UP IN
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER.
SAY'S PHOEBE: Five reports of 1-6 birds at known breeding sites in
(Hockley) during the period (AH) - THE END OF WHAT WAS A PHENOMENAL
BREEDING SEASON FOR THE SPECIES IN THIS PART OF THE REGION.
EASTERN PHOEBE: 1 near Seth Ward (Hale) on 8/27/16 (NP), 1 at Plainview
Apartments Playa (Hale) on 8/27/16 (NP) and 1 at the Hale Center WTP (Hale)
on 8/28/16 (NP) the only reports - A TAD LOW BUT LITTLE EFFORT WAS REPORTED
FROM OUR EASTERN COUNTIES.
BLUE-HEADED VIREO: 1 at the Plainview Apartment Playa (Hale) on 8/27/16
(NP) and 1 along FM 789 (Hale) on 8/28/16 (NP) the only reports - A TAD
EARLY THOUGH WE ARE - STILL - TEASING OUT THE POTENTIALS FOR THE SOLITARY
VIREO COMPLEX IN OUR REGION.
WARBLING VIREO: 1 at Plainview Apartments Playa (Hale) on 8/27/16 (NP) the
first of the season - RIGHT ON TIME; GIVEN PROXIMITY TO BREEDING
POPULATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE PROPER, OUR EARLIEST EXPECTED VIREO.
COMMON RAVEN: 1 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) n 8/14/16 (KH) the only report
received - A TAD LOW BUT LITTLE EFFORT REPORTED FROM OUR EASTERN COUNTIES
DURING THE MONTH.
TREE SWALLOW: Fourteen reports of 1-4 birds in the region (Crosby, Hale,
Hockley, Lubbock) during the period (AH, KH, JJ, PKi, SP, NP) - THOUGH
NUMBERS WERE NOT PHENOMENAL THEY WERE GOOD AND SCATTER WAS EXCELLENT.
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: Seven reports of 2-6 birds and four reports
of 12-16 birds in the region (Hale, Hockley) during the period (AH, NP) -
GOOD NUMBERS AND SCATTER - FINDABLE AT ANY WET PATCH THROUGH THE PERIOD.
BANK SWALLOW: Eleven reports of 1-6 birds in the region (Cochran, Hockley,
Lubbock) during the period (AH, JJ, PKe, PKi, SP) - GREAT NUMBERS AND
SCATTER - FINDABLE AT ANY WET PATCH THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.
CAVE SWALLOW: Six reports of 1-4 birds and one report of 12 birds in the
region (Crosby, Hockley) during the period (AH, KH) - GOOD NUMBERS AND
SCATTER FOR THIS LATE IN THE PERIOD ... THOUGH THE SPECIES IS PERSISTING
LATER EACH YEAR.
HOUSE WREN: 1 in Pep (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH, photographs) - A TAD EARLY.
SWAINSON'S THRUSH: 1 at the West x 13th Playa/Woodlot in Levelland
(Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH) - A TAD EARLY BUT NOT UNPRECEDENTED; MORE LIKELY
THAN HERMIT THRUSH THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON BASED ON THE ARCHIVES.
GRAY CATBIRD: 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 8/17/16 (AH) the first of
the season - A TAD EARLY BUT, AGAIN, NOT UNPRECEDENTED.
HOUSE SPARROW - AS ABUNDANT AS EVER - INCLUDED TO DEMONSTRATE HOW PROFOUND
SOME OF THE SHIFTS IN THE TAXONOMY, ACCEPTED BY THE AOU, WERE THIS TIME
AROUND.
LESSER GOLDFINCH: Seven reports of 1-4 birds in (Hockley) during the period
(AH) - A BIT FURTHER NORTHWEST THAN USUALLY REPORTED IN SUCH GOOD NUMBERS.
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH: 1 at the West x 13th Woodlot (Hockley) on 8/27/16
(AH, photographs) the first of the season - A TAD EARLY BUT PHOTOGRAPHS
RULED OUT LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH; THE MORE EXPECTED SPECIES IN AUGUST?
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 8/6/16 (NB), 1 at
Lake Six (Lubbock) on 8/7/16 (NB), and 1 in a Plainview yard (Hale) on
8/25/16 (NP) - ALL EARLY TO A TAD EARLY - DARE WE HOPE FOR A GOOD FALL
WARBLER MIGRATION?
NASHVILLE WARBLER: 1 south of Roundup (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH) - ALSO A
TAD EARLY.
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1 male at the Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 8/6/16 (AH), 1
male at the Justiceburg Rest Area (Garza) on 8/14/16 (AH), and 1 male at
the West x 13th Playa (Hockley) during the latter half of the period (AH) -
ALL WERE AT POTENTIAL BREEDING SITES - STATUS AS HARBINGERS OF MIGRATION
UNCLEAR.
YELLOW WARBLER: Sixteen reports of 1-2 birds in the region (Crosby, Garza,
Hockley, Lubbock) during the period (AH, PKi, SP) - A GOOD START - GOOD
NUMBERS AND GREAT SCATTER.
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER: 1 male in Pep (Hockey) on 8/27/16 (AH) - A TAD EARLY.
WILSON'S WARBLER: 1 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 8/20/16 (KH), 2 in Anton
(Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH), 1 at the West x 13th Woodlot (Hockley) on
8/20/16 (AH), 1 at Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH), and 3 at the Wet
x 13th Woodlot (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH) - FORMERLY CASUAL IN AUGUST; NOW
LOCATED, IN SMALL NUMBERS, ANNUALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH.
WESTERN TANAGER: 1 female at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 8/20/16 (KH) the
first of the season - RIGHT ON TIME!
CHIPPING SPARROW: 2 at Thunderbird Playa (Hale) on 8/13/16 (NP), 1 south of
Roundup (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH), 2 at Sundown City Park (Hockley) on
8/27/16 (AH), 2 at Lubbock Lake Landmark (Lubbock) on 8/27/16 (PKi, SP),
and 5 along FM 789 (Hale) on 8/28/16 (NP) - A GOOD START TO WHAT MIGHT BE
A GREAT FALL MIGRATION.
LINCOLN'S SPARROW: 1 in Pep (Hockley) on 7/27/16 (AH) - FAIRLY EARLY BUT
THE SITE HAS GREAT HABITAT AND IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE NEAREST BREEDING
POPULATIONS.
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK: 1 along FM 789 (Hale) on 8/28/16 (NP) the first of
the season - RIGHT ON TIME BUT LOW IN NUMBERS SO FAR.
LAZULI BUNTING: 1 female near Petit (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH) the first of
the season - RIGHT ON TIME BUT LOW IN NUMBERS SO FAR.
INDIGO BUNTING: 1 adult male at Anton Ponds (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH,
photographs) and 2 immature males at the West x 13th Woodlot (Hockley) on
8/27/16 (AH) - RIGHT ON TIME BUT LOW IN NUMBER SO FAR.
PAINTED BUNTING: 58 at various spots in (Hockley) on 8/6/16 (AH)
represented - A BIT OF A WAVE THROUGH A PART OF THE REGION THAT DOESN'T
USUALLY SEE THAT MUCH IN THE WAY OF THIS SPECIES.
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS: Six reports of 2-10 birds in (Hockley) during the
period (AH) - A TAD LOW, ACTUALLY, GIVEN THE BETTER NUMBERS REPORTED IN
JULY.
BRONZED COWBIRD: 1 female, 1 male, and 3 immatures in a Littlefield yard
(Lamb) on 8/1/16 (AR, JR), 1 male at South Plains College (Hockley) on
8/6/16 (AH), and 1 male at Sundown City Park (Hockley) on 8/20/16 (AH), and
1 male at the West x 13th Woodlot (Hockley) on 8/27/16 (AH) - A TAD LOW BUT
LITTLE EFFORT WAS REPORTED FROM THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES.
OBSERVERS: NB=Noreen Baker, JC=Jim Crites, DH=Danny Hancock, AH=Anthony
Hewetson, KH=-Kelly Himmel, JJ=Jan Jannett, GJ=George Jury, PJ=Pat Jury,
AK=Andrew Kasner, PKe=Peter Keyel, PKi=Phillip Kite, AL=Alan Livingtons,
SP=Skyler Parks, NP=Niler Pyeatt, AR=Anona Roberts, JR=Jerry Roberts,
CR=Clarice Robertson, FR=Floyd Robertson.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson, Lubbock
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