[texbirds] Lubbock Area Birding Summary for November - Longish
- From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 15:02:53 -0800 (PST)
NOVEMBER 2013 BIRDING HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS
With 0.54 inches of rain in Lubbock during the month, below the average
November total of 0.71 inches, we are now at 12.01 inches for the year -
EVEN
FURTHER BELOW the average year-to-date total of 18.01 inches. Waterfowl and
other water birds continued to fill,
however slowly, in, providing the majority of our rarities. A few irruptive
songbirds wandered down, including our sole TBRC review species for the month.
The
combination of intense observer efforts at some locations and the
increase in data due to e-bird has made it more difficult to separate
individual sightings - the algorithm I am using is relatively
conservative and I am willing to share it with anybody who is
interested.
As always, the county follows the site in ( ) and birds are
mentioned by virtue of rarity, atypical abundance, or atypical
scarcity.
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/11/13 (DJ) -
ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION; MOST LIKELY A CONTINUATION OF OUR 7th or 8th RECORD.
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 1 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on 11/7/13
(CC), 2 at MacKenzie Park (Lubbock) on 11/16/13 (AnH), and 2 at Earl Crow Park
(Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (AnH) the only reports - LATE AND LOW - SO FAR.
SNOW GOOSE: 50 over Tech Terrace (Lubbock) on 11/11/13 (PKe) - THE FIRST REPORT
OF THE SEASON! - Else-wise, eight reports of 1-6 birds at various parks in
Lubbock (Lubbock) through the latter half of the period (SC, AnH, GJ, CR, FR) -
LATE TO ARRIVE AND LOW IN NUMBERS - SO FAR.
ROSS'S GOOSE: 2 at Earl Crow Park (Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (AnH), 1 at Maxey Park
(Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (AnH), 7 at Andrews Park (Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (GJ), and
2 at Leftwich Park (Lubbock) on 11/30/13 (AnH) - LATE TO ARRIVE AND LOW IN
NUMBERS - SO FAR.
WOOD DUCK: 2-3 at Leroy Elmore Park (Lubbock) through the month (AnH, PKe), 2
at the Plainview Duck Pond (Hale) on 11/2/13 (NP), 1 at the Brownfield Sewage
Ponds (Terry) on 11/10/13 (SC), 2-3 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on from 11/11/13
through 11/12/13 (DJ, PKe), and 9 at the Plainview Duck Pond (Hale) on 11/27/13
(RRi) the only reports - LATE TO ARRIVE AND, THUS FAR, LOW IN NUMBERS.
GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, MALLARD, NORTHERN SHOVELER, NORTHERN PINTAIL -
Dabblers were, like most other waterfowl, late to arrive this year and are
filling in very slowly - LATE AND LOW.
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 10 at the Plainview Apartments Playa (Hale) on 11/2/13 and
11/3/13 (NP), 2 at 19th and Quaker (Lubbock) on 11/2/13 (AnH), 2 at Leroy
Elmore Park (Lubbock) on 11/2/13 (PKe), 1 at Guy Park (Lubbock) on 11/2/13
(PKe), 3-6 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (SC, PKe), and 1 at the Plainview
Apartments Playa (Hale) on 11/30/13 (NP) - VERY RARE THIS LATE IN THE YEAR BUT
CONDITIONS WERE MILD - THROUGH NOVEMBER AT ANY RATE.
CINNAMON TEAL: 4 at Dupree Park (Lubbock) on 11/6/13 (LK) the only report -
VERY RARE THIS LATE IN THE SEASON BUT ... SEE BLUE-WINGED TEAL.
RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, HOODED MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK - Like
the dabblers, divers of all sorts, were late to arrive this year and are
filling in very slowly - LATE AND LOW.
CANVASBACK: 1 male at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (AnH), 30 at the TTU
Sewage Pond (Lubbock) on 11/4/13 (CC), 38 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on
11/7/13 (CC), and 1 at Maxey Park (Lubbock) on 11/9/13 (PKe) - ACTUALLY NOT
THAT BAD; ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED TO THE LATE ARRIVAL AND LOW NUMBERS OF MOST
OTHER WATERFOWL.
REDHEAD: 3-4 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (AnH, PKe), 30 at the TTU
Sewage Pond (Lubbock) on 11/4/13 (CC), 4 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on
11/7/13 (CC), 3 at Buddy Holly Park (Lubbock) on 11/14/13 (PKi), and 12 at Lake
Six (Lubbock) on 11/22/13 (CC) - LATE AND LOW.
SURF SCOTER: 1 first winter female was found at McAlister Park (Lubbock) on
11/30/13 (JM) and was confirmed on the same date by (CR, FR, SC, AnH) -
ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION; THE 8th RECORD FOR THE REGION and THE FIRST RECORD
SINCE 1995.
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 2 females at McAlister Park (Lubbock) on 11/23/13 (PKi) had
dwindled to a single female by 11/30/13 (SC, AnH, JM, CR, FR) - CASUAL IN THE
REGION DURING NOVEMBER; ONE OF OUR FEW EARLY WATERFOWL THIS YEAR.
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 1 female at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 11/22/13 (CC) and 2
females at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (PKi) - FORMERLY CONSIDERED CASUAL IN
THE REGION; NOW ANNUAL BUT STILL RARE.
COMMON LOON: 1 at Lake Two (Lubbock) from 11/14/13 through 11/29/13 (PKi, SC,
AnH, PKe) - CASUAL IN THE REGION THIS EARLY IN THE YEAR - A FINE SIGHTING.
EARED GREBE: 2 at the TTU Sewage Pond (Lubbock) on 11/4/13 (CC), 5 at Buffalo
Springs Lake (Lubbock) on 11/7/13 (CC), and 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 11/29/13
(AnH) the only reports - LOW NUMBERS; ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE TYPICAL
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER PEAK EXPECTED IN OUR REGION.
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT: 1 remained at Maxey Park (Lubbock) through 11/2/13 (AnH)
but has not been seen since - FORMERLY ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION; NOW AN ANNUAL
SUMMER/FALL VISITOR.
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 2 at McCullough Park from 11/8/13 through 11/23/13 (DH,
PKi), 1 in Wolfforth (Lubbock) on 11/22/13 (WW), 1 at Leroy Elmore Park
(Lubbock) on 11/25/13 (AnH), and 1 at the Plainview Duck Pond (Hale) on
11/27/13 (RRi) - CASUAL IN THE REGION FOR ANY GIVEN MONTH BUT ANNUAL OVER THE
COURSE OF ANY GIVEN YEAR - THIS WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL SHOWING FOR THE SPECIES IN
THE REGION.
BROWN PELICAN: 1 at Maxey Park (Lubbock) from 11/6/13 through 11/21/13 (CR, FR,
CA, MA, SB, CC, SC, MDL, AnH, PKe, RR) - ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION; OUR 12th
RECORD.
GREAT EGRET: 1 in (Floyd) on 11/1/13 (CC), 1 at Leroy Elmore Park (Lubbock) on
11/2/13 (AnH), 1-2 at Dupree Park (Lubbock) from 11/2/13 through 11/17/13 (PKe,
LK), 1 at Maxey Park (Lubbock) on 11/21/13 (AnH), 1 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby)
on 11/21/13 (KH), 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (AnH), and 1 at MacKenzie
Park (Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (PKi) - FORMERLY ACCIDENTAL IN THE REGION AT THIS
TIME OF YEAR; WINTERING ATTEMPTS ARE ALMOST ANNUAL NOW.
SNOWY EGRET: 1 at Dupree Park (Lubbock) from 11/2/13 through 11/17/13 (PKe,
LK), 3 at Leroy Elmore Park (Lubbock) on 11/2/13 (AnH), 2 at Maxey Park
(Lubbock) on 11/2/13 (AnH), and 1 at Maxey Park (Lubbock) on 11/21/13 (AnH) -
FORMERLY ACCIDENTAL IN THE REGION AT THIS TIME OF YEAR; WINTERING ATTEMPTS ARE
ALMOST ANNUAL NOW.
TURKEY VULTURE: 1 over the TTU HSC Fields (Lubbock) on 11/2/13 (AnH) and 1 near
Maxey Park (Lubbock) on 11/14/13 (AnH) - FAIRLY LATE FOR THE REGION; NOT TOO
SURPRISING CONSIDERING HOW MILD CONDITIONS WERE THROUGH NOVEMBER.
OSPREY: 1 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on 11/7/13 (CC), 1 at Dupree Park
(Lubbock) on 11/9/13 (PKe), 1 at Maxey Park (Lubbock) on 11/9/13 (SB), and 1 at
MacKenzie Park (PKi, JL) - A GOOD NUMBER OF REPORTS FOR SO LATE IN THE SEASON -
MORE EVIDENCE OF A MILD NOVEMBER.
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: Ten reports of 1-2 birds from six sites in the region
(Crosby, Lubbock) during the period (CC, SC, AnH, KH, DJ, PKe) - LOWISH
NUMBERS; SHOULD BE A LITTLE EASIER TO ENCOUNTER BY THE END OF NOVEMBER.
COOPER'S HAWK: Twelve reports of 1-2 birds from five sites in the region
(Crosby, Lubbock, Terry) during the period (SC, MDL, AnH, KH, DJ, PKe, NP) -
LOWISH NUMBERS; SHOULD BE A LITTLE EASIER TO ENCOUNTER BY THE END OF NOVEMBER.
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: 1 adult bird in/near the woodlands below Lake Six
(Lubbock) through 11/29/13 (CC, SC, AnH, PKe) - A WEIRD COMBINATION OF
ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION AND A CONFIRMED BREEDER IN THE REGION - CLOSE TO
ANNUAL DURING FALL/EARLY WINTER AT THIS POINT.
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK: 1 at the Plainview Apartments Playa (Hale) on 11/3/13 (NP)
and 1 in (Bailey) on 11/14/13 (MMK) the only reports - ABOUT AVERAGE, BY
CONTEMPORARY STANDARDS, FOR THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON.
GOLDEN EAGLE: 1 in (Bailey0 on 11/14/13 (MMK) the only report of the season -
FORMERLY ANNUAL AS A WINTERING BIRD; HARDER TO FIND THESE DAYS.
VIRGINIA RAIL: 1 at MacKenzie Park (Lubbock) on 11/16/13 (AnH) the only report
- LOW BY HISTORICAL STANDARDS; AVERAGE BY CONTEMPORARY STANDARDS.
SORA: 1 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on 11/7/13 (CC) the only report -
VERY LOW BY HISTORICAL STANDARDS; ONLY A TAD LOW BY CONTEMPORARY STANDARDS..
AMERICAN AVOCET: 2 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/12/13 (PKe) - FORMERLY CASUAL
IN NOVEMBER; NOW EXPECTED TO PERSIST, IN SMALL NUMBERS, THROUGH THE FIRST TWO
WEEKS.
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: Fourteen reports of 1-16 birds at seven sites in the region
(Floyd, Hale, Lubbock) during the period (MDL, AnH, DJ, PKe, NP) - A TAD BETTER
THAN AVERAGE, POSSIBLY REFLECTING THE RELATIVELY LATE MIGRATORY PEAK THIS YEAR.
LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 5 at the Plainview Apartments Playa (Hale) on 11/2/13 (NP),
1 at Dupree Park (Lubbock)on 11/6/13 (LK), 3 at Maxey Park (Lubbock) on 11/9/13
(PKe), 1 at Guy Park (Lubbock)on 11/29/13 (AnH), and 1 at MacKenzie Park
(Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (PKi, JL) - A TAD BETTER THAN AVERAGE, POSSIBLY
REFLECTING THE RELATIVELY LATE MIGRATORY PEAK THIS YEAR.
LONG-BILLED CURLEW: 24 at the Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 11/9/13 (PKe) and 22 at
Yoakum County Park (Yoakum)on 11/16/13 (DHw) - FORMERLY FAIRLY COMMON
THROUGHOUT THE REGION THROUGH NOVEMBER BUT FEWER AND MORE ISOLATED REPORTS
BECOMING TYPICAL.
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER: 1-2 at the Plainview Apartments Playa (Hale) through
11/18/13 (NP) and 1 at the Brownfield Sewage Ponds (Terry) on 11/10/13 (SC) the
only reports - LOW.
WILSON'S SNIPE: 1 at the Brownfield Sewage Ponds (Terry) on 11/10/13 (SC), 1 at
MacKenzie Park (Lubbock) on 11/16/13 (AnH), and 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on
11/17/13 (AnH, NP) the only reports - VERY LOW.
INCA DOVE: 2 in Tech Terrace (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (PKe) and 7 in Tech Terrace
(Lubbock)on 11/10/13 (PKe) the only reports - ABSURDLY LOW BY HISTORICAL
STANDARDS.
COMMON POORWILL: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (SC, PKe) - FORMERLY
CASUAL IN THE REGION THIS LATE IN THE SEASON; LATE FALL STATUS CURRENTLY
UNKNOWN.
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD: 1 first year male in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock)
through 11/9/13 (AnH) the only report - LOW BY RECENT YEARS' STANDARDS.
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER: 1 at the Lubbock Cemetery (Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (AnH)
the only report - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR ARRIVAL AND NUMBERS USUALLY DON'T BUILD
UNTIL DECEMBER.
PEREGRINE FALCON: At least five individuals in Lubbock (Lubbock) throughout the
period (JD, AnH, AvH, PR, TT) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR WINTER - CBCs WILL ADDRESS
SPREAD A BIT BETTER.
SAY'S PHOEBE: 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (AnH) the only report - LOW.
EASTERN PHOEBE: 1 at MacKenzie Park (Lubbock) on 11/16/13 (AnH) the only report
- LOW.
COMMON RAVEN: 1-3 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) through the period (KH), 1 at the
CR 183 Playa (Crosby) on 11/12/13 (KH), 3 at the CR 152 Prairie Dog Town
(Crosby) on 11/21/13 (KH) the only reports - A TAD LOW BUT NOT MUCH BELOW THE
CAPROCK COVERAGE DURING THE MONTH.
BLACK-CRESTED TITMOUSE: 1 along the Brazos River near the East 50th Street
Crossing (Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (AnH) - RARELY ENCOUNTERED THIS CLOSE TO ABOVE
THE CAPROCK; INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN LUBBOCK COUNTY AT ALL.
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1 at Maxey Park (Lubbock) on 11/7/13 (CC) and 1 at the
Plainview Apartments Playa (Hale) on 11/30/13 (NP) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR A
NON-IRRUPTIVE YEAR.
HOUSE WREN: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (AnH), 5 at Buffalo Springs
Lake (Lubbock)on 11/7/13 (CC), and 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 11/17/13 (DHw)
the only reports - LOW BY RECENT YEARS' STANDARDS.
WINTER WREN: 1 at Buffalo Springs Lake (Lubbock) on 11/7/13 (CC) the only
report so far - A TAD LOW.
BEWICK'S WREN: 1 near Tahoka (Lynn)on 11/2/13 (MDL) and 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock)
on 11/16/13 (AnH) the only reports - VERY LOW BY HISTORICAL STANDARDS; HAS
BECOME SCARCE ENOUGH IN THE REGION TO START TRACKING REPORTS.
CAROLINA WREN: 1 at MacKenzie Park (Lubbock) on 11/16/13 (AnH) the only report
- STATUS IN THE REGION CURRENTLY UNKNOWN; ALL SIGHTINGS - AT ANY TIME OF YEAR -
WORTHY OF REPORTING.
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (AnH) the only
report - LOW.
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 4 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 11/14/13 (MMK) and 2 at
MacKenzie Park (Lubbock) on 11/16/13 (AnH) the only reports - LATE AND LOW; THE
FIRST REPORT FROM A SITE THAT MORE TYPICALLY SPORTS WESTERN BLUEBIRDS.
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD: 1 near Tahoka (Lynn) on 11/1/13 (MDL)k, 15 at the Campbell
Rest Area (Motley) on 11/2/13 (CC), and 1 at Coleman Park (Terry) on 11/10/13
(SC) the only reports - A TAD LOW BY IRRUPTIVE STANDARDS; SURPRISING GIVEN THE
GOOD NUMBERS OF EARLY ARRIVING TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES.
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE: 1-2 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) through the period (CC, SC,
MDL, ANH, DJ, PKe, NP), 1 at Ransom Lake (Lubbock) on 11/13/13 and 11/19/13
(JH), 1-2 at the Lubbock Cemetery (Lubbock) from 11/22/13 through the end of
the period (CC, AnH, PKi), 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (AnH), 1 at the
Lubbock State School (Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (PKi), and 1 in Tech Terrace
(Lubbock) on 11/30/13 (JD, AvH, PR, TT) - GOOD NUMBERS CONTINUE IN LUBBOCK
COUNTY; CBCs WILL PAINT A BETTER PICTURE IN DECEMBER.
HERMIT THRUSH: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (AnH), 1 at the Plainview
Apartments Playa (Hale) on 11/9/13 (NP), and 1 below Lake Six (Lubbock) on
11/16/13 (AnH) the only reports - LOW BY RECENT YEARS' STANDARDS; VERY LOW BY
HISTORICAL STANDARDS.
GRAY CATBIRD: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/7/13 (MDL) and 1 at Clapp Park
(Lubbock) on 11/17/13 (AnH) the only reports - EVEN ASSUMING THIS IS THE SAME
BIRD, NOT BAD FOR THIS LATE IN THE SEASON - CASUAL IN NOVEMBER.
BROWN THRASHER: 1 at the Lubbock Cemetery (Lubbock) on 11/29/13 (AnH) -
REPORTED ONLY AS A RELATIVELY NOVEL ABOVE THE CAPROCK ESCARPMENT SITE.
AMERICAN PIPIT: 7 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 11/10/13 (KH), 2 at Erskine
Marsh (Lubbock) on 11/16/13 (AnH), and 6 in west Lubbock (Lubbock) on 11/24/13
(CC) the only reports - VERY LOW; THIS SPECIES HAS DONE VERY POORLY IN OUR
REGION THESE LAST FEW YEARS.
CEDAR WAXWING: 1-7 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (CC, SC, AnH, PKe) the
only report - RIDICULOUSLY LOW; ANOTHER SPECIES THAT HAS FARED VERY POORLY IN
THE REGION FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR: 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 11/17/13 (DHw) -
CASUAL THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON; ONE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THIS EARLY SIGHTING
BODES WELL FOR ANOTHER WINTER OF GOOD LONGSPUR NUMBERS IN THE REGION.
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 1 at the Plainview Apartments Playa (Hale) on 11/3/13
(NP), 1 in Tech Terrace (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (PKe), 1 at Maxey Park (Lubbock)
on 11/6/13 (AnH), 1 at the Plainview Apartments Playa (Hale)on 11/9/13 (NP), 1
in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock)on 11/24/13 (AnH), and 1 at Guy Park (Lubbock) on
11/29/13 (AnH) the only reports - LOW TO VERY LOW BY RECENT YEARS' STANDARDS -
COULD BE HARD TO FIND DURING REGION CBCs.
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1 male at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (AnH) the only
report - VERY LOW DESPITE GOOD SURVEYS OF THE BETTER SITES IN THE REGION.
CHIPPING SPARROW: 4 at the TTU Gardens (Lubbock)on 11/1/13 (SC) and 2 at Clapp
Park (Lubbock)on 11/3/13 (SC, PKe) the only reports - LOW.
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW: 1 in Tech Terrace (Lubbock)on 11/30/13 (JD, AvH, PR, TT)
- CASUAL IN THE REGION THIS LATE IN THE SEASON; A VERY NICE SIGHTING, INDEED!
FOX SPARROW: No reports at all so far this season - LATE AND LOW.
SONG SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW - Though our three
woodland/wetland sparrows arrived about on time, numbers remained pathetically
low, low, and low - respectively - through the end of the period. - POOR
NUMBERS.
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 1 at the TTU Gardens (Lubbock)on 11/1/13 (SC), 1 at
Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (SC, PKe), 1 white-striped bird in a Lubbock
yard (Lubbock)on 11/3/13 (AnH), and 1 tan-striped bird in a Lubbock yard
(Lubbock) on 11/9/13 (AnH) - PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS, BY RECENT YEARS' STANDARDS,
FOR SO EARLY IN THE SEASON.
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD: 1 at the TTU Sewage Pond (Lubbock)on 11/4/13 (CC) -
CASUAL IN THE REGION THIS LATE IN THE SEASON.
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD: Eight reports of
1-10 birds and one report of 75 birds in the region (Crosby, Hale,
Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn) during the period (SC, KH, NP, BS) - A TAD ON THE
LOW SIDE, CONTINUING THE PATTERN OF A POOR FALL MOVEMENT THIS YEAR.
PINE SISKIN: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 11/3/13 (AnH) and 1 at Muleshoe NWR
(Bailey) on 11/17/13 (DHw) the only reports - LATE TO ARRIVE THIS YEAR AND VERY
LOW NUMBERS THUS FAR. SO FAR, A NON-IRRUPTIVE YEAR.
LESSER GOLDFINCH: 1 at Coleman Park (Terry) on 11/10/13 (SC) - A RELATIVELY
LATE REPORT FOR THE REGION THOUGH THE SPECIES DOES OCCASIONALLY, IN SMALL
NUMBERS, WINTER AT WARM MICRO-SITES.
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: Eight reports of 1-16 birds at seven sites in the region
(Crosby, Lubbock) during the period (CC, SC, AnH, KH, Di) - VERY LOW;
NON-IRRUPTING WITH THE PINE SISKINS?
EVENING GROSBEASK: The only TBRC bird of the month, 1 female at Clapp Park
(Lubbock) from 11/3/13 through 11/9/13 (AnH, CC, SC, RD, PKe, RR) - FORMERLY
RARE IN THE REGION DURING THE WINTER, CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL SINCE 2000 - THE
3rd RECORD FOR THE REGION SINCE 2000; THE FIRST SINCE 2005.
OBSERVERS: CA=Connie Andrus, MA=Marlin Andrus, SB=Susan Bergeson, CCÊmeron
Carver,
SC=Steve Collins, RD=Richard Damron, JD=Jeanne Davis, MDL=Manuel De Leon,
DHÚnny Hancock, JH=Jerry Hatfield, DHwÚve Hawkworth, AnH=Anthony Hewetson,
AvH=Aveline Hewetson, KH=Kelly
Himmel, Di=Donn ianuzi, DJÚn Jones, GJ=George Jury, MMK=Missy McAllister Kerr,
PKe=Peter Keyel, PKi=Phillip
Kite, LK=Logan Kuss, JL=Jimmy Lovering, JM=Jennifer Miller, NP=Niler
Pyeatt, PR=Paula Richardson, RR=Ross Rickett, RRi=Robert Rios, CR=Clarice
Robertson, FR=Floyd Robertson, TT=Tess Trost, WW=William Wenthe.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson
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