[texbirds] Lubbock Area Birding Summary for September - Long
- From: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 11:27:20 -0500
With 6.94 inches of rain in September, well above the average September
total of 2.57 inches, Lubbock went from slightly below average to somewhat
above average rainfall with 18.84 inches for 2014 compared to the average
year-to-date total of 15.60 inches. The region remains in drought but, at
least for the fall season, looks to be attractive to even the most
water-loving species though, at last look, a lot of our water birds seem to
be running a bit late.
As always, the county follows the site in ( ) and birds are mentioned by
virtue of rarity, atypical abundance, or atypical scarcity.
CACKLING GOOSE: 1 at Leroy Elmore Park (Lubboock) throughout the month (SC,
AH, PKe), 4-6 at Maxey Park (Lubbock) from 9/4/14 thorugh 9/13/14 (SC,
PKe), 4 at Andrews Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/14 (PKe), 1 at Jennings Park
(Lubbock) on 9/13/14 (PKe), 2 at Leftwich Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/14 (PKe),
and 6 at Gillham-Howell Park (Terry) on 9/21/14 (AH, RK) - OUR USUAL CROP
OF SUMMERING CACKLERS - NO EVIDENCE OF MIGRATORY ARRIVALS.
CANADA GOOSE Aside from the usual small groups of summering birds, 25 at
Leroy Elmore Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/14 (PKe) were - THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF
MIGRATORY ARRIVALS.
WOOD DUCK: 1 at Leroy Elmore Park (Lubbock) on 9/12/14 (CC) and 9/16/14
(SC) - THE FIRST REPORT FOR THE SEASON.
GADWALL: 2 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH) and 2 at the Himmel Farm
(Crosby) on 9/11/14 (KH) the only reports - RIGHT ON TIME BUT VERY LOW
NUMBERS.
AMERICAN WIGEON: 1 at Leroy Elmore Park (Lubbock) on 9/12/14 (CC) and 2 at
Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/28/14 (AH) the only reports - RIGHT ON TIME BUT
LOW NUMBERS.
CINNAMON TEAL: 3 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 9/1/14 (KH), 2 at the
Cochran County Golf Course (Cochran) on 9/1/14 (AH), 1 at the Himmel Farm
(Crosby) on 9/7/14 (KH), 15 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 9/11/14 (KH),
and 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/12/14 (CC) the only reports - ABOUT
AVERAGE BY RECENT STANDARDS, LOW BY HISTORICAL STANDARDS.
SCALED QUAIL: No reports away from Muleshoe NWR, the only truly reliable
site left in the region for the species.
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 4 near Abernathy (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK) the only
report - INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN THE REASON - AT THE LEVEL OF
PLEASANT SURPRISE THESE DAYS.
EARED GREBE: 1 near Anton (Hockley) on 9/20/14 (PKe) and 1 at the Himmel
Farm (Crosby) on 9/26/14 (KH) the only reports - A TAD LOW.
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 1-5 at Leroy Elmore Park (Lubbock) throughout the
month (CC, SC, AH, PKe) the only reports - VERY LOW BY RECENT YEARS'
STANDARDS - MOVING IN LATE THIS YEAR?
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 2 east of Bula (Lamb) on 9/28/14 (AH) the only
report - CASUAL FOR THE REGION THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON.
GREAT EGRET: 3-6 at Leroy Elmore Park (Lubbock) throughout the month (CC,
SC, AH, PKe), 1 at Maxey Park (Lubbock) on 9/4/14 (SC) and 9/13/14 (PKe), 1
at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 9/6/14 (KH), 1 below Lake Six (Lubbock) on
9/6/14 (AH, PKi, CMa, GS), 2 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/14 (PB), 1 at
Leftwich Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/14 (PKe), 1 near Abernathy (Hale) on
9/20/14 (AH, RK), 1 near Underwood (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK), and 4 at
Dupree Park (Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (GJ, PJ) - AN IMPROVEMENT OVER AUGUST BUT
NOT BACK UP TO PRE-DROUGHT LEVELS.
SNOWY EGRET: Twenty-eight reports of 1-10 birds, one report of 15 birds,
and one report of 25 birds in the region (Crosby, Hale, Lubbock) during the
period (PB, CC, SC, AH, KH, JJ, GJ, PJ, PKe, PKi, RK, JK, HR, CMa, CMi,
JMi, AM, JMu, MaM, MiM, GS, JW) - BETTER NUMBERS, OVERALL, AND SCATTER THAN
AUGUST BUT NOT UP TO PRE-DROUGHT LEVELS.
LITTLE BLUE HERON: 1 near Brownfield (Terry) on 9/3/14 (MMK) the only
report - FORMERLY ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION; NOW ANNUAL AS A POST-BREEDING
WANDERER.
CATTLE EGRET: Fourteen reports of 1-10 birds, eight reports of 11-15 birds,
and seven reports of 26-50 birds in the region (Crosby, Hale, Lamb,
Lubbock, Lynn, Terry) during the period (PB, CC, SC, KH, PKe, PKi, RK, CMa,
RR, GS) - A GOOD INCREASE FROM THE LOW NUMBERS SEEN EARLIER IN THE SEASON
BUT STILL NOT AT PRE-DROUGHT LEVELS.
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON: 1 -2 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) throughout the
month (PB, CC, SC, AH, JJ, JK, CMi, JMi, AM, JMu, MaM, MiM, RR, GS, JW), 1
at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/6/14 (AH, PKi, CMa, GS), and 1 at Erskine Marsh
(Lubbock) on 9/8/14 (RR) the only reports - LOW; NO REAL EVIDENCE OF
BREEDING IN THE REGION THIS YEAR.
WHITE-FACED IBIS: Twelve reports of 1-10 birds, three reports of 11-25
birds, three reports of 26-50 birds, and one report of 75 birds in the
regon (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Lamb, Lubbock) during the period (SC, KH,
PKe, PKi, RK, RS) - A BIT OF A REBOUND SINCE EARLIER IN THE SEASON BUT
STILL NOT AT PRE-DROUGHT LEVELS.
OSPREY: 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) throughout the month (CC, SC, AH), 1 at
MacKenzie Park (Lubbock) on 9/6/14 (AH, PKi, CMa, GS), 1 at Ransom Lake
(Lubbock) on 9/6/14 (PKi), 1 at MacKenzie Park (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (AH), 1
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/20/14 (SC), 1 at Gillham-Howell Park (Terry)
on 9/21/14 (AH, RK), and 1 in south Lubbock (Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (CC) -
ABOUT AVERAGE.
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK:1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (SC, AH) the only
report - VERY LATE AND VERY LOW.
COOPER'S HAWK: 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS), 1 at Clapp
Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH), 1 at the Himmel Farm on 9/11/13 and 9/12/14
(KH), 1 near Whiteface (Cochran) on 9/19/14 (RK), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock)
on 9/20/14 (SC), and 1 in Littlefield (Lamb) on 9/24/14 (AR) the only
reports - ALSO LATE, IF NOT SO LOW IN NUMBERS, THIS YEAR.
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: 1 below Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (AH) - FORMERLY
ACCIDENTAL IN THE REGION; NOW ANNUAL AS A MIGRANT AND CLOSE TO ANNUAL AS A
WINTERING SPECIES.
BROAD-WINGED HAWK:1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH) and 2-3 at
Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (SC, AH) the only reports so far this
season - LATE AND A TAD LOW.
GOLDEN EAGLE: 2 adults at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH) - FORMERLY
AN OCCASIONAL SUMMER RESIDENT; THIS NOW CONSTITUTES AN EARLY RECORD.
VIRGINIA RAIL: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH, RR) the only report
- LOW.
SORA: 1-2 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/10/14 to 9/13/14 (SC, PKe), 1 at
Clapp Park (Lubbock) from 9/20/14 to 9/22/14 (SC), 11 at the Tokio Playa
(Terry) on 9/19/14 (RK), 9 at the Tokio Playa (Terry) on 9/21/14 (AH, RK),
1 at Reese Center (Lubbock) on 9/30/14 (CC) - MUCH BETTER, IN TERMS OF
NUMBERS, THAN EXPECTED THESE DAYS.
BLACK-NECKED STILT: Sixteen reports of 1-10 birds, six reports of 11-25
birds, and one report of 35 birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby,
Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry) during the period (SC, AK, KH, PKe,
PKi, RK, RS) - DECENT SCATTER BUT LOW NUMBERS BY RECENT YEARS' STANDARDS.
AMERICAN AVOCET: Fifteen reports of 1-10 birds, eight reports of 11-25
birds, and five reports of 26-50 birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran,
Crosby, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry) during the period (SC, AH, KH,
PKe, PKi, RK, CMa, GS, RS) - DECENT SCATTER BUT LOW NUMBERS BY RECENT
YEARS' STANDARDS.
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER: 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH) and on
9/28/14 (AH, photos) - CASUAL IN THE REGION; TWO REPORTS IN A SINGLE SEASON
IS PRETTY GOOD THESE DAYS.
SNOWY PLOVER: 16 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH) and 1 at Muleshoe
NWR (Bailey) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS) the only reports - FORMERLY MORE ABUNDANT
IN THE REGION; THIS IS PRETTY GOOD BY RECENT STANDARDS.
SPOTTED SANDPIPER: Ten reports of 1-3 birds in the region (Cochran, Crosby,
Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry) during the period (SC, AH, KH, PKe,
PKi, RK, CMa, GS, RS) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR SEPTEMBER.
SOLITARY SANDPIPER: Twelve reports of 1-5 birds in the region (Cochran,
Hale, Lamb, Terry) during the period (SC, AH, KH, RK, RS) - A BIT BETTER
THAN EXPECTED BY RECENT YEARS' STANDARDS.
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: Fourteen reports of 1-8 birds in the region (Bailey,
Cochran, Crosby, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry) during the period
(AH, KH, RK) the only reports - DECENT SCATTER BUT LOW NUMBERS.
WILLET: 1 south of Crosbyton (Crosby) on 9/28/14 (KH) the only report -
FORMERLY CONSIDERED CASUAL IN THE REGION, NOW CLOSE TO ANNUAL AS A SPRING
AND FALL MIGRANT.
LESSER YELLOWLEGS: Eighteen reports of 1-10 birds and two reports of 12-17
birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Terry)
during the period (SC, AH, KH, RK, RS) the only reports - DECENT SCATTER
BUT LOW NUMBERS.
UPLAND SANDPIPER: Seven reports of 1-2 birds in the region (Crosby,
Lubbock, Terry) during the period (SC, AH, KH) - A TAD LOW BUT NOT A LOT OF
FOLK LISTENING AT THE RIGHT TIME OF DAY.
LONG-BILLED CURLEW: 17 at the Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 9/1/14 (AH) the only
report - NO SCATTER AND LOW NUMBERS.
MARBLED GODWIT: 2 north of Fieldton (Lamb) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK, photos) the
only report - FORMERLY ANNUAL TO THE REGION, NOW CLOSING ON CASUAL.
STILT SANDPIPER: Nine reports of 1-10 birds, one report of 12 birds, and
one report of 119 birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Hale, Lamb)
during the period (AH, KH, RK) the only reports - GOOD SCATTER AND GOOD
NUMBERS BUT ONLY ONE OF THE LARGE FLOCKS WE EXPECT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
LEAST SANDPIPER: Thirteen reports of 1-10 birds and four reports of 11-25
birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Hale, Lamb) during the period
(SC, AH, KH, RK, RS) - GOOD SCATTER BUT LOW NUMBERS.
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER: Seven reports of 1-10 birds and three reports of 11-25
birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb) during the period (SC,
AH, RK, RS) the only reports - SCATTER A BIT POOR AND NUMBERS A BIT LOW.
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 7 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH), 2 at the
Cochran County Golf Course (Cochran) on 9/1/14 (AH), 1 at the Himmel Farm
(Crosby) on 9/1/14 (KH), 1 at the Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 9/1/14 (AH), and
3 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/28/14 (AH) the only reports - DECENT
SCATTER BUT POOR, MAYBE EVEN VERY POOR, NUMBERS.
WESTERN SANDPIPER: Nine reports of 1-10 birds and two reports of 12-14
birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Hockley, Lamb) during the
period (SC, AH, RK, RS) the only reports - DECENT SCATTER BUT POOR NUMBERS.
PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH) and 1 near
Abernathy (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK) the only reports - LOW.
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER: 26 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH) and 2 at
Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 9/1/14 (AH) the only reports - EXTRAORDINARILY LOW
NUMBERS.
WILSON'S SNIPE: 2 at the Tokio Playa (Terry) on 9/19/14 (RK), 3 at the
Tokio Playa (Terry) on 9/21/14 (AH, RK), 2 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on
9/27/14 (AH), 4 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/28/14 (AH), and 4 near
Littlefield (Lamb) on 9/28/14 (AH) - ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD FOR THIS EARLY IN
THE SEASON, NUMBERS USUALLY DON'T KICK IN UNTIL OCTOBER.
WILSON'S PHALAROPE: Nine reports of 1-10 birds, four reports of 11-25
birds, five reports of 26-100 birds, one report of 141 birds, and one
report of 183 birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Hockley, Lamb)
during the period (SC, AH, KH, RK, RS) - GOOD SCATTER AND GOOD, IF NOT
PHENOMENAL, NUMBERS.
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE: 4 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS), 6
north of Whiteface (Cochran) on 9/19/14 (RK), and 3 at Muleshoe NWR
(Bailey) on 9/28/14 (AH) - FORMERLY CONSIDERED CASUAL DURING FALL
MIGRATION, NOW KNOWN TO BE ANNUAL.
BLACK TERN: Fourteen reports of 1-10 birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran,
Crosby, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock) during the period (PB, SC, AH, KH,
PKe, RK) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS UNCOMMON MIGRANT.
FORSTER'S TERN: 1 at Buster Long Park (Lubbock) on 9/21/14 (JM) the only
report - SURPRISINGLY LOW NUMBERS GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE LARGER
LAKES.
INCA DOVE: 1-4 daily in Littlefield (Lamb) through the month (AR), 5 at
Ransom Lake (Lubbock) on 9/6/14 (AH, PKi, CMa, RR, GS), and 5 in the Tech
Terrace neighborhood (Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (CC) the only reports - BARELY
HANGING ON.
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO: 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (PB, AH) the only
report - INCREDIBLY LOW NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE EVIDENCE OF RECOVERY
DURING THE BREEDING SEASON.
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 1 in south Lubbock (Lubbock) on 9/15/14 (PB), 1
in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) from 9/19/14 through 9/21/14 (AH, RK), 1 at
Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (SC, AH, JM, GS), and 1 in a Lubbock yard
(Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (JC) - A VERY GOOD SHOWING; THIS MAY BE NORMAL AS THE
SPECIES IS EASILY OVERLOOKED IN FALL PLUMAGE.
BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD: 1 at the Denver City Recreational Trail (Yoakum)
on 9/13/14 (CC, SC) and 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/25/14 (SC) the
only reports - ACTUALLY, A TAD LOW BY RECENT YEARS' STANDARDS.
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD: 1 immature male in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/18/14
(AH) - CASUAL IN THE REGION AS A FALL MIGRANT.
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD: Eleven reports of 1-2 birds in the region (Crosby,
Lamb, Lubbock) during the period (SC, AH, KH, RR, AR) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR
THIS UNCOMMON FALL MIGRANT.
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD: 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/25/14 (SC) the
only report - AS USUAL, THIS SPECIES PEAKED IN AUGUST.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (CC) the only
report - LOW NUMBERS BUT NO TIME SPENT BY OBSERVERS IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES.
PEREGRINE FALCON: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH, RR), 1 near
Underwood (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK), and 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on
9/28/14 (AH) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS RARE, BUT ANNUAL, WINTERER.
PRAIRIE FALCON: 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) throughout the period (AH) the
only report - LOW, NUMBERS GENERALLY START BUILDING BY LATE SEPTEMBER.
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: Twenty reports of 1-3 birds in the region (Cochran,
Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry, Yoakum) during the period (PB, CC, SC, AH, PKe,
RK, RR) - ABOUT AVERAGE.
WESTERN WOOD PEWEE: Thirty reports of 1-5 birds in the region (Bailey,
Cochran, Crosby, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry) during the period (PB, CC, SC,
AH, KH, PKe, PKi, RK, CMa, RR, GS, RS) - ABOUT AVERAGE; NO REPORTS OF TRULY
EXCEPTIONAL NUMBERS AS IN SOME RECENT YEARS.
WILLOW FLYCATCHER: Nineteen reports of 1-2 birds in the region (Bailey,
Cochran, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry) during the period (PB, SC, AH, PKi,
RK, CMa, RR, GS, RS) - ABOUT AVERAGE; PERHAPS A TAD LOW.
LEAST FLYCATCHER: Twenty-eight reports of 1-5 birds in the region (Bailey,
Cochran, Crosby, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry, Yoakum) during the period (PB,
CC, SC, AH, KH, PKi, RK, CMa, RR, GS, RS) - QUITE A BIT BETTER THAN AVERAGE.
HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (CC) the only
report - SURPRISINGLY LOW, GIVEN THE ABUNDANCE OF OTHER 'WESTERN' EMPIDS
DURING THE SEASON.
DUSKY FLYCATCHER: 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH), 1 at Ransom
Lake (Lubbock) on 9/6/14 (AH, PKi, CMa, RR, GS), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock)
on 9/12/14 (CC), 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/12/14 (CC), 1 at the Denver
City Recreational Trail (Yoakum) on 9/13/14 (CC, SC), 1 at Stanford Park
(Yoakum) on 9/13/14 (CC, SC), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (CC,
SC), and 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (SC, AH) - FORMERLY
CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION, NOW KNOWN TO BE ANNUAL AS A SPRING AND
FALL MIGRANT ... BUT VERY GOOD NUMBERS THIS YEAR.
GRAY FLYCATCHER: 1 at the Petersburge Cemetery (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK)
and 1 north of Littlefield (Lamb) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK) the only reports -
LOW.
CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER: 1 at the Petersburg Cemetery (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH,
RK), 1 north of Littlefield (Lamb) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK), and 1 at Clapp Park
(Lubbock) on 9/20/14 (SC) the only reports - FORMERLY MORE COMMON; ABOUT
AVERAGE BY RECENT YEARS' STANDARDS.
EMPIDONAX: Eighteen reports of 1-2 unidentified empids in the region
(Cochran, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry) during the period (CC, SC, AH,
PKe, RS) - INCLUDED TO SHOW THAT A) WE DON'T GET 'EM ALL AND B) THAT IT WAS
A PRETTY GOOD SEASON FOR EMPIDS.
SAY'S PHOEBE: 1 at the Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 9/1/14 (AH), 3 near
Crosbyton (Crosby) on 9/10/14 (KH), and 2 near Underwood (Hale) on 9/20/14
(AH, RK) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS UNCOMMON FALL MIGRANT.
EASTERN PHOEBE: 1 at the Petersburg Dump (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK) the
only report - LOW.
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER: 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (AH) - WAS
RUNNING A BIT LATE.
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH, RR), on
9/12/14 (CC), and on 9/13/14 (PB) - FORMERLY ACCIDENTAL THIS FAR WEST INTO
THE REGION; NOW EXPECTED ANNUALLY.
CASSIN'S KINGBIRD: 1 near Meadow (Terry) on 9/19/14 (RK), 1 near Plains
(Yoakum) on 9/19/14 (RK), 1 near underwood (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK), and
1 at the Lamb County Sandhills Historical Marker (Lamb) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK)
- A RARE BUT REGULAR MIGRANT THROUGH THE WESTERN HALF OF THE REGION.
EASTERN KINGBIRD: 1 at Erskine Marsh (Lubbock) on 9/8/14 (RR) the only
report - ALWAYS NOTEWORTHY THIS FAR WEST.
CASSIN'S VIREO: 1 at Cochran County Park (Cochran) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS) and 1
at Stanford Park (Yoakum) on 9/13/14 (CC, SC) - FORMERLY CONSIDERED
ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION; NOW EXPECTED ANNUALLY DURING SPRING AND FALL
MIGRATION.
BLUE-HEADED VIREO: 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/25/14 (SC) and 1 at
Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (AH) - ABOUT AVERAGE; NUMBERS GENERALLY
PICK UP INTO LATE FALL AND EARLY WINTER.
WARBLING VIREO: 1 at Cochran County Park (Cochran) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS), 1 at
Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (AH, photos), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on
9/20/14 (SC) and 9/21/14 (PKe) - AVERAGE BY RECENT STANDARDS, LOW BY
HISTORICAL STANDARDS.
RED-EYED VIREO: 1 at Cochran County Park (Cochran) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS) -
FORMERLY CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION, NOW KNOWN TO BE ANNUAL AS A
MIGRANT.,
COMMON RAVEN: 1 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 9/15/14 (KH) and on 9/22/14
(KH) the only reports - LOW.
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: Twenty-two reports of 1-10 birds in the
region (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry) during the
period (PB, AH, KH, PKi, RK, CMa, GS) - STATUS DURING MIGRATION CAN RANGE
FROM ABSENT TO COMMON; THIS WAS A PRETTY GOOD SEPTEMBER.
TREE SWALLOW: Fifteen reports of 1-10 birds, two reports of 11-25 birds,
and one report of 140 birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Lamb,
Lubbock) during the period (SC, AH, KH, RK, RS) - STATUS DURING MIGRATION
CAN RANGE FROM RARE TO ABUNDANT; THIS WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
BANK SWALLOW: 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH), 3 below Lake Six
(Lubbock) on 9/6/14 (AH, PKi, CMa, GS), 2 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on
9/814 (KH), 2 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/12/14 (AH), and 1 near Fieldton
(Lamb) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK) the only reports - STATUS DURING MIGRATION CAN
RANGE FROM ABSENT TO UNCOMMON; THIS WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
CAVE SWALLOW: 1 near Circle (Lamb) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK) and 3 near Fieldton
(Lamb) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK) - FAIRLY WELL DOCUMENTED IN THE REGION SAVE FOR
LAMB AND BAILEY COUNTIES.
VERDIN: 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (AH) the only report - VERY HARD
TO FIND IN THE REGION THESE DAYS; PARTICULARLY ABOVE THE CAPROCK ESCARPMENT.
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 4 at Cochran County Park (Cochran) on 9/6/14 (SC,
RS), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/14 (PB), 1 at Stanford Park (Yoakum)
on 9/13/14 (CC, SC), 2 at Mae Simmons Park (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (PB), and 1
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (CC) - WOW! - VERY GOOD NUMBERS,
ESPECIALLY SO EARLY IN THE SEASON FOR THIS GENERALLY RARE WINTERER.
ROCK WREN: 1 below Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (AH) and 1 at Yoakum Dunes
Preserve (Cochran) on 9/19/14 (RK) the only sightings - A BIT LOW;
GENERALLY MORE FOUND IN MIGRATION.
HOUSE WREN: Eighteen reports of 1-5 birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran,
Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry, Yoakum) during the period (CC, SC, AH, KH, RK,
RS) - THIS SPECIES CAN RANGE FROM ABSENT TO COMMON DURING MIGRATION; THIS
WAS CLOSE TO THE HIGH END OF THE SPECTRUM.
MARSH WREN: 1 at Tokio Playa (Terry) on 9/21/14 (AH, RK) and 1 at Lake Six
(Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (AH) - RIGHT ON TIME; A LITTLE LOW ON NUMBERS AS YET.
CAROLINA WREN: 2 below Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/12/14 (AH), 1 below Lake Six
(Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (AH), 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (PB), and 1
in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/28/14 (AH) - ANOTHER MONTH WITH MORE
CAROLINA WRENS REPORTED FROM LUBBOCK COUNTY THAN BEWICK'S WRENS.
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER: Twelve reports of 1-5 birds in the region (Bailey,
Crosby, Hlae, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum) during the period (CC, SC, AH,
KH, PKe, RK) - ABOUT AVERAGE; NOT THE SPECTACULAR FALL SHOWING WE GET SOME
YEARS.
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 1 near Meadow (Terry) on 9/21/14 (AH, RK), 1 near
Tokio (Terry) on 9/21/14 (AH, RK), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/22/14
(CC), 1-2 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (SC, AH), and 1 at Muleshoe
NWR (Bailey) on 9/28/14 (AH) - RIGHT ON TIME, LOW NUMBERS SO FAR THIS
SEASON.
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1 at Yoakum County Park (Yoakum) on 9/19/14 (RK) - A BIT
EARLY AND A BIT FAR WEST.
SWAINSON'S THRUSH: 1 at the Cochran County Golf Course (Cochran) on 9/1/14
(AH) and 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/14 (PB) the only reports - ON
TIME BUT LOW NUMBERS.
HERMIT THRUSH: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (SC, AH) the only
report - VERY LOW NUMBERS SO FAR THIS SEASON.
GRAY CATBIRD: 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH) and 1 in a Lubbock
yard (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (JC) the only reports - LOW NUMBERS SO FAR THIS
SEASON.
BROWN THRASHER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (SC, AH) - THE ONLY
ABOVE THE CAPROCK REPORT FOR THE MONTH.
SAGE THRASHER: 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH) - FORMERLY
CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL IN SEPTEMBER; NOW CLOSE TO ANNUAL THIS EARLY IN THE
SEASON.
CEDAR WAXWING: 1 at Morton City Park (Cochran) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS), 1 at
Lamb County Sqandhills Historical Marker (Lamb) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK), and 1
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/20/14 (SC) - CASUAL THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON
AND ODD TO SEE NOTHING BUT SINGLE BIRDS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS SPECIES.
OVENBIRD: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH, RR), 1 at Clapp Park
(Lubbock) on 9/21/14 (PKe), 1 near Tokio (Terry) on 9/21/14 (AH, RK), and
1-2 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (CC, SC) - FORMERLY CONSIDERED
ACCIDENTAL IN THE REGION; NOW KNOWN TO BE AN ANNUAL MIGRANT - THREE RECORDS
IN A SINGLE SEASON IS PRETTY GOOD, THOUGH.
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH: 1 at Morton City Park (Cochran) on 9/1/14 (AH), 1
below Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/6/14 (AH, PKi, CMa, RS), 1-3 at Clapp Park
(Lubbock) from 9/13/14 through 9/14/14 (PB, CC, AH), 1-2 at Clapp Park
(Lubbock) from 9/20/14 through 9/22/14 (CC, SC) - ACTUALLY A TAD LOW BY
RECENT YEARS' STANDARDS.
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 2 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH, RR), 1 at
Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/8/14 (RR), and 1-2 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) from
9/21/14 through 9/22/14 (CC, SC) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR A FALL MONTH.
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: Nineteen reports of 1-8 birds in the region
(Bailey, Cochran, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry) during the period (CC, SC,
AH, JJ, PKe, JK, RK, CMi, JM, AM, JMu, MaM, MiM, GS, RS, JW) - ON TIME AND
ABOUT AVERAGE IN TERMS OF NUMBERS.
NASHVILLE WARBLER: Fifteen reports of 1-8 birds in the region (Bailey,
Hale, Hockley, Lubbock, Terry) during the period (PB, CC, SC, JJ, PKe, JK,
RK, CMi, JMi, AM, JMu, MaM, MiM, GS, JW) - ON TIME AND GOOD NUMBERS.
VIRGINIA'S WARBLER: 1 below Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/10/14 (RR) - FORMERLY
CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION, NOW KNOWN AS AN ANNUAL, IF RARE,
MIGRANT.
MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER: 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/11/14 (AH), 1 at the
Denver City Recreational Trail (Yoakum) on 9/13/14 (CC, SC), 1 in a Lubbock
yard (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (AH), 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) from 9/16/14
through 9/17/14 (AH), 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/21/14 (AH), and 1
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (AH) the only reports - ON TIME BUT LOW,
MAYBE EVEN VERY LOW, NUMBERS SO FAR THIS SEASON.
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1-3 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) throughout the month (PB,
CC, SC, AH, RR), 1 female at the Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 9/1/14 (AH), 1 at
Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/8/14 (RR), 1 at Erskine Marsh (Lubbock) on
9/8/14 (RR), 1 at Mae Simmons Park (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (PB), and 3 at the
Petersburg Sewage Ponds (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK) - ABOUT AVERAGE; SOME OF
THESE MAY HAVE BEEN LINGERING SUMMERERS.
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER: 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/10/14 (PKi) - CASUAL,
POSSIBLY ACCIDENTAL, TO THE REGION - A VERY NICE SIGHTING.
NORTHERN PARULA: 1 first fall male below Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (AH)
- ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS CASUAL FALL MIGRANT.
AMERICAN REDSTART: 1-2 at Cochran County Park (Cochran) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS),
1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/11/14 (AH), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on
9/21/14 (PKe) and 9/22/14 (CC), and 1 in the Tech Terrace neighborhood
(Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (CC) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS UNCOMMON FALL MIGRANT.
YELLOW WARBLER: Thirty reports of 1-10 birds and one report of 11 birds in
the region (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum) during
the period (PB, CC, SC, AH, KH, AHu, PKe, PKi, RK, CMa, RR, GS, RS) - ABOUT
AVERAGE FOR THIS UNCOMMON TO ABUNDANT FALL MIGRANT.
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (SC) -
FORMERLY CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION; NOW KNOWN TO BE CLOSE TO
ANNUAL.
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER: 2 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/1/14 (AH) and 1 at
Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/15/14 (RM) - WERE A TAD EARLY. A plethora of
late September sightings were expected.
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER: 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/28/14 (AH) the
only report - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS CASUAL TO RARE FALL MIGRANT.
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER: 1 at Stanford Park (Yoakum) on 9/13/14 (CC, SC), 1 at
Yoakum Dunes Preserve (Cochran) on 9/19/14 (RK), and 1 at Clapp Park
(Lubbock) on 9/20/14 (SC) - PROBABLY A TAD LOW.
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER: 1 female at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14
(AH) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS CASUAL TO RARE FALL MIGRANT; MUCH MORE LIKELY
TO BE FOUND IN SPRING.
PALM WARBLER: 1 'western' at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (AH) - A TAD
EARLY; THIS SPECIES IS GENERALLY MORE OF A LATE FALL/EARLY WINTER PASSAGE
BIRD IN OUR REGION.
CANADA WARBLER: 1 adult male at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/14/14 (AH, CC,
PKe, photos) - FORMERLY CONSIDERED TO BE ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION; NOW
KNOWN TO BE ANNUAL OR CLOSE TO ANNUAL.
WILSON'S WARBLER: Forty reports of 1-10 birds, five reports of 11-25 birds,
and one report of 40 birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Hale, Lamb,
Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum) during the period (PB, CC, SC, AH, JJ, PKe,
PKi, RK, JK, CMi, JMi, AM, JMu, MaM, MiM, RR, CMa, GS, RS, JW) - GOOD
SCATTER AND NUMBERS FOR THIS UNCOMMON TO ABUNDANT FALL MIGRANT.
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT: 1 at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/11/14 (AH), 1 at the
Petersburg Cemetery (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock)
on 9/22/14 (CC), and 1 in the Tech Terrace neighborhood (Lubbock) on
9/22/14 (CC) - ABOUT AVERAGE AND, GIVEN THE LOCATIONS, THESE WERE ALL
MIGRANTS.
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE: 1 at the Lamb County Sandhills Historical Marker
(Lamb) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK) the only report - LOW.
SPOTTED TOWHEE: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH, RR) the first of
the season - A TAD EARLY.
CHIPPING SPARROW: Fourteen reports of 1-10 birds and one report of 12 birds
in the region (Cochran, Crosby, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry) during the
period (CC, SC, AH, KH, RK, RS) the only reports - VERY TO EXTRAORDINARILY
LOW FOR THIS VERY COMMON TO ABUNDANT FALL MIGRANT.
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW: Eighteen reports of 1-10 birds in the region (Bailey,
Crosby, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Terry) during the period (CC, SC, AH, KH, JJ,
PKe, JK, CMi, JMi, AM, JMu, MaM, MiM, RK, RR, GS, JW) the only reports - A
TAD LOW FOR THIS VERY COMMON TO ABUNDANT FALL MIGRANT.
BREWER'S SPARROW: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH, RR) the only
report - VERY LOW BY RECENT YEARS' STANDARDS - NOT A GOOD SEASON FOR THE
SPIZELLIDS.
FIELD SPARROW: 1 at Lubbock Lake Landmark (Lubbock) on 9/24/14 (KH) and 1
at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 9/25/14 (KH) the only reports - A TAD LOW,
SHOULD PICK UP IN OCTOBER.
VESPER SPARROW: 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS), 1 at
Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/28/14 (AH), and 1 near Crosbyton (Crosby) on
9/28/14 (KH) the only reports - ON TIME BUT LOW NUMBERS SO FAR.
SAVANNAH SPARROW: 5 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 9/28/14 (KH) the only
report - LATE AND LOW.
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW: Seven reports of 1-4 birds in the region (Crosby,
Lamb, Lubbock) during the period (AH, KH) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR SEPTEMBER;
LINGERING SUMMER BIRDS AND MIGRANTS BASED ON SITES.
LINCOLN'S SPARROW: 2 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH),1 at Clapp Park
(Lubbock) on 9/10/14 (SC), 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/16/14 (AH),
and 1 at the Petersburg Cemetery (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK) - FORMERLY
CONSIDERED TO BE CASUAL IN SEPTEMBER; NOW KNOWN TO ARRIVE IN THE FIRST OR
SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH.
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (SC, AH, JJ,
JK, CMi, JMi, AM, JMu, MaM, MiM, GS, JW) and 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on
9/28/14 (AH) - FORMERLY CONSIDERED TO BE CASUAL IN SEPTEMBER; NOW KNOWN TO
ARRIVE IN THE THIRD OR FOURTH WEEK OF THE MONTH..
WESTERN TANAGER: 1 male near Bull Lake (Lamb) on 9/1/14 (AH), 1 at Muleshoe
NWR (Bailey) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS), 4 at Cochran County Park (Cochran) on
9/6/14 (SC, RS), 1 at Morton City Park (Cochran) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS), 1
female at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH), 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on
9/10/14 (SC), 1 in a Lubbock yard (Lubbock) on 9/18/14 (AH), 2 in the Tech
Terrace neighborhood (Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (CC), 1 female at Muleshoe NWR
(Bailey) on 9/28/14 (AH) - PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS FOR THIS UNCOMMON FALL
MIGRANT.
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 1 at Stanford Park (Yoakum) on 9/13/14 (CC, SC) and
1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (SC, AH, PKe) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS
RARE FALL MIGRANT.
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK: 1 at the Cochran County Golf Course (Cochran) on
9/6/14 (SC, RS) the only report - A TAD LOW.
LAZULI BUNTING: 1 immature male and 1 adult male at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey)
on 9/1/14 (AH), 1 immature male and 1 adult male at Morton City Park
(Cochran) on 9/1/14 (AH), 1 at Muleshoe NWR (Bailey) on 9/6/14 (SC, RS), 1
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/12/14 (CC), and 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on
9/20/14 (SC) - ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS RARE TO UNCOMMON FALL MIGRANT.
INDIGO BUNTING: 1 adult male at Morton City Park (Cochran) on 9/1/14 (AH),
3 near O'Donnell (Lynn) on 9/3/14 (AHu), 1 male at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on
9/7/14 (AH), 3 at Aztlan Park (Lubbock) on 9/8/14 (RR), 2 at Clapp Park
(Lubbock) on 9/10/14 (SC), and 1 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/13/14 (PB) -
ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS RARE TO UNCOMMON FALL MIGRANT.
PAINTED BUNTING: As expected, fairly easy to find in the first half of the
month though 34 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH) was A VERY GOOD
NUMBER. 1 near Abernathy (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK), 3 at the Petersburg
Sewage Ponds (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH, RK), 35 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on
9/20/14 (SC), 7 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/21/14 (SC), 1 at Tokio Playa
(Terry) on 9/21/14 (AH, RK), 5-9 at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (CC,
SC), 1 in the Tech Terrace neighborhood (Lubbock) on 9/22/14 (CC), and 2-6
at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/27/14 (SC, AH) - WAS A VERY GOOD SHOWING FOR
THE LATTER HALF OF SEPTEMBER.
DICKCISSEL: Seven reports of 1-3 birds in the region (Crosby, Lamb,
Lubbock, Lynn, Yoakum) during the period (PB, CC, SC, AH, KH, RK) - NOT
GREAT BUT A FANTASTIC IMPROVEMENT OVER 2012 and 2013 WHEN THE SPECIES WAS
ALMOST ABSENT FROM THE REGION.
BOBOLINK: 1 in non-breeding plumage near Underwood (Hale) on 9/20/14 (AH,
RK) - FORMERLY CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL TO THE REGION, NOW KNOWN TO BE AN
ANNUAL, THOUGH VERY SCARCE, MIGRANT.
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD: Fifteen reports of 1-10 birds, five reports of
11-50 birds, two reports of 51-100 birds, one report of 107 birds, and one
report of 645 birds in the region (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Garza, Hale,
Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum) during the period (CC, SC, AH,
KH, PKe, RK, CR, FR) - STARTED SLOW BUT FINISHED STRONG DURING WHAT IS
USUALLY THE BEST FALL MONTH FOR THE SPECIES IN THE REGION.
BRONZED COWBIRD: 2 males at the Smyer Playa (Hockley) on 9/1/14 (AH) and 3
males at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on 9/7/14 (AH) the last reports of the season
- DIDN'T PERSIST AS LONG AS LAST YEAR; ODD GIVEN THE GENERALLY TEMPERATE
CONDITIONS.
ORCHARD ORIOLE: 1 female near Tokio (Terry) on 9/21/14 (AH, RK) - WAS
RUNNING A BIT LATE IN THE SEASON.
BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 1 first fall male at Lake Six (Lubbock) on 9/6/14 (AH,
PKi, CMa, GS) and 2 at the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 9/26/14 (KH) - FORMERLY
CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL IN THE REGION, NOW ANNUAL AS A SPRING OVERSHOOT AND
POST-BREEDING WANDERER.
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1 female at Clapp Park (Lubbock) on9/7/14 (AH) and 1 at
the Himmel Farm (Crosby) on 9/22/14 (KH) the only reports so far- A SLOW
START BUT OCTOBER USUALLY SEES THE MAJOR TRANSITION FROM LESSER TO AMERICAN
GOLDFINCHES IN THE REGION.
OBSERVERS: PB=Peter Barnes, CC=Cameron Carver, SC=Steve Collins, JC=Jim
Crites, AH=Anthony Hewetson, KH=Kelly Himmel, AHu=Ashley Hughes, JJ=Jan
Jannett, GJ=George Jury, PJ=Pat Jury, MMK=Melissa McAllister Kerr,
PKe=Peter Keyel, PKi=Phillip Kite, RK=Rich Kostecke, JK=Jim Kringle,
CMa=Colleen Martin, RM=Rachel Maurer, CMi=Claudette Miller, JMi=Jennifer
Miller, AM= Adam Mulsow, JMu=Jennifer Mulsow, MaM=Matt Mulsow, MiM=Miriam
Mulsow, HR=Helen Rejzek, RR-Ross Rickett, AR=Anona Roberts, CR=Clarice
Robertson, FR=Floyd Robertson, GS=Gerardo Sandoval, RS=Ryan Shaw, JW=Janice
Whittington.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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