Greetings All:
I spent a warm, cloudy, and muggy (pre-front) day in Lynn County on
Saturday. Many playas are close to dried down so the looked-for rains will
be much appreciated but ... I did fairly well wherever water remained and
where migrants were clustered in woodlots and such.
Highlights included 36 Blue-winged Teals at CR 28 x FM 1054 Playa, 20
Blue-winged Teals at FM 1054 x FM 1313 Playa, 4 Cinnamon Teals at CR 28 x
FM 1054 Playa, 6 Redheads at FM 1054 x FM 1313 Playa, 14 Eared Grebes at FM
1054 x FM 1313 Playa, 2 Common Nighthawks at CR 25 x FM 1054 Woodlot, 1
Common Nighthawk at Tahoka Lake Pasture, 1 Chimney Swift in Tahoka, 1
immaute male Black-chinned Hummingbird in Tahoka, 1 immature male Rufous
Hummingbird in Tahoka, 1 immature male Broad-tailed Hummingbird in Tahoka,
6 Sandhill Cranes flying over Tahoka Lake, 26 Black-necked Stilts at CR 28
x FM 1054 Playa, 1 American Avocet at FM 1054 x FM 1313 Playa, 3 Stilt
Sandpipers at CR 28 x FM 1054 Playa, 2 Least Sandpipers at CR 28 x FM 1054
Playa, 8 Long-billed Dowitchers at CR 28 x FM 1054 Playa, 1 Spotted
Sandpiper at CR 28 x FM 1054 Playa, 1 Solitary Sandpipers at CR 28 x FM
1054 Playa, 14 Lesser Yellowlegs at CR 28 x FM 1054 Playa, 2 Greater
Yellowlegs at CR 28 x FM 1054 Playa, 31 Wilson's Phalaropes at CR 28 x FM
1054 Playa, 1 Black Tern at CR Y x FM 3332 Playa, 2 Double-crested
Cormorants at FM 1054 x FM 1313 Playa, 1 Great Egret at Tahoka Cemetery
Complex, 2 Snowy Egrets at Tahoka Lake Pasture, 53 White-faced Ibises at CR
28 x FM 1054 Playa, 2 White-faced Ibises at Skeen Playa, 1 Osprey at Skeen
Playa, 1 Cooper's Hawk at Tahoka Cemetery Comples, 2 Cooper's Hawks at
Tahoka Lake Pasture, 1 Peregrine Falcon at CR EE Wetlands, ! Willow
Flycatcher at CR 25 x FM 1054 Playa, 1 Willow Flycatcher at Tahoka Lake
Pasture, 1 Say's Phoebe at Tahoka Lake Pasture, 2 Ash-throated Flycatchers
at Tahoka Lake Pasture, 1 Common Raven at CR EE Wetlands, 2 Northern
Rough-winged Swallows at CR 28 x FM 1054 Playa, 1 House Wren at CR EE
Wetlands, 1 House Wren at Tahoka Cemetery Complex, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
at Tahoka Lake Pasture, 1 American Goldfinch in Wilson, 1 Spotted Towhee at
CR 28 x FM 1054 Playa, 2 Vesper Sparrows at CR 25 x FM 1054 Playa, 2
Lincoln's Sparrows at Tahoka Lake Pasture, 2 Yellow-headed Blackbirds at FM
1054 x FM 1313 Playa, 2 Nashville Warblers at CR EE Wetlands, 1 Nashville
Warbler at CR 25 x FM 1054 Woodlot, 2 Orange-crowned Warblers at Tahoka
Lake Pasture, 1 MacGillivray's Warbler at Tahoka Lake Pasture, 1 female
Common Yellowthroat at CR EE Wetlands, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler at CR 28 x
FM 1054 Playa, 6 Wilson's Warblers at CR EE Wetlands, 5 Wilson's Warblers
at CR 25 x FM 1054 Playa, 7 Wilson's Warblers at CR 28 x FM 1054 Playa, 1
Wilson's Warbler at Tahoka Cemetery Complex, and 13 Wilson's Warblers at
Tahoka Lake Pasture.
Not a bad day; Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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