[texbirds] Some more oddball summer sightings for Lubbock
- From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 10:31:47 -0700 (PDT)
Greetings All:
A Wood Duck was reported from Clapp Park on 7/5/12 - the second July record for
our entire fifteen county region. These breed as close as the northeastern
Panhandle and have been suspected of breeding in our region - probably a
postbreeding wanderer.
A subadult (probably Red-naped) Sapsucker was reported at Lubbock State School
on 7/5/12 - the first July record of any kind of sapsucker for the fifteen
county region. These breed as close as east slope of the Rockies in nearby New
Mexico and Colorado; a wanderer but wandering for what reason?
A Northern Waterthrush was reported from Ransom Lake on 7/4/12 - the second
July record for the entire fifteen county region and considerably earlier than
the previous July report which was from 7/26/86. This is ridiculously early
for a post-breeding wanderer to our region and the reporter wondered if it was
a late north-bound migrant or a bird that just didn't complete migration this
year.
Throw these in with the late June records of American Redstart and Yellow
Warbler - unprecedented in our region - and we are having a pretty odd summer
this year.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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