Greetings All:
I decided to spend the cold part of the morning along the Canyon Lakes of
Lubbock and the warmer part of the morning at Clapp Park.
I started the day with an hour of birding at Mae Simmons Park where the
star of the show was a stunning male Wilson's Warbler. This is a very late
date for the species to be in the Lubbock area but I did get one halfway
decent picture which I have put in with the eBird report.
Other highlights at Mae Simmons Park: 2 Carolina Wrens, 1 Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, and 1 Orange-crowned Warbler.
I then spent a little over an hour where the highlights were 2 Wilson's
Snipe, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 House Wren, 1 Hermit Thrush, 1 Swamp Sparrow, a
mixed flock of 27 meadowlarks that included (by call note) at least one
Western Meadowlarks and (by call note) at least 2 Eastern Meadowlarks, and
7 Pine Siskins.
I then spent a little over an hour at a surprisingly slow Clapp Park where
highlights included 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 1 Brown Thrasher, 2
Orange-crowned Warblers, 1 male Common Yellowthroat, and 3 Pine Siskins.
Nothing was added to my Clapp Park list for the year.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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