[texbirds] Re: [leasbirds] Hundreds of sparrows in Lubbock this morning
- From: Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:09:18 -0500
Anthony's assessment is an understatement. I've been flushing spizella out of
every tree in Lubbock as I run around this morning.
Cameron Carver
Lubbock, TX
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> On Oct 2, 2014, at 8:51, Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Greetings All:
>
> I don't know what is going on but this morning (pre-first-light) my backyard
> sunflower patch was teeming with songbirds. As I drove to work, I noted
> small groups of songbirds in a lot of the weedier yards. With enough light,
> finally, to see by as I walked from my parking space to the TTU HSC building
> I realized that there were tens, possibly hundreds, of small sparrows on the
> lawns and in the trees. Three out of four were Chipping Sparrows, the others
> were all Clay-colored Sparrows - so far as could be told with the naked eye.
>
> This is roughly consistent with the highlights from my yard yesterevening -1
> Wilson's Warbler, 8 Chipping Sparrows, and 6 Clay-colored Sparrows - but much
> more pronounced.
>
> Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson, Lubbock
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