[texbirds-freelists] [texbirds] Second Visit to the Canyon Lakes of Lubbock - 2012 Game

From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:42:14 -0700
Yesterday (28 April 2012), I spent eight hours along 
Greetings All:

Yesterday (28 April 2012), I spent eight hours along 
the Canyon Lakes of Lubbock (from Loop 289 North all the way downstream 
to Loop 289 East), driving or hiking the route in warm, sunny, and calm to hot, 
sunny, and breezy conditions.  During the day I noted 17 species of butterfly, 
0 
species of amphibian, 5 species of reptile, 71 species of bird, and 4 
species of mammal, bring my totals for the lake this year up to 17 species of 
butterfly, 0 species of amphibian, 5 species of reptile, 115 species of bird, 
and 6 species of mammal  The competitor, Hale County, stands at 14 species of 
butterfly, 0 species of amphibian, 2 species of reptile, 69 species of 
bird, and 3 species of mammal - as expected, the Canyon Lakes look to be the 
winner in all categories.  As regards goals for the canyon lakes, I am now 34% 
of the way towards my goal of 50 species of butterfly, 0% of the way towards my 
goal of 8 species of amphibian, 33% of the way towards my goal of 15 
species of reptile, 77% of the way towards my goal of 150 species of bird, and 
40% of the way towards my goal of 15 
species of mammal.

The day's list with new critters for the site this year *sked:

2 Common Checkered Skippers*
1 Common Sootywing*
1 Sachem*
1 Dotted Roadside Skipper*
67 Checkered Whites*
5 Orange Sulphurs*
6 Lyside Sulphurs*
5 Sleepy Oranges*
47 Dainty Sulphurs*
1 Gray Hairstreak*
1 Monarch*
1 Queen*
2 Variegated Fritillaries*
4 Question Marks*
7 Mourning Cloaks*
12 Red Admirals
3 Goatweed Leafwings*


1 Common Snapping Turtle*

16 Red-eared Sliders
1 Eastern Fence Lizard*
1 Six-lined Racerunner*
1 Plain-bellied Water Snake*


16 Canada Geese
12 Mallards
5 Ruddy Ducks
2 Northern Bobwhites
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Eared Grebe
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Snowy Egret*
4 Green Herons*

42 Black-crowned Night Herons
1 Yellow-crowned Night Heron*
1 Broad-winged Hawk*
3 Swainson's Hawks*

1 American Kestrel
3 Common Gallinules
5 American Coots
14 Sandhill Cranes
6 Killdeers (including 2 adorable fledglings)
3 Spotted Sandpipers*
82 Rock Pigeons
27 Eurasian Collared Doves
2 White-winged Doves
55 Mourning Doves
1 Great Horned Owl
1 Common Nighthawk*
1 Common Poorwill*

1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Ash-throated Flycatcher*
34 Western Kingbirds*
2 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers*

16 Blue Jays
2 Tree Swallows*
31 Northern Rough-winged Swallows*
106 Cliff Swallows*
34 Barn Swallows*
1 Carolina Wren*
1 House Wren*

1 Swainson's Thrush*
14 Hermit Thrushes*

24 American Robins
19 Northern Mockingbirds*

51 European Starlings
1 Northern Waterthrush*
1 Orange-crowned Warbler*
3 Common Yellowthroats
1 Yellow Warbler*
13 Yellow-rumped Warblers
26 Wilson's Warblers*

1 Spotted Towhee
107 Chipping Sparrows*
2 Clay-colored Sparrows*
2 Vesper Sparrows*
3 Lark Sparrows*
1 Lincoln's Sparrow

1 White-throated Sparrow*

4 White-crowned Sparrows
1 Summer Tanager*

13 Northern Cardinals
1 Painted Bunting*

148 Red-winged Blackbirds
1 Eastern Meadowlark
56 Common Grackles
46 Great-tailed Grackles
4 Bronzed Cowbirds*

3 Orchard Orioles*
5 Bullock's Orioles*

6 House Finches
2 Lesser Goldfinches*
1 American Goldfinch*

2 House Sparrows

3 Eastern Cottontails*
4 Black-tailed Prairie Dogs
2 Eastern Gray Squirrels
1 Norway Rat*


Anthony 'Fat Tony' He
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