[texbirds-freelists] [texbirds] The Kingbirds of Quaker Avenue
- From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:21:38 -0700
Every spring, since I moved to my current location in s
Greetings All:
Every spring, since I moved to my current location in summer of 2004, I have
driven the stretch of Quaker Avenue between 34th Street and 4th street almost
daily. Every spring (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) I have had my
first Western Kingbirds, along this route somewhere between 27 March and 2
April. I have yet to see a single kingbird along this route this year and, as
I seek them with increasing ferocity, I don't think that it is for lack of
effort.
This was bolstered by my trip to Throckmorton County yesterday. Generally, by
this time of year I would have had multiple Western Kingbirds and
Scissor-tailed Flycatchers atop the Caprock Escarpment along the route I took
(Lubbock to Post to points eastward ... and back). Yesterday I had not a
single Western Kingbird or Scissor-tailed Flycatcher above the escarpment.
Western Kingbirds, to tell the truth were not all that common below the
escarpment - I saw but three in Garza County. Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, on
the other hand, were everywhere below the escarpment with lots of sightings
from Garza County all the way to Throckmorton County.
I am hoping that the kingbirds are merely a bit late this year (I know others
in my area have had some sightings) but they are sorely missed, at this point,
on my daily drives to work a
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Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson
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