Greetings Mr. (can I call you mister) Cochran:
That's pretty cool - confirms an impression I had that there were two male
Lazuli Buntings present today so I am totally all right with your
non-competitive victory:)
Rock on; Anthony Hewetson
On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 7:43 PM Joe Cochran <JCochran2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Not that we're competing 😊 but I got a shot of 3 male Indigo Buntings, 2
Male Lazuli Buntings and 1 Female Lazuli Bunting. Granted it's now very
clear but they were putting on a show...
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Subject: [leasbirds] Clapp Park, Lubbock
Greetings All:
I spent a remarkable two hours at Clapp Park this evening - where some
sparrows and buntings were putting on quite the show but warblers were a
bit sparse.
I was actually able to get all three male Indigo Buntings in a single
photograph and I have several shots with the male Lazuli Bunting and one or
two Indigo Buntings in the same frame - kind of stunning! The only
experience I can think of that was more remarkable for me at the same
location was the day, many years ago, when I had 9 Townsend's Warblers
under or in the oaks at the same time.
There seemed to be three major centers of sparrow activity: the oaks by
Shrubhenge, the open lawns of the arboretum near the visitor center, and
the ground beneath the pines at the northern end of the park. I am using
the minimum numbers based on single, careful counts of birds on the ground
- the actual numbers were higher as some birds were up in trees. The oaks
by Shrubhenge: 114 Chipping Sparrows, 32 Clay-colored Sparrows, 1 female
and 1 male Lazuli Buntings, 2 female and 3 male Indigo Buntings, 1 female
Painted Bunting. In the
arboretum: 37 Chipping Sparrows and 19 Clay-colored Sparrows. Under the
pines: 25 Chipping Sparrows, 7 Clay-colored Sparrows, and another female
Painted Bunting. The only warbler I found at Shrubhenge was a Nashville
Warbler though there was a male Summer Tanager in a taller tree nearby.
Migrants in the arboretum included 1 Bell's Vireo, 1 MacGillivray's
Warbler, and 1 Wilson's Warbler. Migrants at the pines included 3
Orange-crowned Warblers, 1 Yellow Warbler, 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers, and 1
Wilson's Warbler.
There were other goodies about but I am itching to get the eBird report
out so ... off I go.
Anthony Hewetson; Lubbock
