Greetings All:
I spent all of Sunday morning cruising about Crosby County, seeking
migrants.
I started at the Ralls WTP where highlights included 1 Blue-winged Teal, 1
Ring-necked Pheasant, 4 Black-necked Stilts, 2 Black Terns, 1
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 6 White-faced Ibises, 1 Western Wood Pewee, 1
Purple Martin, 11 Cedar Waxwings, and 1 Wilson's Warbler.
I spotted 2 Northern Shovelers at Crosbyton City Park.
I then moseyed on over to the Camp Rio Blanca river crossing where
highlights included 1 Broad-winged Hawk, 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2
Eastern Phoebes, 1 Great Crested Flycatcher, *a singing Red-eyed Vireo*, 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallows, 1 Gray Catbird, 1 Northern Waterthrush, and
1 American Redstart.
I picked up 2 Eastern Phoebes, 1 Willow Flycatcher, 4 Northern Rough-winged
Swallows, 2 Canyon Wrens, 1 Common Yellowthroat, and 1 Yellow Warbler at
Silver Falls Rest Area.
Various wet spots along FM 193, between FM 28 and FM 651, kicked out 2
Blue-winged Teals, 12 American Avocets, 5 Wilson's Phalaropes, 11 Cattle
Egrets, 1 Common Raven, 1 Lesser Goldfinch, and 4 Yellow-headed Blackbirds.
I ended up at the canyon crossing of FM 193 and FM 651 where, before the
escalating winds drove me home, I picked up 2 Rock Wrens, 1 Canyon Wren,
and 1 Nashville Warbler.
Not incredible but not bad for late May.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
