We had a great time birding Tahoka Lake with Manuel this morning. It was a
little windy, but still a nice morning to be out. We had some great birds
with the highlights being bobwhites; a roadrunner; spotted, solitary, and
various peep sandpipers; Snowy Plovers; and a Least Tern! We also heard a
Common Yellowthroat but did not get eyes on it.
US-TX-Tahoka-Tahoka Lake - 33.2509x-101.7367, Lynn, Texas, US
May 7, 2016 9:00 AM - 11:24 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: <br />Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.2.0 Build 62
29 species (+4 other taxa)
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) 6 Saw and heard males and
females.
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 1
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 4
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 2
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) 2
American Coot (Fulica americana) 3
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) 3
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 4
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1 Breeding plumage
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 1
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 1
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) 1
peep sp. (Calidris sp. (peep sp.)) 1
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) 1 Small term with a gray back, black
cap, white triangle on front of head above bill, and orange bill. Saw at
Tahoka Lake and Jim saw it fishing at the pond nearby.
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 7
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) 1
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) 4
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) 2
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) 4
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 1
swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.) 30 Fairly certain that cave swallows
were in the mix.
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 3
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1 Heard
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) 3
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) 1
sparrow sp. (Emberizidae sp. (sparrow sp.)) 5
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 13
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 1 Heard
Western/Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta/magna) 3
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 2
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) 1
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Jennifer Miller
Lubbock, TX
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