Greetings All:
This is the first of the four best weekends in Lubbock for migrating
songbirds in fall. We generally get a bit of interesting weather at this
time of year and unsettled conditions encourage at least a few wee birdies
to drop in and stay awhile. Today was not one of those days but I did
visit twice, once in morning (7:30 to 9:30) and once in evening (5:30 to
7:30), spent identical periods of time at the site, and walked the same
exact route during both visits - leading to some interesting comparisons;
particularly for non-birds.
The visits yielded morning/afternoon
Common Checkered Skipper 0/1
Common Sootywings 0/1
Cabbage White 0/1
Little Yellow 1/22
Sleepy Orange 0/1
Dainty Sulphur 0/2
Gray Hairstreak 0/2
Queen 0/1
Bordered Patch 0/1
Pearl Crescent 0/7
Question Mark 0/1
Red Admiral 0/1
Painted Lady 0/2
American Bullfrog 0/66
Red-eared Slider 0/2
Canada Goose 2/0
Great Blue Heron 1/0
Black-crowned Night Heron 8/1
Mississippi Kite 0/1
Rock Pigeons 34/5
Eurasian Collared Dove 88/59
White-winged Dove 13/15
Mourning Dove 10/6
Chimney Swift 1/7
Black-chinned Hummingbird 4/3
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1/0
Northern Flicker 1/1
Least Flycatcher 1/1
Western Kingbird 1/0
Blue Jay 6/8
Barn Swallow 2/4
American Robin 69/92
Gray Catbird 0/1
Northern Mockingbird 9/5
European Starling 32/20
Yellow Warbler 0/1
Wilson's Warbler 1/1
Chipping Sparrow 1/1
Clay-colored Sparrow 3/7
Brewer's Sparrow 0/1
Lark Sparrow 0/1
Northern Cardinal 5/5
Painted Bunting 2/5
Red-winged Blackbird 0/6
Great-tailed Grackle 28/62
Orchard Oriole 0/1
House Finch 28/12
House Sparrow 29/110
Eastern Gray Squirrel 1/0
It might be interesting, if somebody had the time, to do something like
this on a regular basis at this site. If I live long enough to retire and
the site still exists, something to look forward to:)
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
