What a fun report, Drew. Pep, I love that area. Checkered Gartersnakes!
Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm and finds.
Glenda
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On May 12, 2020, at 3:56 AM, Drew Harvey <drwharvey419@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
With the prospect of heavy monsoonal like showers, I couldn’t help myself! I
was like a kid in a car on the way to a candy shop! Giddy, cookoo for coco
puffs, hyped up on sugar watching the weather radar since 1:30pm as the first
storm cells started to cross from New Mexico into Texas. Anticipating what
amphibians and reptiles might be out moving with the rains passing through.
As the first major cell / string of storms pass north of Lubbock through
Plainview to Floydada I knew where we were heading. As We were starting to
plan our route based on the first storms and shoving off around 6:30pm a
strong cell developed south of Lubbock. We shifted the route south of LBK
then north to Floydada. while we were on route we watched the radar as storm
swept Lubbock and surrounding areas.
Full route was as follows: roughly 9 hours on the road. 1830 to 0330.
LBK —> south to New Home —> Wilson —> Slaton —> Idalou —> Petersburg —>
Floydada —> Lockney —> Plainview —> Olton —> Anton —> Pep —> Levelland —>
Lubbock
5 Barred (Western) Tiger Salamander
1 Woodhouse’s Toad
21 Great Plain Toad
2 Plains Leopard Frog
4 Plains Spadefoot Toad
72 Mexican Spadefoot Toad
167 Plains / Mexican Spadefoot Toad
3 Green Toads
1+ Spotted Chorus Frog
1 Western Narrow-mouthed Toad
2 Checkered Gartersnake
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Drew Harvey
drwharvey419@xxxxxxxxx
281-684-8230
