Oh, Drew!!! I’ve always wanted to see a tiger salamander! My dad said they used
to be really common in Lubbock (before I was born) when it rained! And you got
to see five?! Wonderful! What a fun list. Thanks for sharing.
-Holly
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On May 12, 2020, at 11:11 AM, Nancy Neill <nancy.m.neill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wonderful, thanks for sharing!
On Tue, 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
