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Seasonal Reports

Spring 2002

Region 1

Summary

Loons to Herons

Ibis to Raptors

Quail to Avocet

Sandpipers

Gulls to Nightjars

Hummingbirds to Flycatchers

Vireos to Creeper

Wrens to Phainopepla

Warblers

Tanagers to Sparrows

Grosbeaks to Buntings

Blackbirds to Finches

Sandpipers

Lesser Yellowlegs: (1) 13 April (Bill McKinney, Barrett Pierce, Laura Sare, Rosemary Scott, Peggy Trosper), Buffalo Lake NWR, Randall Co; (1) 28 May (Lorie Black), Kirby Lake, Abilene

Solitary Sandpiper: (1) 23 April (Rich Kostecke); Lake Six, Lubbock; (1) 23 April (Phillip Kite); Earl Crow Park, Lubbock

Willet: (6) 14-21 April (Steve Kasper), Lake Alan Henry Wildlife Mitigation Area,
Garza; (12) 21 April (Barrett Pierce, Rosemary Scott), Whitaker Playa, Amarillo; (2) 22 April (Barrett Pierce), Tradewinds Playa, Amarillo; (3) 28 April (Adrian Andrei), Mound Lake, Terry Co; (1) 3 May (Hans Davidson, Seth Davidson), Lake Marvin, Hemphill Co; (2) 2 May (Peggy Trosper), Buffalo Lake NWR, Randall Co

Spotted Sandpiper: (1) 14 April Tom SoRelle), Clapp Park, Lubbock Co; (1) 17 April (Lorie Black), Nelson Park, Abilene; (1) 18 April (Jay Packer), Lake Ft. Phantom, Jones Co; (1) 21 April (Barrett Pierce), Whitaker Playa, Amarillo; (1) 26 April (Barrett Piece, Rosemary Scott), Buffalo Lake NWR, Randall Co; (2) 27 April (Panhandle Bird Club), Lake McClellan, Donley Co; numerous May sightings in the Amarillo area

Upland Sandpiper: (1) 14 April (Anthony Floyd), E 50th (Lubbock); (1) 18 April (Jay Packer), Lake Ft. Phantom, Jones Co; (1) 5 May (Rich Kostecke, Anthony Floyd), Dickens Co; (1) 14 May (Adrian Andrei), Mound Lake, Terry Co

Whimbrel: (2) 23 April (Bill McKinney), Whitaker Playa, Amarillo; (4) 23 & 28 April (Barrett Pierce) & (1) 24 April (Rosemary Scott), Tradewinds Playa, Amarillo; (approx 10) 18 May (Ellen McBride), Lubbock Co

Long-billed Curlew: (9) 9 March (Tom SoRelle, et al), along E 19th Street, Lubbock; (2-75) 21-29 March (Rich Kostecke, Brandon Best, Joel Merriman, Phillip Kite, Anthony Floyd, Tom SoRelle), various locations on the outskirts of Lubbock; (1) 28 March (Jay Packer, Laura Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co; (350+) 1 April (Leanna Smith), field north of Littlefield, Lamb Co; (2) 3 April (Carolyn Stallwitz), Moore Co; (25) 6 April (Charlotte Slay, Peggy Trosper), (50) 8 April (Bill McKinney) & (36) 13 April (Bill McKinney, Barrett Pierce, Rosemary Scott), Randall Co; (1) 28 May (Lorie Black, Laura Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co

Marbled Godwit: (3) 25 April (Jay Packer, Laura Packer), Kirby Lake, Abilene

Hudsonian Godwit: (1) 26 May (Jay Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co

Sanderling: (1) 20 March (Jay Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co; (1) 18 May (Rich Kostecke, Brandon Best, Dana Ghioca), White River Lake, Crosby Co

Semipalmated Sandpiper: (1) 3 April (Jay Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co; (20) 26 March (Adrian Andrei),  Mound Lake, Lynn Co

Western Sandpiper: (4) 26 March (Adrian Andrei),  Mound Lake, Lynn Co; (1) 3 April (Jay Packer) & (8) 11 April (Lorie Black, Laura Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co; (6) 4 May (Ed Kutac, Peggy Trosper), Buffalo Lake NWR, Randall Co

Least Sandpiper: (1) 26 March (Adrian Andrei),  Mound Lake, Lynn Co; (1) 29 March (tom SoRelle),  East 50^th,  Lubbock; (1) 23 April (Barrett Pierce), Tradewinds Playa, Amarillo; (2) 26 April (Barrett Pierce, Rosemary Scott), Buffalo Lake NWR, Randall Co

White-rumped Sandpiper: (6) 11 April (Lorie Black, Laura Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co; (2) 14 April (Anthony Floyd), E 50^th, Lubbock; (1) 2 May (Adrian Andrei), Mound Lake, Terry Co; (6)  4 May (Anthony Floyd, Penelope Coates, Toby McBride, Bill Phelan), Muleshoe NWR, Bailey Co; (approx 50)  14 May (Adrian Andrei), Mound Lake, Terry Co; (approx 30) 18 May (Rich Kostecke, Brandon Best, Dana Ghioca), Crosby Co; (25) 25 May (Panhandle Bird Club), Buffalo Lake NWR, Randall Co; (12) 27 May (Lorie Black, Laura Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co

Baird’s Sandpiper: (2) 14 March (Jay Packer) & (15) 11 April (Lorie Black, Laura Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co; (6) 31 March (Anthony Floyd),  East 19^th, Lubbock; (1) 23 & 28 April (Barrett Pierce), Tradewinds Playa, Amarillo; (3) 25 May (Panhandle Bird Club), Buffalo Lake NWR, Randall Co

Pectoral Sandpiper: (4) 3 April (Lorie Black, Laura Packer) & (6) 11 April (Jay Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co; (1) 13 April (Bill McKinney, Barrett Pierce, Laura Sare, Rosemary Scott, Peggy Trosper), Buffalo Lake NWR, Randall Co; (4) 16 April (Adrian Andrei), Yellowhouse Lake, Hockley Co; (1) 20 April (Anthony Floyd), E 50^th, Lubbock; (1) 4 May (Anthony Floyd, Penelope Coates, Toby McBride, Bill Phelan), Muleshoe NWR, Bailey Co; (5-6) 18-19 May (Adrian Andrei)Clapp Park, Lubbock Co; (15) 25 May (Panhandle Bird Club), Buffalo Lake NWR, Randall Co

Dunlin: (1) 23 March (Jay Packer) & 1 23 April (Lorie Black, Jay Packer, Laura Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co; (3) 26 April (Barrett Pierce, Rosemary Scott), Buffalo Lake NWR, Randall Co; (2) 12 May (Anthony Floyd), Earl Crow Park, Lubbock

Stilt Sandpiper: (4) 31 March (Anthony Floyd), East 19^th, Lubbock; (6) 18 April (Jay Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co; (1) 23 April (Barrett Pierce), Tradewinds Playa, Amarillo

Wilson’s Phalarope: (2) 27 March (Marty Campbell), playa at University and 124th
Street, Lubbock; (200+) 23 April (Lorie Black, Laura Packer), Abilene Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jones Co

Red-necked Phalarope: (1-2) 13 May (Anthony Floyd, Rich Kostecke), Clapp Park, Lubbock