2006 Rare Bird Alert
This page is now updated only with the monthly reports issued by our Bird Notes Compiler, Anthony Hewetson.
Since this page is not updated daily, if you wish to keep current with all birds being reported locally, we recommend you sign onto our listserver by sending a blank e-mail to leas-subscribe@milepost1.com. This is a low-volume list (typically 2-3 messages per day), and you do not need to be a member of LEAS to join. Photos of accidental and hypothetical bird sightings will be posted when available.
These birds are either accidental or hypothetical according to the "Birds of the South Plains," © 2001, or are first breeding records. Click here for directions. Format is as follows: SPECIES (number and details): location (observer initials). Unless otherwise specified, locations are in the city of Lubbock.
Accidental: birds that
have been seen in the LEAS area but are either no longer present, are not
normally found in the area, are extremely difficult to observe, or do not
normally stop during migration
Hypothetical: birds
carefully observed by a single party, but are not confirmed by a specimen,
photograph, observation by a second independent party, or seen by at least two
subsequent single party observations
Key
| (initials of observer[s]; key at bottom of page) | Nature Trail = LEAS Nature Trail at Buffalo |
| ad = adult | Springs Lake |
| br plum = breeding plumage | N = north |
| BSL = Buffalo Springs Lake, Lubbock | pk = park |
| E = east | poss = possible |
| f = female | prob = probable |
| imm = immature | rec = record |
| hwy = highway | SHP = Southern High Plains |
| jct = junction | S = south |
| LAH = Lake Alan Henry, public access | spgs = springs |
| LAHWHA = Lake Alan Henry Wildlife Habitat | TTU = Texas Tech University |
| Area, private access only | TTUHSC = Texas Tech University Health |
| Lbb = Lubbock | Sciences Center |
| LLL = Lubbock Lake Landmark | W = west |
| m = male | WRL = White River Lake, Crosby Co. |
| mi = miles |
Links to text files have been converted to Adobe pdf files. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader on your computer, you can download a free version from this website and follow Steps 1, 2 and 3.
Complete November 2006 Sightings
Complete October 2006 Sightings
Complete September 2006 Sightings
Complete August 2006 Sightings
Complete February 2006 Sightings
Complete January 2006 Sightings
Books for the LEAS Area:
There are no books on the market that directly address birding in the LEAS area alone, but there are several books that mention sites within the LEAS territory. Both Ed Kutac's and Ro Wauer's birding guides for the state of Texas mention SHP (LEAS territory) birding sites -- most of our better known birding spots are mentioned (e.g., Buffalo Springs Lake, Lake Six, Muleshoe NWR). Wauer's book also has seasonal abundance bar graphs for the panhandle region (which we get lumped into). Ken Seyffert's "Birds of the Texas Panhandle" is very good, however, it only covers the panhandle counties north of the LEAS territory. The species accounts in his book would range from poor to excellent accuracy for the LEAS region, depending on species (e.g., we get more southwestern species; whereas they have more breeding eastern woodland species).
Please observe the ABA Code of Birding Ethics
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Updated 30 January 2007 .