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March News:

3/13/01 - Brian Gibbons and I observed the Gyrfalcon on his usual watertower roost in Lubbock this afternoon. First at 3:45pm, and he was still there when we left around 6:30pm. See photos here.
1/4/01 - Today Brian Gibbons and I ventured out to the western edge of North Central Texas looking for Gyrfalcons and Snowy Owls. None of those but we had some good raptors, probably set some NCTX record numbers. Started out in Wilbarger Co. near Oklahoma, down through Baylor and Throckmorton Counties.

Rough-legged Hawk - 8, mostly along Hwy 222 in W. Throckmorton Co.
Ferruginous Hawk - 1 ad. dark morph
Red-tailed Hawk - plenty
Prairie Falcon - 6 (2 in Wilbarger, 4 in Throckmorton Co.)
Merlin - 1 fem. prairie type
Kestrel - plenty
Northern Harrier - at least half were ad. males, unusual
Cooper's Hawk - 1

Ducks were in good numbers on the area ponds. Best was a LONG-TAILED DUCK on Lake Throckmorton. Had 2 large flocks (100+) of Lark Buntings in Throckmorton Co. Also had about 1000 Sandhill Cranes in the ag fields in Wilbarger Co. One large flock of McCown's Longspurs in Wilbarger Co., and 6 Chestnut-collared Longspurs in Throckmorton Co. along Hwy 222. Also remarkable was the number of Loggerhead Shrikes in the area. They were everywhere, and finally when we got to Throckmorton Co. we kept tally and had at least 25 just in that county. Checked them all for Northerns but no luck.

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