The Return to Lubbock Challenge

[camcar]

On Monday I will be returning to Lubbock to get ready for school, but I have planned to make this trip more interesting.

Goal: 80 bird species from the time I wake up in Arlington until it gets dark in Lubbock.

I will start out by birding my backyard at sunrise. Then I will drive to the road next to the drying beds at around 7:00 and walk that until the Beds open for vehicles. Bird the beds and River Legacy until 10:00 and then return home to pack my truck for school. Get on the road by 10:45 and bird while driving. If time allows it, I will take a detour to White River Lake south of Dickens which I hear is very good for birds. Getting to Lubbock around 4:00, I will have time to check out my two favourite places; a mountain bike trail behind Mackenzie Park and Clapp Park. Clapp park is next to the Lubbock arboretum and often has a large variety of western migrants. The mountain bike trail is very rocky and has sage and mesquites and has birds more characteristic of the desert regions of Texas.

With a little luck I will hopefully be able to achieve this goal.

I'll post the results Monday night...hopefully.

Thanks,
Cameron

[Jared]

Good luck Cam!

Hit em
Wreck em Tech!

Jared

[Mary Lee]

That sounds like a great way to make the trip to Lubbock a little more interesting. Hope you meet your goal!

[lulubelle]

Looks like you started out with a bang - finding the Marbled Godwit!! Good luck birding on the way and hope you have a great semester!

[camcar]

I could only manage to find 63 birds, but the quality of birds was quite good.

Highlights:
23 canada geese at the beds
5 blue grosbeak and orchard oriole on the road next to the beds
5 yellow warblers at the beds
2 bewick's wrens in my front yard
3 inca dove in lubbock

[gail]

Thanks for the update on your challenge! I hope you will continue to post from afar. Good luck with your semester.