Vicki Wilmarth
Playa Lakes are the Lifeblood of the Texas Panhandle
Playa lakes provide water, food and shelter to migratory and local birds and have become one of this bird nerd's favorite destinations. The first places I visited when I started birding in 2019 were two playa lakes in Randall County. One was on Sundown Lane at I-27 and the other was on Helium Road west of Hillside Christian Church. That's where I first saw elegant Black-necked Stilts and American Avocets. Clown-like Killdeer populate almost every playa lake in the Texas Panh