Texas Panhandle
Bird Nerd

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