Birders Report 331 Waterbirds, 29 Species at Lordsburg Sewage Ponds

Charles Hathcock’s traveling eBird checklist from the morning of Feb. 26, 2026 recorded 331 individual waterbirds and shorebirds and 29 species at Lordsburg Sewage Ponds in Hidalgo County. Hathcock’s submission covered roughly one hour of surveying around the ponds and stands as the largest single-count entry submitted that day.

Multiple visiting and local birders also submitted high-count eBird checklists from Lordsburg Sewage Ponds on Feb. 26, 2026, increasing the volume of observations logged for the site that morning. The cluster of submissions on a single day created a concentrated snapshot of waterbird presence at the sewage ponds north of Lordsburg, reflecting both local attention and visiting observers working through eBird protocols.

Hathcock’s entry was filed as a traveling checklist, meaning the observer recorded species while covering a route around the ponds during the roughly one-hour period. The checklist combined counts classified as waterbirds and shorebirds and totaled 331 individuals, a numerical detail that distinguishes Hathcock’s submission from shorter stationary checklists returned by other observers that same day.

Those checklists were submitted to eBird on Feb. 26, 2026, the platform where observers register species lists and counts. The high-count submissions from Lordsburg Sewage Ponds on that date contribute concrete data points for the site’s observation record, documenting the presence of 29 species in a single morning of fieldwork.

Taken together, the multiple high-count eBird submissions and Hathcock’s 331-bird traveling checklist provide a detailed, time-stamped account of bird activity at Lordsburg Sewage Ponds on Feb. 26, 2026, important for local monitoring and for anyone tracking waterbird and shorebird occurrences in Hidalgo County.