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Selected Bird Reports, April 2001

Compiled this month by Georgina Schwartz. Abbreviations: WA=warbler, FL=flycatcher, SP=sparrow

1--Bitters at SA Airport (RG): 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher [STFL]

1--Coyote Path (RG): 3 Black-chinned Hummingbird [BC Humm]

2--Mitchell Lake (SD): 15 Audubon's WA, 1 Swamp SP

2--McCullough @ Basse (JH): 1 Western Kingbird

2--Forest Rose St. (SB): 1 BC Humm

2--Toutant Beauregard (JF): 2 Wild Turkey

2--Live Oak TX (RS): 2 STFL, 24 E. Meadowlark, 1 Loggerhead Shrike

3--Southton Rd (JF): 4 STFL

4--SA Airport (KB): 17 Upland Sandpiper

4--Avenue A (GL): 13 Swainson's Hawk, 1 Marsh Wren

4--Talley Rd (TR): 1 Vermilion Flycatcher

5--George Burns St (CC): 4 Nashville, 2 Orange-crowned, 1 Black-and-white WA, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Hermit Thrush

8--Mitchell Lake (WS): 1 Vermilion Flycatcher

9--Galm Elem. School (HR): 2 Common Nighthawk

10--Avenue A (KB): Blue-headed Vireo

10--Hillside Peak St (LL): Anna's Hummingbird, 300 White Pelicans

10--UTHSCSA (SG): 1 Harris' Hawk

11--Mitchell Lake (GS): 5 Marsh Wren, 3 House Wren, 1 Orchard Oriole, 1 Little Blue Heron [LB Heron], 3 Cinn. Teal, 8 LB Dowitcher, 2 Snipe, 1 Least Grebe

11--Avenue A (GS): 1 Black-throated Green WA

11--McAllister Park (JL): 1 Am. Kestrel

12--Avenue A, Brackenridge Park (GL): 1 Prothonotary WA

13--Mitchell Lake (MC/HR): 1 Dunlin, 1 Am. Avocet, 28 LB Dowitcher, 1 Marbled Godwit, 1 Tri-colored Heron, 2 LB Heron

13--Lost Forest St (RS): 1 Blue Jay

13--SA Airport (RS): 8 STFL, 1 Savannah SP, 4 W. Kingbird, 1 Painted Bunting

14--Mitchell Lake (AWG): 3 Western Grebe, 1 Bullock's Oriole, 30 Least Sandpipers, Bonaparte's Gulls, 2 Broad-winged Hawks , 2 Black-necked Stilts, 4 Redhead, Song SP, 400 White Pelicans

14--West Bexar County (BD): 100 Grasshopper SP

14--Oakwell Farms (SH): 1 Indigo Bunting

15--North Cagnon Rd (BD): 2 Green-tailed Towhee, Bell's Vireo, Roadrunner, 2 Verdin, Clay-colored SP, Osprey, 2 Caracara, 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk

15--Mitchell Lake (GS): 1 Grasshopper SP, Sora, 2 Least Grebe

15--Camp Bullis (LL): Blue Jays (new to Camp Bullis), Great-crested FL, also first Black-capped Vireo of season

16--Cagnon Rd (HR): 12 Yellow-headed Blackbird, 500 Red-winged Blackbird, Field, Clay-colored, Lincoln's, Song, Vesper, and White-crowned SP, plus 1 Green Towhee on Cagnon north of US 90

16--Boenig Dr (RS): 1 Bobwhite

16--Mitchell Lake (MC): 8 White-faced Ibis

17--Government Canyon (GS/HR): 2 Ash-throated FC, 2 Canyon Wren, 4 C. Raven, 4 Summer Tanager

18--McAllister Park (JL): 1 C. Raven (first ever), 2 Am. Crow, 1 L. Shrike

18--Binz-Engleman Rd (RS): 2 Mute Swan, 1 Yellow-shafted Flicker

18--Avenue A (MC): N. Waterthrush, 1 Prothonotary WA, Blue-headed Vireo

19--SA Airport (RS): 5 Upland Sandpipers

19--Avenue A (GH/GS): 1 N. Waterthrush, 1 Painted Bunting, 2 YB Cuckoo

20--Old Pearsall Rd near Jarratt (JF): 2 YB Cuckoo

20--George Burns St (CC): 1 Plumbeous Vireo (Seen last year on April 17 and in 1995 on April 17)

20--Hillside Peak (LL): 1 Broad-tailed Hummingbird

21--Oakwell Farms (SH): 1 Nashville WA, Ruby-throated and BC Humm, Painted Bunting, Purple Martins, Blue Jays, 1 Cattle Egret

22--Live Oak Park (FC): 2 Swainson's Thrush, 1 N. Waterthrush

22--Converse (DL): 1 Dickcissel

22--Avenue A (DP/MC/AWG): 1 Whip-poor-will

23--Pike Rd (KB): Chestnut-sided WA, 3 Indigo Bunting, Dickcissel

23--Data Point @ Fredericksburg Rd (PB): Peregrine Falcon

23--Avenue A (SG): Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Swainson's Thrush, Am. Robin, Nashville WA, White-eyed Vireo, Black-and-white WA, Orange-crowned WA, YB Chat

23--Avenue A (GL): Tennessee, Orange-crowned, and Nashville WA

24--Huebner @ NW Military Dr (GS): C. Raven, W. Kingbird

24--Avenue A (SG): 62 species, Green Heron, BW Teal, Am. Wigeon, Sp. Sandpiper, YB Cuckoo, E. Wood-Pewee, Least & Great-crested FL, W. Kingbird, House Wren, Swainson's Thrush, Gray Catbird, LB Thrasher, Red-eyed Vireo, Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Black-and-white, Prothonotary, Worm-eating, and Wilson's WA, N. Waterthrush, C. Yellowthroat, YB Chat, Summer Tanager, Indigo and Painted Bunting, N. Parula.

24--Live Oak Lake (RS): 22 species including: 1 Red-eyed Vireo, 3 White-eyed Vireo, 7 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Towhee, 1 Ovenbird, 1 Blue Jay, 1 Green Heron.

26--Ware-Seguin Rd (RS): 65 Dickcissel, 5 Grasshopper SP, 1 White-crowned SP, 1 Couch's Kingbird, 2 Lark SP, 1 Painted Bunting, 1 E. Kingbird

26--Showirth Rd (RS): 2 Pyrrhuloxia, 1 LeConte's and 5 Savannah SP

26--Hoke Dr (LB): 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird

26--Avenue A (MC): Blackpoll WA, Nashville WA, Blue-headed Vireo

28--Mitchell Lake (RS & SAAS): 48 species, 1 Western Grebe, 5 E. Kingbird, 120 Dickcissel, 16 Lark SP, 3 Orchard Oriole, 5 Painted Bunting, 1 N. Harrier, 3 Green Heron, 1 Pyrrhuloxia, 2 Bullock's Oriole, 2 Grasshopper SP, 2 Barn Owl, 1 Black-necked Stilt, 1 N. Rough-winged Swallow, 90 Wilson's Phalarope, 1 CG Dove, 1 Summer Tanager, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Tri-colored Heron

28--Pleasanton Rd (RS) 27 Cliff Swallow, 2 Bronzed Cowbird

29--Avenue A (WM/GH): 1 Green Heron, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 1 Black-throated Green WA, 1 Tennessee WA, 1 YB Cuckoo

30--Comanche Lookout Park (JL): 1 E. Kingbird, 2 Barn Swallow, 2 Curve-billed Thrasher, 25 Cedar Waxwing, 2 Yellow WA, 3 Painted Bunting

30--Ware-Seguin Rd (RS): 1 E. Screech Owl, 2 Bobwhite, 5 Savannah SP

Observers: AWG=Andy and Wendy Garcia, BD=Bob Doe, CC=Carolyn Cuthbertson, DB=Dick Bartels, DL=Danny Large, DP=David Pueppke, FC=Fran Campbell, GH=Gerald Hewitt, GL=Greg Lisciandro, GS=Georgina Schwartz, HR=Helen Rejzek, JF=Jerry Fischer, JH=Jerry Hernandez, JL=James Lavender, KB=Keith Bartels, LB=Linda Blodgett, LL=Leslie Linehan, MC=Mike Creese, PB=Pete Binkley, RG=Richard Grant, RS=Richard Sims, SB=Sue Bayley, SD=Sumner Dana, SG=Scott Gruwell, SH=Sylvia Hilbig, TR=Tom Richards, WM=Wesley McCann, WS-Warren Stricker

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