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Selected Bird Reports, April 2002
1--Mission San Juan (DE): Green Kingfisher
2--Government Canyon (HR & LM): Canyon Towhee, 4 Black-throated Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow
3--Oakwell Farms (SYH): Chipping Sparrow, Am. Goldfinch, Purple Martins, Ruby-throated Humm, Cedar Waxwings, Brown Thrasher, Barred Owl
4--Noland Dr. (TC): Tennessee WA
4--Avenue A (MC): Hooded WA
5--Encino Park (GL): 2 Great Horned Owl
5--Mitchell Lake (JC): Palm WA
5--Mitchell Lake (CH): Cinnamon Teal, 2 Am. Golden Plover; 24 Baird's, 4 Pectoral, 6 Stilt SP; 6 Scissor-tailed FC, Ring-billed Gull, 7 Clay-colored Sparrow
6--Old Wiederstain Rd (SS): Yellow-throated Vireo, Black-throated Green WA, Golden-cheeked WA, Black-and-white WAs, Wild Turkey, Indigo Bunting, Spotted Towhee
7--Avenue A (SC): Swainson's Thrush, Veery, Hooded WA, Red-eyed Vireo
7--Braunig Lake (DE): 2000 Broad-winged Hawk, 80 Swainson's Hawk, 2 Mississippi Kite, 4 Crane (sp)
7--Regency Lane (CH): 21 Swainson's Hawk, 61 Broad-winged Hawk, 9 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 9 Am. Kestrel, 3 Merlin, Osprey, 5 Red-tailed Hawk, 30 Anhinga
7--Applegate Dr. (DB): Cooper's Hawk
7--Botanical Gardens (MS): 400 Broad-winged Hawk, 100 Swainson's Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk
7--Mitchell Lake (CH): 16 Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, 2 Am. Golden Plover, Snowy Plover, 6 Sanderling; 3 Semipalmated, 8 Western, 23 Pectoral, 50 Baird's SP; 30 Franklin's Gull, Audubon's WA; Swamp & Grasshopper Sparrow
8--Norland Dr (TC): 2 Black-chinned Humm, 2 Ruby-throated Humm
8--Avenue A (GS): Great Crested FC
8--Ponder Rd (DL): 12 Upland SPs
9--Mitchell Lake (RC): 2 Hooded Merganser, Roseate Spoonbill, 5 Red-tailed Hawk including 1 on nest, 2 Ring-billed Gull, Ruby-throated Humm, Bonaparte's Gull
9--Old Wiederstein Rd (SS): 2 Swallow-tailed Kite, Broad-winged Hawks
9--Raymond Russell Park (CH): Louisiana Waterthrush
9--Ponder Rd (DL): 25 Yellow-headed Blackbird
9--Ponder Rd (SC): Upland SPs, Solitary SP, Pectoral SPs, Am. Golden Plover
9--Friedrich Park (DE): 2 Golden-cheeked WA, Hutton's Vireo
10--Haggard Ranch (ML): 4 Little Blue Heron
12--Lost Forest St (RS): Kentucky WA, Yellow-breasted Chat
17--Mitchell Lake (D&LE): Cassin's, 10 Clay-colored, 2 Grasshopper Sparrow; 2 Orchard, 3 Bullock's Oriole; 2 Painted Bunting, 2 Pyrrhuloxia, 2 Blue Grosbeak, Osprey, 4 Am. Avocet; 6 Semipalmated, Spotted, 400 Least, 12 Baird's, 10 Stilt SP
17--Oakwell Farms (SYH): Yellow-breasted Chat
20--John James Park (LR): Verdin
21--Pike Rd (KB): Baltimore Oriole, Blue Grosbeak, Common Yellowthroat
22--Botanical Gardens (GL): Gray Catbird, Blue-headed Vireo, Long-billed Thrasher
23--Mitchell Lake (RC): 3 Northern Bobwhite, Hudsonian Godwit, 32 Wilson's Phalarope, 2 Yellow-headed Blackbird
24--Whispering Oaks area (DB): 2 Am. Robin
27--Mitchell Lake (CH): Little Blue Heron, 22 Mississippi Kite, 4 Swainson's Hawk; Merlin, 2 Indigo Bunting
27--Mitchell Lake (JH & GS):11 White-faced Ibis, 4 Cinnamon Teal, 2 Am. Golden Plover
27--Miller's Pond Park (MF): Redhead, White-faced Ibis
28--Norland Dr (TC): Yellow-breasted Chat
OBSERVERS: CH=Curt Harwerth; DB=Dorothy Brown; DE=Dodge Engleman; DL=Danny Large; GL=Greg Lisciandro; GS=Georgina Schwartz; HR=Helen Rejzek; JC=Julie Cocke; JH=John Hoogerheide; KB=Keith Bartels; LM=Linda McMahan; LR=Larry Rodriguez; MC=Mike Creese; MF=Mike Fatone; ML=Metha Leslie; MS=Mike Scully; RC=Ron Cabral; SC=Sheridan Coffey; SS=Susan Schaezler; SYH=Sylvia Hilbig; TC=Travis Crow
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