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Selected Bird Reports, April 2003
1--Randolph AFB (LG): Upland Sandpipers
1--Oakwell Farms (SH): Red-breasted Nuthatch; Nashville Warbler
2--Ware-Seguin Rd (MC): 56 Swainson's Hawk
3--Mitchell Lake (HR): flyovers 1 Anhinga; 4 White Pelican
3--Old Wiederstein Rd (SS): 25 Black-throated Green, 30 Nashville, 5 Orange-crowned,
1 Golden-cheeked & 6 Tennessee Warblers; 3 Blue-headed Vireo; 8 White-eyed
Vireo; 1 Orchard Oriole
4--Friedrich Park (JM): 1 Golden-cheeked Warbler; 1 Black-headed Grosbeak
4--Old Wiederstein Rd (GS): 1 Whip-poor-will; 1 Pauraque
4--Maverick Ranch (BF): 6 Golden-cheeked Warbler
4--Ponder Rd (D&LE): Say's Phoebe; Brewer's Blackbirds
5--SA Botanical Gardens (GS): Ash-throated Flycatcher; Chimney Swift; Long-billed & Brown
Thrashers
5--Oakwell Farms (SYH): Barred Owl; Scissor-tailed Flycatcher; Brown Thrasher;
Spotted Towhee
6--Castle Hills (HW): 1 male & 1 imm. male Rufous Hummingbirds
7--Walker Ranch Park (LM): Blue-headed Vireo; Black-throated Green Warbler;
Spotted Towhee
7--Eisenhower Park (GL): 2 Golden-cheeked Warbler; Swainson's Hawk; Spotted
Towhee
7--Lovera St (SB): Indigo Bunting
8--Southwest Research Inst (KB): W. Kingbird (first of season)
12--Mauerman Rd pond (MC): 2 Black-necked Stilt
14--Roger's Wood St (D&LE): Chuck-wills-widow calling
14--Camp Bullis (LL): N. Bobwhite; Scott's Oriole; Wild Turkey; 2 Golden-cheeked
Warbler; Blue-headed Vireo; Am. Robins; Cedar Waxwings; Ash-throated Flycatchers
14--Mitchell Lake (SD): 1 Say's Phoebe; Dickcissels; Loggerhead Shrike; Bullock's
Oriole
14--Blanco at 1604 (GL): Clay-colored Sparrows; Nashville Warbler; Lark Sparrow;
W. Scrub-Jay; 2 W. Kingbird
14--Loop 410 at Culebra (MS): Peregrine Falcon
14--Interpark Blvd (H&MN): Greater Roadrunner
15--Encino Park (GL): 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk; 1 Broad-winged Hawk; 1 Swainson's
Hawk
16--Mitchell Lake (MS): 1 Sora; 34 Franklin's Gull; 1 Vermilion Flycatcher;
3 W. Kingbird; 12 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher; 2 Loggerhead Shrike; 25 Purple
Martin; 40 Cliff Swallow; 20 Cave Swallow; 1 Clay-colored, 11 Lincoln's, 1
Song, 11 Savannah, & 1 Cassin's Sparrow; 1 Lesser Nighthawk
16--Comanche Lookout Park (CH): Nashville Warbler; 1 Black-and-white Warbler;
1 Tennessee, 1 Wilson's, & 4 Black-throated Green Warblers; 1 Red-eyed
Vireo; 1 Blue-headed Vireo
17--Calaveras Lake (HR): Crested Caracara; Marsh Wren; Red-eyed Vireo; C. Yellowthroat;
Long-billed Thrasher; Clay-colored Sparrow; Lark Sparrow; Swamp Sparrow; 1
Yellow-headed Blackbird; 1 Bullock's Oriole
17--Evans Lake (HR): 7 Am. Avocets
17--Ray Ellison Rd at Medio Creek (MS): 1 Winter Wren; House Wren; E. Phoebe
nest; 10 Am. Robin; 1 Osprey
17--Miller's Pond (R&JW): Pied-billed Grebe; C. Moorhen; Ruddy Ducks
19--Nakoma at Hwy 281 (KB): Upland Sandpipers
19--Avenue A (EB): 3 Barred Owl; Red-breasted Nuthatch
19--Woodlawn Lake (EB): Brown-crested Flycatcher; Cave Swallow
19--Cagnon Rd (EB): Painted Bunting; W. Kingbird; N. Bobwhite; Grasshopper
Sparrow
20--Camp Bullis (LL): Summer Tanager; Painted Bunting; 1 Black-capped Vireo;
2 Golden-cheeked Warbler; 1 Black-throated Green Warbler; 1 Black-and-white
Warbler; 2 Nashville Warbler
20--Walker Ranch Park (KB): 1 Summer Tanager; 4 Indigo Bunting; 30-40 Orange-crowned
Warbler; 8 Clay-colored Sparrow; 4 Spotted Towhee
20--Tom Slick Park (MS): Yellow-crowned Night-Heron; 6 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck;
8 Chimney Swift; 10 Black-chinned Hummingbird; 1 Least Flycatcher; 1 Great
Crested Flycatcher; 1 Couch's Kingbird; 2 House Wren; many Nashville Warblers;
2 Black-throated Green Warbler; lots of Clay-colored Sparrows; 1 Dickcissel;
lots of Indigo Buntings
20--SA River San Juan Mission area (MS): Green Kingfisher
21--Comanche Lookout Park (DE)(GL): 1 Yellow-throated Warbler
21--McAllister Park Starcrest Field (DE)(GL): Grasshopper Sparrow; Mississippi
Kites
21--Avenue A (RG): 1 Painted Bunting; 5 Indigo Bunting
22--Randolph AFB (LG): Black-and-white, Black-throated Green, Nashville & Tennessee
Warblers; 22 Franklin's Gull; N. Rough-winged, Cliff, Barn & Cave Swallows
22--George Burns St (CC): 5 Black-throated Green, 3 Black-and-white, 8 Nashville, & 5
Orange-crowned Warblers; 1 Swainson's Hawk; 1 Veery
23--UT Health Science Center (LL): 15 Mississippi Kites
23--Avenue A (MC): Painted Bunting; Baltimore Oriole; Indigo Bunting; Blue
Grosbeak; Gray Catbird; 2 Swainson's Thrush; Long-billed Thrasher; Cedar Waxwings
23--Raymond Russell Park (CH): Red-shouldered Hawk w/chicks in nest; Spotted & Solitary
Sandpipers; Louisiana Waterthrush
24--George Burns St. (CC): 1 Grey-cheeked Thrush
24--Data Point Dr. (SC): Red-eyed & Warbling Vireos; Gray Catbird; White-throated
Sparrow
24--US 90 West (AC): Zone-tailed Hawk; Crested Caracara; Red-tailed Hawks
24--Sea World area (MH): 1 Am. Redstart
25--Randolph AFB (LG): 15 Upland Sandpiper; 2 Least Grebe
26--Perrin Creek (MG): 1 Grreat Horned Owl; Lesser Goldfinch
26--Loop 410 at Nacogdoches (MG): 2 Swainson's Hawk
26--Comanche Lookout Park (SG): 10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo; 1 Great crested Flycatcher;
3 Blue-headed Vireo; 1 Black-throated Green Warbler
26--Friesenhahn Park (SG): 2 Solitary Sandpiper; 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
27--Neal Rd (D&LE): Bell's Vireo; Dickcissel; Lark Sparrow; Painted Bunting;
N. Bobwhite
28--SA Botanical Gardens (MC): Bell's Vireo; Chestnut-sided Warbler; Yellow-breasted
Chat; Bronzed Cowbird; Yellow-billed Cuckoo; Green Heron
29--Shadwell Dr. (AV): Painted Bunting; W. Kingbird; 5 Red-crowned Parrot
OBSERVERS: AC=Ahsan Choudary; AV=Adam Vega; BF=Bebe Fenstermaker; CC=Carolyn
Cuthbertson; CH=Curt Harwerth; D&LE=Dodge & Lorna Engleman; EB=Eric
Brierley; GL=Greg Lisciandro; GS=Georgina Schwartz; H&MN=Harry & Maria
Noyes; HR=Helen Rejzek; HW=Harry Wilson; JM=James Middleton; KB=Keith Bartels;
LG=Larry Galvez; LL=Leslie Linehan; MC=Mike Creese; MG=Mariann Golden; MH=Maury
Heiman; MS=Mike Scully; R&JW=Richard & Jill Wood; RG=Robert Granado;
SB=Shirley Bartels; SC=Sheridan Coffey; SD=Sumner Dana; SG=Scott Gruwell; SH=Steve
Hawkins; SHL=Steve Hilbig; SS=Susan Schaezler; SYH=Sylvia Hilbig
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