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Selected Bird Reports, August 2004

2--Friedrich Park (MC): 3 Golden-cheeked Warbler

5--Olmos Basin (JM): 1 Red-eyed Vireo

6--Mitchell Lake (BD): Least, W., Semipalmated, Solitary, Spotted, Pectoral, & Stilt Sandpipers; Lesser & Greater Yellowlegs; 1 Short-billed & Long-billed Dowitchers; Black-necked Stilt; 1 Semipalmated Plover; 1 Wilson's Phalarope

7--Shavano Park (LM): 1 Dickcissel

7--Mitchell Lake (MC)(BD): 2 Least Grebe (1 on nest); 16 Green Heron (2 yg on nest); 1 Common Moorhen; 1 Solitary, 2 Spotted, 5 Semipalmated, 3 Western, 80+ Least, 2 Pectoral, & 20 Stilt Sandpiper; 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker; 1 Bullock's Oriole

7--Evans Lake (HR): 1 Roseate Spoonbill; 1 White Ibis; 1 Little Blue Heron

8--Mitchell Lake (HR)(GS): 8 Least Grebe (w/1 egg on nest); 1 Red-shouldered Hawk; 5 Spotted, 2 Semipalmated, 5 Western, 100+ Least, 3 Pectoral, & 11 Stilt Sandpiper; 3 Short-billed Dowitcher; 1 Belted Kingfisher; 1 Vermilion Flycatcher; 2 Bullock's Oriole; Lark Sparrow

8--Mitchell Lake (DE)(LE): 1 Yellow Warbler

8--Evans Lake (GS): 1 White Ibis

8--Old Wiederstein Rd (SS): 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird

8--Avenue A (MC): 1 Am. Robin; 2 Black-and-white Warbler

8--Rayglen Dr (DG): 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird

10--Mitchell Lake (HR)(MC): 1 female Lesser Scaup; Least Grebe w/2 eggs; 1 BROWN PELICAN; Groove-billed Ani; 2 Belted Kingfisher

10--Old Wiederstein Rd (EJ): 1 Rufous Hummingbird

11--Mitchell Lake (MR): Double-crested Cormorants; 1 Tricolored Heron; 25 Stilt, 30 Western, 10 Pectoral, & 2 Solitary Sandpipers; 1 Long-billed Dowitcher; 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron; 1 Am. Avocet

14--Mitchell Lake (SC)(MR): 1 Brown Pelican; 5 Am. Avocet; 1 2nd-summer Laughing Gull; 3 Forster's Tern; 2 Orchard Oriole; 1 Yellow Warbler

14--Blue Wing Rd (SC): 2 Upland Sandpiper

16--Avenue A (MC): Great Crested Flycatcher; Alder/Willow Flycatcher; 1 Purple Martin; 1 Chimney Swift

16--Bitters Rd & Airport area (GS): 3 Swainson's Hawk

17--Government Canyon SNA: (GS)(HR): 1 Cooper's Hawk; 13 Northern Bobwhite

17--Old Wiederstein Rd (SS): 1 Louisiana Waterthrush; Least Flycatcher; Painted Bunting

18--Regency Ln (CH): 1 Rufous Hummingbird

19--N Alamo St (G&MS): 100's of Purple Martins leaving their roost.

19--Miller's Pond (AH): 1 Green Heron; 1 Little Blue Heron; 4 Pied-billed grebe; 16 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (2 families)

21--Estate Gate Dr (JL): 1 Eastern Screech Owl

21--Mitchell Lake (SC): 1 Roseate Spoonbill; 3 White-faced Ibis; 1 juv Reddish Egret

21--Live Oak Park (FC): 1 Yellow Warbler; 1 Empidonax (sp); 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers; 3 Hummingbirds (sp.)

21--Mitchell Lake (SD): 2 Groove-billed Ani

22--OP Schnabel Park (BD): 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher

23--Mitchell Lake (CM)(RK): 1 dark Ruddy Duck; 1 Reddish Egret

23--Mitchell Lake (GS): 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER; 1 Pyrrhuloxia

25--Mitchell Lake (SC)(MR): 2 Baird's Sandpiper; 1 Willet; 1 Short-billed Dowitcher; 9 Black Tern; Eared Grebes; many Upland Sandpipers; Common Moorhens w/chicks; 2 Wood Duck; 4 Wilson's Phalarope; 1 Groove-billed Ani; 1 W. Kingbird

25--Mitchell Lake (RH): Least Grebes; Common Moorhen family; 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron; Black-crowned Night-Heron; Brown Pelican

28--Randolph AFB (LG): 3 Broad-winged Hawk

28--Woodlawn Terrace (LH): flock of Mitered Parakeets seen for a month

28--Mitchell Lake (ER): 2 Bullock's Oriole; 353 Snowy Egret; 1 Common Moorhen w/3 chicks; 34 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (2 w/ 6 ducklings plus 2 adults w/ 21 young); 842+ White Pelican; 2 BROWN PELICAN; 1 Falcon (sp); 2 Red-tailed Hawk; 2 Little Blue Heron; 18 Blue-winged Teal; 1 female Green-winged Teal; 2 Pyrrhuloxia; 3 Neotropic Cormorant; 1 Double-crested Cormorant; 6 Wilson's Phalarope; 2 Northern Pintail; 6 Gadwall; 1 WOOD STORK.

OBSERVERS: AG=Andy Garcia; AH=Andy Hudson; BD=Bob Doe; CH=Curt Harwerth; CM=Curt McCamy; DE=Dodge Engleman; DG=Dave Goodrich; EJ=Ernest Jasek; ER=Ernie Roney; FC=Fran Campbell; G&MS=George & Margarite Salinas; GS=Georgina Schwartz; HR=Helen Rejzek; JL=Joan Lasswell; JM=James Middleton; LE=Lorna Engleman; LG=Larry Galvez; LH=Linda Hotchkiss; LM=Linda McMahan; MC=Mike Creese; MR=Martin Reid; RH=Ron Hillstromb; RK=Ray Kutzman; SC=Sheridan Coffey; SD=Sumner Dana; SS=Susan Schaezler; TS=Tim Sensor

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