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Selected Bird Reports, December 2002

01--Mitchell Lake (HR)(LM)(MC): 1 Horned Grebe; 30 Eared Grebe; Pied-billed Grebe; White Pelican; Neotropic Cormorant; Double-crested Crmorant; Black-crowned Night-heron; Little Blue Heron; Snowy Egret; Great Egret; Great Blue Heron; White-faced Ibis; Black-bellied Whistling Duck; Gadwall; Green-winged Teal; Northern Shoveler; Blue-winged Teal; Redhead; Ring-necked Duck; Lesser Scaup; Hooded Merganser; Ruddy Duck; Northern Harrier; Red-shouldered Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; Crested Caracara; Am. Kestrel; Sora; Spotted Sandpiper; Least Sandpiper; Common Snipe; 300+ Bonaparte's Gull; Ring-billed Gull; Great Horned Owl; Belted Kingfisher; Northern Flicker; Eastern Phoebe; Vermilion Flycatcher; Loggerhead Shrike; Cave Swallow; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Am. Robin; Am. Pipit; Cedar Waxwing; Orange-crowned Warbler; Common Yellowthroat; Field Sparrow; Savannah Sparrow; Lincoln's Sparrow; Song Sparrow; Swamp Sparrow; Vesper Sparrow; White-throated Sparrow; White-crowned Sparrow; Am. Goldfinch

01--Avenue A (GS): 1 Red-shouldered Hawk; 1 Red-tailed Hawk; 1 Eastern Phoebe; 15 Blue Jay; 1 Am. Crow; 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 2 Cedar Waxwing; 1 White-eyed Vireo; 1 Blue-headed Vireo; 2 White-throated Sparrow; 6 Common Grackle; 20 Am. Goldfinch

01--Westcreek (HR): 2 Great Horned Owls

02- Brackenridge Park (JM): 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler

02--Avenue A (GS): 2 Great Blue Heron; 6 Wood Duck

03--Woodlawn Lake (GS): 1 Pied-billed Grebe; 10 Double-crested Cormorant; 1 Great Egret; 1 Green Heron; 1 Snow Goose; 1 Canada Goose; 10 Mallard; 12 Northern Shoveler; 2 Ring-necked Duck; 10 Ring-billed Gull;1 House Wren

04--El Dorado Ponds (X): 1 Am. Bittern; 2 Couch's Kingbird; Amer Widgeon; Gadwall; Northern Shovelers; Common Snipe

05--Walker Ranch Park (D&LE): 1 Fox Sparrow

07--Mitchell Lake (D&LE): 4 Pied-billed Grebe; 15 Eared Grebe; 80 White Pelican; 1000 Double-crested Cormorant; 1 Neotropic Cormorant; 4 Great Blue Heron; 12 Great Egret; 30 Snowy Egret; 1 Little Blue Heron; 1 Cattle Egret; 30 Black-crowned Night-heron; 30 Green-winged Teal; 150 N. Shoveler; 30 Gadwall; 1 Redhead; 50 Lesser Scaup; 100 Hooded Merganser; 6 Ruddy Duck; 1 Northern Harrier; 2 Red-shouldered Hawk; 2 Red-tailed Hawk; 3 Crested Caracara; 2 Am. Kestrel; 1 Common Moorhen; 2 Spotted Sandpiper; 50 Bonaparte's Gull; 1 Belted Kingfisher; 10 Eastern Phoebe; 5 Vermilion Flycatcher; 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 1 Am. Pipit; 3 Loggerhead Shrike; 8 Orange-crowned Warbler; 1 Common Yellowthroat; 1 Spotted Towhee; 4 Song Sparrow; 2 Lincoln's Sparrow; 4 White-throated Sparrow; 12 White-crowned Sparrow; 1 Harris' Sparrow; 6 Am. Goldfinch

07--Avenue A (D&LE): 1 Pine Warbler; 1 Downy Woodpecker

10--Cagnon Rd (D&LE): 2 Cactus Wren

10--Converse (RS): 2 Cooper's Hawk; 1 Red-tailed Hawk

10--Live Oak Lake (RS): 4 Lesser Goldfinch; 7 Ring-billed Gull; 9 Ruddy Duck; 3 Mallard; 1 Anhinga

11--Avenue A (D&LE): 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch; 1 Pine Warbler

13--Graytown Rd (RS): 1 Am. Kestrel; 4 Gadwall; 1 Northern Harrier; 2 Red-tailed Hawk; 1 House Wren

13--Boenig Dr (RS): 25 Brewer's Blackbird

14--Mitchell Lake (BW): 2 Pied Billed Grebe; 19 White Pelican; 5 Double-crested Cormorant; 3 Great Blue Heron; 17 Great Egret; 100 Cattle Egret; 29 Black-crowned Night-heron; 3 White-faced Ibis; 135 Blue-winged Teal; 283 Northern Shoveler; 4 Ruddy Duck; 1 Red-tailed Hawk; 1 Am. Kestrel; 1 Belted Kingfisher; 1 Eastern Phoebe; 1 Say's Phoebe; 1 Vermilion Flycatcher; 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 4 Loggerhead Shrike

18--Live Oak Lake (RS): 5 Mallard; 13 Ruddy Duck; 3 Northern Shoveler; 2 Lesser Scaup

19--Schuwirth Rd (RS): 1 Merlin

20--Live Oak Lake (RS): 3 Northern Shoveler; 9 Ring-billed Gull; 26 Ruddy Duck; 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet; 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch

22--El Dorado Lake (RS): 1 Brown Creeper

23--Pfeil Rd (RS): 65 Brewer's Blackbird; 1 Red-shouldered Hawk; 1 Belted Kingfisher

23--Abbott Rd (RS): 2 Am. Kestrel; 20 Northern Shoveler; 5 Northern Pintail; 17 Loggerhead Shrike

23--Macaway Rd (RS): 1 Curve-billed Thrasher; Eastern Bluebird; 2 Wild Turkey; 1 White-throated Sparrow; 4 Mallard; 7 Gadwall

23--Green Rd (RS): 6 Mountain Plover; 20 Canada Goose

24--Mitchell Lake (CH): 14 Pied-billed Grebe; 28 White Pelican; 30 Double-crested Cormorant; 3 Neotropic Cormorant; 10 Great Blue Heron; 37 Great Egret; 10 Snowy Egret; 100 Cattle Egret; 49 Black-crowned Night-heron; 1 White-faced Ibis; 75 Green-winged Teal; 12 Northern Pintail; 8 Blue-winged Teal; 200 Northern Shoveler; 45 Gadwall; 10 Am. Wigeon; 9 Ring-necked Duck; 25 Lesser Scaup; 12 Hooded Merganser; 20 Ruddy Duck; 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk; 1 Red-shouldered Hawk; 10 Red-tailed Hawk; 4 Crested Caracara; 1 Am. Kestrel; 1 Sora; 1 Common Moorhen; 2 Spotted Sandpiper; 50 Least Sandpiper; 1 Long-billed Dowitcher; 3 Belted Kingfisher; 7 Eastern Phoebe; 4 Vermilion Flycatcher; 10 Cave Swallow; 2 Am. Crow; 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 1 Am. Robin; 2 Am. Pipit; 12 Cedar Waxwing; 6 Loggerhead Shrike; 2 Orange-crowned Warbler; 1 Pyrrhuloxia; 10 Vesper Sparrow; 4 Savannah Sparrow; 1 Song Sparrow; 2 Lincoln's Sparrow; 1 Swamp Sparrow; 2 White-crowned Sparrow; 13 Am. Goldfinch

25--Mitchell Lake (GS): 2 Least Grebe; 1 Sora; 1 Spotted Sandpiper; 1 Ring-billed Gull; 1 Belted Kingfisher; 4 Loggerhead Shrike; 4 Eastern Phoebe; 3 Cave Swallow; 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet; 1 Am. Robin; 1 Pine Warbler; 1 Common Yellowthroat; 1 Song Sparrow; 2 Lincoln's Sparrow; 1 Swamp Sparrow

25--Belvoir Dr (GS): 2 Rufous Hummingbird

26 West Bexar County (GS): 1 Northern Shoveler; 6 Am. Wigeon; 1 Red-tailed Hawk; 1 Am. Kestrel; 1 Belted Kingfisher; 1 Vermilion Flycatcher; 1 Verdin; 1 Cactus Wren; 1 House Wren; 1 Pine Warbler; 2 Pyrrhuloxia; 1 Spotted Towhee

26--Salitrillo Creek Lake (RS): 40 Snow Goose; 2 Ross' Goose

26--Calaveras Lake (RS): 26 Pied-billed Grebe; 2 Least Grebe; 4 Black-crowned Night-heron; 1 Ringed Kingfisher; 1 Osprey; 1 Sora; 4 Blue-winged Teal; 1 Common Moorhen; 1 Sedge Wren; 2 Yellow-headed Blackbird; 2 Horned grebe; 3 Ring-billed grebe; 75 White Pelican; 1 Willet; 6 Red-breasted Merganser

26--Hwy 1604 near Hwy 1346 (RS): 8 Northern Pintail; 4 Gadwall; 5 Northern Shoveler; 3 Lesser Scaup; 1 Short-eared Owl; 1 Canvasback

27--Timberline Dr (BGW): 2 Brown Creeper

27--Live Oak (RS): 1 Greater Roadrunner

28--Mitchell Lake (R&TH): Carolina Chickadees; 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet

29--Calaveras Lake (D&LE): Horned Grebe; Eared Grebes

29--Avenue A (GS): 2 Wood Duck; 2 Barred Owl; 2 Downy Woodpecker; 1 Blue Jay; 10 Am. Robin; 1 Pine Warbler

30--Lost Forest (RS): 1 Crested Caracara; 22 White-fronted Goose

31--E. Ashley Rd (MS): 2 Couch's Kingbird; Golden-crowned Kinglets; White-throated Sparrows

OBSERVERS: BW=Betty Walters; BGW=Bill West; CH=Curt Harwerth; D&LE=Dodge & Lorna Engleman; GS=Georgina Schwartz; HR=Helen Rejzek; JM=James Middleton; LM=Linda McMahan; MC=Mike Creese; MS=Mike Scully; R&TH=Ron & Teresa Hillstromb; RS=Richard Sims; X=Not identified

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