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Selected Bird Reports, December 2003

1--Acequia Trail (CH): 2 flocks Am. Robins @30; 1 Merlin

2--Acequia trail (MC): 2 Barred Owl

3--Jackson-Keller Rd (MC): 1 male Rufous Hummingbird

3--Olympia Hills Golf Course (BP): 1 Am. Woodcock

5--Ponder Rd (MC): N. Bobwhite

5--Mitchell Lake (MC): Dunlin

5--West Bexar Co. (BD): Zone-tailed Hawk; 20 Horned Lark; Green Kingfisher; Winter Wren

5--Walker Ranch Park (BD): Brown Thrasher; E. Towhee

5--Old Wiederstein Rd (DM): Swamp Sparrow; 2 LeConte's Sparrow

5--O.P. Schnabel Park (HR): Greater Roadrunner; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; Blue Jay; W. Scrub Jay; House Wren; Sharp-shinned Hawk; Hermit Thrush; Field, Chipping, and Lincoln's Sparrows

6--Oxbow pond, Leon Creek Greenway (SC): 2 Fox, 24 Song and 4 Lincoln's Sparrow

6--Fountainwood (JP): Barred Owl

6--Mitchell Lake (BD): Say's Phoebe; Couch's Kingbird

6--Calaveras Lake (BD): Marsh Wren; White-faced Ibis; Belted Kingfisher

7--Mitchell Lake (WS): 6 Least Grebe; Couch's Kingbird; 4 Vermilion Flycatcher; 50 Hooded Merganser; 3 Crested Caracara

7--Miller's Pond (MH): Dickcissel; Vermilion Flycatcher; Couch's Kingbird; Common Moorhen; Marsh Wren; Pyrrhuloxia

9--Avenue A (MC): Brown Creeper; 6 Wood Duck; 2 Downy Woodpecker; 2 Blue-headed Vireo

9--Southside Lion's Park (GL): E. Bluebirds

10--Mitchell Lake (MC): 30 Eared Grebe; 6 Least Grebe; 10 Hooded Merganser; 6 Ring-necked Duck

10--Mitchell Lake (MS): Great Horned Owl; 2 Vermilion Flycatcher; Common Yellowthroat; 4 Am. Pipit

10--Quarry Market (MS): Lesser Nighthawk

13--Bamberger Nature Park (CH): 6 Dark-eyed Junco; Verdin; Hermit Thrush; 5 Am. Robin; 3 Fox Sparrow

14--Mitchell Lake (BD): 4 Pyrrhuloxia; 2 Cactus Wren; Several Verdin; Long-billed Thrasher; Woodcock; male Greater Scaup

14--1604 Ponds (BD): 1 immature Ferruginous Hawk

14--Peerless Pump field, US 90 (SG): 6 Sprague's Pipit

17--Mitchell Lake (RW): 12 White Pelican; 2 Double-crested Cormorant; 3 Great Blue Heron; 3 Great Egret; 2 Gadwall; 30+ N. Shoveler; 2 N. Pintail; 25+ Green-winged Teal; 2 Lesser Scaup; 8 Hooded Merganser; 4 Ruddy Duck; Sharp-shinned Hawk; Cooper's Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; 2 Crested Caracara; 2 Black-necked Stilt; 2 Greater Yellowlegs; 2 Spotted Sandpiper; 25+ Least Sandpiper; 2 Wilson's Snipe; 3 Ring-billed Gull; Belted Kingfisher; 2 E. Phoebe; 3 Vermilion Flycatcher; 2 Loggerhead Shrike; 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 10 Am. Pipit

17--Avenue A (MC): Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; Downy Woodpecker; 3 E. Phoebe; 6 Blue Jay; Brown Thrasher; Loggerhead Shrike; 4 Orange-crowned Warbler; Common Grackle; 6 Lesser Goldfinch; 24 Am. Goldfinch

19--Mitchell Lake (HR): Pied-billed Grebe; 3 Least Grebe; 20+ Eared Grebe; 15 White Pelican; 9 Double-crested Cormorant; 13 Black-crowned Night-heron; 3 Great Egret; 2 Great Blue Heron; 4 Mute Swan; 8 Black-bellied Whistling Duck; 7 Gadwall; 75 Green-winged Teal; 4 N. Pintail; 200+ N. Shoveler; 90+ Lesser Scaup; 25 Hooded Merganser; 2 N. Harrier; 4 Red-tailed Hawk; 2 Crested Caracara; Am. Kestrel; Sora; 3 Black-necked Stilt; 2 Greater Yellowlegs; 3 Lesser Yellowlegs; Spotted Sandpiper; 250+ Least Sandpiper; Wilson's Snipe; 3 Ring-billed Gull; Barn Owl; N. Flicker; 3 E. Phoebe; 4 Vermilion Flycatcher; 2 Loggerhead Shrike; Verdin; 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 5 Am. Pipit; 3 Orange-crowned Warbler; Song Sparrow; 5 White-crowned Sparrow

21--US 90/Acme Rd (MS): Burrowing Owl; Grasshopper Sparrow; Sprague's Pipit

21--1604 at Jett Rd (GS): 1 Harlan's Hawk; 2 Swainson's Hawk

23--Government Canyon SNA (GS)(HR): Sharp-shinned Hawk; Am. Kestrel; 10 Common Ground-dove; 1 Curve-billed Thrasher; 2 Spotted Towhee; 20 Chipping, 2 Field, 20 Vesper and 1 Black-throated Sparrow

23--Loop 410 at 151 (MS): Peregrine Falcon

25--S W Bexar County (DL): Greater White-fronted Goose

25--Evans Lake (AWG): Double-crested Cormorant; Gadwall; N. Shoveler; N. Harrier; Sharp-shinned Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; Crested Caracara; Wilson's Snipe; Greater Yellowlegs; Least Sandpiper; Belted kingfisher; E. Phoebe; Vermilion Flycatcher; Chipping and White-crowned Sparrow

25--Cagnon Rd (AWG): N. Bobwhite; Loggerhead Shrike; Common Yellowthroat; White-crowned and Vesper Sparrow; Brewer's Blackbird

25--Pond at 1604 before Medina River (AWG): Gadwall; Green-winged Teal; N. Pintail; N. Shoveler; Ring-necked Duck; Lesser Scaup; Belted Kingfisher; Loggerhead Shrike; Lincoln's and White-crowned Sparrow

27--Mitchell Lake (ER)(SAAS): 2 Double-crested Cormorant; 25 Gadwall; 1014 N. Shoveler; 2 Loggerhead Shrike; 2 E. Phoebe; Song Sparrow; 2 Vermilion Flycatcher; 4 Least Grebe; 4 Sora; 5 Brown-headed Cowbird; 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Cooper's Hawk; 5 Great Blue Heron; 7 Green-winged Teal; Wilson's Snipe; Red-tailed Hawk; Pied-billed Grebe; 7 Great Egret; 3 Crested Caracara; 2 White-crowned Sparrow; 6 Blue-winged Teal; 691 Least Sandpiper; 4 Spotted Sandpiper; 8 Greater Yellowlegs; 9 Long-billed Dowitcher; 36 Black-crowned Night-heron; 34 White Pelican; 3 Black-necked Stilt; 3 Ruddy Duck; 10 N. Pintail; Red-shouldered Hawk

27--Braunig Lake (MG): Bufflehead; Bald Eagle; 20 Bonaparte's Gull; 10 Ring-billed Gull; 2 Loggerhead Shrike; 10 Am. Pipit

27--Avenue A (EB): Greater Peewee; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

28--Mitchell Lake (RK): Green Kingfisher; 7 Vermilion Flycatcher; 8 Am. Pipit; 5 Song, 4 Lincoln's, and 1 Swamp Sparrow; Bufflehead; 2 N. Pintail; 5 Hooded Merganser; 68 Eared Grebe; 35 White Pelican; 38 Black-crowned Night-heron; 3 Black-necked Stilt (rare in winter)

30--Avenue A (CH)(MC)(HR)(SH): Greater Peewee

30--Rio Medina, Medina Co (JM): Am. Woodcock

31--Braunig Lake (CH): Red-breasted Merganser; Bufflehead; E. Bluebirds

31--Rio Medina, Medina Co (JM): female Painted Bunting (all month)

OBSERVERS: AWG=Andy & Wendy Garcia; BD=Bob Doe; BP=Ben Plummer; CH=Curt Harwerth; DL=Daniel Large; DM=Derek Muschalek; EB=Eric Brierley; ER=Ernie Roney; GL=Greg Lisciandro; GS=Georgina Schwartz; HR=Helen Rejzek; JM=Jan McClintock; JP=Joe Peacock; MC=Mike Creese; MG=Mariann Golden; MH=Maury Heiman; MS=Mike Scully; RK=Ray Kutzman; RW=Richard Wood; SC=Sheridan Coffey; SG=Scott Gruwell; SH=Steve Hawkins; WS=Warren Stricker

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