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Selected Bird Reports, February 2004

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4—McAllister Park (JL): 95 Black-bellied Whistling-duck; 20 N. Pintail; 1 Great Egret; 1 Red-tailed Hawk; 2 Blue Jay

6—Friedrich Park (HR): White-eyed Vireo; Blue-headed Vireo; W. Scrub-Jay; House, Bewick’s and Carolina Wren; Hermit Thrush; Rufous-crowned, Chipping and Lincoln’s Sparrow; Dark-eyed Junco; Lesser Goldfinch

7—Mitchell Lake (A&WG): 15 Least Grebe; 2 Pied-billed Grebe; 8 White Pelican; 14 DC Cormorant; 10 Great Blue Heron; 8 Great Egret; 35 Black-crowned Night-Heron; 2 Mute Swan; 40 Gadwall; 200 Green-winged Teal; 18 N. Pintail; 3 Cinnamon Teal; 500 N. Shoveler; 20 Ring-necked Duck; 100 Lesser Scaup; 1 Hooded Merganser; 20 Ruddy Duck; 3 N. Harrier; 1 Cooper’s, 2 Red-shouldered & 12 Red-tailed Hawk; 2 Crested Caracara; 2 Am. Kestrel; 1 Merlin; 3 Sora; 3 Black-necked Stilt; 1 Wilson’s Snipe; 22 Long-billed Dowitcher; 10 Greater & 2 Lesser Yellowlegs; 15 Spotted, 2 Western & 500 Least SP; 2 Ring-billed & 110 Bonaparte’s Gull; 2 Forster’s Tern; 5 E. Phoebe; 8 Vermilion Flycatcher; 1 Couch’s Kingbird; 45 Purple Martin; 35 Cave Swallow; 1 Am. Pipit; 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 2 Verdin; 3 Loggerhead Shrike; 4 Am. Crow; 25 Orange-crowned Warbler; 4 Common Yellowthroat; 20 Vesper, 1 Savannah, 4 Song, 2 Lincoln’s & 30 White-crowned Sparrow

8—Mitchell Lake (MC): Similar species as on 7th plus 2 Eared Grebe; 1 Peregrine Falcon

8—Walker Ranch Park (DE): 5 Spotted Towhee; 1 Eastern Towhee

8—Brackenridge Park (DE): 1 Yellow-throated Warbler

8—El Dorado Ponds (MG): 2 Couch’s Kingbird; 1 Belted Kingfisher; 1 Downy Woodpecker; 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; 1 Pied-billed Grebe; 3 DC Cormorant; 1 Great Blue Heron; 2 Great Egret; 8 Gadwall; 9 Am. Wigeon; 8 Mallard; 28 N. Shoveler; 1 Ring-necked Duck; 1 Cooper’s Hawk; 1 Red-shouldered Hawk; 1 Crested Caracara; 1 Blue Jay; 2 Am. Crow; 30 Am. Goldfinch

8—Commanche Lookout Park (MG): 4 Am. Crow; 1 Am. Kestrel; N. Harrier; 2 Turkey & 6 Black Vulture; 12 White-winged Dove; 2 Carolina & 2 Bewick’s Wren; 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

8—Perrin Creek (MG): 2 Wood Duck; 2 Great Egret; 1 Great Blue Heron; 1 Red-shouldered Hawk; 1 N. Flicker; 1 E. Phoebe; 2 Blue Jay; 1 Orange-crowned Warbler; 1 Lincoln’s & 2 White-throated Sparrow; 1 Am. Goldfinch

10—Acequia Trail/Espada Dam (MSC): Downy Woodpecker; 3 Flickers­1 male Yellow-shafted; Sharp-shinned Hawk; 2 Red-shouldered Hawk

10—Mitchell Lake (HR): 2 Rusty Blackbird; 1 Peregrine Falcon; 5 Least Grebe; 3 Pied-billed Grebe; 4 Eared Grebe; 15 White Pelican; 1 Snowy Egret; 30+ Black-crowned Night-Heron; 150 Green-winged Teal; 75 N. Pintail; 2 Cinnamon Teal; 450 N. Shoveler; 30 Gadwall; 1 Redhead; 35 Ring-necked Duck; 65 Lesser Scaup; 2 Bufflehead; 1 Hooded Merganser; 60 Ruddy Duck; 1 N. Harrier; 1 Red-shouldered & 6 Red-tailed Hawk; 1 Crested Caracara; 1 Am. Kestrel; 1 Sora; 3 Black-necked Stilt; 3 Greater & 1 Lesser Yellowlegs; 1 Spotted & 500+ Least SP; 8 Long-billed Dowitcher; 2 Wilson’s Snipe; 35 Bonaparte’s & 2 Ring-billed Gull; 1 Belted Kingfisher; 3 Vermilion Flycatcher; 30+ Purple Martin; 150+ Cave Swallow; 3 Am. Crow; 1 House Wren; 1 Long-billed Thrasher; 6 Am. Pipit; 1 White-eyed Vireo; 3 Orange-crowned Warbler; 1 Common Yellowthroat; 1 Swamp Sparrow

11—Brackenridge Park (DE): Yellow-throated Warbler

11—Walker Ranch Park (DE): Eastern Towhee

11—Mission San Juan Capistrano (GS): 1 Green Kingfisher

12—Friedrick Park (DE): Hutton’s Vireo

12—Brackenridge Park Ave. A (DM): 4 DC Cormorant; 5 Great Egret; 2 Wood Duck; 3 Red-shouldered Hawk; 1 Crested Caracara; 2 Belted Kingfisher; 2 Downy Woodpecker; 3 E. Phoebe; 3 Blue-headed Vireo; 4 Blue Jay; 1 Purple Martin; 12 Carolina Wren; 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet; 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 16 Orange-crowned, 1 Chestnut-sided, 1 Pine & 1 Yellow-throated Warbler; 14 White-throated Sparrow; 6 Lesser Goldfinch; 52 Am. Goldfinch

12—McAllister Park (JL): 10 N. Pintail; 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk; 2 Am. Kestrel; 1 Greater Roadrunner

14—Mitchell Lake (MC): 1 Peregrine Falcon; 9 Least Grebe; 3 Pied-billed Grebe; 1 Eared Grebe; 14 White Pelican; 6 DC & 3 Neotropic Cormorant; 38 Black-crowned Night-Heron; 100 Green-winged Teal; 32 N. Pintail; 2 Blue-winged Teal; 400+ N. Shoveler; 100 Gadwall; 1 Am. Wigeon; 26 Ring-necked Duck; 36 Lesser Scaup; 24 Hooded Merganser; 14 Ruddy Duck; 1 Cooper’s, 1 Harris’s, 1 Red-shouldered & 6 Red-tailed Hawk; 7 Crested Caracara; 2 Sora; 3 Black-necked Stilt; 1 Greater & 3 Lesser Yellowlegs; 1 Spotted & 2000+ Least SP; 2 Wilson’s Snipe; 34 Bonaparte’s Gull; 5 Vermilion Flycatcher; 13 Purple Martin; 30 Cave Swallow; 6 Am. Pipit; 1 Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler; 3 Mute Swan

16—Near Commanche Lookout Park (MD): 1 possible Snowy Bunting (unconfirmed)

17 & 18—Brackenridge Park (DE): Chestnut-sided Warbler

18—Friedrich Park (MC): Carolina, Bewick’s & Canyon Wren; Ladder-backed Woodpecker; White-eyed Vireo; W. Scrub-Jay; Blue-headed Vireo

18—Mitchell Lake (RH): White-tailed Kite; Nashville Warbler; Black-crowned Night-Herons; Yellow-crowned Night-Heron; Great Blue Heron; Sora; Least Grebe; Pied-billed Grebe; Am. Crow; 20 Sandhill Crane flew over; Least SPs; Long-billed Dowitchers; Yellowlegs; Wilson’s Snipe; Ring-necked Duck; Ruddy Duck; Lesser Scaup; Eared Grebes

19—Timberwood Park (WF): 3 Monk Parakeet

19—1604 at Bulverde Rd (DE): 1 Merlin

20—Mitchell Lake (BD/RS/MS): 1 male Common Goldeneye; 2 female Rusty Blackbirds; 2 Neotropic Cormorant

21—McAllister Park (JL): 3 Red-tailed Hawk; 1 Am. Kestrel; 1 Crested Caracara; 1 Greater Roadrunner

22—Converse quarry lake FM 1976 (WHS): 3 Pied-billed Grebe; 3 DC Cormorant; 1 Great Blue Heron; 6 N. Shoveler; 6 Green-winged Teal; 4 Canvasback; 4 Bufflehead; 4 Ruddy Duck; 1 Crested Caracara; 1 Belted Kingfisher; 20 Barn Swallow; 12 Song Sparrow

22—Mitchell Lake (HR): 1 possible Am. Woodcock; 1 Common Goldeneye

22- Brackenridge Park (SC): Cassin’s type Vireo; Chestnut-sided Vireo; Yellow-throated Vireo

22—Mitchell Lake (SC): N. Shovelers; N. Pintails; Gadwalls; several Hooded Mergansers; 2 Mute Swan; 2 Least Grebe w/chicks; Pied-billed Grebe; Neotropic & DC Cormorant; White Pelican; Ruddy Duck; Am. Wigeon; Gadwall; Green-winged Teal; N. Pintail; Blue-winged Teal; Nortern Shoveler; Ring-necked Duck; Lesser Scaup; Hooded Merganser; Great Blue Heron; Great Egret; Black-crowned Night-Heron; Red-tailed Hawk; Crested Caracara; Am. Kestrel; Sora; Wilson’s Snipe; Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs; Spotted SP; Long-billed Dowitcher; Least SP; Black-necked Stilt; Ring-billed Gull; 30 Bonaparte’s Gull; Vermilion Flycatcher; White-eyed Vireo; House Wren; 12 Purple Martin; Barn Swallow; 1000 N. Rough-winged Swallow; Cave Swallow; Am. Pipit; Orange-crowned Warbler; Song, Lincoln’s, White-crowned & Savannah Sparrow

22—McAllister Park (KM): 1 Cooper’s Hawk; 1 Red-shouldered Hawk; 1 Crested Caracara; 1 E. Phoebe; 1 Blue-headed Vireo; 2 Carolina Chickadee; 11 Tufted Titmouse; 2 Carolina Wren; 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet; 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 2 Orange-crowned Warbler; 2 Lesser Goldfinch

25—Mechlar Rd (BD): 20 McCowan’s Longspur; Winter Wren; 50+ Redhead; Grasshopper Sparrow; Fox Sparrow; Am. Pipits

25—Mitchell Lake (RH): Ring-necked Duck; Gadwall; N. Shoveler; Blue-winged Teal; Green-winged Teal; N. Pintail; Least SP; Long-billed Dowitcher; 2 Solitary SP; Yellowlegs; Lesser Scaup; Neotropic & DC Cormorant; White Pelican; Am. Pipit; Ruddy Duck; Black-crowned Night-Heron; 1 male & 3 female Hooded Merganser; Verdin

26—Hackelberg Rd at Ladd Rd (DE): Eurasian Collared-Dove; Harris’s Sparrow; Am. Robin

26—Mechler Rd (DE): Horned Lark

27—Mitchell Lake (DE): Rusty Blackbird

27—Randolph AFB Golf Course (WHS): 6 DC Cormorant; 1 Great Blue Heron; 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron; 2 Gadwall; 2 Am. Wigeon; 3 Mallard; 3 Ring-necked Duck; 1 Red-shouldered Hawk; 2 Belted Kingfisher; 1 E. Phoebe; 20 Barn Swallow; 10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet; 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 10 Song Sparrow; 5 Common Grackle

28—Braunig Lake (MG): 1 Bald Eagle; Purple Martins; Gadwall; N. Shovelers; Blue-winged Teal; Pied-billed Grebe; Eared Grebe; Ring-billed Gulls; Bonaparte’s Gulls; Forster’s Terns

28—Mitchell Lake (ER)(SAAS): Say’s Phoebe; 6 Crested Caracara; 1 female N. Harrier; Red-tailed, Cooper’s & 2 Red-shouldered Hawk; 4 Loggerhead Shrike; 1 Field, 2 Song, 9 White-crowned & 3 Lincoln’s Sparrow; 4 E. Phoebe; 11 Least Grebe; 1318+ N. Shoveler; 2 Barn Swallow; 2 Hooded Merganser; 14 Gadwall; 3 Pied-billed Grebe; 2 N. Pintail; 2 Sora; 3 Great Blue Heron; 4 Vermilion Flycatcher; 1 Cave Swallow; 45 Purple Martin; 1 Nashville & 4 Orange-crowned Warbler; 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; 55 Green-winged Teal; 1 Common Yellowthroat; 7 DC Cormorant; Carolina & Bewick’s Wren; Spotted & 1244+ Least SP; 58 Long-billed Dowitcher; 1 Wilson’s Snipe; 3 Black-necked Stilt; 34 White Pelican; 6 Eared Grebe; 24 Bonaparte’s Gull; 26 Ruddy Duck; 2 Am. Pipit; 5 Ring-necked Duck; 1 Wilson’s Phalarope; 13 Lesser Scaup; 31 Black-crowned Night-Heron; 211 Red-winged Blackbird; 2 Nutria; 1 Am. Alligator (“Albert”)

29—Southside Lion’s Park (DE): Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; E. Bluebird

29—Mitchell Lake (KG): 2 Pied-billed Grebe; 30+ White Pelican; 8 Cormorants; 100+ Green-winged Teal; 5 N. Pintail; 100 N. Shoveler; 4 Bufflehead; Harris’s & 2 Red-tailed Hawk; Crested Caracara; 4 Black-necked Stilt; 3 Greater Yellowlegs; 35 Western SP; 30 Long-billed Dowitcher; 1 Stilt SP; 2 Wilson’s Snipe; 3 Ring-billed Gull; 3 E. Phoebe; 5 Loggerhead Shrike; Verdin; 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Orange-crowned Warbler; 15 Common Grackles

SPECIAL NOTE: Bald Eagles on nest. Hwy 29, 6 miles from junction of FM 1431 in direction of Llano. Go to Marble Falls. Turn west of FM 1431. Go to Kingsland. Turn left on Hwy 29. Go 6 miles. Birds on left side of hwy between hwy and Llano River.

OBSERVERS: A&WG=Andy & Wendy Garcia; BD=Bob Doe; DE=Dodge Engleman; DM=Derek Muschalek; ER=Ernie Roney; GS=Georgina Schwartz; HR=Helen Rejzek; JL=James Lavender; KG=Kathy Gaudet; KM=Karen Moulder; MC=Mike Creese; MD=Michelle Devine; MG=Mariann Golden; MS=Mike Sims; RH=Ron Hillstromb; RS=Richard Sims; SC=Sheridan Coffey; WHS=William Skinner

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