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Selected Bird Reports, January 2005

1—Perrin Creek (MG): imm. female Scarlet Tanager
2—Brackenridge Park (SC)(MR)(WS): female Purple Martin
2—Wal-Mart US 281 & N 1604 (L&KG): 8 Monk Parakeets
5—Randolph AFB (LG): 17 Greater White-fronted Goose
5—Walzem & I-35 (SH): 1 Swainson’s Hawk
6—Friesenhahn Park (GL): 100s Am. Robins & Cedar Waxwings; N. Pintail; 6 Ring-necked Duck; N. Shoveler; 1 Am. Wigeon; 1 Wilson’s Snipe
6—McAllister Park (MC): Hermit Thrush; Pine Warbler; Blue-headed Vireo; Am. Robin
7—UTHSC (LL): 1 Peregrine Falcon
7—Redsky Hill (TN): 2 Purple Martin
7—Avenue A (HR): Barred Owl; Green Kingfisher
7—Mechlar Rd (BH): 14 Mountain Plover
8—Mitchell Lake (RH)(GS): 1 Green Heron (rare in winter)
8—Mitchell Lake (AG)(DE)(GS): all white Red-tailed Hawk; Bonaparte’s Gulls; Ring-billed Gull; Belted Kingfisher; Least Grebe; Verdin; 1 Cave Swallow; Green Heron
9—Avenue A (MC): 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; Belted Kingfisher
9—Calaveras Lake (SC)(MR): 200 Forster’s Tern; 40 Snow Goose; Swamp Sparrow; Marsh Wren
9—Tom Slick Park (MS): 100 Savannah Sparrow
10—Ashley Rd at San Antonio River (MC): Couch’s Kingbird
10—Spacious Sky (RN): 100 Cedar Waxwing; 50 Am. Goldfinch
11—Friedrich Park (DE): Hutton’s Vireo
11—Mitchell Lake (HR): 2000 Greater White-fronted Goose; 1 White-faced Ibis; 1 Osprey
12—Randolph AFB (LG): 30 Canada Goose; 1000 Cedar Waxwing; 1 Swamp Sparrow; Osprey; Swainson’s Hawk; Sprague’s Pipit
13—Jungman Rd (HR): 1 Merlin
15—Regency Ln (CH): 1 Say’s Phoebe
15—Mitchell Lake (BS): Wilson’s Snipe; Couch’s Kingbird; 2 Anhinga
16—Mitchell Lake (GS)(HR): 3 Anhinga; Green Heron; female Common Goldeneye
18—Friedrich Park (CH): Hutton’s Vireo; Pine Warbler; White-eyed Vireo; Orange-crowned Warbler
18—Government Canyon SNA (GS)(HR): Cooper’s Hawk; 1 Crested Caracara; 6 N. Bobwhite; Common Ground-dove; E. Phoebe; W. Scrub Jay; E. Bluebirds; Am. Robins; Brown & Long-billed Thrashers; 100-150 Cedar Waxwings; Orange-crowned Warbler; Spotted Towhee; 10 Chipping Sparrow; 10 White-throated Sparrow; 3 Am. Goldfinch
19—Miller’s Pond Park (MH): 2 Couch’s Kingbird; albino Great-tailed Grackle
20—Friesenhahn Park (GL): 1 Least Grebe; N. Pintail; Ring-necked Duck; Gadwall; Lincoln’s Sparrow
21—Avenue A (DE): 2 Green Kingfisher; 1 female Downy Woodpecker
21—Loop 410 at Salado Creek (LL): Swainson’s Hawk
22—Mitchell Lake (Unid): 8 Wilson’s Snipe
22—Mitchell Lake (ER): 1 White-crowned Sparrow; 1 Red-tailed Hawk; 41 Meadowlark (sp); 9 Double-crested Cormorant; 338 N. Shoveler; 8 Green-winged Teal; 4 Crested Caracara; 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet; 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk; 5 Vermilion Flycatcher; 19 Great Egret; 2 Anhinga; 1 Carolina Wren; 6 Great Blue Heron; 1 Am. Kestrel; 4 Loggerhead Shrike; 84 Ruddy Duck; 1 N. Pintail; 1 Turkey Vulture; 1 E. Phoebe; 1 Least Grebe; 1 Song Sparrow; 2 Am. Goldfinch; 152 Lesser Scaup; 6 Ring-necked Duck; 4 White Pelican; 3 Bufflehead; 7 Black Vulture; 23 Black-crowned Night-Heron; 1 Little Blue Heron; 3 Black-necked Stilt; 8 White-faced Ibis; 6 Cattle Egret; 4 Gadwall; 2 Blue-winged Teal;
22—Inwood Subdivision (DE): Red-breasted Nuthatch
23—Calaveras Lake (D&LE): Swamp Sparrow; White-faced Ibis; Blue-winged Teal; Osprey
23—Braunig Lake (D&LE): Cinnamon Teal; Bufflehead; Marsh Wren
23—Pecan Valley Park (RA): Common Ground-dove; E. Bluebirds; Am. Robins; Cedar Waxwings; Am. Goldfinches
23—Mitchell Lake (SC): 30 Hooded Merganser; Couch’s Kingbird; Verdin; Vermilion Flycatcher; 11 Least Grebe; N. Bobwhite
24—Old Wiederstein Rd (SS): Brown & Long-billed Thrashers; Hermit Thrush; Spotted Towhee; White-crowned & White-throated Sparrows; Great Horned Owl; Blue-headed Vireo; Am. Goldfinches
25—Southwest High School (HR)(GS); Green & Belted Kingfishers; 2 Red-shouldered Hawk; 1 Cassin’s Vireo; Am. Robins; E. Bluebirds
25—Loop 1604 Pond near Medina River (HR): 3 Canvasback
25—Evans Lake (GS): 1 Willet; 20 Long-billed Dowitcher; 1 Vermilion Flycatcher; 2 N. Shoveler; 2 Neotropic Cormorant; Loggerhead Shrike
28—Mechlar Rd (WS): Am. Pipits; 3 McCown’s Longspur; 28 Mountain Plover; Horned Larks
29—Blanchard /Kearney Rds (MC): 1 Harris’s Sparrow; Say’s Phoebe
29—Mechlar Rd (SC)(MR): 6 McCown’s Longspur; Sprague’s Pipit; 100s Am. Pipit; 1 Merlin; 19 Mountain Plover
31—Mechlar Rd (BD): 1 Sprague’s Pipit; 6-8 McCown’s Longspur; +/-50 Horned Larks; 2 Mountain Plover; 1 Say’s Phoebe; 1 N. Harrier
31—Randolph AFB (LG): 1 Smith’s Longspur (unconfirmed)

OBSERVERS: AG=Andy Garcia; BD=Bob Doe; BH=Bill Holliday; BS=Bill Skinner; CH=Curt Harwerth; DE=Dodge Engleman; D&LE=Dodge & Lorna Engleman; ER=Ernie Roney; GL=Greg Lisciandro; GS=Georgina Schwartz; HR=Helen Rejzek; LG=Larry Galvez; L&KG=Larry & Krista Galvez; LL=Leslie Linehan; MC=Mike Creese; MG=Mariann Golden; MH=Maury Heiman; MR=Martin Reid; MS=Mike Scully; RA=Rachel Alvarado; RH=Ron Hillstromb; RN=Robin Nowak; SC=Sheridan Coffey; SH=Steve Hawkins; SS=Susan Schaezler; TN=Theresa NcNair; WS=Willie Sekula
All reports go to the Bird Records Committee, even if they don’t appear here. Thanks for your submissions! Send your reports to Ernie Roney at <birdreports@saaudubon.org> or 4315 Summer Sun Lane, San Antonio, TX 78217. Report your birds using the online form at <www.saaudubon.org/birdreportform.html>, call them to the club’s tape at 308-6788, or paper forms can be had at any SAAS meeting or by mail from the club address.

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