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Selected Bird Reports, July 2004

1--Southwest Research Institute (Keith Bartels): 1 Couch's Kingbird, first in 10 years here; Western Kingbirds

2--Belvoir Dr (Georgina Schwartz): 19 Purple Martins (peak number)

4--Camp Bullis (Leslie Linehan): Black-capped Vireo, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Bewick's Wren

5--Friedrich Park (Sheridan Coffey): A 3-vireo day: 2 Black-capped, White-eyed, and 1 Hutton's; Summer Tanager, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

5--McAllister Park (James Lavender): 1 Great Blue Heron, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 Swainson's Hawk, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 40 Western Kingbirds, 9 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, 4 Purple Martins

6--Avenue A (Mike Creese): 4 Downy Woodpeckers (family)

6--Trinity University (Jerry Hernandez): 1 Downy Woodpecker, Lesser Goldfinch, 4 Black-chinned Hummingbirds

7--Friedrich Park (Mike Creese): 6 Bushtits, 9 Golden-cheeked Warblers, Black-and-white Warbler, Western Scrub-Jay, Painted Bunting, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Black-chinned Hummingbird

7--Old Wiederstein Rd (Sue Schaezler): Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Black-and-white Warbler, Blue Grosbeak

8--McAllister Park (James Lavender): 2 Bronzed Cowbird

10--Mitchell Lake (Andy & Wendy Garcia): 1 Forster's Tern, Groove-billed Ani, Greater Roadrunner, Verdin, Blue Grosbeak, 2 Bronzed Cowbirds, Orchard Oriole, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Brown-crested Flycatcher

12--Bamberger Nature Park (Mike Creese & Helen Rejzek): Crested Caracara, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Long-billed Thrasher

12--Mitchell Lake (Mike Scully): Great Horned Owl

12--Old Wiederstein Rd (Don Schaezler): Swainson's Hawk, Wild Turkey

13--Old Wiederstein Rd (Schaezlers): Cooper's Hawk, Long-billed Thrasher, Ash-throated Flycatcher

13--Mitchell Lake (Helen Rejzek): 1 WILLET, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, Groove-billed Ani, Least Grebe, Ruddy Duck, Caracara, Blue Grosbeak, Painted Bunting

15--Evans Lake (Helen Rejzek): 2 Wood Storks, 3 Semi-palmated Sandpipers, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, many Cattle, Snowy, Great Egrets, 10 Little Blue Herons; evening roost.

15--Calaveras Lake (Helen Rejzek): 1 Osprey

17--Grandview Shopping Center, I-10 (Georgina Schwartz): 1 Lesser, 1 Common Nighthawk

18--Blue Wing Rd (Sheridan Coffey & Martin Reid): Green Kingfisher

18--Timberwood Park (Becky Thompson): first of season (FOS) male Rufous Hummingbird

20--Landa Park, New Braunfels (Mike Creese): 1 Canyon Wren

21--Belvoir Dr (Georgina Schwartz): 7 Purple Martins (Last of season)

23--Friedrich Park (Mike Creese): Black-capped Vireo

22--Evans Lake (Helen Rejzek): 1 White-faced Ibis, 1 American Avocet, 2 Black-necked Stilt, 3 Least Sandpipers, 1 Belted Kingfisher

24--Rio Medina, Medina Co. (Janice McClintock): 1 Zone-tailed Hawk

24--Encino Park (Greg Lisciandro): Great Horned Owl hooting

25--Mitchell Lake (Ray Kutzman, Joe Orr): Tri-colored Heron, Dowitchers, Stilt Sandpipers, Spotted Sandpiper, Groove-billed Ani, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe

25--Heinen Rd (Leslie Appleton): 1 Rufous Hummingbird

27--Utopia, Uvalde Co. (Mitch Heindel): 3 Golden-cheeked Warblers, Rufous Hummingbird, 2 Orchard Orioles, 1 Least Flycatcher

27--Mitchell Lake (Helen Rejzek): Pyrrhuloxia, 2 Anhinga, 2 Wood Duck (unusual here), Groove-billed Ani, Willow/Alder Flycatcher, Painted Bunting, Bullock's and Orchard Orioles, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpipers, 30 Black-necked Stilts

29--Cook's Slough, Uvalde (Bob Rasa): Groove-billed Ani, Neotropic Cormorant, 2 Great Kiskadees, Green Kingfisher, Black-crowned Night Heron, Cliff Swallow

29--Cagnon Rd, west Bexar Co. (Georgina Schwartz & Helen Rejzek): 2 Greater Roadrunner, Long-billed and Curve-billed Thrashers, Common Ground-Dove, Cactus Wren, Dickcissel, Orchard Oriole, Summer Tanager, 8 Northern Bobwhite

29--Calaveras Lake (Mike Creese): 2 Least Bitterns

30--Brackenridge Park (Georgina Schwartz): 1 American Robin

31--Mitchell Lake (Sumner Dana): Verdin in net

31--Aquarena Center, San Marcos (Gene Majors): 1 RINGED Kingfisher, Great-crested Flycatcher, 3 Belted Kingfisher

31--Mitchell Lake (Bob Doe, Georgina Schwartz, Joe Orr, et al): 1 PURPLE GALLINULE, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 2 Black Terns, 3 Groove-billed Ani, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper (FOS), Western and Least Sandpipers, 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher on nest, Painted Bunting, Verdin, 1 Anhinga

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