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Selected Bird Reports, March 2005

FOS = First of Season
1—Timberwood Park (RN): FOS Barn Swallow.
3—Avenue A (MC)(HR): 2 Green Kingfisher; 1 Belted Kingfisher; 300+ Cedar Waxwing
3—SA Botanical Gardens (MC)(HR): 6 Purple Martin; 3 Long-billed Thrasher
4—Friedrich Park (HR)(MC): FOS Golden-cheeked Warbler
5—Wal-Mart @ 281N/1604 (MC): 5 Monk Parakeet
5—Haggard Ranch (GS): Cactus Wren; Greater Roadrunner; FOS Ash-throated Flycatcher; 5 Neotropic Cormorant; Blue-headed Vireo; White-throated, Lincoln & Song Sparrows
5—Rio Medina, Medina Co (JM): FOS Black-chinned Hummingbird
6—Mitchell Lake (BK)(SH)(BC)(DB): 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker; 1 Tree Swallow
7—McAllister Park (MC): Eastern Screech Owl
7—Blue Wing Rd (MC): 20 Mountain Plover; 100 Killdeer; 300 Least Sandpiper; 12 Ring-billed Gull; 2 Am. Crow; 40 Am. Robin; 1 Lesser Yellowlegs; 1 Dowitcher (sp.)
7—West Bexar Co. (HR): 3 Horned Lark; Sandhill Cranes; 2 Curve-billed Thrasher; Cactus Wren; Verdin; 2 Pyrrhuloxia; 2 Yellow-headed Blackbird
7—Old Weiderstein Rd, Guadalupe Co (SS): FOS Purple Martin; FOS Common Pauraque
9—Walker Ranch (MC): 3 Cinnamon Teal
10—Avenue A. (JE): water snake entering Green Kingdfisher nest
10-—Westcreek (HR): FOS Black-chinned Hummingbird
11—Belvoir Dr (GS): FOS 2 Purple Martin
11—Friedrich Park (MK): 2 Golden-cheeked Warbler
12—1604 @ Jett Rd (HR): FOS Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
12—Rim Oak St (AGR): FOS 1 Common Nighthawk
12—Bandera Co (RW): 2 Sandhill Crane
13—Medina River Park (GS): 10 Sandhill Crane
14—Randolph AFB (LG): FOS Am. Golden Plover
15—Spring Branch, Comal Co (LL): FOS 2 Purple Martin
16—Mechlar Rd (JM)(MC): 1 Burrowing Owl
17—Avenue A (AGR): Waterthrush (sp.)
18—Avenue A (MC): FOS Ash-throated Flycatcher
18—Friesenhahn Park (GL): Semipalmated Sandpiper; Solitary Sandpiper
19—Evans Lake (HR): 25 Wilson’s Snipe
19—Cagnon Rd @ Medina River (HR): 2 Gray Catbird
19—Mitchell Lake (SC): 2 Anhinga; 2 Cinnamon Teal; 1 Say’s Phoebe; 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
20—Rim Oak St (AGR): FOS Black-and-white Warbler
20—Brackenridge Park (MC): 4 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
20—Mitchell Lake (GS): Am. Kestrel; Say’s Phoebe; 2 Anhinga; 2 Vermilion Flycatcher; Black-chinned Hummingbird; Common Yellowthroat
21—Mitchell Lake (HR): Great Crested Flycatcher; 3 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
22—Brackenridge Park (MC): Chestnut-sided Warbler; Nashville Warbler
22—Encino Park (GL): FOS Chimney Swift
24—West Bexar Co. (HR): Verdin; Black-throated Green Warbler; 2 Curve-billed Thrasher; Say’s Phoebe; Vermilion Flycatcher
25—I-10 E/1604 (MC): 1 Harris’ Hawk
25—Calaveras Lake (HR): 6 Marsh Wren; 2 Swamp Sparrow; Sora; Common Yellowthroat
25—El Dorado Ponds (GS)(MG): 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron; 2 Downy Woodpecker
26—Mitchell Lake (ER): 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird; 4 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher; 6 House Finch; 151 Am. Coot; 14 Lesser Scaup; 107 N. Shoveler; 19 Ruddy Duck; 54 Swallow (sp.); 100 Swallows (mixed Cave & Cliff); 10 Barn Swallow; 1 Ring-necked Duck; 2 C. Moorhen; 1 Anhinga; 13 Great Egret; 3 Double-crested Cormorant; 14 Least Grebe; 2 Gadwall; 3 Little Blue Heron; 1 Crested Caracara; 1 Turkey Vulture; 4 Great Blue Heron; 2 male & 2 female Blue-winged Teal; 113 Am. White Pelican; 6 Neotropic Cormorant; 1 Red-tailed Hawk; 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
26—Old Weiderstein Rd, Guadalupe Co (SS): Hooded Warbler; Yellow-throated Warbler; Common Raven
27—Old Weiderstein Rd, Guadalupe Co (SS): FOS Ruby-throated Hummingbird
29—Olmos Park (JH): 3 Swainson’s Hawk
29—Westcreek (HR): 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove
29—Walker Ranch Park (MC): 1 Greater Roadrunner
30—Comanche Lookout Park (MC): 20 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
30—Avenue A (P, T, L & AS): 1 Bohemian Waxwing with many Cedar Waxwings. Note: If anyone has any details about the Bohemian Waxwing please contact Ernie Roney
30—Mitchell Lake (GS): 1 Bell’s Vireo; 1 Grasshopper Sparrow; Pyrrhuloxia; 1 Green Heron
31—Belvoir Dr (GS): last date for Rufous Hummingbird which came in August
31—Castroville Regional Park, Medina Co (GS)(HR): Black Phoebe; Green Kingfisher; 1 Barn Swallow

OBSERVERS: AGR= April Grunspan; BC=Bill Collins: BK=Bob Kurtz; DB=Dick Bartels: ER=Ernie Roney; GL=Greg Lisciandro; GS=Georgina Schwartz; HR=Helen Rejzek; JE=Jack Eitnier; JH=Jerry Hernandez; JM=Janice McClintock; LG=Larry Galvez; LL=Leslie Linehan; MC=Mike Creese; MG=Mariann Golden; MK=M Kelly; P,T,L & AS= Pauline, Tom, LeAnn & Anthony Sharp; RN=Robin Nowak; RW=Ricky Walker; SC=Sheridan Coffey; SH=Steve Hawkins; SS=Susan Schaezler
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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