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Selected Bird Reports,
May 2005
1—Comanche Lookout Park (CH): 10 Black-throated Green & 1 Hooded
Warbler; 1 Gray Catbird
1—Camp Bullis (LL): 5 Golden-cheeked, 1 Blackburnian, Black-throated
Green, 1 Nashville, Yellow & 2 Black-and-white Warblers; Painted Bunting;
Yellow-billed Cuckoo; 1 Winter Wren; 2 Vermilion Flycatcher; 2 E. Bluebird
1—Concan, Neal’s Lodges (RT): 1 Rufous-capped Warbler
2—Sable Creek St (JK): 100s Franklin’s Gull
2—Medina River Park (CM): Lazuli, Indigo & 1 Painted Bunting; 2 N.
Parula; Wilson’s Warbler; Blue-headed Vireo; Mississippi Kite; Baltimore
Oriole; 5-6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2—Rampart St (BB): 1 Painted Bunting
3—Avenue A (MC): 1 Hairy Woodpecker
3—George Burns St (CC): Swallow-tailed Kite; Mississippi Kites
3—Avenue A (GL): Green Kingfisher; C. Yellowthroat; Gray Catbird; Lincoln’s
Sparrow; Swainson’s Thrush; Great Crested Flycatcher
3—McGimsey Boy Scout Park (GS): Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3—Estate Gate Dr (JL): Orange-crowned, Nashville & Chestnut-sided
Warbler; Common Yellowthroat; Mississippi Kites; 2 E. Screech Owl
3—Tom Slick Park (MS): Spotted Sandpiper; Chimney Swifts; Baltimore Orioles;
2 Warbling & 2 Bell’s Vireo; 1 Mourning, 2 Chestnut-sided, 1 Bay-breasted & 1
Tennessee Warbler; 2 Yellow-breasted Chat; 1 Clay-colored & 15 Chipping
Sparrow
3—Devine, TX (CCH): Rose-breasted Grosbeak
3—Schertz, TX (RH): Rose-breasted Grosbeak
4—Perrin Creek Park (MG): N. Waterthrush; 1 Black-headed Grosbeak; 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak; Swainson’s Thrush
4—Marlborough St (CDR): 1 Baltimore Oriole; 2 Lesser Goldfinch
5—Mitchell Lake (SC): Wilson’s Phalaropes; Stilt, White-rumped,
1 Baird’s & Pectoral Sandpiper; Yellowlegs (sp); female Scarlet Tanager;
Black-headed Grosbeak; Yellow Warbler; 6 E. Kingbird
5—Old Wiederstein Rd (SS): Golden-winged, Tennessee, Am. Redstart, Kentucky,
Nashville, Black-throated Green, Yellow & Black-and-white Warbler; Yellow-breasted
Chat; Ovenbird; Flycatcher/Least?; Rose-breasted Grosbeak; Veery; Swainson’s
Thrush; Yellow-billed Cuckoo; Common Ravens; Ruby-throated Hummingbird; Black-chinned
Hummingbird; Rufous Hummingbird; Wild Turkey; Greater Roadrunner; Brown Thrasher;
E. Screech Owl; Common Nighthawk; Chuck-will’s-widow; Crested Caracara
6—Shenendoah (JH): 2 Chimney Swift
6—SA Airport (HN): 1 Crested Caracara
8—Utopia Park, Uvalde Co. (MH): 1 Chestnut-sided, 2 Blackburnian & 2
Mourning Warbler; 1 Yellow-breasted Chat; 2 Common Yellowthroat; 2 Black-and-white,
6 Tennessee, 5 Nashville, 8 Yellow, 1 Black-throated Green, 8 Yellow-throated
Warbler (nesters); 1 Magnolia Warbler; 3 Blue-headed, 1 Red-eyed, 1 Warbling,
1 Bell’s & 4 Yellow-throated Vireo; 4 Least & 1 Willow Flycatcher;
7 Mississippi Kite; 2 Baltimore, 1 Bullock’s & 4+ Orchard & many
(nesters) Scott’s Oriole; few Indigo, lots Painted & 1 Lazuli Bunting
8—Garden Ridge (SM): Am. Redstart; MacGillivray’s Warbler
7—Mitchell Lake (MC): 1 Roseate Spoonbill; +/- 200 Wilson’s Phalarope
8—Encino Park (GL): 3 Orchard Oriole; Yellow, Nashville, 3 Tennessee & Black-and-white
Warbler; Am. Redstart
8—Pike Rd (KB): Scarlet Tanager; Rose-breasted Grosbeak; Indigo & Painted
Bunting
8—Perrin Beitel Creek (RA): Gray-cheeked & Swainson’s Thrush;
Am. Redstart; Black-and-white, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, 4 Tennessee,
2 Wilson’s , Black-throated Green & Nashville Warbler
9—Aviation Park Dr (LG): Prothonotary, Cerulean & Hermit Warbler
9—KOA Campground (RL): 3 Yellow, 5 Nashville, 1 Black-and-white, 3 Blackburnian,
11 Chestnut-sided, 15+ Am. Redstart, 4 Tennessee, 2 Magnolia, 3 Wilson’s,
3 Black-throated Green, 1 N. Parula, & Bay-breasted Warbler; 1 Blue-headed & 1
Warbling Vireo; 2 Gray Catbird; 2 Swainson’s Thrush; E. Wood-Pewee; 10+
Empidonax (sp)
9—Bamberger Park (HR): Cerulean Warbler
9—Blanco/Jackson Keller (BH): Black-throated Green, Black-and-white,
Yellow, & Chestnut-sided Warbler; Yellow-breasted Chat
9—Karnes County (DM): Black-billed Cuckoo; 14 Yellow-billed Cuckoo; 24
E. Wood-Pewee; 1 Scarlet Tanager
10—Medina River Park (DE): 1 Golden-winged Warbler
10—Pleasanton, TX (MP): 1 Green Jay
11—Garden Ridge (SM): Chestnut-sided Warbler
11—Von Ormy (LJA): 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
13—SA Botanical Gardens (GL): Indigo Bunting; 2 Wilson’s, 2 Am.
Redstart, Blackburnian, Magnolia & Black-throated Green Warbler; Long-billed
Thrasher; Green Heron; 2 Gray Catbird; Great Crested Flycatcher; Downy Woodpecker
13—Great Northern subdivision (DS): Hooded Warbler
14—Mitchell Lake (DE): 30 White Pelican; 4 Anhinga; 15 Green Heron; 1
N. Bobwhite; 20 Baird’s Sandpiper; 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher; 10 W. Kingbird;
9 E. Kingbird; 20 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher; 2 Bell’s Vireo; 2 Blue Grosbeak;
6 Painted Bunting; 15 Dickcissel; Bullock’s & 2 Orchard Oriole
15—Medina River Park (BD): N. Parula; Red-eyed Vireo; 2 Wilson’s & Yellow
Warbler; Common Yellowthroat; Indigo Bunting
16—Various northside sites (CH): 50 Common Nighthawk
19—Friedrich Park (CH): Bay-breasted, Wilson’s & Golden-cheeked
Warbler; Black-billed Cuckoo; Hutton’s Vireo
19—Utopia Park, Utopia (MH): Connecticut Warbler
21—Medina River Park (MR)(SC): 2 N. Parula; Wilson’s Warbler; Blue-headed
Vireo; Black-throated Green Warbler; Yellow-bellied & Willow Flycatcher;
Blue Grosbeak
21—Camp Bullis (LL): 5 Blue Grosbeak; Olive-sided Flycatcher
21—Garden Ridge (SM): Am. Goldfinch
26—Evans Lake (HR): Hudsonian Godwit
28—Mitchell Lake (DE): big Cattle Egret rookery upper reaches Bird Pond
28—Mitchell Lake (ER): 1 Barn Swallow; 1 Dickcissel; 7 Green Heron; 46
Great Egret; 7 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher; 4 Anhinga; 5 C. Moorhen plus 4 chicks;
6 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck; 5 Black Vulture; 7 Yellow-billed Cuckoo; 1
Purple Martin; 3 Little Blue Heron; 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird; 5 Least Grebe
plus 3 chicks; 157+ Cattle Egret; 7 Cliff Swallow; 2 Pied-billed Grebe; 2 Cave
Swallow; 13 Black-necked Stilt; 2 Red-tailed Hawk; 47 Snowy Egret; 18 Neotropic
Cormorant; 62 Am. White Pelican; 2 Crested Caracara; 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
31—Mitchell Lake (MC)(HR): Barn Owl; 2 Groove-billed Ani; Scissor-tailed
Flycatchers and Yellow-billed Cuckoo nests
OBSERVERS: AG=Andy Garcia; BB=Bobbie
Bohach; BD=Bob Doe; BH=Bob Haffernich; BR=Bob Rasa; CC=Carolyn Cuthbertson;
CCH=Christy Chambers; CDR=Colette Del
Rio; CH=Curt Harwerth; CHW=Chandra Hewitt; CM=Curt McCamy; DE=Dodge Engleman;
DM=Derek Muschalek; DS=David Stephens; ER=Ernie Roney; GL=Greg Lisciandro;
GS= Georgina Schwartz; HN=Harry Noyes; HR=Helen Rejzek; JH=Jerry Hernandez;
JK=Julia Kane; JL=Joan Lasswell; JM=Janice McClintock; KB=Keith Bartels; LG=Larry
Galvez; LJA=Lisa Jo Aguierra; LL=Leslie Linehan; MC=Mike Creese; MG=Mariann
Golden; MH=Mitch Heindel; MP=Mike Paul; MR=Martin Reid; MS=Mike Scully; NJ=Nick
Jackson; RA=Rachel Alvarado; RH=Ron Hillstromb; RL=Roel Loera; RT=Rusty Trump:
SC=Sheridan Coffey; SM=Suzanne McCandless; 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
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tape at 308-6788, or paper forms can be had at any SAAS meeting or by mail
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