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Selected Bird Reports, November 2001

Note hummingbirds, Kiskadees at Castroville, Long-eared Owl at Mitchell Lake, Peregrine at the Riverwalk, Burrowing Owl at Dominguez Jail.
FOS=First of season, Sp=sparrow, WP=Woodpecker, SP=Sandpiper, BB=Blackbird, etc.

1-Universal City (Ron Cabral): 2 Rufous Hummingbird

1-Honey Creek SNA (David Pueppke): 1 Zone-tailed Hawk

2- Castroville Regional Park (Helen Rejzek): 2 Great Kiskadee

2-Mitchell lake (Mike Creese): 233 White Pelicans, 2 Great Blue Heron, 8 Great Egret, 14 Snowy Egret,
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 2 Roseate Spoonbill, 64 Green-winged Teal, 7 N. Pintail, 200 Blue-winged Teal, 3 Cinnamon Teal, 100 N. Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 6 Lesser Scaup, 24 Black Vulture, 4 Turkey Vulture, 6 N. Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, 8 Red-tailed Hawk, 2 Am. Kestrel, 200 Am. Coot, 200 Ruddy Duck, 14 Killdeer, 22 Black-necked Stilt, 43 Am. Avocet, 28 Greater Yellowlegs, 16 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Semi-palmated SP, 36 Western SP, 400 Least SP, 26 Stilt SP, 300 Dowitcher, C. Snipe, 18 White-winged dove, 42 Mourning Dove, 3 Vermilion FC, 6 E. Phoebe, 9 L. Shrike, 25 Red-winged BB, 40 Brown-headed Cowbird, 22 House Finch, 12 Meadowlark sp

2-Braunig Lake (Creese): 6 American Pipit, 429 White Pelican, 2 Osprey, Franklin’s Gull, 100 Coot, Common Moorhen, 27 Least SP

2-Calaveras Lake (Creese): 11 Osprey, 228 White Pelican, 2 Mallard, Forster’s Tern, Franklin’s Gull, 2 Moorhen, 44 Ruddy Duck, 32 Rock Dove

3-Cagnon Rd (Mariann Golden): 1 Burrowing Owl

4-Avenue A (Creese): Green Kingfisher, Black-and-white Warbler, 2 Orange-crowned Warbler, N. Flicker, 5 Wood Duck

4-Guadalupe River State Park (Greg Lisciandro): 1 Canyon Wren, Black and Turkey Vultures (dozens moving south)

4-Mitchell Lake (Robert Arredondo): Field Sp, Cardinal, Tennessee Warbler, female N. Harrier, 3 Scissor-tailed FC, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, “Lots” of Red-tailed Hawks, 2 Crested Caracara, Vermilion FC, Green-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, N. Shovelers, Am Avocets, Greater Yellowlegs, C. Snipe, 300 White Pelican, 3 flocks of Sandhill Cranes

5-Rio Medina, Medina Co. (Janice McClintock): 1 Hummingbird (sub-adult Broad-tailed), Chipping and Rufous-crowned Sp , Lesser Goldfinch, Western Scrub-Jay, House Finch, Orange-crowned Warbler, White-eyed Vireo, Spotted Towhee, White-winged Dove, Common Ground-dove, Tufted (BC) Titmouse

5-OP Schnabel Park (Scott Gruwell): 50 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Blue-headed Vireo, 10 Orange-crowned Warbler

5-Miller’s Pond Park (Gruwell): 4 Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, 20 Black-bellied Whistling-duck, 5 Green-winged Teal, 20 Blue-winged Teal, 10 N. Shoveler, 8 Ring-necked Duck, 20 Common Moorhen, Greater Yellowlegs, 9 Least SP, 5 Snipe, Say’s Phoebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler, 2 Vesper Sp, 100 Red-winged BB, 12 E. Meadowlark

6-Mitchell Lake (Robert Arredondo): Field Sp, Tennessee Warbler, N. Harrier, 3 Scissor-tailed FC, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-eyed Vireo, “lots” of Red-tailed Hawks, 2 Crested Caracara, 3 Pied-billed Grebe, Vermilion FC, 3 flocks Sandhill Cranes

8-Southwest High School (Rejzek, Schwartz, Linda McMahan): 2 Golden-fronted and 1 Downy WP, 1 Red-shouldered and 1 Red-tailed Hawk, N. Harrier, Caracara, White-winged and Mourning Doves, 2 E. Phoebe, 3 L. Shrike, White-eyed Vireo, E. Bluebirds (FOS), 20 Yellow-rumped Warbler (FOS), 3 Savannah Sp, 3 White-throated Sp (FOS), 5 Killdeer, Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, 6 Carolina Chickadee, 12 Tufted (BC) Titmouse, 8 Carolina Wren, 3 Mockingbird, 4 White-eyed vireo, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 20 Cardinal, 1 Western Meadowlark, 6 Meadowlark sp.

11-Eisenhower Park (Gruwell): Am. Kestrel, Cooper’s Hawk, Mourning and Inca Dove, Ladder-backed WP, W. Scrub-Jay, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted (BC) Titmouse, CANYON, Bewick’s and House Wrens, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Pyrrhuloxia, Cardinal, Spotted Towhee, Rufous-crowned, Chipping, Field, Vesper, Lincoln’s, and White-crowned Sps, House Finch

11-Mitchell Lake (Sumner Dana): 1 Spotted Towhee (first in 7 years there)

12-Botanical Gardens (Greg Lisciandro): 2 Hummingbird females, Long-billed Thrasher, Black-bellied Whistling-ducks, Wood duck

12-Live Oak City Park (Frances Campbell): 2 PB Grebe, DC Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, 2 Great Egret, 4 Mallard, L. Scaup, 13 Ruddy Duck, 18 Am. Coot, N. Harrier, 2 Am. Kestrel, Killdeer, 15 White-winged Dove, 5 Golden-fronted WP, Ladder-backed WP, E. Phoebe, Blue Jay, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 9 N. Mockingbird, 3 L. Shrike, E. Starling, 3 Savannah Sp, 3 Meadowlark sp.

13-Mitchell lake (Ron Cabral, James Middleton): 7 Eared Grebe, 3 DC Cormorant, 400 White Pelican, 16 Black-bellied Whistling-duck, 35 Ruddy Duck, 4 Gadwall, 23 Green-winged Teal, 44 Ring-necked Duck, 4 Lesser Scaup, 2 Snowy Egret, 3 GB Heron, 9 Great Egret, 14 Cattle Egret, 6 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 3 Turkey Vulture, 5 N, Harrier, 6 Red-tailed Hawk, 2 Caracara, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 12 Coot, 12 Greater Yellowlegs, 17 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Spotted SP, 46 Long-billed Dowitcher, 58 Least SP, 14 Western SP, 9 Black-necked Stilt, 12 Am Avocet, 2 Killdeer, 42 Mourning Dove, 3 White-winged Dove, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 2 Golden-fronted WP 1 Ladder-backed WP, 3 E. Phoebe, Vermilion FC, 1 SCISSOR-TAILED FC, 5 L. Shrike, 14 House Finch, Lincoln’s, Song, and Savannah Sps, 2 Cardinals, 44 Red-winged BB, 14 E. Meadowlark, 12 Brown-headed Cowbird

15-Lakeside Pkwy and NW Loop 410 (Charles Woodruff): 1 Belted Kingfisher

15-Spacious Sky St, NW Bexar Co (Robin Nowak): 2 Rufous Hummingbirds

17-Spring Branch, Comal Co. (Linehan): Flocks of American Robins (5 to 6 groups of 50 to 100), Chipping Sps.

19-Spring Branch (Linehan): American Goldfinches

19-Bitters at West Ave (Nowak): 1 Crow

20-New Berlin Rd @ FM 2538 off I-10 east (Jerry Fischer): 112 Sandhill Cranes

20-Calaveras Lake (Schwartz, Rejzek): 3 Pyrrhuloxia, 19 Sandhill Cranes, Marsh Wren, Common Yellowthroat, Bufflehead, Osprey, Caracara, Ring-billed Gull, 3 Forster’s Tern

21-Castroville Regional Park (Rejzek): 2 GREAT KISKADEES, White-crowned Sp, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Spotted Towhee, Lincoln’s, Song, and White-crowned Sps, Belted and GREEN Kingfishers, 1 Crow, House Wren, Carolina and Bewick’s Wrens, Orange-crowned Warbler, Meadowlark, House Finch

21-Woodlawn Lake (Carole Beth Arnette): 1 White Pelican, 15 Cormorants

22-Eisenhower Park (Gruwell): 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet

22-Mitchell lake (Mike Scully): 8 Red-tailed Hawks, 3 N. Harrier, 2 Caracara, Cooper’s Hawk, Black and Turkey Vultures, E. Phoebes, Vermilion FCs, Say’s Phoebe

22-Riverwalk Hilton (Scully): 1 Peregrine Falcon

23- Mitchell Lake (Scully): 1 Long-eared Owl

23-Kearney Road Pond (Mike Fatone): Black-crowned Night-Heron, Northern Flicker, Couch’s Kingbird, Snipe

23-Guadalupe River State Park (Darren Shirley): Zone-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vultures

23-Live Oak City Park (Gruwell): 50 N. Pintail, 3 Redhead, 8 Ring-necked Duck, 12 Bufflehead, 50 Ruddy duck, Merlin, Red-shouldered Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Hermit Thrush, AMERICAN ROBIN, PINE WARBLER

24-Mitchell Lake (SAAS & Middleton): 1 Peregrine Falcon

24-Old Wiederstein Rd. (Schaezler): 1 Broad-tailed Hummingbird

24-Eisenhower Park (Andy and Wendy Garcia): 2 Blue-headed Vireo, 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3 Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Carolina Chickadee, 2 Spotted Towhee, W. Scrub-Jay, Lincoln’s and Vesper Sps, L. Shrike

25-Belvoir Dr (Schwartz): 2 American Goldfinches (FOS), 2 Rufous Hummingbirds

25-Encino Rio (Walter Bauer): 3 Ravens

25-Mitchell Lake (Keith Bartels, Willie Sekula): Cactus Wren, Harris’ Hawk, Snow Geese, Greater White-fronted Geese, Cinnamon Teal, Canvasback, Western SP, 8 Vermilion FC, Eastern Bluebird (new for Mitchell?), Swamp Sp, Northern Bobwhite, Great Horned Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Scissor-tailed FC, Am. Crow, T. Titmouse, Verdin, House and Bewick’s Wren, Curve-billed Thrasher, Common Yellowthroat, Field, Vesper, Savanah, Song, Lincoln’s, and White-crowned Sps, Pyrrhuloxia, Lesser Goldfinch

26-University Medical Center (Leslie Linehan): 24 Northern Rough-winged Swallows

27-Cagnon Rd (Rejzek, Schwartz): Burrowing Owl, 200 American Pipits, Vesper, Savannah, imm. White-throated Sps, Say’s Phoebe.

28-Blanco Rd north of Stone Oak (Nowak): 2 American Crows (call heard)

29-Haggard Ranch (Metha Leslie): 1 Scissor-tailed FC

29-Salado Creek Trail, Ft Sam Houston (Cabral, Lee Clausen): Barred Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, Am Kestrel, Killdeer, Rock, Mourning, White-winged, and Inca Doves, Rufous Hummingbirds, Golden-fronted and Ladder-backed WP, Orange-crowned, Yellow-rumped, and PINE Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Song, Lincoln’s, White-crowned, Chipping, Vesper, and Lark Sps.

30-Old Wiederstein Rd (S Schaezler): 1 Broad-tailed and 1 Calliope Hummingbird.

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