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Selected Bird Reports, October 2001

Compiled this month by Georgina Schwartz. [Note advance of the Crows, Kiskadees at Castroville, Rufous-morph Red-tailed, White-tailed, and Zone-tailed Hawks.] Thanks for your reports. All reports go to Bird Records even if they don't get into this summary. FOS=First of Season, SP=Sandpiper, Spw=Sparrow.

1--Ware-Seguin Rd (Richard Sims): Am. Kestrel, Graytown Rd--Great-horned Owl, 2 Caracara, Schuwirth Rd--Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Loop 1604 at Martinez Creek--Swainson's Hawk

1--Northwood Elementary School, Urban Crest Dr (Keith Bartels): more than 200 Chimney Swifts entering roost

2--Avenue A (Mike Creese): Osprey, Green Heron, Common Yellowthroat, Belted Kingfisher, Hummingbird sp, Red-shouldered Hawk, Nashville Warbler, Wood Duck

3--Lost Forest St (R Sims): Hermit Thrush

4--410 at McCullough (Mike Scully): 2 Swainson's Hawk

4--I-35 at Wiedner Rd (Mike and Richard Sims): WHITE-TAILED HAWK

5--Schuwirth Rd (R Sims): Curve-billed Thrasher

5--Converse (R Sims): 3 American Crow

5--SA River Walk (Linda Martin): Black-crowned Night-Heron

5--Woodlawn Lake (Carole Beth Arnette): Great Blue Heron, Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets

6--Smithson Valley, Comal Co. (L Martin): Red-breasted Nuthatch, Rufous Hummingbird

6--OP Schnabel Park (Scott Gruwell): N. Flicker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Tennessee Warbler (unconfirmed), Orange-crowned, Wilson's, Yellow, Black-throated Green, and Nashville Warblers, Red-winged Blackbirds

6--Mitchell Lake (Mike Creese): Neotropic Cormorant, 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron, White-faced Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, 8 Black-bellied Whistling Duck, 24 Green-winged Teal, 36 N. Shoveler, Am. Wigeon, 20 Ruddy Duck, Osprey, 5 N. Harrier, 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, 3 Red-shouldered Hawk, 16 Red-tailed Hawk, 70 Black-necked Stilt, 18 Am. Avocet, 22 Greater Yellowlegs, 48 Western SP, 12 Least SP, 30 Stilt SP, 60 Long-billed Dowitcher, 24 Rock Dove, E. Phoebe, Vermilion Flycatcher, 10 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 40 N. Rough-winged Swallow, 8 Barn Swallow, 6 Loggerhead Shrike, 3 Nashville Warbler, 3 Clay-colored Spw, Lark Spw, 1 meadowlark sp.

8--SA Botanical Garden (Georgina Schwartz): Couch's Kingbird, 2 Nashville Warblers, Rufous Hummingbird, 10 Hummingbird sp

9--Near 281 south and 1604 (Jerry Fischer): 2 Common Ground-dove

10 --NE Entrance Dr, SA Airport (Larry Galvez): 4 Wild Turkey, Lark Bunting, Broad-winged Hawk

10--Botanical Garden (M Creese): Mourning Warbler

11--Live Oak Lake (R Sims): Vermilion Flycatcher, Crow

12--US 281 south, north of 1604 (J Fischer): 25 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, FM 1937--15 Scissortails, Applewhite Rd south of 1604--more than 50 Scissortails

13--Live Oak Lake (R Sims): 3 Lesser Scaup, 13 Ruddy Duck, 56 Am. Coot, Red-shouldered Hawk

13--Westcreek Park (Helen Rejzek): 6 Meadowlarks, 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

13--Mitchell Lake (Andy Garcia): Dickcissel, White-eyed Vireo, Cooper's Hawk, Indigo Bunting, E. Meadowlark, Vesper and Savannah Spws, Ringed-billed Gull, N. Flicker, White-faced Ibis, Harris's Hawk, Franklin's Gull, Roseate Spoonbill, Barn Owl

13--Old Wiederstein Rd (Fran Campbell): House Wren, Lincoln's Spw, Gray Catbird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Blue-headed Vireo, Roadrunner

13--Mitchell Lake (afternoon) (M Creese): Am. Wigeon (FOS), 5 Clay-colored Spw

15--Spring Branch, Comal Co. (Leslie Linehan): 20 Sandhill Cranes

15--SA Botanical Gardens (Greg Lisciandro): Long-billed Thrasher

15--Spring Branch (L Linehan): Am. Robin, 2 Chipping Spws (FOS)

15--Stemmel St (M Scully): Rufous Hummingbird, Yellow-shafted Flicker

16--Government Canyon SNA (G Schwartz, H Rejzek, Linda McMahan): Common Raven, White-crowned Sparrow (first of season), House Wren, Verdin

16--Mitchell Lake (Ron Cabral): Least Grebe, 2 Pied-billed Grebe, Eared Grebe, 2 Pintail, 2` Shoveler, Green Heron, Am. Kestrel, 3 Spotted SP, 100 Long-billed Dowitcher, 100 Least SP, 16 Black-necked Stilt, 35 Am. Avocet, Belted Kingfisher, 14 House Finch, Vermilion Flycatcher

16--San Pedro/410 (K Bartels): Common Nighthawks

16--OP Schnabel Park (H Rejzek): 2 Spotted Towhees (FOS), 2 Lincoln's Spws

17--The Alamo (Warren Stricker): Kestrel dive-bombing Cooper's Hawk

18--Cagnon Rd at FM 143 (H Rejzek): Burrowing Owl (FOS), Pyrrhuloxia, Verdin, 2 Yellow-headed Blackbirds

18--Universal City (R Sims): Rufous Hummingbird

19--Live Oak Lake (R Sims): 13 Broad-winged Hawk

19--Mitchell Lake ( M Creese): 8 Ring-necked Duck (FOS), Harris's Hawk

19--Castroville Regional Park (H Rejzek): Osprey, 10 BB Whistling Duck, 2 Hummingbird sp, Green Kingfisher, 5 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 3 Blue Jay, Verdin, House Wren, 2 Carolina Wren, 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, 8 Lesser Goldfinch

20--Mitchell Lake (Betty Walters): 525 White Pelicans, 4 Great Blue Heron, 4 N. Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, 3 Red-tailed Hawk, Caracara, 104 Am Coot, 2 Herring Gull, 6 Common Nighthawk, 3 Common Yellowthroat

21--Mitchell Lake (G Schwartz, H Rejzek, M Creese): Least Grebe, 2 PB Grebe, 10 Eared Grebe, 1070 White Pelican (one with red tag, found to be banded in Minnesota), N. Flicker

21--Mitchell Lake (Sumner Dana, banding): House Wren, Grasshopper Spw, Verdin, 8 Lincoln's Spw, White-eyed Vireo, recaptured Cardinal was originally banded 27 Aug 98.

21--Castroville Regional Park (Dotsy West): 2 GREAT KISKADEE

21--Lost Forest St (R Sims): Ruby-throated Hummingbird

22--Haggard Ranch, I-35 south (Metha Leslie): 2 Pied-billed Grebe, Osprey

22--McAllister Park (Greg Lisciandro): American Crow

23--Castroville Regional Park (H Rejzek & M Creese): Confirmed 2 Kiskadees, 6 Couch's Kingbirds

23--Mitchell Lake (R Cabral): Least Grebe, 4 PB Grebe, DC Cormorant, 220 White Pelicans, 9 American Wigeon, 3 Pintail, White-faced Ibis, Belted Kingfisher, 3 Vesper Spw, Pyrrhuloxia, 13 E. Meadowlark

23--Spring Rose St (S Gruwell): +/- 50 Greater White-fronted Geese

24--Raymond Rimkus Park, Leon Valley (John Economidy): Adult Rufous-morph Red-tailed Hawk

25--Mitchell Lake (M Creese): 3 Marbled Godwit

25--Blanco Rd at Stone Oak (Robin Nowak): 2 Am. Crow

27--George Burns St (Carolyn Cuthbertson): Eastern Screech Owl

27--Mitchell Lake (M Creese): American Bittern

27--Universal City Post Office (F Campbell): 1 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE

27--CR 4511, Hondo (Tom Richards) First White-crowned and Lincoln's Spws of the season

28--Avenue A (M Creese): Hermit Thrush (first of season), 6 Black-throated Green Warblers

28--Eisenhower Park (M Scully): Golden-crowned Kinglet

28--Old Wiederstein Rd (Noreen Baker and Ernest Jasek): Vesper, Lincoln's, Clay-colored, White-crowned, Field, and Chipping Spws, N. Flicker, N. Harrier, Brown Thrasher, Blue-headed Vireo, Nashville Warbler, 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet, Western Scrub-Jay

30--Hwy 1604 at Lone Oak (R Sims): 2 American Crow

30--Calaveras Lake (R Sims): 34 PB Grebe, 51 Great Egret, 44 Am. Coot, 29 Great Blue Heron, 18 Osprey, 89 DC Cormorant, 2 GF Woodpecker, 1 Downy Woodpecker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Killdeer, 3 Mallard, 4 Blue-winged Teal, 8 Snowy Egret, 2 Belted Kingfisher, 127 Turkey Vulture, 270 White Pelican, 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron, E. Phoebe, 3 Cattle Egret, 3 Forster's Tern

30--Norland Dr (Travis Crow): Snow Geese flying over, Cooper's Hawk, House Wren

30--Belvoir Dr (G Schwartz): Rufous Hummingbird (f) all month

30--Mitchell Lake (Bill Lindeman): ZONE-TAILED HAWK, Snow Geese, Dunlin, Wilson's Phalarope, Barn Owl

31--Mitchell Lake (John Hoogerheide): 50 Western SP, 300 LB Dowitcher, 8 Snipe

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