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Selected Bird Reports, October 2003

SP=Sandpiper

1--Stone Oak (GL): 3 Common Raven

1--Bulverde Rd inside Loop 1604 (GL): Small flock Wild Turkey

3--Walker Ranch Park (MC): 2 Lincoln's Sparrow; 100 Chimney Swift

3--US 281 (RN): Kettle of Broad-winged Hawks

4--Bamburger Nature Park (SC): Magnolia Warbler

4--Saur Rd, Comal County (DP): Ruby-thoated Hummingbird

4--Lower Seguin Rd at Cibolo Creek (LC): 9 E. Bluebird

5--Abbott Rd (JF): Am. Kestrel

5--Mitchell Lake (LE): 10 Vermilion Flycatcher; 15 Roseate Spoonbill; 2000 White Pelican; Least Grebe

5--Mitchell Lake (MC): Wilson's Snipe; Willet

5--Government Canyon (HR): Cooper's Hawk; Am. Kestrel; Chimney Swift; Common Raven; House Wren; Canyon Wren; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Wilson's Warbler; Clay-colored Sparrow

6--Bamberger Nature Park (SC): 4 Vesper Sparrow

8--North US 281 (RN): 350 Broad-winged Hawk

9--Avenue A (MC): 20 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Orange-crowned, Black-throated Green, & Black-and-white Warbler

9--SA Botanical Gardens (MC): Am. Redstart; Common Yellowthroat; Indigo Bunting; Nashville & Orange-crowned Warbler

10--Randolph AFB (LG): 3 Couch's Kingbird

11--Lower Seguin Rd (LC): N. Harrier; 3 Am. Kestrel; 12 Am. Wigeon; Meadowlark (sp)

11--SA Botanical Gardens (ERM): Black-chinned Hummingbird; Black-and-white, Kentucky, Mourning, & Wilson's Warbler; Yellow-breasted Chat; Indigo Bunting; Dickcissel; Lincoln's Sparrow; 40 Nashville Warbler

12--Spring Branch (LL): 100 Canada Goose

12--SA Botanical Gardens (DL): Black-and-white Warbler; Am. Redstart; Nashville Warbler; Couch's Kingbirds

13--Arrow Mound St (LM): Catbird; 2 Blue-headed Vireo; Nashville, Wilson's & Black-throated Green Warbler

14--Spacious Sky St (RN): 200 Broad-winged Hawk

14--Jackson-Keller Rd (MC): 500 Black Vulture

14--Bamberger Park (SC): Lincoln's Sparrow; Clay-colored Sparrow; Nashville Warbler

14--Old Wiederstein Rd (SW): Sandhill Cranes; 2000 Swainson's Hawk; 300 White Pelican; 300 Turkey Vulture; Brown Thrasher; MacGillivray's Warbler; 3 Lincoln's Sparrow

14--Tom Slick Park (AH): 40 E. Meadowlark

15--State Hospital S. Presa (AG): 2 Savannah Sparrow; 5 Meadowlark (sp)

16--I-10 at Star Furniture (CH): W. Kingbird

16--Hwy 16 at I-35 South (MH): 2 W. Kingbird

17--Mitchell Lake (ER): 2 Mute Swan; Least Grebe; 4 Loggerhead Shrike; 23 Great Egret; 5 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher; 20 Ruddy Duck; 2580+ White Pelican; 61 Snowy Egret; 500+ Least SP; 350+ SP (sp); 6 Greater Yellowlegs; Am. Crow; 9 Am. Avocet; 8 Black-necked Stilt; 11 Long-billed Dowitcher; 3 N. Shoveler; 2 Pied-billed Grebe; 4 Gadwall

17--UTHSC (LL): Am. Kestrel

18--Evans Lake (HR): White-crowned Sparrow

18--Mitchell Lake (MC): Least, Pied-billed & Eared Grebe; White-faced Ibis; Roseate Spoonbill; Green-winged Teal; Mallard; Blue-winged Teal; N. Shoveler; Gadwall; Am. Wigeon; Redhead; Ruddy Duck; Osprey; Red-tailed Hawk; Crested Caracara; Spotted, Semipalmated, Western, Least & Stilt SP; Belted Kingfisher; N. Flicker; Tree Swallow; Cave Swallow

20--Randolph AFB (LG): Nashville Warblers; Ruby-crowned Kinglets; 30 Cedar Waxwing

21--SA Botanical Gardens (MC): 4 Couch's Kingbird; Cooper's Hawk

21--Government Canyon SNA (GS): Black-throated, Lark, Vesper & Lincoln's Sparrow; 5 Spotted Towhee; 3 House Wren; 2 Verdin; Long-billed Thrasher; Common Raven; 5 W. Scrub-Jay

22--Bamberger Park (CH): Great Horned Owl; Long-billed Thrasher; 2 Nashville Warbler; Spotted Towhee; White-throated Sparrow

22--Loop 410 at Bandera Rd (MS): Merlin

22--Eisenhower Park (MS): E. Screech Owl

23--Bamberger Park (AH): Greater Roadrunner; White-crowned Sparrow

24--Universal City (LVB): Buff-bellied Hummingbird

24--Avenue A (MC): Hermit Thrush

25--Mitchell Lake (MC)(ER): Hooded Merganser; 2 Wilson's Snipe; Solitary SP; 4 Vermilion Flycatcher; 2 Lincoln's Sparrow; Pyrrhuloxia; 2 Belted Kingfisher; Am. Wigeon; 9 N. Shoveler; 216 Least SP; 1645+ White Pelican; 4 Blue-winged Teal; 7 Ruddy Duck; Am. Crow; Great Horned Owl; Gadwall; 20 Green-winged Teal

25--Live Oak Park (FC): 12 Ring-necked Duck; 33 Redhead; Lesser Scaup; 10 Ruddy Duck; Belted Kingfisher; Black-throated Green Warbler

25--Oakwell Farm (SYH): Ruby-crowned Kinglet; Spotted Towhee

26--Evans Lake (HR): Anhinga; Vermilion Flycatcher; Green-winged Teal; 2 Roseate Spoonbill

26--Blanco Rd at Camp Bullis (RN): 3 Am. Crow

26--Ponder Rd at Cagnon Rd (MC): Savannah Sparrow; Field Sparrow

26--Walker Ranch Park (AG): 30 Chipping Sparrow; 5 Lincoln's Sparrow; 12 Orange-crowned Warbler; 15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet; 40 House Finch

26--Spring Branch (LL): female Rufous Hummingbird

27--Norland Dr (TC): Sharp-shinned Hawk; Yellow-rumped Warbler

27--Old Wiederstein Rd (SS): 2 Great Horned Owl; Red-shouldered Hawk; 2 Common Paraque

27--Braunig Lake (DE): Swamp Sparrow

27--Calaveras Lake (DE): Song Sparrow; White-crowned Sparrow

28--Norland Dr (TC): E. Wood-Pewee

OBSERVERS: AG=Andy Garcia; AH=Andy Hudson; CH=Curt Harwerth; DE=Dodge Engleman; DL=Danny Large; DP=David Pueppke; ER=Ernie Roney; FC=Fran Campbell; GL=Greg Lisciandro; GS=Georgina Schwartz; HR=Helen Rejzek; JF=Jerry Fischer; LC=Lee Clausen; LE=Lily Engles; LG=Larry Galvez; LL=Leslie Linehan; LM=Linda McMahan; LVB=Larry Van Buren; MC=Mike Creese; MH=Maury Heiman; MS=Mike Scully; RN=Robin Nowak; SC=Sheridan Coffey; SS=Susan Schaezler; SW=Sue Wiedenfeld; SYH=Sylvia Hilbig; TC-Travis Crow

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