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Selected Bird Reports, September 2001

Compiled this month by Georgina Schwartz.

1--Mitchell Lake (Sumner Dana=SD): 1 Yellow Warbler, 1 Painted Bunting, 11 Orchard Orioles

1--Mitchell Lake (Mike Creese=MC): 1 Least Grebe, 3 Roseate Spoonbill, 2 Little Blue Heron, 5 Green-winged Teal (first of season), 1 Mississippi Kite, 15 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 7 Black Tern, 1 Roadrunner, 2 Groove-billed Ani, 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 2 Pyrrhuloxia, 1 Caracara, 1 Long-billed Thrasher, 1 Yellow Warbler

1--Lost Forest St (Richard Sims=RS): 1 Curve-billed Thrasher

1--Belvoir Dr (Georgina Schwartz): 1 Ruby-throated, 1 Rufous, 2 Hummingbird sp.

2--Lost Forest St (RS): 3 Blue Jay, 230 White-winged Dove

3--Mitchell Lake (SD): 3 Wilson's Warbler, 10 Yellow Warbler, 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 1 Black-and-white Warbler, 1 Mourning Warbler, 3 Groove-billed Ani

3--Schaefer Rd Rookery (RS): 800 Cattle Egret

3--Lower Seguin Rd (RS): 1 White-faced Ibis

3--Randolph AFB (RS): 1 Northern Harrier

4--Haggard Ranch, S I-35 (Metha Leslie): 3 Roseate Spoonbills, 1 Anhinga, Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks

4--Mitchell Lake (Ron Cabral): 6 Caracara, 60 Black-necked Stilt, 12 Am. Avocet, 2 Groove-billed Ani, 4 Common Ground Dove, 6 Loggerhead Shrike, 2 Long-billed Thrasher, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 3 Yellow Warbler, 6 Roseate Spoonbill, 1 Pyrrhuloxia

5--Avenue A, Brackenridge Park (MC): 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 4 Wood Duck, 1 GREEN KINGFISHER, 6 Yellow Warbler, 4 Wilson's Warbler

5--Botanical Gardens (MC): 1 Swainson's Hawk, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 14 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 8 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 1 Rufous Hummingbird, 12 Cliff Swallow, 1 Warbling Vireo, 1 Mourning Warbler, 1 Lesser Goldfinch

7--Old Wiederstein Rd (Susan Schaezler=SS): Mourning, Wilson's and Nashville Warblers

8--Old Wiederstein Rd (SS): Black-throated Green Warbler

9--Mitchell Lake (Dave Goodrich): Black Tern, 20 White Ibis, 3 Northern Harrier, 20 Tricolored Herons, 1 Wood Stork, 3 Yellow Warblers, 3 Baltimore Orioles, 4 Common Ground-dove, 3 Mourning Warblers, 1 Wilson's Warbler, 10 Caracara, 1 Groove-billed Ani, 6 Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks with babies

10--Susie Ct, 78216 (Ben and Gail Plummer): 1 pair Baltimore Orioles

10--FM 1937 south of Losoya (Jerry Fischer): 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk

12--Botanical Gardens (Greg Lisciandro): 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee, female/imm. Orioles, Loggerhead Shrike, Nashville and Wilson's Warblers, White-eyed Vireo, Long-billed Thrasher, Black-chinned Hummingbirds

13--Avenue A (Ron Cabral and Lee Clausen): 1 Redstart, 1 Wilson's Warbler, 1 Brown-crested Flycatcher 15--Old Wiederstein Rd (SS): Yellow-breasted Chat

15--Guadalupe River Trail, Canyon Dam (Bob Norris, confirmed by Richard Sims): 1 RED-FACED WARBLER

15--Mitchell Lake (Andy and Wendy Garcia and RS): 17 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Chimney Swift, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Golden-fronted and Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, White-crowned Sparrow (first of season), Tricolored Heron, 3 Roseate Spoonbill, 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 3 Swainson's Hawk, 1 Western Kingbird, 2 Nashville Warblers, 4 Caracara, 3 Green Heron, 3 N. Shoveler, 2 Common Ground-dove

16--Canyon Dam (Leslie Linehan): Bell's Vireo, Least Flycatchers, Black-and-white, Wilson's, and Yellow Warblers, W. Scrub-Jay, Belted Kingfisher, Golden-fronted Woodpecker

16--Hillside Dr, Spring Branch (Leslie Linehan): 1 Black-headed Grosbeak, Lesser Goldfinch, Least Flycatcher, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 1 Gadwall, 2 Green Heron, Red-shouldered Hawk

16--Old Wiederstein Rd (SS): 1 Blue Jay (unusual in this place)

17--Guadalupe River Trail, Canyon Dam (Helen Rejzek=HR): Nashville, Yellow, Black-and-white, and Wilson's Warblers, American Redstart, Summer Tanager, Belted Kingfisher, Hummingbird sp.

18--Cagnon Rd (HR): 2 Pyrrhuloxia, 2 Curve-billed Thrasher, 2 Red-tailed Hawk

18--Potranco Rd (HR): 1 Harris's Hawk

18--Mitchell Lake (RC and LC): 2 D-C Cormorant, 105 White Pelican, 150 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 3 Roseate Spoonbill, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 1 Harris's Hawk, 4 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 COUCH'S KINGBIRD, 10 Loggerhead Shrike, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 15 Barn Swallow, Yellow Warbler, 70 Black-necked Stilt, 12 Am Avocet

20--Canyon Dam (Rich Damron): Blue-headed Vireo, Downy Woodpecker, American Redstart, Wilson's, Black-and-white, and Nashville Warblers, Eastern Phoebe

23--Mitchell Lake (Marge Lumpe): 5 Roseate Spoonbill, 2 White-faced Ibis, 1 Vermilion Flycatcher, 1 Green Kingfisher, 1 Oriole, 1 Groove-billed Ani, 2 Blue Jay (unusual here), 2 Caracara, 4 Stilt Sandpiper, 20 Long-billed Dowitcher

25--Mitchell Lake (SD): 1 Lincoln's Sparrow in net

25--Pfeil Rd (RS): 2 BOBOLINK

25--Ware-Seguin Rd (RS): 43 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

25--Schuwirth Rd (RS): 85 Brown-headed Cowbird

26--Hwy 151/410 Park (Mike Scully): 1 Lincoln's Sparrow, 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Empidonax sp.

26--Spring Rose St (Scott Gruwell): 1 male Calliope Hummingbird

27--Hwy 151/410 Park (Mike Scully): Lincoln's Sparrow, Nashville Warbler, 2 Orange-crowned Warbler, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 1 Northern Harrier, 2 Cooper's Hawk, 1 Sandhill Crane (heard)

29--Coyote Path, 78258 (Richard Grant): Eurasian Collared-Dove, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

29--SSW Bexar Co (Jerry Hernandez): 5 American Kestrels

29--Mitchell Lake, afternoon (Betty Walters): 376 White Pelican, 4 Great-blue Heron, 11 Great Egret, 103 Snowy Egret, 4 White-faced Ibis, 2 Roseate Spoonbill, 30 Gadwall, 1 Osprey, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 50 Mourning Dove, 1 Vermilion Flycatcher, 1 Baltimore Oriole

30--Spacious Sky St (Robin Nowak): 2 Screech Owl, Yellow-breasted Chat, 3 Red-tailed Hawk

30--Mitchell Lake (Georgina Schwartz): 600 White Pelican, 3 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 3 Tricolored Heron, 2 Ruddy Duck, 1 Northern Pintail, 200 Blue-winged Teal, 8 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 2 N. Harrier, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 4 Red-tailed Hawk, 100 Black-necked Stilt, 10 Avocet, 2 Spotted Sandpiper, 30 Least Sandpiper, 1 Western Sandpiper, 20 Stilt Sandpiper, 30 Long-billed Dowitcher, 5 Groove-billed Ani, 2 Hummingbird sp., 6 Chimney Swift, 1 Vermilion Flycatcher, 1 Couch's Kingbird, 1 Tree Swallow, 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow, 1 Bank Swallow, 100 Barn Swallow, 1 American Crow, 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 4 Loggerhead Shrike, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 1 Yellow Warbler, 1 Dickcissel, 3 Brown-headed Cowbird

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