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Selected Bird Reports, September 2003

1--Belvoir Dr (GS): Ruby-throated Hummingbird; 2 Black-chinned Hummingbird; Downy Woodpecker; 3 Chimney Swift

3--Southwest High School (GS): 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck; Olive-sided Flycatcher; E. Phoebe; Great Crested Flycatcher; Am. Crow; Yellow Warbler; 2 Orchard Oriole

4--Pleasanton Rd Pond (Mitchell Lake) (AH): 6 Wood Stork; Spotted Sandpiper; Great & Snowy Egret

8--Randolph AFB (LG): Cave Swallows; Couch's Kingbird; 6 E. Kingbird; 3 Swainson's Hawk

10--Leon Creek Greenbelt (HR): 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird; E. Wood-Pewee; 12 Least Flycatcher; Great Crested Flycatcher; Blue-headed, 3 Bell's, & 5 White-eyed Vireo; W. Scrub-Jay; 4 Blue Jay; Curve-billed Thrasher; 8 Yellow, 2 Black-and-white, 1 Kentucky, & 3 Wilson's Warbler; Yellow-breasted Chat; Summer Tanager; 1 Bullock's & 3 Baltimore Oriole

12--Avenue A (GS): 2 Wood Duck; Red-shouldered Hawk; 6 Yellow, 1 Black-and-white, 3 Wilson's, and 1 Canada Warbler; Summer Tanager; 2 Baltimore Oriole

16--Avenue A (DE): Blue-winged Warbler

19--Comanche Lookout Park (LC): MacGillivray's Warbler; Black-throated Green Warbler; Wilson's Warbler

20--Leon Creek Greenway (BD): 42 Mississippi Kite; Cooper's Hawk; Red-shouldered Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; Olive-sided, Yellow-bellied, Least, 10 Great Crested and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher; 2 Loggerhead Shrike; many White-eyed, 2 Warbling, 1 Philadelphia, & 1 Red-eyed Vireo; 1 Orange-crowned, 2 Nashville & 3 Wilson's Warbler; Am. Redstart; 2 Clay-colored, many Lark & 1 Grasshopper Sparrow; Blue Grosbeak; 2 Indigo Bunting; many Painted Bunting; Orchard Oriole; many Bullock's & Baltimore Oriole

20--Pleasanton Rd Pond (Mitchell Lake) (SG): 17 Wood Stork

20--Forest Rose (SB): 5 Chimney Swift; 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird; 2 Black-chinned Hummingbird; Least Flycatcher; 4 Blue Jay; Ruby-crowned Kinglet; Wilson's Warbler; Bullock's Oriole

20--Braunig Lake (BD): 4 Osprey; 2 Ring-billed Gull

20--Evans Lake (BD): 2 Double-crested Cormorant; Neotropic Cormorant; Anhinga; Roseate Spoonbill; Vermilion Flycatcher

20--SA Botanical Gardens (RW): Great Egret; 100 Cattle Egret; Green Heron; 8 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck; 2 Wood Duck; E. Wood-Pewee; Least Flycatcher; Brown-crested Flycatcher; 2 Couch's Kingbird; Bell's, White-eyed & Blue-headed Vireo; Brown Thrasher; 3 Nashville Warbler; Black-and-white Warbler; 2 Summer Tanager; 6 Baltimore Oriole

20--Spring Branch (BD): Worm-eating Warbler

21- Avenue A (GS): Green Kingfisher; Barred Owl; Downy Woodpecker

21--Leon Creek Greenway (RW): 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo; Olive-sided Flycatcher; 2 Yellow-bellied, 4 Least & 1 Brown-crested Flycatcher; Loggerhead Shrike; Yellow-throated, Philadelphia, & Red-eyed Vireo; 2 Tree Swallow; 2 Long-billed Thrasher; Am. Redstart; imm. Mourning Warbler; 2 Rufous-crowned Sparrow; 3 Fox Sparrow

22--Haggard Ranch (MLE): Osprey; Green Heron; 50 Cattle Egret; Greater Roadrunner; Great Blue Heron; Little Blue Heron; Scissor-tailed Flycatchers; E. Phoebe; Cave Swallows; Red-shouldered Hawk

23--Leon Creek Greenway (RW): Great Egret; E. Wood-Pewee; Yellow-bellied Flycatcher; 4 Least Flycatcher; 3 E. Phoebe; Great Crested Flycatcher; 2 Loggerhead Shrike; Bell's Vireo; 7 White-eyed Vireo; Curve-billed Thrasher; Nashville Warbler; 2 Wilson's Warbler; 2 Lesser Goldfinch

24--Mitchell Lake (ER): 2000+ White Pelican; 2 Anhinga; Wood Stork; 100+ Great Egret; 100+ Snowy Egret; 100+ Cattle Egret; 3 Spotted Sandpiper; 2 Long-billed Dowitcher; 15+ Black-necked Stilt; 30+ Blue-winged Teal; 3 Great Blue Heron

24--Blue Wing Rd (AG): multiple Least & Semipalmated Sandpiper; 2 Lesser Yellowlegs; Sora; 2 Pectoral Sandpiper

24--Walker Ranch Park (RW): Red-shouldered Hawk; Loggerhead Shrike; 3 Black-capped Vireo

25--Leon Creek Greenway (RW): Red-shouldered Hawk; Swainson's Hawk; 5 Chimney Swift; 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird; 2 Least Flycatcher; 2 E. Phoebe; 2 Nashville, 1 Yellow, 1 MacGillivray's, & 3 Wilson's Warbler; Orchard Oriole; 2 Lesser Goldfinch

26--Avenue A (RW): Red-shouldered Hawk; Great Blue Heron; 2 Downy Woodpecker; Yellow-bellied, Least, & Scissor-tailed Flycatcher; 6 Nashville, 3 Yellow, 1 Black-and-white, 1 Mourning, & 1 Wilson's Warbler; Common Yellowthroat

27--Mitchell Lake (ER): 15 Wood Stork; 2 Vermilion Flycatcher; 2 Loggerhead Shrike; E. Phoebe; 22 Black-necked Stilt; 5 Spotted Sandpiper; 2 Least Grebe; 3 Red-tailed Hawk; 5 Great Blue Heron; 2 Mute Swan; Groove-billed Ani; Red-shouldered Hawk; 5 Cliff Swallow; 123 Snowy Egret; 4 Double-crested Cormorant; 6 Cave Swallow; 15 Neotropic Cormorant; 2000+ White Pelican; 23 Roseate Spoonbill; 2 immature Brown Pelican; Anhinga; 3 N. Shoveler; Am. Wigeon; 2 White-faced Ibis; 4 Am. Avocet; 40 Least Sandpiper; 200+ Sandpiper (sp); Little Blue Heron; 4 Ruddy Duck; 2 Eared Grebe; 5 Cattle Egret; 112 Blue-winged Teal

27--FM 2790 (MLE): 70+ Scissor-tailed Flycatchers on wires

28--Mitchell Lake (ML): 3 Wood Stork; 22 Roseate Spoonbill; 2 Brown Pelican; 2550+ White Pelican; 3 Loggerhead Shrike; 106 Snowy Egret; Red-tailed Hawk; Groove-billed Ani; 5 Vermilion Flycatcher; Indigo Bunting; 2 Carolina Wren; 5 Cave Swallow; 2 White-eyed Vireo; 2 Sora; 16 N. Shoveler; Golden-fronted Woodpecker; Lark Sparrow; 2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker; Am. Kestrel; Bell's Vireo; 2 Spotted Sandpiper; Yellow Warbler; Anhinga; 202 Least Sandpiper; 23 Am. Avocet; 208 Great Egret; 82 Snowy Egret; 40 Least Sandpiper; Cooper's Hawk; Tree Swallow; Little Blue Heron; 3 Gadwall; 8 Black-necked Stilt; 2 Am. Wigeon; 2 N. Rough-winged Swallow; 5 Tricolored Heron; 5 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck; 4 Eared Grebe; 2 Ruddy Duck; Osprey; Black-crowned Night-Heron; 2 Long-billed Dowitcher; 2 W. Sandpiper; 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper; 6 Stilt Sandpiper; 2 Green-winged Teal; 50 Blue-winged Teal; Crested Caracara; 2 Willet; 2 Wilson's Phalarope

29--McAllister Park (WST): 5 Pied-billed Grebe; Great Blue Heron; Great Egret; 2 N. Shoveler; 2 Greater Yellowlegs; 4 House Wren; 2 Lark Sparrow; Lincoln's Sparrow

29--Norland Dr. (TC): Gray Catbird; Lesser Goldfinch

OBSERVERS: AG=Andy Garcia; AH=Andy Hudson; BD=Bob Doe; DE=Dodge Engleman; ER=Ernie Roney: GS=Georgina Schwartz; HR=Helen Rejzek; LC=Lee Clausen; LG=Larry Galvez; ML=Marge Lumpe; MLE=Metha Leslie; RW=Richard Wood; SB=Sue Bayley; SC=Sheridan Coffey; SG=Scott Gruwell; TC=Travis Crow; WST=Warren Stricker

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