* Texas
* North Central Texas
*March 26, 1999
* TXNT9903.26
- Birds Mentioned
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Sora
Common Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Chimney Swift
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Swallows, sp
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellowthroated Warbler
- Transcript
Hotline: Texas, North Central
Date: March 26, 1999
Number: 817-329-1270
Compiler: Ed Wetzel
Transcriber: Scott Clark, birding@dallas.net
Coverage: North Central Texas
This is the Friday , 26 March, update of the North Central Texas Rare
Bird Alert. If you need information on local Audubon membership or field
trips or if you have an injured bird call one of the following numbers:
Dallas County Audubon at 972-283-5216 . The Fort Worth Audubon line is not
operational at this time.
The immature Tundra Swan is still being seen at Southside Water Treatment
Plant, Dallas county, as of this afternoon. The bird was last seen in the
small pond, south-east of the eastern pumping station. If not in this pond,
check the large pond on the left side of Log Cabin Road going towards the
Headquarter. In the early morning check the sludge fields on the right side of
Log Cabin Road approaching the Headquarters. Also present was an immature Snow
Goose.
On Thursday 25 March a Ross' Goose was present on a private pond north-east of
the interchange of I-20 and Loop 820 in south-east Fort Worth, Tarrant County.
If confirmed, this would be the third record of Ross' Goose in Tarrant County.
At Village Creek Drying Beds, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, 2 Black-bellied
Whistling Ducks were seen in the swampy area on the west side of the entry
road on Thursday, 25 March. Also seen 25 March were 6 Soras. On Tuesday, 23
March, 6 Chimney Swifts were seen, the first of the year.
Shorebird migration is slow, with average numbers of Long-billed Dowitchers,
Least Sandpipers and high numbers of Common Snipe. Lesser and Greater
Yellowlegs are increasing numbers, along with Pectorals, and one report of
Baird's Sandpiper. Snowy Egrets and Little Blue Herons are making appearances
in small numbers. All the swallows, except Bank, are passing through.
Passerine migration is even slower, with the following species being reported:
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellowthroated Warbler
and the first Scissor-tailed Flycatcher of the spring, seen on Green Oaks Rd
in Arlington, Tarrant County.
Please direct sightings and comments to Ed Wetzel, IBWeasel@webtv.net