* Texas
* Austin
* March 29, 1999
* TXAU9903.29
- Birds mentioned
American Golden-Plover
Pectoral Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Great-crested Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Black-capped Vireo
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
- Transcript
Number: (512) 926-8751
Compiler: Andy Donnelly
Transcriber: Andy Donnelly
Internet: andyd@onr.com
Hello, this is a Monday, March 29th update of the Austin-Area Rare Bird
Alert, a service of the Travis Audubon Society. Surprisingly, not a lot of
reports in the last week. Highlights of today's update include: no new
highlights. New additions to this report will be at the beginning of this
message. If I have the time and especially if I have enough reports, I
will update the alert twice a week for the next few months as things start
moving through. And as usual, if something really extraordinary shows up,
a special alert will be made immediately.
Hornsby Bend continues to see more and more migrants. Recently there have
been several male CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanoptera), BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS
(Calidris bairdii), PECTORAL SANDPIPERS (Calidris melanotos), STILT
SANDPIPERS (Calidris himantopus), SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS (Limnodromnus
griseus), WILSON'S PHALAROPE, and up to 48 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
(Pluvialis dominica). The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (Melanerpes
erythrocephalus) is still around in the Pecan grove at the entrance, and is
now in full adult plumage.
Here and there: A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen on Pierce Lane east of
Austin on the 24th. A BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER ws seen near Bull Creek
on the 23rd. A GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER was seen at Emma Long Park on the
28th. SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS have returned to our area. An
interesting looking partial albino RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was reported on
the 24th at the Austin State School. And hummingbirds are returning to
local feeders.
Now for some old reports.
Both GOLDEN-CHEEKED WARBLERS (Dendroica chrysoparia) and BLACK-CAPPED
VIREOS (Vireo atricapillus) have returned to Central Texas. The first
reports of the warblers came in between March 8th and 10th. They have been
heard and seen along the Barton Creek Greenbelt, Turkey Creek trail off of
City Park Road, Fort Hood, Balcones Canyonlands NWR, and the TAS sanctuary.
The TAS field trip to Edwards Park off of Spicewood Springs Road had a
Golden-cheeked Warbler in the parking lot, so that is a good place to try.
Black-capped Vireos returned to Fort Hood on the 16th, a full five days
earlier than the previous early return date.
In other areas of Texas, migrants are appearing in numbers at coastal
hotspots. For information on these birds and other birds in Texas, please
call the Texas tape at 713-369-9673.
Thanks for calling the Travis Audubon alert, and good birding.
- End Transcript
# Denotes Texas Review Species, sighting reports should be sent to the Texas
Bird Records Committee, Greg Lasley, 305 Loganberry Ct, Austin, TX
78745-6527, contact Greg Lasley (Email:glasley@earthlink.net)
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