* Texas
* Austin
* April 2, 1999
* TXAU9904.02
- Birds mentioned
Swainson's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Golden-Plover
Pectoral Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper *possible
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Upland Sandpiper
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Great-crested Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Whip-poor-will
Black-capped Vireo
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Painted Bunting
- Transcript
Number: (512) 926-8751
Compiler: Andy Donnelly
Transcriber: Andy Donnelly
Internet: andyd@onr.com
Hello, this is a Friday, April 2nd update of the Austin-Area Rare Bird
Alert, a service of the Travis Audubon Society. Highlights of today's
update include: migrants. New additions to this report will be at the
beginning of this message.
More and more migrants continue to be reported, with reports this week of
PAINTED BUNTING and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH from the Bull Creek area on the
28th and 24th, UPLAND SANDPIPERS being heard overhead as well as seen in
the Webberville area, SWAINSON'S HAWKS and BROAD-WINGED HAWKS,
WHIP-POOR-WILLS, and an unknown Empidonax flycatcher here in Austin,
awfully early for these. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen on Pierce Lane
east of Austin on the 24th. A BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was 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.
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, up to 48 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (Pluvialis
dominica), and a possible WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, very early for this bird.
The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) hasn't been
reported in a little while.
Now for some old reports.
Both GOLDEN-CHEEKED WARBLERS (Dendroica chrysoparia) and BLACK-CAPPED
VIREOS (Vireo atricapillus) have returned to Central Texas. If you want to
see the warbler, the most popular spot is the Turkey Creek trail off of
City Park Road. Black-capped Vireos returned to Fort Hood on the 16th, a
full five days earlier than the previous early return date. There are
currently no good local spots for the vireo, Fort Hood is your best bet on
these.
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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