[texbirds] Austin Area RBA
- From: Kenny Anderson <kennya290@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:03:42 -0500
The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society.
This update is as of 10:45 on September 7, 2012. Send interesting
sightings- complete with species name, LOCATION, and contact information-
to Kenny Anderson at kennya290@xxxxxxxxx
-Exceptional Bird-
A Brown Booby continue (s,d?) near the dam at Canyon Lake in Comal County.
The bird was last reported at 4:30 on 9/3. It was photographed on 8/31 and
described as an adult female. Further updates, both positive and negative
reports, are encouraged.
-Rarities Found This Week-
A Common Loon was reported on 9/1 at Canyon Lake from several parties
looking for Brown Booby.
A Swallow-tailed Kite was described gliding above the trees along the San
Gabriel River upstream of Granger Lake on 9/3 (Williamson County)
Zone-tailed Hawk reports were aplenty: 1 from a scenic overlook on Devil's
Backbone Fm 32 on 9/3, 1 from Cibolo Nature Center on 8/21 ( belated
report), 1 from Bastrop County 9/3, and 1 from Hamilton Pool Road in Travis
County on 9/6.
A Vermillion flycatcher has been at the Stony Creek Park in northeast
Austin in Travis County. Photographed 8/26-9/2.
Reports for the Austin area RBA cover a 60 mile radius, centeredfrom the
Capitol in downtown Austin. The circle extends north to Belton (Bell
County), south to Leesville (Gonzales County), east to SomervilleWMA (Lee
Burleson County), and west to Blumenthal (Gillespie County).Birdsightings
mentioned here have been filtered and scrutinized by the compiler and are
believed to be genuine. When documentation or photographs were provide,
that is mentioned along with the other information about the bird(s) being
seen.For questions or updates about birds mentioned here or to report rare
or unusual bird sightings in the Austin area, please send an e-mail to
kennya290@xxxxxxxxx
Kenny Anderson
Austin
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