[texbirds] Austin Area RBA

  • From: Kenny Anderson <kennya290@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:33:52 -0600

The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society.
This update is as of 10:38 on January 24, 2013. Send interesting sightings-
complete with species name, LOCATION, and contact information- to Kenny
Anderson at kennya290@xxxxxxxxx
-Rarities Found This Week-

I received belated report of a Zone-tailed Hawk mixed in with Turkey
Vultures at Palmetto State Park on 1/12 in Gonzales County.

2 Peregrine Falcons were observed at the Oakwood Cemetery near Martin
Luther King and I-35 in Austin on 1/21.  I had dismissed a separate
animated verbal account of courtship behavior of the species in the same
area by another observer; I would be interested in follow-ups by folks in
that area.

A Yellow Warbler was photographed at Decker lake on 1/20 in Travis County.

There was a Texbirds report of a male Purple Finch at Hornsby Bend on 1/23-
a species seldom seen in the county, with few reports from the circle- or
am I just missing something.

-Continuing From Previous Week-

Whooping Cranes, only one update,  8 birds at Granger Lake on 1/18 in
Williamson County.

A difficult to see Prairie Falcon was seen harassing the blackbirds in the
Carlson area.  Seen from  Wells School Road 1/20.

A wintering Buff-bellied Hummingbird continues at Hornsby Bend's Platt Lane
with reports on 1/17-22.

A Prairie Warbler has found home at a Gonzales County residence with latest
updates 1/20-22.

A Broad-tailed Hummingbird has been photographed and remains at an Austin
yard 1/23.

A Bastrop County White-breasted Nuthatch on Sayersville Road continued on
1/18.

Berry Springs Park in Williamson county had continuing reports of
White-breasted Nuthatch on 1/20, Red-headed Woodpecker on 1/17,21,24, and
Vermilion Flycatcher on 1/18.

The Longhorn Dam area in Austin remains a nice winter spot to bird with up
to 4 Couch's Kingbirds on 11/18,23, a juvenile White Ibis on 1/23, 2 Ringed
Kingfishers on 1/22

Warbler Woods has a Curve-billed Thrasher remaining as of 1/24 in Guadalupe
County.

Reports for the Austin area RBA cover a 60 mile radius, centered from the
Capitol in downtown Austin. Bird sightings mentioned here have been
filtered and scrutinized by the compiler and are believed to be genuine.
When documentation or photographs were provided 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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