[texbirds] Austin Area RBA
- From: Kenny Anderson <kennya290@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:24:40 -0500
The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society.
This update is as of 8:30 on June 27, 2013. Send interesting sightings-
complete with species name, LOCATION, and contact information- to Kenny
Anderson at kennya290@xxxxxxxxx
-Rarities Found This Week-
A Royal Tern is completely unexpected inland, especially without a tropical
storm's help. An alternate plumage bird was photographed at Bob
Wentz/Windy Point Park on the Lake Travis portion of the Lower Colorado
River on 6/24 (Travis County)
A Blackpoll Warbler photographed at Converse North Park in Bexar County is
an amazing find on June 24. Totally unexpected for the date.
A Common Pauraque, heard this week at a Bastrop County home, is locally
very difficult- possibly under-detected in the southern portion of the 60
mile circle?
A White-tailed Kite was on Llano CR 408 just northeast of Valley Spring on
6/18.
A Verdin found in Caldwell County was a real surprise on CR 159 (Perrytown
Rd.) just west of 86, possibly a new county record.
Male and female Baltimore Orioles photographed at Roy Guerrero Park below
the Longhorn Dam in Travis County on 6/21 are a great local discovery.
2 Least Terns were low fly-bys at Windy Point/ Bob Wentz on 6/24. A Willet
was described on the shores of Lake Travis. It was seen across from Windy
Point to the West/Northwest.
Zone-tailed hawks are being seen regularly along Riverside Drive in
Tahitian Villabe in Bastrop County 6/19-24.
Brown-crested Flycatchers are going the way of Couch's Kingbirds, Ringed
Kingfishers, and Least Grebes- becoming regular enough that following on
Ebird may be the best way to find locations. 5 Brown-crested Flycatchers
reported from Bastrop State Park are good tally.
Ospreys at Westcave Preserve 6/22 (Travis) and Windy Point 6/24.
-Continuing From Previous Week-
A Herring Gull at Decker Lake continues next to the boat launch. 6/27
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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