[texbirds] Austin Area RBA
- From: Nate McGowan <natemcgowanbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:42:46 -0500
The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society.
This update is as of 7/10/2014. Send interesting sightings, complete with
species name, location, and contact information to Nate McGowan at
natemcgowanbirds@xxxxxxxxx.
-Rarities found this week-
An exceptional record and this week's highlight was a WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW, photographed at a *Travis* residence on 7/5.
ZONE-TAILED HAWKS have been well represented this week, with several
sightings at Reimers Ranch in *Travis*, most recently 7/6. Also in *Travis*,
a bird was seen at a private residence along Lake Austin 7/5. Just over the
line into *Williamson*, an individual bird was described 7/6.
OSPREYS were reported from Lady Bird Lake, *Travis,* 7/5 and Reimers Ranch,
*Travis *7/6.
3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS in *Bastrop* on 7/8 were very early migrants.
-Continuing birds from previous weeks-
An adult PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near the Frost Tower building in
downtown Austin, *Travis* on 7/8. The bird at the UT tower in downtown
Austin is still present as well. More summer reports of this species are
greatly encouraged.
Reports for the Austin area RBA cover a 60 mile radius, centered on 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 email to
natemcgowanbirds@xxxxxxxxx.
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