[texbirds] Austin Area RBA
- From: Kenny Anderson <kennya290@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 23:49:16 -0500
The Austin Area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society.
This update is as of 11:30 on August 9, 2012. Send interesting sightings-
complete with species name, location, and contact information- to Kenny
Anderson at kennya290@xxxxxxxxx .
I skipped last week due to lack of reports/activity. Looks like I could
again this week, but I will go forth to encourage myself to get out more.
Lots of the expected southward migrant activity is underway, there must be
a gem out there.
-Rarities Found This Week-
2 Juvenile Snowy Plovers continue in the Tow area of the western shore of
Lake Buchanan in Llano County. These juveniles are good evidence that
breeding has occured in the area. 7/28
A Zone-tailed Hawk was seen near the Llano boatramp in Llano County on 7/28.
2 Fulvous Whistling Ducks were viewed on Earhardt Road near the Hope Valley
Tree Farm in Bastrop County on 7/27.
The Highland Mall in Austin had an update on the Purple Martin Roost on
7/28- spectacular numbers were mentioned.
A male Yellow-headed Blackbird was photographed at Hornsby Bend on 7/28.
The checklist has them at less than 5 records per season for July- perhaps
a bit over-stated.
I'd love to hear from you with your bird sightings...
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
nollanderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc802.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nollanderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
or
kennya290@xxxxxxxxx
Kenny Anderson
Austin,TX
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