[texbirds] Austin Area RBA
- From: Kenny Anderson <kennya290@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:45:13 -0500
The Austin Area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon
Society. This update is as of 9:05 on August 16, 2012. Send
interesting sightings- complete with species name, location, and
contact information- to Kenny Anderson at kennya290@xxxxxxxxx
-Rarities Found This Week-
A Whimbrel was a real highlight at an Utley residence, bird was heard
on 8/12 in Bastrop County.
A Sora seen and heard on 8/13 and 14 was a surprise August find. The
Sora was at the Triangle Pond in Austin (Travis).
A male Yellow-headed Blackbird was in the Utley area on 8/12 in Bastrop County.
Least Grebes all but vanished from my attention in the Austin area as
they became breeding year-round residents. They are now slightly more
difficult to find (that I know of), so two reports from Bastrop
County- including a breeding pair on private property 8/12- were of
some interest. The other (2) birds were on a pond in the closed
section of Bastrop State Park on 8/16.
An American Redstart was photographed on 8/15 at Warbler Woods in
Guadalupe County. Bird was present on 8/11.
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,TX
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