Be advised that the location of Lewis's Woodpecker is closed on weekdays. Your best bet is to try early on a weekend. Arman Moreno Austin, TX Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 3, 2014, at 7:25 AM, Kenny Anderson <kennya290@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society. > This update is as of 7:00 on 4/3/2014. Send interesting sightings- complete > with species name, LOCATION, and contact information- to Kenny Anderson at > kennya290@xxxxxxxxx > -Rarities Found This Week- > > An exceptional find of a photographed Lewis's Woodpecker on 3/29,30 in > Burnet County is this week's top billing. Here's some of the information > from Ebird, "The habitat was an artificial lake that left a ring of dead > oaks around the edge, concentrated at the north end. There was a nice small > stand of live oaks to the west of the lake immediately adjacent to the > north end where the bird was located. The bird was reliably located by most > observers in this same small area over the two day period. FYI the site > where it was seen Revei(l)le( Peak)Ranch is privately owned, but the owner > allows day use commercially for a variety of activities for a fee of $10 > per day. he has told me that it is ok for bird watchers to come and look > for this bird. The caretaker knows approximately where the bird is located > and will direct bird watchers to this site (which is very close to the main > parking area)" > > I don't have any more recent reports, or better way to contact the property > owner. Here is a link to the contacts: http://rprtexas.com/contact/ > > The Inks Lake National Fishery in Burnet County had an update of > Long-tailed Duck on 3/30, it has been reliable for some time but it is > getting late in season so updates welcomed. > > A Blue-winged, possibly Brewster's, Warbler visited a Bastrop County water > feature on 4/2. > > A Broad-tailed Hummingbird continued at an Austin home- 3/30 latest report. > > A White Ibis was early at Hornsby Bend on 3/30. > > American Bittern has been at Central Park Pond, 3/29,30 latest. > > 12 Horned Grebes at Stillhouse Hollow Union Grove WMA was a good total on > 3/29 (Bell). > > > Love to get more information, more recent information, better contact for > the Burnet Lewis's Woodpecker...Best behavior at the ranch, especially you! > > 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 > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > from the List Owner > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner