RBA
* Texas
* Statewide
March 21, 2006 TXST000321.06
Birds mentioned:
GREATER FLAMINGO*
SURF BIRD*
Pomarine Jaeger
Glaucous Gull
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL*
SURF BIRD*
PIRATIC FLYCATCHER*
Yucatan or San Blas Jay (questionable origin)
VARIED THRUSH*
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
GRAY-CROWNED YELLOWTHROAT*
RUFOUS-CAPPED WARBLER*
- Transcript
Number: (713) 369-9673
Sighting Reports: (713) 464-2473
Compiler: Sheridan Coffey –E- mail to: sngcanary@yahoo.com
Coverage: Texas Statewide
Transcriber: Sheridan Coffey
Thank you for calling the Texas Rare Bird Alert, sponsored by the Houston Audubon
Society. This update was made Tuesday March 21 at 8:00PM. Highlights of this tape
are GREATER FLAMINGO*, PIRATIC FLYCATCHER* and GRAY-CROWNED YELLOWTHROAT*. To
report your sightings please call (713) 464-2473 or email the compiler at
Sngcanary@yahoo.com.
On the Upper Texas Coast a SURFBIRD* (Aphriza virgata) was found at Bolivar
Flats on March 12 and subsequently found again in Galveston at the end of the
jetty at the end of 17th Street on March 15. No further reports have been
received. A POMARINE JAEGER (Stercorarius pomarinus) and a GLAUCOUS GULL (Larus
hyperboreus) have been seen at Bolivar Flats and the Ferry Landing recently.
SWALLOW-TAILED KITES (Elanoides forficatus) have returned to Liberty, East of
Houston. The earliest migrating warblers are showing up at the usual migrant
traps on the coast. TENNESSEE WARBLER (Vermivora peregrina), NORTHERN PARULA,
(Parula americana), YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (Dendroica dominica), PALM WARBLER
(Dendroica palmarum), BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (Mniotilta varia), KENTUCKY WARBLER
(Oporornis formosus), HOODED WARBLER (Wilsonia citrina), and LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSH (Seirus motacilla) have all been reported.
In the Coastal Bend area a banded GREATER FLAMINGO* (Phoenicopterus ruber) is
being seen on Poverty Reef south of Bludworth Island between Carlos Bay and the
Inter-coastal Waterway. This area is only accessible by boat. The Whooping Crane
tour boats pass this area. A GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL* (Larus marinus) was
reported from the beach between Port Aransas and Corpus Christi at mile marker 49
on March 16.
In South Central Texas a RUFOUS-CAPPED WARBLER* was found at Neal’s Lodge in
Concan on March 14. The bird was behind cabin 42 along the hillside facing the
river. It has not been reported since.
In the Rio Grande Valley a PIRATIC FLYCATCHER* (Legatus leucophaius) was found
yesterday, March 20 at Bentsen State Park off of the old trailer loop. It was
seen today in the picnic area near the Resaca. Ask the park staff for updated
information and please update the RBA if you see this bird. The GRAY-CROWNED
YELLOWTHROATS* (Geothlypis poliocephalus) are still being seen at Sabal Palms
Audubon Center in Brownsville. Ask the staff for directions. An unusual Jay that
has been identified as either a YUCATAN or SAN BLAS JAY is being seen in San
Ygnacio at the refuge at the end of Washington St. The bird is of questionable
origin.
In the Trans-pecos a VARIED THRUSH* (Ixoreus naevius) was reported from
Cottonwood Campground at Big Bend National Park last week. No further sightings
have been made.
Thank you for calling the Texas Rare Bird Alert.
- End Transcript
* Denotes Texas Review Species, sighting reports should be sent to
Mark Lockwood, Texas Bird Records
Committee Secretary, Mark Lockwood
** Denotes first state record if accepted
402 E. Harriet
Alpine, Texas 79830
* Texas
* Statewide
March 21, 2006 TXST000321.06
Birds mentioned:
GREATER FLAMINGO*
SURF BIRD*
Pomarine Jaeger
Glaucous Gull
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL*
SURF BIRD*
PIRATIC FLYCATCHER*
Yucatan or San Blas Jay (questionable origin)
VARIED THRUSH*
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
GRAY-CROWNED YELLOWTHROAT*
RUFOUS-CAPPED WARBLER*
- Transcript
Number: (713) 369-9673
Sighting Reports: (713) 464-2473
Compiler: Sheridan Coffey –E- mail to: sngcanary@yahoo.com
Coverage: Texas Statewide
Transcriber: Sheridan Coffey
Thank you for calling the Texas Rare Bird Alert, sponsored by the Houston Audubon
Society. This update was made Tuesday March 21 at 8:00PM. Highlights of this tape
are GREATER FLAMINGO*, PIRATIC FLYCATCHER* and GRAY-CROWNED YELLOWTHROAT*. To
report your sightings please call (713) 464-2473 or email the compiler at
Sngcanary@yahoo.com.
On the Upper Texas Coast a SURFBIRD* (Aphriza virgata) was found at Bolivar
Flats on March 12 and subsequently found again in Galveston at the end of the
jetty at the end of 17th Street on March 15. No further reports have been
received. A POMARINE JAEGER (Stercorarius pomarinus) and a GLAUCOUS GULL (Larus
hyperboreus) have been seen at Bolivar Flats and the Ferry Landing recently.
SWALLOW-TAILED KITES (Elanoides forficatus) have returned to Liberty, East of
Houston. The earliest migrating warblers are showing up at the usual migrant
traps on the coast. TENNESSEE WARBLER (Vermivora peregrina), NORTHERN PARULA,
(Parula americana), YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (Dendroica dominica), PALM WARBLER
(Dendroica palmarum), BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (Mniotilta varia), KENTUCKY WARBLER
(Oporornis formosus), HOODED WARBLER (Wilsonia citrina), and LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSH (Seirus motacilla) have all been reported.
In the Coastal Bend area a banded GREATER FLAMINGO* (Phoenicopterus ruber) is
being seen on Poverty Reef south of Bludworth Island between Carlos Bay and the
Inter-coastal Waterway. This area is only accessible by boat. The Whooping Crane
tour boats pass this area. A GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL* (Larus marinus) was
reported from the beach between Port Aransas and Corpus Christi at mile marker 49
on March 16.
In South Central Texas a RUFOUS-CAPPED WARBLER* was found at Neal’s Lodge in
Concan on March 14. The bird was behind cabin 42 along the hillside facing the
river. It has not been reported since.
In the Rio Grande Valley a PIRATIC FLYCATCHER* (Legatus leucophaius) was found
yesterday, March 20 at Bentsen State Park off of the old trailer loop. It was
seen today in the picnic area near the Resaca. Ask the park staff for updated
information and please update the RBA if you see this bird. The GRAY-CROWNED
YELLOWTHROATS* (Geothlypis poliocephalus) are still being seen at Sabal Palms
Audubon Center in Brownsville. Ask the staff for directions. An unusual Jay that
has been identified as either a YUCATAN or SAN BLAS JAY is being seen in San
Ygnacio at the refuge at the end of Washington St. The bird is of questionable
origin.
In the Trans-pecos a VARIED THRUSH* (Ixoreus naevius) was reported from
Cottonwood Campground at Big Bend National Park last week. No further sightings
have been made.
Thank you for calling the Texas Rare Bird Alert.
- End Transcript
* Denotes Texas Review Species, sighting reports should be sent to
Mark Lockwood, Texas Bird Records
Committee Secretary, Mark Lockwood
** Denotes first state record if accepted
402 E. Harriet
Alpine, Texas 79830