RBA
* Texas
* Statewide
August 08, 2006 TXST000808.06
Birds mentioned:
GREATER FLAMINGO*
Swallow-tailed Kite
NORTHERN JACANA*
- Transcript
Compiler: Sheridan Coffey –E- mail to: sngcanary@yahoo.com
Coverage: Texas Statewide
Transcriber: Sheridan Coffey
*************************ANNOUNCEMENT*****************
The Texas Rare Bird is now an internet only service. The voice tape has been
discontinued. Please send all sightings to the compiler, Sheridan Coffey at
Sngcanary@yahoo.com
The Texas Rare Bird Alert is presented as a service of Houston Audubon Society.
On the Upper Texas Coast fall shorebird migration is on. There is nothing rare to
report, but the regulars are coming in at Bolivar Flats, Roll Over Pass and other
traditional spots. SWALLOW-TAILED KITES (Elanoides forficatus) are regularly being
seen from Hwy 90 between Liberty and Dayton in good numbers.
A banded GREATER FLAMINGO* (Phoenicopterus ruber) has been seen several times off of
Hwy 136, north of Hwy 188 near the Bayside Marshes on the central coast. The bird
has also been seen from Egery Road off of Hwy 136. The band has not been read yet,
so the origin of the bird is unknown. Please update the alert if you see the bird.
The band information is particularly important.
In the Rio Grande the NORTHERN JACANA* (Jacana spinosa) is still being seen at
Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco. The bird is being seen in either Ibis
Pond in front of the Visitor Center classroom or Avocet Pond. Maps are available at
the visitor’s center. Estero Llano Grande State Park is located on Hwy 1015 off of
Hwy 83.
For more information on the park see their web page:
http://www.worldbirdingcenter.org/sites/weslaco/index.phtml
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* 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
mark.lockwood@tpwd.state.tx.us
* Texas
* Statewide
August 08, 2006 TXST000808.06
Birds mentioned:
GREATER FLAMINGO*
Swallow-tailed Kite
NORTHERN JACANA*
- Transcript
Compiler: Sheridan Coffey –E- mail to: sngcanary@yahoo.com
Coverage: Texas Statewide
Transcriber: Sheridan Coffey
*************************ANNOUNCEMENT*****************
The Texas Rare Bird is now an internet only service. The voice tape has been
discontinued. Please send all sightings to the compiler, Sheridan Coffey at
Sngcanary@yahoo.com
The Texas Rare Bird Alert is presented as a service of Houston Audubon Society.
On the Upper Texas Coast fall shorebird migration is on. There is nothing rare to
report, but the regulars are coming in at Bolivar Flats, Roll Over Pass and other
traditional spots. SWALLOW-TAILED KITES (Elanoides forficatus) are regularly being
seen from Hwy 90 between Liberty and Dayton in good numbers.
A banded GREATER FLAMINGO* (Phoenicopterus ruber) has been seen several times off of
Hwy 136, north of Hwy 188 near the Bayside Marshes on the central coast. The bird
has also been seen from Egery Road off of Hwy 136. The band has not been read yet,
so the origin of the bird is unknown. Please update the alert if you see the bird.
The band information is particularly important.
In the Rio Grande the NORTHERN JACANA* (Jacana spinosa) is still being seen at
Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco. The bird is being seen in either Ibis
Pond in front of the Visitor Center classroom or Avocet Pond. Maps are available at
the visitor’s center. Estero Llano Grande State Park is located on Hwy 1015 off of
Hwy 83.
For more information on the park see their web page:
http://www.worldbirdingcenter.org/sites/weslaco/index.phtml
- 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
mark.lockwood@tpwd.state.tx.us