RBA
* Texas
* Statewide
December 29, 2006 TXST001229.06
Birds mentioned:
ICELAND GULL*-2
GREAT BLACK-BACK GULL*
COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD*
GREATER PEWEE*
GRAY-CROWNED YELLOWTHROAT*
SNOW BUNTING*
- 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.
In the Upper Texas Coast area a first cycle ICELAND GULL* (Larus glaucoides) and a
first cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL* (Larus marinus) were found at a private site in
Houston on December 20.
In the Rio Grande Valley the two GRAY-CROWNED YELLOWTHROATS* (Geothlypis
poliocephala) were seen at Sabal Palms again on Dec. 27. The birds were seen
foraging off of Vireo Lane on the west side of the trail. This is the same spot they
have been seen and heard in in the last several years.
In North Central Texas a male SNOW BUNTING*(Plectrophuphenux nivalis) was found at
Lake Lewisville on Dec. 26. The bird was at Hobie Point near the Goldfish Picnic
area.From I-35E, south of the Lewisville Lake bridge, take the exit for FM407
(Justin Road). FM407 goes to the west. The road at the I-35E/FM407 intersection
that goes to the east is Lake Park Road.Follow this east (less than a mile) to a
4-way stop at Mill Street.(There will be a golf course on your right.) Continue
east a few feetand turn left on Turtle Trail. This road takes you past some soccer
fields and to the gate at the entrance to Lewisville Lake Park. It was last
reported yesterday, Dec. 28. A male COSTA‘S HUMMINGBIRD* (Calypte costae) is being
seen at a feeder in Hudson Oaks in Parker County, about 20 miles west of Fort Worth.
The address is 128 Dustin Circle. The owner welcomes birders with the following
restrictions: Please come between 2 PM and 4PM, park across the street. Walk up the
drive way
and behind the woodpile. Please sign the log. This location is about ¾ of a mile
southwest of I-20 off of Hwy 5 and Bankhead Highway.
In the Trans-Pecos, another ICELAND GULL* (Larus glaucoides) has been reported in El
Paso. To reach the location where the bird is being seen exit I-10 at #13 - Sunland
Park Drive. Go west 0.5 miles to Doniphan, north on Doniphan 0.5 miles to Kappa,
then right on Kappa before making an immediate left into the parking lot of the El
Paso Desert Botanical Gardens. The gulls frequent the marsh to the north of the
parking lot (beyond the fence). A GREATER PEWEE* (Contopus pertinax) is being seen
in the Davis Mountains. The bird was observed today foraging around the small pond
at the intersection of Hwy 118 and Arabella St. (The entrance road to the Limpia
Crossing housing area).
- 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
* Texas
* Statewide
December 29, 2006 TXST001229.06
Birds mentioned:
ICELAND GULL*-2
GREAT BLACK-BACK GULL*
COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD*
GREATER PEWEE*
GRAY-CROWNED YELLOWTHROAT*
SNOW BUNTING*
- 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.
In the Upper Texas Coast area a first cycle ICELAND GULL* (Larus glaucoides) and a
first cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL* (Larus marinus) were found at a private site in
Houston on December 20.
In the Rio Grande Valley the two GRAY-CROWNED YELLOWTHROATS* (Geothlypis
poliocephala) were seen at Sabal Palms again on Dec. 27. The birds were seen
foraging off of Vireo Lane on the west side of the trail. This is the same spot they
have been seen and heard in in the last several years.
In North Central Texas a male SNOW BUNTING*(Plectrophuphenux nivalis) was found at
Lake Lewisville on Dec. 26. The bird was at Hobie Point near the Goldfish Picnic
area.From I-35E, south of the Lewisville Lake bridge, take the exit for FM407
(Justin Road). FM407 goes to the west. The road at the I-35E/FM407 intersection
that goes to the east is Lake Park Road.Follow this east (less than a mile) to a
4-way stop at Mill Street.(There will be a golf course on your right.) Continue
east a few feetand turn left on Turtle Trail. This road takes you past some soccer
fields and to the gate at the entrance to Lewisville Lake Park. It was last
reported yesterday, Dec. 28. A male COSTA‘S HUMMINGBIRD* (Calypte costae) is being
seen at a feeder in Hudson Oaks in Parker County, about 20 miles west of Fort Worth.
The address is 128 Dustin Circle. The owner welcomes birders with the following
restrictions: Please come between 2 PM and 4PM, park across the street. Walk up the
drive way
and behind the woodpile. Please sign the log. This location is about ¾ of a mile
southwest of I-20 off of Hwy 5 and Bankhead Highway.
In the Trans-Pecos, another ICELAND GULL* (Larus glaucoides) has been reported in El
Paso. To reach the location where the bird is being seen exit I-10 at #13 - Sunland
Park Drive. Go west 0.5 miles to Doniphan, north on Doniphan 0.5 miles to Kappa,
then right on Kappa before making an immediate left into the parking lot of the El
Paso Desert Botanical Gardens. The gulls frequent the marsh to the north of the
parking lot (beyond the fence). A GREATER PEWEE* (Contopus pertinax) is being seen
in the Davis Mountains. The bird was observed today foraging around the small pond
at the intersection of Hwy 118 and Arabella St. (The entrance road to the Limpia
Crossing housing area).
- 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