Compiler: Sheridan Coffey - mail to:sngcanary@aol.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 Monday, August 6, 2001, at 10:00 PM.

To report your bird sightings, please call 281-992-2757.

Highlights of this tape: YELLOW-GREEN VIREO* and OLIVE WARBLER*

On the Upper Texas Coast migrant passerines are beginning to arrive. An

OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (Contopus cooperi) was seen at a private residence on

West Galveston Island on the 4th. An ALDER FLYCATCHER (Empidonax alnorum was

reported the same day. BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS (Vermivora pinus) were reported

from both Sabine Woods and High Island on August 5th, as were AMERICAN

REDSTARTS (Setophaga ruticilla). A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (Phuecticus

ludovicianus) was found in the mulberry trees at the entrance of Boy Scout

Woods, also on the 5th. Sabine Woods had the following warblers: CANADA

WARBLER (Wilsonia canadensis), HOODED WARBLER (Wilsonia citrina), KENTUCKY

WARBLER (Oporonis formosus), and YELLOW WARBLER (Dendroica petechia). A male

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (Selasphorus rufus) was reported today, the 6th from a

yard one mile north of Loop 610 in Houston. This seems to be a bumper year

for Rufous Hummingbirds. Keep your eyes open at your feeders.

In the Rio Grande Valley a YELLOW-GREEN VIREO* (Vireo flavoviridis) is still

being seen and heard at Sabal Palms. The bird has recently been seen along

the new boardwalk on the Resaca Trail. For other Valley specialties, please

call the Rio Grande Valley hotline at (956) 969-2731.

A juvenile SOOTY TERN (Sterna fuscata) was reported over a drained crawfish

pond in southern Calhoun County between Port O'Connor and Indianola on July

30th. Also found were 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS (Limosa haemastica) The female

MASKED DUCK*(Nomonyx dominicus) was last reported on July 27th in Rockport.

The bird had been on the pond on the South side of A1 Hill Road between

Rockport and Aransas Pass. To get to the pond from Rockport, take the 35

bypass towards Corpus Christi. A1 Hill Road is the second turn on the right

just past the flashing yellow lights at the HWY 188 (Sinton road) junction.

Drive ¾ mile (past Julie's Backyard Bistro) and you will see the pond on the

left - about 1/4 mile before the road ends at FM 1069. If you see this bird,

please call or email to report it.

A female OLIVE WARBLER* (Peucedramus taeniatus) was found at Big Bend

National Park on August 4th. The bird was seen on the Emory Peak Trail about

200 yards above the intersection with the Pinnacles Trail. Please update the

alert if this bird is refound.

Thank you for calling the Texas Rare Bird Alert

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* Denotes Texas Review Species, sighting reports should be sent to

Mark Lockwood

Secretary, Texas Bird Records Committee

6710 Lancret Hill Drive

Austin, Texas 78745

mark.lockwood@tpwd.state.tx.us

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