land,OK Apr.30 (VB),with two in Okla- Tom & Sara Shane, Lawrence & Ruth homaMay 11 (NG). LazuliBuntings that Smith,Bill Trelk, Max Thompson, Beverly crepteast of mostwere found Mayes, OK VanDyke, Phil Wedge, David Williams, Texas Apr.26-30 (LR), OklahomaMay 7 (RJ), LarryWinghold, Judy Young, Michael Saline,KS May 10 (BT), Cowley,KS May Zeitz.NEBRASKA: Stephen J. Dinsmore, 14 (MT), and Washington,OK May 9 Laurence Falk, Kevin DeGarmo, Marlin Region (LSt);a maleand female were noted at the French,Joe Gubanyi, Thomas Hoffman, latter May 10-23 (P&IH). About 17 HelenHughson, Bill E Huser,Jan Johnson LazuliBuntings were discovered on terri- (JJo),Gerald Jorgensen, Joel Jorgensen, toryin theWichita Mrs., Comanche,OK Alice Kenitz, R. Kerbes (RKe), Lucy by the end of May (JAG).A Painted Koenig,Tom Klubertanz, Sandy Lemmon, Buntingin Rush,KS May 8-(SS)was the LarryK. Malone,Jim Mountjoy(JMo), GREGW. LASLEY,CHUCK SEXTON, firstfor this fringe county of itsrange. BabsPadelford, Loren Padelford,lnez Rat- MARKLOCKWOOD, AND Rufous-sided Towhees were noted to zlaff, Neal Ratzlaff, Don Roberson, WILLIE SEKULA May 20 in l•goner,OK (DV, JM). A DorothyJ. Rosche,Richard C. Rosche, No oneseemed totally disappointed with Green-tailedTowhee May 13 in Scott,KS Loni Schlothauer, W. Ross Silcock, thespring migration, despite an incredible (T&SS)was the easternmost reported for Gertrude Wood. OKLAHOMA: Jim W. diversityof conditionsacross this vast state. the season.A CanyonTowhee May 13 in Arterburn,Bill Beall,Vicki Byre,Bill Car- Heavyrains caused typical fallouts in the Morton,KS (L&RS)was beyond the fringe rell, Ella Delap,Melinda Droege, Dave easternhalf, while strong wind shifts in the ofthe species' normal range. Evans,Neal Garrison,Joseph A. Grzy- drought-riddenwest were thought to con- A Sharp-tailedSparrow May 20 in Jeer- bowski,Jim Harman, Vanessa& John tributeto migrant pileups. Temperatures gy- son,KS (DLS) addedto a scarceset of Harris, Berlin Heck, Paul & Iris Hefty, ratedwildly through March and April. A se- springobservations for this species. Vera Jennings,Rick Jones,Dan King, desof earlyfronts perked observers' interest Amongtardy emberizidsparrows were an NathanKuhnert, Jo Loyd,Louis McGee, in late Marchand earlyApril, primarily Am. TreeSparrow May 4 in Dawes,NE Jeri McMahon, K. Meisenzahl,Terry alongthe coast. Action was moving towards (RCR),and May 6 atCrescent Lake (MF); Mitchell, Coy Montgomery,J. Munn a peakwith a goodgrounding April 23-24. aVesper Sparrow May 13 in Cleveland,OK (J.Mu), Patti Muzny,John G. Newell, With a strongfront bruising its way across (NK); a LeConte'sSparrow May 20 in JamesNorman, Mitchell Oliphant, James thestate, touching off very serious thunder- Dixon,NE (JJo);a HarrisSparrow singing Ownby,Dan L. Reinking,Leann Rogers, stormsin centraland north Texas, May 3-5 May 19 in Comanche,OK (JAG);White- Aline Romero,M. Rugg,Pat Seibert, producedrave reviews from migration ob- crownedand Harris' sparrowsMay 28 at LloydStevens (LSt), Jim Thayer, Jack D. serversliterally statewide. Records ofsignifi- Dawes(NR, IR, JJ);and a Dark-eyedJunco Tyler,Don Varner, Nadine Varner, Ernie cantnumbers of migrantsand rarities on May21 at Sioux, NE (SL).Also tardy was a Wilson, E&B Womack, Jeff Webster those dates outnumbered all other dates LaplandLongspur Apr. 24 atAdams, NE (JWe),Jim Woodard. combined(see Table 1). May 8-9 produced (SJD).Four McCown's Longspurs Mar. 27 --JosephA. Grzybowski,715 Elmwood anothergood avian display, atleast in central in Pawnee,KS (pJ)were the only recent re- Drive, Norman, 0K73072. Texas.Mid-May was brutal everywhere, not portsfor the central strip of theRegion. An earlyYellow-headed Blackbird vis- ited a feederin OklahomaMar. 10 (JGN). LesserGoldfinches were noted in several ßAmarillo areas,including Muskogee,OK May ß Buffalo Lake 19-22 (JH). Two Red CrossbillsApr. NWR 30May 13in Sedgwick,KS(JB) provided theonly observations outside the Sandhills ß Muleshoe NWR •Nichita ßHagerman NWR ofn.w. Nebraska. Falls ß Lubbock Foil Worth Corrigendum ß ß Dallas A Chestnut-collaredLongspur reported ß El Paso Nat. from Norton,KS Sept.5, 1994 by Scott Park ß Midland Nacogdochesß Seltmanwas incorrectly assigned to Mor- Wacoß ton, KS (NASFN48:67). Davi•...•s.ßBalmo•ea L.

Cited observers(area editors boldfaced): KANSAS:Richard Bean, Joseph Brewer, Harlow & David Butcher, Ted Cable, TEXAS•Austi.Høuser.,ø•t'• ß SteveCrawford, Joyce Davis, Cliff Ericson, ß San Antonio BobEvans, Peggy Hockett, Pete Janzen, RitaKenney, Dan LaShelle,Harold Mc- Fadden,Mick McHugh, Lloyd Moore, Kingsvilleß GregNichols, John Northrup (JNo), Galen Pittman, Mike Rader, John Rakestraw,Leonard & BettyRich, Richard '•e BeritserlState ..• Rucker,John Schukman,David Seibel Park (DS*), Diane Seltman, Scott Seltman,

VOLUME49, NUMBER3 FIELDNOTES 273 Table 1. Unusual warblers in North and West Texas, spring 1995 datereported for the Blue-footed Booby at L. Bastropwas Apr. 12.An amazing11,000 Am. White Pelicans streamed over Ausun Species Dates Location Observer Apr. 7 (B&JR).American White Pelicans Blue-winged Apr.22 Ft. Davis KB,PAb werealso unusually numerous in w.Texas, Golden-winged Apr.14-15 BigBend m.ob. thelargest group reported was 117 at Mc- Tennessee Apr.25 BigBend P,W NaryMar. 27 (BZ);a singlebird at Big Bend Chestnut-sided May 19 El Paso BZ Mar.20 (fideMF)was very notable. We had CapeMay Apr.28 MayI Ft. Davis J&RM,ph. KB 2 inlandreports of BrownPelican; one at Black-throatedBlue May 13 BigBend CEd SanAntonio in May (WS)was almost rou- Hermit May4 Lubbock PK tine,however Haynie was surprised by one Pahn May13 BigBend MF atL. ProctorMay I 1 (firstComancherecord) Blackpoll May3 BigBend P,W Out-of-placeNeotropic Cormorants •n- Prothonotary Apr.19-23 BigBend DK, SBo cludedone in LubbockApr.22 (JC)and an- Prothonotary MayI7 Alpine WC otherMay 9 at SamRayburn Res., Walker Worm-eating(3) Apr.22-May 9 BigBend m.ob. (CSh, RSch). American Bitterns, seldom Worm-eating May9 Midland $St,m.ob. Hooded May3 BigBend P,W observed in the Panhandle, were seen at Hooded May4 E1Paso LJ AmarilloMar. 4 & 25 (EK). Other individ- Canada May3 BigBend P,W ualswere in LeeApr. 13 and May 12 (HB) Unusualheron/egret sightings included a Little Bluein MidlandApr. 13-15 (DKe, m.ob.), a Tricoloredat Big Bend'sR•o GrandeVillage Apr 2 (VN), andanother justin southTexas where Laredo reached Hummingbirdsin one season isa remarkable TricoloredinTemple Apr. 24-May 10(RP) 114ø E, May13; on the same date, the Inter- number.One of these had first shown up two UnusualWhite Ibis reports included one at nationalMigratory Bird Count was a disap- wintersago, presumably went "home" some- FortWorth Apr. 30 (CH) andanother at L pointmentin mostareas of Texas.Heavy where to the south, then returned in Fall BalmorheaApr. 22 (KB, GP).There were at rains in the Panhandle and central Texas 1994and now simply won't leave. As for the least11 Glossy Ibises reported at 61ocalines, May 29-31 broughta finalpunctuation GreatKiskadee reported in Tarrant,it would primarilyalong the coastbetween Mar markof migrants; Seyffert remarked that, at beremarkable if this individual simply moved 13-May29; mostnotable were two at Fort hismore northerly latitude, birders are get- upfrom the Lower Rio Grande Valley within WorthMay 4 ('?MR).A 2ndConcho Valley tingused to "missing"the main migration Texas,considering the abundanceof the recordfor RoseateSpoonbill was provided earlierin Mayonly to berewarded for their speciesin drought-stricken northern Mexico. by a singlebird at LakeO.C. Fisher,7bin patiencewhen they get out in thelast week Wespeculate that all of theseunprecedented Green,May 16(AK). Ten Wood Storks were of the month. eventsare too many to be coincidental. reportedat variouscoastal localities and •n- JimMorgan shared a yardstickthat he landto LeeinApril and May; the sp. is most andTed Eubanks have used to gauge fallouts Abbreviations:Ft. Bliss(Fort Bl/ss sewage unusualin thespring. The Laguna Atascosa on theUpper Texas Coast in thepast: If the pon&,E/Paso); G.M.N.E ( GuadalupeMoun- GreaterFlamingo remained through Aprd sumtotal of all migrantindividuals iu a rainsiV../?); L.R.G.V. (LowerRio Grande Val- (m.ob.),while another flamingo sp. was re- givenevent numbers at least 1000, it's a "fall- ley);L.S.U. (LouisianaState Un/vers/ty); portednearTivoli Apr. 20 (HM).The origin out."Morgan failed to recordsuch an event S.N.A. (StateNatural Area); TB.R.C. ( 7•xas of these birds is controversial. thisseason, but John Arvin attested that the BiMRecords Committee/IFxas Ornithological May4 "clearweather" grounding in Smith Society);U.T.C. ( Upper7Fxas Coast); V.C.- Waterfowl Woodsat HighIsland met the mark: Arvin D.B. ( «llage CreekDrying Basin, ]•brt A 2nd countyrecord was provided by a talliednearly 2000 individuals ofthe most Wbrth).The followingare shortened names Black-belliedWhistling-Duck in Angehna numerousscore of migrantspecies. None- for therespective county, state, or national May 19 (NB).Two Tundra Swans that over- theless,all reportersagree that such events parks,wildlife refuges, etc.: Anahuac, Aran- winteredat L. Marvin,Hemphill, lingered aregetting fewer and farther between. sas,Balmorhea, Big Bend, Brazos Bend, Buf- until Mar. 14 (PA, RSc).A GreaterWhite- Thedrought conditions ofnorthern Mex- faloLake, Hagerman, Laguna Atascosa, Lost frontedGoose dropped in onE1 Paso May 6 ico,which we described as providing only a Maples,Packery Channel, and Santa Ana. (TB. DE), a late date for this rareTrans- "wrinkle"on patterns of occurrenceinTexas Pecosspecies. The Brantin w. Harrisre- lastwinter, now appear to bea drivingforce Loonsto Flamingo portedlast season lingered until Mar. 5. We behindmore widespread avian phenomena. Two winteringPacific Loons at L. Bal- got hintsthat theremay have been more Rareneotropical species are not unexpected morhea,Reeves, remained until lateApril duckslingering late into theseason than in Texas;more often than not, their visitsto (fideKB). The latestHorned Grebes in- usual.Notable among these were 140 Gad- Texasare fleeting. This season, however, a cludedone in CalhounMay l 3 (PH & JT) wallsand about 100 Am. Wigeonsin the numberof these southern immigrants simply andanother at RedBluff Res., Loving, May Rockportarea May 19 (CC),a Canvasback tookup residence. We provide details below 29 (KB, TG). A Clark'sGrebe was found in TempleMay 9 (RP),and Greater Scaups ofaRufous-capped Warbler and Short-tailed flailingon therailroad tracks in Valentine, in CalhounMay 13 and in NuecesMay 19 A Hawk that settled into the southern Hill JeffDavis, Apr. 25 (fideKB, * L.S.U.).a Cinnamonx Blue-winged Teal hybrid was at Country.A GreenViolet-eared Humming- Clark's Grebe was in a flock of 12 Westerns Amarillo, Randall,April 16 (KS). The birdhung around the Coastal Bend for sev- in SanAngelo Mar. 23-24 (TMa, m.ob.); AmarilloEur. Wigeon from last period re- eralweeks, and others will bereported in thisis believed to beonly the 3rd record of mainedthrough Mar. 11 (EK).Unusual for the summer column. Three Broad-billed Clark's in Texas e. of the Pecos R. The latest spring,single Oldsquaws were at Matagorda

z74 FIELD NOTES FALL I995 I., Mar. 18 (PH), RockportMar. 23 (CC), (VE) wererare local finds, while another at veryrare record for that area (BJP). A Snowy andAransas Bay Apr. 3 (JA).A BlackScotcr, PaloDuro Canyon May 21 (KS)led to spec- Ploverat GrandSaline Marsh Apr. 22 (TPo) rareanywhere inTexas, was at SanAntonio's ulationof possible local breeding. wasapparently only the 3rd for n.e.Texas. MitchellL., Apn 19 (TG), while single Rarelyobserved in n.c. Texas,two Mr. White-wingedScotors were reported inCal- Rails to Shorebirds PloversMar. 11 in Delta and two more there houn Mar. 8 (JDa) andat Midland(2nd Twoamazing discoveries were of a Yellow Apr.28 were a bigsurprise (IVIWh). Two Mt. countyrecord) Apr. 2 (RIMS).Thirty Surf RailApr. 23 anda BlackRail Apr. 28 at the Ploversin JacksonApr. 14 (BF) wereat a Scotorswere at SeaRim Apr. 9 while_< three Grand Saline Marsh, Van Zandt (TPo), moreexpected location, but still a good find. SurfScotcrswere at BolivarFlats Apr. 20-23 bothproviding first n.c. Texas records. Else- Other Mt. Ploverswere seen in theCorpus (BB, PL). AnotherSurfScotcr at McNary where, the Black Rails on S. Padre I. re- Christiand Kingsville area from late March- Apr.16 (LJ) was the first for Hudspeth. Up to portedlast season remained through at least earlyMay (fidePP). A veryearly Solitary three Masked Ducks remained at Brazos May 19(BM). Black Rails were seen and/or Sandpiperfor the Panhandlewas at Palo Bendthrough mid-May, while others were heardon at least 10 occasions during the sea- Duro CanyonApr. 8 (PT). An impressive reportedwith no documentation in Hidalgo sonin SanPatricio, Calhoun, and Matagorda flock of 36 Willcts was at Ft. Bliss, EIPaso, and Calhoun. (m.ob.).King Rail records of noteincluded Apr.2 (BZ).There was a conspicuousmove- two in RandallMar.23 (EK, RSc)and three mentof Whimbrclsin w.Texas, where they Raptors in TarrantApr. 2-May 27 (JWS, arerare. The mostsignificant was a single An Ospreyat GreenbeltL., Doneley,May 26 Srehnwas happy to reportno lossesamong birdat El Paso May 22 (BZ);others induded wasthe latestby far for the n. Panhandle the133 Whooping Cranes that wintered at twoApr. 27 andone May 6 (BJP)at Imper- (EK, KS, RSc). Hook-billed Kites were Aransas. Two members of the flock looked ialRes., single birds at SanAngelo May 2 & commonlyreported during April in the likethey were going to spendthe summer 9 (TM, G&MCr) andgroups of_<12 in the L.R.G.V.in theirusual spots. Fairly typical (TS). An unusualnumber of Whooperre- Abilenearea (LB). Forty-sixLong-billed was about seven Swallow-tailed Kites re- portsaway from the coast were received. Six Curlews in De•tt Mar. 4 (DMu) were portedalong the coastal prairies during the Whoopersin CarsonMar. 21 (GR) and noteworthy.Two dozen Hudsonian God- period.Unexpected was a singleAm. Swal- againat L. MeredithMar. 23 (WPhetal.) witsat Hagerman Apr. 13 represented a sub- low-tailedKite at Buda,Hays, Apr. 5 (OC). wereexciting finds. Also, ten Whoopers stantialinland concentration(KH et al.); a A White-tailedKite nearAlbany provided wereseen over Lubbock Apr. 5 (GVO. A singleHudsonJan atSan Angelo Apr. 29 was Shackel•rdwithitsfirst county record May Black-bcllicdPlover at SanAngelo May 6 a rare find (TM). There wasa mini-flood 28 (KN), whileothers at L. BalmorheaMay (M&GC) wasa raresight for theConcho (for Texas)of Surfbirdsthis seasonon the 2 (JWi,WD) andat Big Bend May 9 (CEd) Valley.American Golden-Plovers were re- coast.A singlebird was discovered Apr. 10 at providedvery rare Trans-Pccos records. Ob- portedin above-averagenumbers in n.c. Fulton,Aransas (RL) andwas joined by a serversseemed to missany large migrant Texas,especially in Deltawhere the season 2nd birdApr. 13-14 (ph., '•ME, A&MC, concentrations of hawks this season or at count exceeded500 individuals(MWh). A m.ob.).Farther up thecoast, a singleSurf- leastsuch reports didn't reach us; the now- rather late Am. Golden-Plover was at Tem- bird stoppedoff at AnahuacApr. 18-21 expectedreports of thousandsofMississippi pleMay 31 (RP). A PipingPlover was at Im- (ph.,'•DD, PL,m.ob.). Pending formal ac- Kitesand Broad-winged Hawks failed to perialRes., Pecos, Apr. 21-22, providinga ceptanceof theserecords and that of last materialize.About 125 MississippiKites overSalinerio May 6 (BB)and 70 moreover AustinMay 7 (GL, VE) werequite late. NorthernGoshawk is an often reported but seldom documented visitor to Texas; this seasonindividuals were well describedfrom Dallas(KN) and Delta(MWh, etal.), both Mar. 18 ('• to T.B.R.C.). Anotherwell-de- scribedrare raptor was a Corn.Black-Hawk at LostMaples, Bandera, Apr. 29 (DS).Har- ris' Hawkscontinued to be reportedin above-averagenumbers on the central and upper coasts. Prior to this season there were but 2 ac- ceptedShort-tailed Hawk recordsfor Texas;now there are 2 more.A light-morph adultwas found at LostMaples May 23-24 ('•BA, DB, DS, KH). It remainedinto the summerand was later seen by scores of ob- serversbut couldbe veryhard to find at times.This was the firstTexas record away fromthe Rio Grande. As if to addicing on theShort-tailed Hawk cake, Wheeler pho- tographeda juv. dark-morph bird May 30 at SantaAna; unfortunately the latter bird wasnever seen again. A Prairie Falconin Grand Prairie, Dallas, Surfbird at Fulton, Texas, April 13, 1995. One of three reported in the state this season. Apr.2 (KN) andanother in WillacyMar.13 Photograph/Mel and Arlie Cooksey.

VOLUME 49, NUMBER 3 FIELD NOTES z75 year,the sp. will have7 documentedoccur- wastermed the best in manyyears at Hager- in W. LakeHills, l•avis,May 30 0'BWhi, rencesin Texas.A Red Knot Apr. 28 in man (KH). SevenLeast Terns were found at ph.).It hada weirdvoice unlike any known GrandSaline Marsh (TPo) was a firstfor n.e. ImperialRes., May 5-19 (BJP).Another vocalizations of Common or Lesser.There Texas,while two morein Abilene(no dates) LeastTern was at GreenbeltL., May26 (EK, wasspeculation that it couldbe an odd- wereunexpected (LB). A Sanderlingat Im- RSc,KS). soundingAntillean or a Commonx Lesser perialRes., May 24 (BJP)was interesting. hybrid;either would be quite unprece- TheRissers apparently added anew sp. to the Doves to Swifts dented.Stay tuned for further details on this BigBend checklist with their observation of Up to 40 Band-tailedPigeons fed on mul- bird. A Corn. Poorwill on N. PadreI., Nue- a SemipalmatedSandpiper Apr. 23 at Cot- berriesin Ft. Davisthrough May (KB).The ces,Apr. 12 (A&MC) wasunexpected on a tonwoodCampground. Two White-rumped introduced Eur. Collared-Dove is known to barrierisland. A Pauraquewas calling in Bas- Sandpiperswere in DoneleyMay 26 (EK, be spreadingW from Florida'sbooming tropApr. 13-15 (BF),a veryunusual record RSc,KS). A Buff-breastedSandpiper in Har- populations,so perhaps it's not surprising for the Austin area. Chaetura swifts were risonApr. 4-6 providedthe earliestrecord that at least one was video-tapedat seenwell away from urbanareas in the everfor n. Texas(MWh). The highlightfor TexarkanaMar. 15+(?SCa,.fide CMi) and Ttans-Pecos,with birdsMar. 10 (TG) and shorebirdmigration in n.Texas was the areas anotherwas photographed at High I., Apr. May 31 (HH) in Big Bend,and another firstdocumented Ruff, at V.C.D.B.,Apr. 15(WEH). This sp., not yet accepted on the May 4 overthe Rio Grandein Hudspeth 29-30 (ph., ?MR, m.ob.).Also rare in n. statelist, is also known to be held in captivity (CJc).The specificidentification of these %xas,especially in spring,were five Short- in someareas, so we are not yetcertain of its birdsremains uncertain; Chimney Switi is billedDowitchers in DallasApr.15 (KN), "wild"status in Texas.The White-winged regularin thisarea only in urbanareas and andone in TarrantApr.22 (RR).Many ob- Doveexpansion continues, as evidenced by Vaux• remains undocumented for the state. serversin the e. half of the state remarked on one in Amarillo Apr. 25 (KS), one in the increasedabundance ofWilson's Phalar- Greenville,Hunt, Apr. 27-28 ON), andoth- Hummingbirdsto Woodpeckers opes.Two Red-necked Phalaropes were seen: ersin WichitaMay 23 (DMc).The sp. is said A c• Green Violet-eared, about the 16th Apr.16 at GrandSaline Marsh (TPo; first for to be commonnow in the ConchoValley recordfor the state,was one of the stellarva- n.e.Texas) and McNary Res., Hudspeth, May (DT) andthey continue to increaseinJohn- grantson the central coast May 6-9 at Cor- 6 (TBa, DE). An Am. Woodcockwasin Lub- son (CE). A Corn. Ground-Dove was in pusChristi (?GS, m.ob.); it wasseen spo- bockmar.29 (JC). PlanoMay 7 (JB),while two Inca Doves vis- radicallylater in themonth (fideGS). We ited L. Arrowhead,Clay, Apr. 30 (DMc, willreport further details on this bitd in the Gulls to Terns TMc). A White-tippedDove at Del Rio summer column. The Broad-billed Hum- SpringLaughing Gidls inland in Texasare Apr. 13 (SS)was unexpected. A Flammu- mingbirdin Llanoremained there through extraordinary.This season we had seven at latedOwl was in Ft.Davis Apr. 22 23 (PAb, theperiod. Elsewhere, Broad-billeds were CooperL., Delta,Apr. 22 (MWh, KSa),a ph., KB). The SanAntonio Long-cared well-documentedin Cranfils Gap, Bosque, singlebird at L. Arrowhead,Clay, May 7 Owls hungaround until Mar. 18 (WS), Mar. 21-Apr. 2 (RC, C&RC, ph., ?CE, (DMc,JMc, TMc), andtwo at El PasoMay whileMidland had one Apr. 28-29 (m.ob.), JMu) and at Mertzon,Ir•on, Apr. 20-28 26 (BZ). A massivemovement of Franklink thefirst there since 1988. A veryunexpected (TT, ?DT). Boththese provided first area Gulls (>10,000) movedN over S. PadreI., findwas another Long-cared dead on the records.A LuciferHummingbird, perhaps Apr. 23-27 (BM, GL, m.ob.).A verylate beachon Mustang I., Nueces,Apr. 7 (TA).A thefirst local spring record, was in theDavis Bonaparte'sGull wasat Ft. BlissMay 4 strangeChordeilesnighthawkwas discovered Mrs.,May 1 8 (GP).There were a handful (BZ). The lastdate on the SanAntonio Mew Gullreported last season was Mar. 12 (WS), whilea differentindividual made a one-day appearanceat AustinMar. 18 (B&JR).Two California Gulls from the winter remained in Austinuntil Mar. 8 (BF). Other Califor- niaGulls were reported in Ft. WorthApr. 1 (?MR) and RockportMar. 23 (CC). The first Austin record of Lesser Black-backed Gullwas provided by a first-winterbird Mar. 4-15 (ph.,?BF, WS). There were six Lesser Black-backedGulls reported along the coast in Marchand April (m.ob.). An extraordi- naryfind was an ad. WesternGull, video- tapedand photographedat BocaChica, Cxtmeron,Apr. 6 (?B&JR).This represented the2nd documented Texas record and ap- pearsto be L. o.wymani. We had 2 reportsof GlaucousGulls: Matagorda I., Mar. 15 (BO) andat SeaRim Apr. 15 (?CE).The firstspring record of Sabine'sGull occurred May 6 at McNarywhen Dunn and m.ob. watchedone foraging over the reservoir (ph., DS).Inland Royal Terns are always surpris- ing;one was at SanAntonio's Calaveras L., Apparentadult WesternGull at BocaChica, Texas,April 6, 1995. Texashas onlyone previous May 11+ (WS).The Least Tern migration record. Photograph/Johnand Barbara Ribble. z76 FIELDNOTES FALLI995 of lateBroad-tailed Hummingbird records the migrationof Veerysand Gray-cheeked idenceat a privatepark n.w. of Uvalde,but on the coastand in c. Texas;the latest one Thrushes was a bit better than usual. There provedto bevery difficult to corral;reports stayedin SanMarcos until May 7 (DHen). were2 documentedrecords of Clay-colored rangedfrom April 20 (BFI)through the pe- Up to fourRinged Kingfishers were appar- Robinthis spring:Corpus Christi Mar. riod (?m.ob.). Details of an ad. d' Olive ently in residencen.w. of Uvalde on the 16-22 (AL, CC, ?GS, A&MC) and Salin- Warblerreported at L. MacKenzie,Briscoe, NuecesR., Apr. 20+ (m.ob.);another pair erioApr. 25-28 ('•BB).Very late were single Apr. 30 (GW) will be reviewedby the wasseen flying overland at Hill Country Sprague'sPipits at StudyButte, Brewster, T.B.R.C.;the sp. hasnot previouslyoc- S N.A., Bandera,Apr. 30 (SV).There was a May 5 (CEd) and in DeWitt May 11 curred outsideof the Trans-Pecosin Texas. strangelate-May surge of Acorn Woodpeck- (DMu).A flockof+ 250Cedar Waxwings in ersin E1Paso, with threeseen May 18-30 KingsvilleMar. 5 (N&PP) wouldn'tnor- Tanagersto Finches (BZ).There were a scatteringof Red-bellied mallybe notableexcept that the sp. had An HepaticTanager at BahnorheaMay 2 Woodpeckersjust w. of theirregular range, failedto makean appearancethere in the (TJ) wasat an unusualelevation, while an with reportsat BuffaloL., PaloDuro Res., winter.The few N. Shrikeswhich may win- early SummerTanager was at Corpus Lubbock,and San Antonio (m.ob.). ter in Texasnormally depart the Panhandle ChristiMar. 15(CC). Wereceived reports beforeMarch; this season two birds lingered: ofseven W. Tanagers along the c. andupper Flycatchers to Swallows onein OchiltreeMar. 13 (S&TSh) andone coast;they wereconspicuous enough to A N. Beardless-Tyrannuletin GoliadMay at PaloDuro Canyon Mar. 15 (PT). promptsome observers to termthis an "in- 27 wasfar n. of its expectedrange (first vasion." Six Rose-breastedGrosbeaks Mar. countyrecord; RW). LateLeast Flycatchers Vireos to Warblers 28 May 20 in theTrans-Pecos were more werenoted in El PasoMay 24 (BZ) andBuf- White-eyedVireos strayed W to ClayMay7 than normal, as were a half dozen Black- falo L., May 30 (KS).A lateWillow Fly- (DMc, JMc, TMc) andto MidlandApr. headedsin the e. half of the state.Another w. catcherwas also seen by Seyffert at Buffalo 17-21and May 13 (fide FW). A Bell'sVireo finch,the LazuliBunting, showed up in L, May 30. A Dusky-cappedFlycatcher, nestdiscovered in MidlandMay 13 (D& marvelousnumbers in n. and n.e. Texas, seldomwell documented in Texas,was heard JMe) representedthe firstnesting record withabout nine birds sighted. A singingIn- andphotographed at Government Spring, theresince 1973. Four singing Bell's Vireos digoBunting was apparently on territoryin B•gBend, May 8 (?CB).An out-of-range in NacogdochesMay7 (CSh) were a surprise. theG.M.N.P., May 29 (KB,TG). A singing GreatCrested Flycatcher was in Midland Other rarereports of Bell'sVireos were in VariedBunting at Ft. BlissMay 24 (BZ) May 5 (D&JMe) andanother at PaloDuro Col/in,Dallas, Aransas, Refugio, and Palo providedthe first El Pasorecord. Two Chip- Canyonset up a territoryfor the 3rd year in Pinto.Out-of-place Yellow-throated Vireos pingSparrows at BuffaloL., May 30 (KS) a row (KS et al.). Unexpectedon the Ed- includedone at BigBend May 11 (MSp) werequite late. An ad.Black-throated Spar- wardsPlateau was a Brown-crestedFly- andanother in AmarilloMay 14 (KS). A rowaccompanied by a juvenileMay 30 pro- catcherat Comfort May 13 (SWie). Far n. of veryearly Warbling Vireo was in SanAngelo videdPalo Pinto with a rarenesting record itsexpected range, a GreatKiskadee in Tar- Mar.20 (G&MCr), whilea nicecount. of 50 (MP, JWS). Severalobservers sensed that rantsurprised observers May 20 (MAP,LG) wastallied at S. PadreI., Apr. 24 (BM). A GrasshopperSparrows were particularly nu- providingthe 2nd record for n.c. Texas. At Black-whiskeredVireo, about the 1 lth merousin migrationin centralTexas (CS et leastfour of thepreviously reported pairs of Texasrecord, was found at PackeryChannel al.);there was a corresponding paucity of the TropicalKingbirds remained in Cameron Apr. 24 ('•AC), but effortsto relocateit sp. in the Panhandle(KS). The latest throughthe period (BM etal.).Eleven days failed.Once again,many observers com- LeConte'sSparrows were two at Choke of cold weather and overcast skies in late mentedon locally increased numbers of cer- Canyon,McMullen, Apr. 22 (WS),while a Marchand early April was theorized to be taine. warblers,especially in thew. halfof late SwampSparrow was in LeeMay 21 the cause of a massive die-off of swallows thestate. Species which were mentioned re- (HB). A latemigrant White-throated Spar- andmartins in Cameron,Hidalgo, and Wil- peatedlyby observers in severalregions in- row at Midland May 30 (SLG) wasa sur- lacy;a drivealong one road in ArroyoCity cludedBlue-winged, Golden-winged, Cape prise.The Golden-crownedSparrow at yielded>600 dead Hirundinids."There May,Black-throated Blue, Pahn, Blackpoll, HuecoTanks lingered until Apr. 16 (?m.ob.). wereso many that the dogs and cats were full Am. Redstart,Worm-eating, and Kentucky. LateChestnut-collared Longspurs were de- andcould not clean up the yards" (MF). A Table1 assemblessome of theless expected tectedin B/anco(ML) andBurner (CS) Apr. V•olet-greenSwallow on S.Padre I., Mar.23 warbler records from w. and n.w. Texas. In a 6, a monthlater than expected in c.Texas. (BM) wasunanticipated. Documentation of curious,twist, Bradford received no reports Notablesightings of Bobolinksincluded nestingCave Swallows was provided from of Black-throatedBlue or CapeMay war- 100in AustinMay 9 (BF),two in LynnMay Comanche(ph., CH) andShacke•brd(KN) blersin e. Texas,although both species 11 (MCa), fourin CaldwellMay12 (JMu), for the first time. turnedup in theTrans-Pecos; was this a re- and hundreds seen in n.c. Texas. Yellow- portingquirk? Single Townsend's Warblers headedBlackbirds were reported in highJr Jays to Shrikes werein SanMarcos May 5 & 7 (DHen)well than normal numbers in the e. half of the Last winter did not see an invasion of e. of their normal route. An unidentified state.Freeman tracked down a singing• PinyonJays into Texas, thus a report of 17in Oporornissp.was found Mar. 21 at High I. ShinyCowbird which was displaying to a the DelawareMrs., Culherson,May 9 was (DE, BN), a completelyunexpected date for femalecowbird (sp.?) in MatagordaMar. 26 surprising(JSch). An unexpectedspring mi- thegenus. More evidence of westernwar- ('•to T.B.R.C.). Despite persistent reports in grantin GoliadwasRed-breasted Nuthatch biers moving E included about four previousseasons, there are but 2 accepted Apr.27 in Berclair(fide GS). A Black-tailed MacGillivray'son the lowerand c. coastas recordsof ShinyCowbird in Texas.A new Gnatcatchern.w. of UvaldeMay 17 (JA) farn. asMatagorda. Painted Redstarts were sp.for the Panhandlewas a BronzedCow- wasslightly out of range.Gallucci found a reportedwith more frequency in their regu- bird in PaloDuro CanyonMay 20 (EK, W Bluebirdalong .the Medina R., Bandera, lar hauntsin theTrans-Pecos; the sp. had RSc)'. Extralimital Hooded Oriole records Mar. 5. A verylate Veery was at BuffaloL., beenscarce to absentin recentyears. A Ru- camefrom Sabine Woods, Jej•rson, Apr. May30 (KS).Observers in n. Texas thought fous-cappedWarbler decided to take up res- 11-14 (JW), CalhounApr. 23 (JMel),and

VOLUME49, NUMBER3 FIELDNOTES 277 in LongviewMay 14 (B&DMet). Brush's Husak,Joe Ideker,Charlie Jensen (CJe), studiesalong the Rio Grandeturned up as ThomasL. Johnson(TLJ), JudithJones, manyas 24 Altamira,14 Audubon's,and LarryJordan, George Jury, Dale Kane, Andy Idaho/ seven"Bullock's" orioles between Chape6o Kasner,Lois Marie Keaton,Greg Keiran, andFronton in April.A veryout-of-range DonnaKelly (DKe), CathyKerr, Richard ad. c3'Scott's Oriole surprisedMcKinney Kinney,Phillip Kite, Ed Kutac,Greg Lasley, Western Mar. 1 in Brownsville. A Lesser Goldfinch Debra Lee, Anne Lee, Paul Lehman, Lee wasreported in Jeerson Apr. 11 (JW),and Lemmons,Margie & Ray Little, Keith anotherwas in CalhounApr. 24 (ME). Lockhart,Mark Lockwood,Ruth Loper, Montana ThreeEvening Grosbeaks were in Lubbock Guy & JoanLuneau, Edward Lyons, John ,Apr.23 (CHo). Maresh(JMa), Elke Matejivich, Helen Ma- telson,Debra McKee (DMc), JuneMcKee Undocumented Rarities (JMc),Terry McKee (TMc), BradMcKin- Region Severalreports of rareor veryrare sp. were ney,Jean McQueen, John Meliotis (JMel), receivedwith insufficient or no documenta- Ruthie Melton, Don & Joann Merritt tion. Omitted from this column were re- (D&JMer), Bob & Dorothy Metzler portsof: Great Black-backed Gull, White- (B&DMe0, TerryMaxwell (TMa), James& earedHummingbird, Lewis' Woodpecker, RochelleMiller, Charles Mills (CMi), Ralph Bridled Titmouse, Connecticut Warbler, Moldenhauer,Carroll Moore, Jack & Elaine DAN SVINGEN Slate-throatedRedstart, Golden-crowned Morman,John Muldrow (JMu), KenNan- Muchof spring1995 didn't differ from the Warbler,Blue Bunting, Baird's Sparrow, and ney,Val Naylor,Bob Nell, BruceNeville, pastwinter, being consistently cool and wet Pine Grosbeak. LauraNolen, Julius Nussbaum, George Althoughseveral semi-hardy species were Oliver,Brent Ortego, Nancy & PaulPalmer recordedearly in February,migration for Cited observers(Subregional Editors in (SouthTexas: 615 S. Wanda, Kingsville, TX otherspecies was definitely late. Locally boldface):Peggy Abbott (PAb), Peggy 78363), Marilyn Patterson(MAP), Mike breedingwarblers were largely absent from Acord,Tony Amos,Abbey Anello, Ben Patterson,Dick Payne,George Peck, Wes east-central Idaho and northwest Montana Archer,Tim Archer, Rich & Nanette Arm- Phillips (WPh), Tom Pincelli, Randy Swainson'sThrush was specifically noted as strong,Nina & EddieArnold, John Arvin, Pinkston(RPi), Barbara Jean Potthast (BJP), beingtardy by several observers. This species PeterAssman, Tom Baker,John Barrera, Truman Powell (TPo), Nick Pulcinella, usuallyarrives in northernIdaho and north- Bob Behrstock,Chris Benesh,Bernard Ben- GregRappstein, Bob Rasa, Ross Rasmussen westernMontana by the third week in May son,Dorothy Bentley, Peter Billingham, (N. C. Texas:600 S. Graves#1704, McKin- andis widespread bymonth's end. Although SallyBird, Nancy Bird, Lorrie Black, Marge ney,TX 75069),Jim Ray, Martin Reid,Bar- Swainson's Thrushes were on time near Blackburn,Hazel Bluhm, Doug Booher, bara& JohnRibble, Kay Rice, Jan & Will Coeurd'Alene, Idaho, it wasnotably absent SallyBourbon (SBo), David Bradford (East Risser,Bob Rogers, Stephen Rottenborn, fromother portions of thearea. By the end Texas: 18046 Green Hazel, Houston, TX CootRush, Kristin Salas (KSa), Larry Sail, of May,only a few,non-territorial Swain- 77084),David Brotherton (DBro), Hugh Mike SanMiguel, Rick Schaefer (RSch), son'shad been noted near Kalispell, Mon- Brown,Barbara Bruns, Tim Brush,Kelly JohnSchmidt (JSch), Georgina Schwarz, tana,and the specieswasn't even recorded Bryan (Trans-Pecos:P.O. Box 786, Ft. Bob Scott,Rosemary Scott (RSc), Willie nearSt. Maries, Grangeville, orBoise, Idaho Davis,TX 79734),Winnie Burkett, Marty Sekula(Central Texas: Rt. 1, Box 130, Falls untileady June. Campbell,Oscar Carmona, Sharen Carter City, TX 78113), Larry& Pati Semander, (SCa),Andra Chamberlin,Charlie Clark, ChuckSexton, Ken Seyffert(Panhandle: Abbreviations:A. ER. (AmericanFalls Reser- JeremyClark, Sally Clemmons,Chris 2206 S. Lipscomb,Amarillo, TX 79109), voir,by American Falls, ID). Collins,Arlie & Mel Cooksey,Robert & Cliff Shackleford(CSh), Sara& Thomas Kathi Creech, Gordon & Mary Creel Shane(S&TSh), Dominic Sherony, J. W. Loons to Ducks (G&MCr), WesleyCureton, Dave Curson, Sifford,Lynn Smith, Kim Snipes(KSn), ACom. Loon wasat Salmon,ID May 5 Rosy Cutler, Jean Dake (JDa), Sumner SylvestreSorola, Martin Speiss (MSp), Judy (LH). While still rare in e.c. Idaho, this Dana,David Dauphin, Louis Debetaz, Jon Spurlock,Sara St. Claire (SSt), Tom Stehn, speciesisbecoming more regular there. Red- Dunn, Betty Dzurenda,Charles Easley, DarleenStevens (DSte), CliffStogner (CSt), neckedGrebes were again at HarrimanS P, JohnEconomidy, Carol Edwards (CEd), RoseMarie Stortz (RMS), BetsyStrothers, Fremont,ID (CT), oneof thefew places In s Mark Elwonger,Victor Emanuel,Doug Davis Sugeno, Glenn Swartz, Delbert Idahowhere they can be found. Emkalns, Mike Farmer, Bill Farnsworth, Tarter,Terry Tare, Verna Teague, Peggy Tros- Afterincreasing locally since the 1980s, BennieFlat, Mark Flippo, Fort Worth per,Twin LakesAudubon Society (T.L.- Double-crestedCormorants were finally AudubonSociety (EW.A.S.), Tony & Phyl- A.S.), LindaValdez, A1 Valentine,Sybil confirmedas breeders near Kalispell, MT lisFrank, Bobbye Frazier (BoF), Brush Free- Vosler,Ro Wauer,Ed Wetzel, Brian Wheel- (DC). Six Double-crestedswere at Sand- man(BF), John Gee, Tony Gallucci, Linda er, Matt White (MWh), E.G. White-Swift point,ID May 21, wherethe species has also Gayler,Elaine Giessel, Bill Graber,Sara Lou (EGW), GayleWhitten, John Whittle, Bret beenincreasing in recentyears (PC). An- Grimes,Chantal Guggenbuhl, Ron Gutber- Whitney(BWhi), Egon & SueWiedenfeld other Double-crested farther north at let,Karl Hailer, James Hamous (JHa), Peggy (E&SWie), RussellWilke, FrancesWil- KootenaiN.W.R., Boundary,May 26 pro- Harding(PHa), GeorgeHarmon, W. Ed- liams,Kirby Williams, Sue Williams, Doris videdonly the 3rd local sighting. The other ward Harper, Carl Haynie, Jim Healey, Wyman,Barry Zimmer. tworecords were from 1981 (JRe). David & LindaHedges, Harold Hedges, --GregW. Lasle 3 305 Loganberry Ct., Ausdn, GreatBlue Heronscommonly prey on Dick Henderson(DHe), Charlie Hobbs, TX 78745-6527 (e-ma& GregLasley@mice and voles in uplandfields, but the Mls- PetraHockey, Norman Holgerson,Kurt aol.com), Chuck Sexton.101 E. 54th St., soula,MT birdseen capturing and swallow- Huffman,Larry Hunt, Ruth Hunt, Mike Austin, TX78751. ing wholeColumbian Ground Squirrels,

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