Uncommom, rare and unusual sightings 1975-1988

Dead Man's Basin, Hays Co., Texas


Uncommon Birds
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eared Grebe   -o- 28               20- -13
White Pelican     18 9-28                
Canada Goose   19               30- -o- -3
Lesser Scaup -o-     -24           13- -o- -o-
Ruddy Duck     15               15- -25
Hooded Merganser         4           2,17 7-22
Swainson's Hawk     24   1       14- -23    
Golden Eagle       17     31 13   23 1 27
Marsh Hawk -o-   -o- -26         8- -o- -o- -o-
Osprey       10- -26       13- -21    
Solitary Sandpiper   4- -o- -29       12- -14      
Long-billed Dowitcher     23 17       4,20   1-13    
Stilt Sandpiper     23- -o- -12       5-18      
Sanderling       14- -11              
Whip-poor-will       4-11         9      
Green Kingfisher 24   12,20         23 7-15 1    
Red-shafted Flicker   28             30- -o- -17  
Red-headed Woodpecker -o- -o- -o- -o- -7         9- -o- -o-
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher         17-29              
Black-eared Bushtit       27- -o- -13       4    
Brown Creeper -7                 28- -o-  
Winter Wren     13           21- -o- -4  
Catbird         2-24              
Sage Thrasher 31- -23                   2-14
Swainson's Thrush           5-21            
W. Meadowlark -o- -o- -o- -10           8- -o- -o-
Purple Finch -o- -o- -17               20- -o-
LeConte's Sparrow -2 23 1 14,29                 28-
Cassin's Sparrow         18- -8 1-30          
Clay-colored Sparrow       17- -15       28- -30    
Harris' Sparrow -o- -27                 25- -o-
Fox Sparrow -o- -15               21   1-
Swamp Sparrow                 23- -o- -17  

Rare and Unusual Birds
Nov. 1975 through December 1988
(note extension to December 1988)
Least Grebe 11/1/77, 1/12/83
Anhinga 5/16/82, 6/18/83
Snowy Egret 7/30/82, 8/28-9/1-1988
Louisiana Heron 9/2/82, 8/16/83
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 8/12/79
American Bittern 9/14/77
White-faced Ibis 4/15/82, 5/22/83
Roseate Spoonbill 9/3-25/88
White-fronted Goose 2/28-3/7/82
Snow Goose 3/8/88
Blue Goose 3/1/81
Cinnamon Teal 3/28/76, 3/18/79, 9/18/82, 12/15/88
White-winged Scoter 11/30-12/1/77
Goshawk 3/7/82
Bald Eagle 11/30/75
Peregrine Falcon 10/2/76, 4/15-17/77, 9/2/78, 6/23/82
Sora 10/20/88
Common Galinule 8/12-24/77
Semipalmated Plover 5/11/85
Am. Golden Plover 9/5/77
Long-billed Curlew 6/21/80
Willet 4/22/79
Lesser Yellowlegs 4/21-28/79, 8/28/88
Pectoral Sandpiper 5/17/79, 3/20/81, 8/28/88
Baird's Sandpiper 4/28-29/81, 5/8/85
Least Sandpiper 4/28/79, 7/14/79, 8/2/83, 8/28 & 9/24/88
Am. Avocet 9/5/77, 9/2/79, 9/22-28/79, 9/28/88
Wilson's Phalerope 4/27/79, 5/17/81, 5/5/88, 8/28/88
Rock Dove 11/19/79, 3/16-23/80, 5/11/85
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10/25/80
W. Kingbird 5/8/82, 4/22-26/83
Say's Phoebe 11/3/79
Least Flycatcher 5/2/76, 5/12/77, 5/10/80
Tree Swallow 9/24/83
Bank Swallow 4/29/79
Violet-Green Swallow 4/17/88
White-necked Raven 2/21/82
Verdin May '76, 12/10/83
Short-billed MarshWren 2/15/81, 9/26/82
Brown Thrasher 4/16/77, 10/4/81, 10/30/88
Curve-billed Thrasher 12/27/80-1/2/81
Gray-cheeked Thrush 5/1/82
Townsend's Solitare 12/2/78, 9/23/83
Water Pipit 2/25/79, 10/8/82, 4/19/83, 10/13/88
Sprague's Pipit 4/19/83
Starling 9/18/79
Parula Warbler 4/21/79, 4/27/80
Audubon's Warbler 4/17/80, 11/1/80
Yellow-throated Warbler 5/1/80
Townsend's Warbler 5/17/76
Blackpoll Warbler 5/11/80
Louisiana Waterthrush 5/11/80
Yellow-headed Blackbird 5/14/79, 9/22/79, 4/28/83
Bullock's Oriole 5/11/80
Great-tailed Grackle 6/5-10/77
Indigo Bunting 4/22/76, 7/1/78, 8/8/82
Brown Towhee 10/8/77
Gray-headed Junco 1/20-2/24/79, 3/7/82


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