Mississippi Kite by Dick Daniels, 2011

The Austin area Rare Bird Alert is a service of the Travis Audubon Society. This update is as of 6/26/2014. Send interesting sightings – complete with species name, LOCATION, and contact information – to Nathan McGowan at natemcgowanbirds@gmail.com.

Rarities Found This Week

• At least one MISSISSIPPI KITE was observed near Lake Austin and Highway 360 on 6/21.

Continuing birds from previous weeks

• A group of 3 AMERICAN KESTRELS were still present in Austin at 45th and Guadalupe, last seen 6/22.
• One PEREGRINE FALCON is still hanging around the UT tower in Central Austin.

Reports for the Austin area RBA cover a 60 mile radius, centered from the Capitol in downtown Austin. Bird sightings mentioned here have been filtered and scrutinized by the compiler and are believed to be genuine. When documentation or photographs were provided that is mentioned, along with the other information about the bird(s) being seen. For questions or updates about birds mentioned here or to report rare or unusual bird sightings in the Austin area, please send an e-mail to natemcgowanbirds@gmail.com

Nate McGowan
Rare Bird Alert Compiler
Travis Audubon Society

To view our archive of previous RBA reports, click here.