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• 1 Jan 2009 - updated totals for the year. New Hornsby bird - Greater White-fronted Goose. New non-Hornsby bird - Sedge Wren. Will do final reconciliation next week.
• 25 Dec 2008 - updated totals for the year. New county birds since the last update: Golden Eagle, Long-billed Thrasher, Pyrrhuloxia. New non-Hornsby birds: Ferruginous Hawk, Fox Sparrow.
• 18 Dec 2008 - updated totals for the year. New Hornsby birds: Palm Warbler, Western Meadowlark.
• 11 Dec 2008 - no new birds for the year.
• 3 Dec 2008 - updated totals for the year; new county birds since the last update: Horned Grebe, Fox Sparrow. New Hornsby birds: Mallard, Common Goldeneye, Spotted Towhee, Dark-eyed Junco.
• 20 Nov 2008 - updated totals for the year; new county bird (#300 - Woohoo!) since the last update: White-tailed Kite.
• 13 Nov 2008 - updated totals for the year; new county birds since the last update: Common Loon. New Hornsby birds: Canvasback, Hooded Merganser, Golden-crowned Kinglet.
• 6 Nov 2008 - no new birds for the year.
• 30 Oct 2008 - no new birds for the year.
• 23 Oct 2008 - updated totals for the year; new county birds since the last update: Greater White-fronted Goose, Wood Stork, Ferruginous Hawk, (belated) Calliope Hummingbird.
• 16 Oct 2008 - updated totals for the year; new county birds since the last update: Sedge Wren.
• 9 Oct 2008 - updated totals for the year; new county birds since the last update: Sanderling, Whip-poor-will. New Hornsby bird: Black-headed Grosbeak. New Non-Hornsby birds: Black-bellied Plover, American Avocet.
• 2 Oct 2008 - updated totals for the year. New non-Hornsby birds: American Bittern, Baird's Sandpiper.
• 25 Sept 2008 - updated totals for the year. New non-Hornsby birds: Virginia Rail, Semipalmated Plover, Western Sandpiper.
• 18 Sept 2008 - updated totals for year; new county birds since the last update: Ruddy Turnstone. New Hornsby bird: Greater Roadrunner.
• 11 Sept 2008 - no new birds for the year.
• 4 Sept 2008 - no new birds. Added Solitary Sandpiper to list of non-Hornsby birds.
• 31 Aug 2008 - TCBY is out of hibernation!! Finally, caught up with additions from the past 3 months: White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Long-billed Curlew, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Least Tern, Green Violet-Ear, Painted Redstart. Added link for info and two videos of the first Travis County Painted Redstart.
• 22 May 2008 - updated totals for year; new county birds since the last update: Common Moorhen, Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, MacGillivray's Warbler.
• 15 May 2008 - updated totals for year; added page for rare May sightings; new county birds since the last update: Purple Gallinule, Black Tern, Red-headed Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Acadian Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Bell's Vireo, Worm-eating Warbler, Canada Warbler,
• 8 May 2008 - updated totals for year; new county birds since the last update: Caspian Tern, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Least Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, Golden-winged Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Mourning Warbler, Black-headed Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting.
• 1 May 2008 - added photos of Brown Pelican, Wood Thrush, Laughing Gull and intent Reeve-watchers; added expected migrants for May; updated totals for year; new county birds since the last update: Brown Pelican, Whimbrel, Laughing Gull, Swainson's Thrush, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole.
• 24 April 2008 - updated totals for year; new county birds since the last update: American Bittern, Tricolored Heron,Mississippi Kite, Broad-winged Hawk, Virginia Rail, Willet, Hudsonian Godwit, White-rumped Sandpiper, Common Nighthawk, Kentucky Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Yellow-breasted Chat, Painted Bunting, Dickcissel, Bronzed Cowbird, Bullock's Oriole.
• 17 April 2008 - added expected migrants for second part of April; updated totals for year; new county birds since the last update: White-faced Ibis, Semipalmated Plover, Ruff, Chuck-will's-widow, Blue-winged Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Orchard Oriole.
• 10 April 2008 - updated totals for year; new county birds since the last update: Ross's Goose, American Avocet, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Western Kingbird, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Summer Tanager, Clay-colored Sparrow, Blue Grosbeak.
• 3 April 2008 - updated totals for year; added page for good April sightings; added expected migrants for first part of April; new county birds since the last update: Common Black-Hawk, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope, Bank Swallow, Eastern Kingbird, Yellow-throated Vireo, Tennessee Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Wilson's Warbler, Scott's Oriole.
• 27 March 2008 - updated totals for year; new county birds since the last update: Northern Bobwhite, Neotropic Cormorant, Zone-tailed Hawk, Barn Owl, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Black-capped Vireo, Northern Parula.
• 20 March 2008 - updated totals for year; new county birds since the last update: Common Goldeneye, Swainson's Hawk, American Golden-Plover, Black-necked Stilt, Upland Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Nashville Warbler.
• 13 March 2008 - updated totals for year; added some expected migrants to the "still need" list; added Prairie Falcon photo to February photos. New county birds since the last update: Snow Goose, Solitary Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Western Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Franklin's Gull, Common Poorwill, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Cliff Swallow
• 6 March 2008 - updated totals for year - will add expected migrants list next week
• 28 February 2008 - updated totals for year
• 20 February 2008 - updated totals for year; added picture of Green Kingfisher
• 6 February 2008 - updated totals for year; added picture of Rusty Blackbird; added pages for breeding birds, first-of-spring sightings, and February rare birds
• 30 January 2008 - updated totals for year; added picture of Vermilion Flycatcher
• 23 January 2008 - filled in several missing species; added pages for still-needed birds, photos and what/how to submit species to me.
• 16 January 2008 - created initial bare-bones species list with sightings reported to me from the beginning of the year.   More to come later!