For northbound migrants and returning summering birds, the following are the first-of-season sightings for each species in Travis County.
| Species |
First Seen |
Who |
Where |
Comments |
| Neotropic Cormorant |
21-Mar |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| American Bittern |
19-Apr |
Tim Fennell |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Tricolored Heron |
18-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| White-faced Ibis |
10-Apr |
Barry Lyon |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Mississippi Kite |
20-Apr |
Roy Reinarz |
Lago Vista |
|
| Broad-winged Hawk |
5-Apr |
Kenny Anderson |
south of downtown Austin |
|
| Swainson's Hawk |
18-Mar |
Paul Sunby |
near the old Austin/Bergstrom Airport |
|
| Virginia Rail |
19-Apr |
Tim Fennell |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Purple Gallinule |
8-May |
Kenny Anderson |
Barton Creek Preserve |
|
| Common Moorhen |
6-May |
Jeff McIntyre |
Stoney Creek Park |
|
| Sandhill Crane |
23-Feb |
Greg Lasley |
fly-overs in South Austin |
|
| Black-bellied Plover |
15-May |
Bret Whitney |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| American Golden-Plover |
15-Mar |
Victor Emanuel, Barry Lyon, Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Semipalmated Plover |
11-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Black-necked Stilt |
16-Mar |
Paul Sunby |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| American Avocet |
4-Apr |
Stan VanSandt |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Solitary Sandpiper |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Willet |
18-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Upland Sandpiper |
15-Mar |
Victor Emanuel, Barry Lyon |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Whimbrel |
26-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
seen later by the Balinskys |
| Hudsonian Godwit |
18-Apr |
D.D. Currie, Dell Little |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
1-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Western Sandpiper |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| White-rumped Sandpiper |
20-Apr |
Eric Stager |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Baird's Sandpiper |
28-Mar |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
15-Mar |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Dunlin |
15-May |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Stilt Sandpiper |
1-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Ruff |
12-Apr |
Hornsby Bend |
Michael O'Brien, David Wolf |
|
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Wilson's Phalarope |
1-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Laughing Gull |
26-Apr |
Eric Carpenter, Robin Doughty |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Franklin's Gull |
9-Mar |
Maggie Burnett & Eric Carpenter |
Lake Walter E. Long |
|
| Black Tern |
11-May |
Jeff McIntyre |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
5-Apr |
Brush Freeman |
(Big) Webberville Park |
|
| Common Nighthawk |
21-Apr |
Kenny Anderson |
Barton Creek Preserve |
|
| Common Poorwill |
9-Mar |
Ed Fair |
Commons Ford |
|
| Chuck-will's-widow |
11-Apr |
Laurie Foss |
Shady Hollow, south Austin |
|
| Chimney Swift |
15-Mar |
Brush Freeman |
near Bee Caves |
|
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
18-Mar |
Noreen Baker |
near Oak Hill |
|
| Black-chinned Hummingbird |
8-Mar |
Judy Quick |
near Bee Caves/360 |
|
| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
6-May |
Theresa Bayoud |
near 34th & Shoal Creek, Austin |
|
| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
3-May |
Maggie Burnett, Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
10-May |
HBMS |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Acadian Flycatcher |
10-May |
Byron Stone et al |
Westcave Preserve |
|
| Alder Flycatcher |
10-May |
HBMS |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Willow Flycatcher |
10-May |
HBMS |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Least Flycatcher |
27-Apr |
Ed Fair |
Commons Ford Park |
|
| Ash-throated Flycatcher |
21-Mar |
Chuck Sexton |
Balcones Canyonland NWR - near headquarters |
|
| Great Crested Flycatcher |
20-Feb |
Jeff Mundy |
northwest Austin |
|
| Western Kingbird |
5-Apr |
Brush Freeman |
(Big) Webberville Park |
|
| Eastern Kingbird |
2-Apr |
Brush Freeman |
(Big) Webberville Park |
|
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
23-Feb |
Tim Fennell |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Bell's Vireo |
8-May |
Roxie Rochat |
far northwest Austin |
|
| Black-capped Vireo |
21-Mar |
Scott Edler |
Balcones Canyonland NWR - Rodgers tract |
|
| Yellow-throated Vireo |
2-Apr |
Chuck Sexton |
Balcones Canyonland NWR - near Headquarters |
|
| Philadelphia Vireo |
29-Apr |
Kenny Anderson |
Mabel Davis Park |
|
| Philadelphia Vireo |
29-Apr |
Kenny Anderson |
Mabel Davis Park |
|
| Red-eyed Vireo |
5-Apr |
Brush Freeman |
(Big) Webberville Park |
|
| Purple Martin |
5-Feb |
Brush Freeman |
(Big) Webberville Park |
|
| Tree Swallow |
9-Mar |
Maggie Burnett & Eric Carpenter |
Lake Walter E. Long |
|
| N. Rough-winged Swallow |
6-Mar |
Roy Reinarz |
Arrowhead Park, Lago Vista |
|
| Bank Swallow |
28-Mar |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Cliff Swallow |
9-Mar |
Maggie Burnett & Eric Carpenter |
Lake Walter E. Long |
|
| Barn Swallow |
5-Mar |
Paul Sunby |
south Austin near Ben White & Lamar |
|
| Swainson's Thrush |
27-Apr |
Maggie Burnett & Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Wood Thrush |
29-Apr |
AJ Johnson |
Windsor Park, north of the Mueller Development |
|
| Blue-winged Warbler |
10-Apr |
Kirsti Harms |
Travis Heights |
|
| Golden-winged Warbler |
5-May |
Stu Wilson |
Northwest District Park, Austin |
|
| Tennessee Warbler |
29-Mar |
Sally Breed |
Capitol grounds |
|
| Nashville Warbler |
17-Mar |
Isaac Sanchez |
near Commons Ford Park |
|
| Northern Parula |
22-Mar |
Ed Fair et al |
Commons Ford Park |
regular field trip |
| Yellow Warbler |
7-Apr |
Dan Smith |
Capitol grounds |
|
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
2-May |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Magnolia Warbler |
5-Apr |
Stan VanSandt |
south Austin |
|
| Golden-cheeked Warbler |
29-Feb |
Mark Gray |
off of City Park Road, west Austin |
|
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
24-Mar |
Maggie Burnett |
near MoPac & Southwest Parkway |
|
| Blackburnian Warbler |
1-May |
Terry Banks |
Great Hills greenbelt |
|
| Yellow-throated Warbler |
14-Apr |
Terri Siegenthaler, Lois Myers |
Shield Ranch, off Hamilton Pool Rd. |
|
| Bay-breasted Warbler |
1-May |
Judy Johnson Dunavant |
far south Austin |
|
| Black-and-white Warbler |
1-Mar |
Jim Gilchrist |
Balcones Canyonland NWR |
|
| American Redstart |
2-May |
Stu Wilson |
Northwest District Park, Austin |
|
| Prothonotary Warbler |
5-Apr |
Brush Freeman |
(Big) Webberville Park |
|
| Worm-eating Warbler |
12-May |
Chris Layden |
near Shoal Creek |
|
| Ovenbird |
28-Apr |
Mike Rogan |
Sunset Valley Greenbelt/nature area |
|
| Northern Waterthrush |
22-Apr |
Kenny Anderson |
West Bouldin Creek |
|
| Louisiana Waterthrush |
28-Mar |
Jean Nance |
near Nameless & Round Mountain Roads |
|
| Kentucky Warbler |
17-Apr |
Stan VandSandt |
south Austin |
|
| Mourning Warbler |
7-May |
Jeff McIntyre |
Gilleland Creek Park, Austin |
|
| MacGillivray's Warbler |
15-May |
Theresa Bayoud |
near 34th & Shoal Creek, Austin |
|
| Hooded Warbler |
7-Apr |
Dan Smith |
Capitol grounds |
|
| Wilson's Warbler |
29-Mar |
Sally Breed |
Capitol grounds |
|
| Canada Warbler |
7-May |
Mike Rogan |
Seiders Springs Park, Shoal Creek |
|
| Yellow-breasted Chat |
14-Apr |
Mikael Behrens |
near Lake Austin/360 |
|
| Summer Tanager |
2-Apr |
Chuck Sexton |
Balcones Canyonland NWR - near headquarters |
|
| Scarlet Tanager |
26-Apr |
Andy & Julia Balinsky |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Clay-colored Sparrow |
5-Apr |
Brush Freeman |
(Big) Webberville Park |
|
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
12-Apr |
HBMS |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Black-headed Grosbeak |
3-May |
AJ Johnson |
Windsor Park, north of the Mueller Development |
|
| Blue Grosbeak |
3-Apr |
Kirsti Harms |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Lazuli Bunting |
3-May |
Victor Emanuel, Barry Lyon |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Indigo Bunting |
10-Apr |
Theresa Bayoud |
Walnut Creek Metro Park |
|
| Painted Bunting |
18-Apr |
Noreen Baker |
east of HWY 183/Cameron Road |
|
| Dickcissel |
18-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Yellow-headed Blackbird |
12-Apr |
HBMS |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Bronzed Cowbird |
21-Apr |
Mike Rogan |
Dick Nichols Park, south Austin |
|
| Orchard Oriole |
13-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
(Big) Webberville Park |
|
| Bullock's Oriole |
22-Apr |
Mollie Kloepper |
near Mueller Airport Fire Station, Austin |
|
| Baltimore Oriole |
26-Apr |
Andy & Julia Balinsky |
Hornsby Bend |
|
| Scott's Oriole |
1-Apr |
Jim Gilchrist |
Lago Vista |
|