Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) Reviewed Jan.- June 2013

via Eric Carpenter of TBRC

**trans-Pecos in BOLD 

TBRC Members, Observers & Record Submitters, and other interested parties,

Below is a summary of the records that the Texas Bird Records
Committee (TBRC) has reviewed and voted on thus far in 2013.

The highlight of this batch of records is the acceptance of the first
state record of Black-tailed Godwit, bringing the official state list
to 639!

Accepted Records (27):

2012-74 - Red-necked Grebe (1), 4 December 2012, White Rock Lake, Dallas County
2012-60 - Great Shearwater (1), 31 August 2012, Wright Patman Lake, Cass County
2012-54 - Great Shearwater (1), 10 August 2012, Padre Island NS - mile 1, Kleberg County
2012-55 - Brown Booby (1), 25 August - 3 September 2012, Canyon Lake Dam, Comal County
2012-56 - Brown Booby (1), 29-30 August 2012, Lynchberg Ferry, Harris County
2012-64 - Brown Booby (1), 29 September 2012, Lynchberg Ferry, Harris County
2012-68 - Northern Jacana (1), 3 November 2012, Pintail Lake, Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo County
2012-45 - Black-tailed Godwit (1), 4 June - 13 August 2012, Brazoria NWR, Brazoria County
2013-03 - Purple Sandpiper (1), 24 November 2012, Baytown, Harris County
2012-67 - Red Phalarope (1), 27-30 October 2012, Hagerman NWR, Grayson County
2012-69 - Red Phalarope (1), 31 October 2012, Balmorhea Lake, Reeves County
2012-61 - Heermann's Gull (1), 24 September 2012, Tornillo Reservoir, El Paso County
2012-70 - Mew Gull (1), 27 October 2012, Delta Lake, Hidalgo County
2012-80 - Long-tailed Jaeger (1), 1 December 2012, Texas City Dike, Galveston County
2012-62 - Ruddy Ground-Dove (1), 5-18 October 2012, Crescent Bend Nature Park, Bexar County
2012-49 - White-collared Swift (1), 3 July 2012, along Galveston seawall, Galveston County
2012-77 - Costa's Hummingbird (1), 24 December 2012 - 3 February 2013, El Paso, El Paso County
2013-07 - Costa's Hummingbird (1), 14-20 January 2013, Study Butte, Brewster County
2013-09 - Costa's Hummingbird (1), 29 December 2012 - 26 January 2013, Kerrville, Kerr County
2012-73 - Costa's Hummingbird (1), 7-17 November 2012, Christmas Mountains, Brewster County
2012-46 - Buff-breasted Flycatcher (1), 26 April - 15 July 2012, Davis Mountains Preserve, Jeff Davis County
2012-76 - Fork-tailed Flycatcher (1), 15-26 December 2012, near McKinney Falls SP, Travis County
2012-66 - Varied Thrush (1), 20 October 2012 - 19 March 2013, Christmas Mountains, Brewster County (our posts are here and here)

2012-82 - Rufous-capped Warbler (1-2), 22 April - 27 May 2012, Chalk Bluff Park, Uvalde County
2012-59 - Slate-colored Fox Sparrow (1), 20-27 September 2012, El Paso, El Paso County
2013-01 - Pine Grosbeak (1), 30 December 2012, upper Dog Canyon, GMNP, Culberson County
2013-04 - Evening Grosbeak (4), 27-31 October 2012, Davis Mts Resort, Jeff Davis County

Not Accepted Records (6):

2013-08 - Masked Duck (2), 22 December 2012, Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo County
2013-13 - American Flamingo (4), 13 January 2013, Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo County
2012-71 - Northern Goshawk (1), 21 November 2012, se. of Lockett,
Wilbarger County
2012-52 - Long-toed Stint (1), 5 August 2012, Hagerman NWR, Grayson County
2012-53 - Brown Noddy (1), 4 August 2012, Lake Tanglewood, Randall County
2011-06 - Vaux’s Swift (1), 9 August 2009, Mitchell Lake, Bexar County