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Gil Eckrich spotted a FOS Wilson’s Snipe on Fort Hood’s West Range (Coryell)on 2 September. This is the earliest he hase seen this species on the installation. His previous earliest record was 16 Sep. Another interesting bird was a juv White Ibis feeding along the exposed mudflats of Lake Belton shoreline.
His lists of birds seen in both counties follows.
Bell: Blue-winged Teal 23, Great Blue Heron 5, Great Egret 4, Snowy Egret 1, Tricolored Heron 1, Cattle Egret 9, Green Heron 4, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1, White Ibis 1, Black Vulture 3, Turkey Vulture 5, Osprey 1, Killdeer 25, Spotted Sandpiper 2, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Least Sandpiper 11, White-winged Dove 2, Mourning Dove 15, Greater Roadrunner 1, Eastern Screech-Owl 1, Chimney Swift 2, Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1, Eastern Phoebe 3, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4, White-eyed Vireo 4, American Crow 11, Carolina Chickadee 3, Black-crested Titmouse 2, Carolina Wren 1, Bewick's Wren 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7, Eastern Bluebird 2, Northern Mockingbird 11, Northern Waterthrush 1, Yellow Warbler 2, Black-throated Green Warbler 1, Lark Sparrow 3, Summer Tanager 1, Northern Cardinal 9.
Coryell (all at one pond)- Blue-winged Teal 24, Pied-billed Grebe 3, Great Blue Heron 3, Great Egret 2, Green Heron 2, Turkey Vulture 3, Red-tailed Hawk 1, Killdeer 8, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Baird's Sandpiper 5, Wilson's Snipe 1, Wilson's Phalarope 1, Mourning Dove 9, Eastern Phoebe 1 White-eyed Vireo 1, American Crow 7, Carolina Chickadee 2, Northern Mockingbird 5, Lark Sparrow 3, Northern Cardinal 4.

Jeff Cheney observed a FOS House Wren at Maxdale Bridge on 1 September! Would be interesting to hear if anyone has an earlier observation of this species.