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12 Mar Eastern Phoebe: Johnson [Nic Allen ]
12 Mar Martins ["Max C. Thompson" ]
12 Mar Oak Park + [Paul Griffin ]
11 Mar Re: Martins [Kevin Groeneweg ]
11 Mar Martins [Don and Linda Mallonee ]
11 Mar Cheyenne Bottoms March 10 [Greg Swick ]
11 Mar Woodcock, HV County [G & J Fenton Friesen ]
11 Mar ALITTLE CAR BIRDING 3/10 ["William L. Falk" ]
11 Mar Brown County Yard Bird [kc98 ]
11 Mar A persistent robin/cheap solution [Kat Farres ]
11 Mar Harris's Sparrow staging area [Steve Comeau ]
11 Mar Quivira report 11 March 2010 [Barry Jones ]
11 Mar A persistent robin [James Martin ]
11 Mar Good article on LPC event in Oklahoma [Pete Janzen ]
10 Mar Quivira 3/9/2010 [mike rader ]
10 Mar Topeka Audubon Society field trip this Saturday [Carol Morgan ]
10 Mar White-winged Dove continues [Leon Hicks ]
10 Mar House Wren in Manhattan [Dan Mulhern ]
10 Mar LaFarge sandpit on Sunday [Doris Burnett ]
10 Mar A fun surprise [Don and Linda Mallonee ]
10 Mar Re: white morph/Kryder's Red-tailed [Sarah Ellis ]
9 Mar Re: Birding goal [Henry and Debby Armknecht ]
9 Mar Re: Birding goal [Chuck & Jaye Otte ]
9 Mar FW: March Update, Kansas County Listing [Chuck & Jaye Otte ]
9 Mar Re: Birding goals (short) [Scott Seltman ]
9 Mar Glaucous at LaFarge sandpit, Wichita [Pete Janzen ]
9 Mar white morph/Kryder's Red-tailed [sb ellis ]
9 Mar Derby-Belle Plaine 9 March [Jeff Calhoun ]
9 Mar Re: Birding goals (long) [Jeff Witters ]
9 Mar The Ultimate Goal of Birding [Robert Penner ]
8 Mar Re: Birding goal (a bit long) [Nathan Ofsthun ]
8 Mar Glaucous Gull at Shawnee Mission Park Johnson County [Mark Land ]
8 Mar Re: Birding goals (long) [Steve Roels ]
8 Mar Doniphan Cty 3/4 []
8 Mar Pott Co Waterfowl [Brandon Magette ]
8 Mar White-winged Dove [Paul Griffin ]
8 Mar Quivira birds 7 March 2010 [Barry Jones ]
8 Mar Quivira CCP public scoping meetings [Barry Jones ]
8 Mar Re: Great Horned Owl nest [Thomas Shane ]
8 Mar Great Horned Owl nest [Ted Cable ]
8 Mar Shawnee Mission Park (Johnson County), 7 March [David Seibel ]
8 Mar SE Nebraska & Flint Hills [Timothy Barksdale ]
7 Mar Cackling Goose Migration [Thomas Shane ]
7 Mar E. Phoebe and Killdeer Central HV co. N. Newton. [Scott McCloud ]
7 Mar LaFarge/Eur, Wigeon [Pete Janzen ]
7 Mar Eurasian Wigeon! [Henry and Debby Armknecht ]
7 Mar La Farge Sandpit [Larry Londagin ]
7 Mar car\buirding \periphy of topeka ["William L. Falk" ]
7 Mar Cedar Waxings & FOS Common Grackle [Marshall Coleman ]
7 Mar Re: Nelson Island, JoCo [MW Stoakes ]
7 Mar birds seen 3/6 [David Clark ]
7 Mar Grackles Return to Topeka [Jeff Hansen ]
7 Mar White-winged Dove [Paul Griffin ]
7 Mar Jefferson & Douglas Counties [Jonathan King ]
6 Mar spring yard birds [David Rintoul ]
6 Mar Killdeer, Reno and Saline CO 3/6/10 [Kat Farres ]
6 Mar Am Woodcock in LV County [David Williams ]
6 Mar New yard bird, new county bird, new year bird = Leavenworth CO ["Galen L. Pittman" ]
6 Mar Twin Lakes Eagles [Paul Griffin ]
6 Mar Nelson Island, JoCo [Matt Gearheart ]
6 Mar White-winged Dove in Mulvane [Leon Hicks ]
6 Mar Birding goal [Henry and Debby Armknecht ]
6 Mar Sedgwick Co birds, Cowley Co Woodcocks [Jeff Calhoun ]
6 Mar SAturday morning Milford Lake [Chuck & Jaye Otte ]
6 Mar Re: Northeast Kansas wanderings....a few sightings at NESA ( AMWO, KILL, RSHA) ["Galen L. Pittman" ]
6 Mar Northeast Kansas wanderings [Dan Larson ]
5 Mar Re: (Night flying cranes) [Thomas Shane ]
5 Mar Re: (Night flying cranes) [Ron Klataske ]
5 Mar Brown County [kc98 ]
5 Mar Cheyenne Bottoms Birds [Robert Penner ]
5 Mar CB and Q NWR and HV County [G & J Fenton Friesen ]
5 Mar Re: Top 5 Whooper Sites in KS -- The Winners [EUGENE YOUNG ]
5 Mar Re: Top 5 Whooper Sites in KS -- The Winners [Thomas Shane ]
5 Mar RFI - Long-eared Owls [Ted Cable ]
5 Mar Re: WATERFOWL BIRD BOXES [Michael Pearce ]
5 Mar WATERFOWL BIRD BOXES [Larry Londagin ]

Subject: Eastern Phoebe: Johnson
From: Nic Allen <tendingthegarden AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:21:34 -0600
Today I made a trip out to the Overland Park Arboretum to pick-up Purple 
Finch for the year and see what new might have showed up.  It was a dreary 
morning but the singing birds continue to remind me that spring is almost 
here.  The normal woodland birds were present including Yellow-rumped 
Warbler and a huge number of Chickadees and Titmouse.  I did see 2 Purple 
Finch, a male and a female.  I had looked and listened for Eastern Phoebe 
at the two bridges on my way to the birding blind to no avail.  On the 
return trip at the far eastern bridge there were two Eastern Phoebes 
calling and flying around.  They traditionally use this bridge to nest.  
Below the bridge a Winter Wren was busily moving around the exposed 
rootballs along the creek.  It was nice to get out and have a little taste 
of spring.

Nic Allen
Overland Park, KS
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Subject: Martins
From: "Max C. Thompson" <maxt AT COX.NET>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:06:40 -0600
Our average date of arrival is the 14th.  I would expect them next 
week with the warmer weather.There are midges flying so there should 
be food.  Please be careful with IDs this early.  Starlings are 
hawking insects and soar just like martins!!!!!!!
Max



Max C. Thompson
1729 E. 11th Ave.
Winfield, KS 67156-4007

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Subject: Oak Park +
From: Paul Griffin <pgriffin1 AT COX.NET>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:39:18 -0600
HI Folks,

I thought the Cooper's Hawks in Oak Park had excepted the fact that the Great 
Horned Owls had taken over their nest. But, today much to my surprise, the 
female Cooper's made a diving pass at the sitting Great Horned female and 
nearly knocked it out off the nest. The Cooper's really got the Owls attention 
as it was displaying it's eye wide open. Normally, in the daytime it is 
squinting at me, because of all of the daytime light. The new nest the Cooper's 
are making is coming along really slow. The Cooper's have been mating and they 
are going to need a nest in the next couple of weeks. Maybe, they have decided 
to take the nest back. This is going to be interesting to watch. 


The Bald Eagles at Twin Lakes are still there, but no eggs, yet. They are in 
and out. The male doing most of the building. The female generally just 
watches. Although, the other day she weathered heavy rain for over an hour, 
standing in the nest. I felt sorry for her. But, she really got a great shower 
out of it. 


Happy Birding,

Paul Griffin

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Subject: Re: Martins
From: Kevin Groeneweg <kgroeneweg AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:15:09 -0800
The PMCA site (http://purplemartin.org/scoutreport/) has two reports from 
Kansas so far; one from Columbus (SE KS) and one from Hays (!). Otherwise, 
looks like they are slowly working their way through Oklahoma. Waiting for my 
first tenants to show up. Bring on the warm weather and the bug-eaters already! 


Kevin Groeneweg
Wichita




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From: Don and Linda Mallonee 
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Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 10:48:13 PM
Subject: Martins

My records show the Martins could arrive this next week. I hope they do not 
because I have yet to see any bugs. Any Martins in Winfield as yet? 

Linda Mallonee
Wichita

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Subject: Martins
From: Don and Linda Mallonee <czrtail69 AT COX.NET>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:48:13 -0600
My records show the Martins could arrive this next week.  I hope they do 
not because I have yet to see any bugs.  Any Martins in Winfield as yet?
Linda Mallonee
Wichita

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Subject: Cheyenne Bottoms March 10
From: Greg Swick <grswick AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:11:25 -0600
Hello,
While visiting relatives in Kansas, I drove out to Cheyenne Bottoms
yesterday afternoon.  Highlights were a single drake Cinnamon Teal and a
single Baird's Sandpiper.   Large numbers of Redheads, Shovelors, and
Pintails.  Lots of Bufflehead, Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Ducks, American Wigeon,
Gadwall, Green winged teal, and Mallards. Some Ring billed and Herring
gulls.  A few Blue winged teal.      Huge numbers of Snow Geese, White
fronted Geese, and Canadas.   Many harriers and Red tails and one Rough
legged Hawk.

Good birding,
Greg Swick
Ozark, Missouri

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Subject: Woodcock, HV County
From: G & J Fenton Friesen <friesen.fenton AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:51:37 -0600
Tom Ewert and I ventured into the nature trails of Harvey County West Park
this evening in search of American Woodcock. We ended up with more of this
species that I have ever seen or heard in my life.  The "peent" calls
started at 6:50 PM and flights began shortly after that with a number of low
flights right over us and a few really high flights with a tumble down fall
into the grass.  I think we clearly saw up to 7 flights but heard many many
more with the whistling sounds of the flight complemented by ongoing peent
and "squeak and chirp" calls.  Pretty amazing number of birds out there.  I
think the wet year has them really stacked high in that area.  Flights and
calls were continuing when we left after 25 minutes.

A serenade by a great coyote chorus added to the evening trip.

Gregg

-- 
Gregg & Joanna Fenton Friesen
Newton, KS

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Subject: ALITTLE CAR BIRDING 3/10
From: "William L. Falk" <nlwlfalk AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:27:31 -0600
I birded east of town yesterday
FOUND:
 3cardinals
ringbill gulls + + +
canadas
mallards
de juncos
robins
chickadees
titmouse 2yb sapsuckers
1 harris sparow
 1fox sparrow
e bluebird + + +
1turkey vulture
am crow+
redtail
OF INTEREST:
A LOT OF TROUT FISHERMEN HENCE NO MIGRATIN GDUCK SPECIES!

)LATER,BILL FALK
TOPEKA

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Subject: Brown County Yard Bird
From: kc98 <kc98 AT MEWLAN.COM>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:13:48 -0600
Hello Birders,
I just had a mature Bald Eagle in my yard. It was perched on one of the utility 
poles. Amazing. Rosella Royer, Sabetha, Brown County kc98 AT mewlan.com 


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Subject: A persistent robin/cheap solution
From: Kat Farres <ozbelgnz AT SWBELL.NET>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:38:31 -0600
Tape some newspaper over the window. Cheap, easy. Looks like heck but ......
Kat Farres 
OZ BelgianZ Tervuren ~ BSD
Salina KS USA

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Subject: Harris's Sparrow staging area
From: Steve Comeau <slc1856 AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:33:37 -0600
Apparently my house is the new jumping off point for Harris's Sparrow
migration. I normally have 8, 10, or maybe 12 on a good day. Yesterday there
were 26 at my feeders.

Also, I noticed the two Song Sparrows and the single Spotted Towhee were all
back at the feeders after a three week absence.

-- 
Steve Comeau
Wichita, Kansas
(316) 619-7046

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Subject: Quivira report 11 March 2010
From: Barry Jones <barjones78 AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:32:09 -0600
After about a half inch of rain fell yesterday (3/10), refuge roads are 
muddy in some areas and may result in slippery and sloppy conditions until 
drying occurs.

Still at least 9 swans on Big Salt Marsh (at least 4 were clearly 
Tundra).  Also first-of-spring Chipping Sparrow showed up at the 
Headquarters area on 3/10.

Barry Jones
Quivira NWR  

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Subject: A persistent robin
From: James Martin <JAMINKC AT EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:34:36 -0600
There is a robin (I assume male) on my front porch that keeps flying  
from the porch handrail and bonking into and pecking the top of the  
glass door. This has been going on for about 4 days. I have seen male  
cardinals go after their own reflections (I assume it's a dominance  
display), but I haven't seen it before with a robin. Any reason to be  
concerned for the bird's well-being, or suggestions on how to shoo it  
away?

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Subject: Good article on LPC event in Oklahoma
From: Pete Janzen <pete.janzen AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:49:30 -0600
A crowded calendar prevented me from attending this event last weekend 
although I really wanted to go.  This is good boots on the ground 
stuff.  Nice article.  

http://www.examiner.com/x-27505-Oklahoma-City-Outdoor-Travel-Examiner~y2010m3d10-Volunteers-gather-from-across-state-to-save-threatened-prairie-icon 


Pete Janzen
Wichita, KS

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Subject: Quivira 3/9/2010
From: mike rader <mike_rader AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:57:18 -0600
Hi all,

I had meeting at Quivira yesterday and today, so yesterday afternoon, I took a 
little time to go through the Wildlife Drive, Lots of birds up there, as posted 
before, but I thought I'd mention a few: several thousand geese - mailny Snows 
and White-fronteds. Quite a few dabbling ducks, with a few more Shovelers and 
less Pintails, as expected. There was still an impressive showing of 
Canvasbacks, with 350+ seen and probably 125+ Lesser Scaup, 100+ Redheads and 
250+ Ruddy Ducys, There were ten swans, with two Trumpeters, four Tundras and 
four I couldn't see well enough to make a guess, Not many Sandhill Cranes, but 
that may have been because of the time of day. I had a Prairie Falcon just 
north of the Little Salt Marsh and five DC Cormorants. This morning (3/10) on 
the way back up for the meeting, I had a single Rough-legged Hawk along K-61 
highway and a single Ferruginous Hawk on the Stafford blacktop, both in Pratt 
County. 


Mike Rader

Wilson and/or Pratt, KS


 		 	   		  
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Subject: Topeka Audubon Society field trip this Saturday
From: Carol Morgan <crxmorgan AT AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:03:44 -0600
Topeka Audubon Society is having a field trip this Saturday to Lake 
Perry.  Meet at Dillons at 29th and California at 7:30am for carpooling.  
We will start by going to Kile Marsh near the north end of Lake Perry.  We 
will proceed to Lassiter Marsh just north of Valley Falls, then to Perry 
Wildlife Area southeast of Valley Falls, and finally south to the dam and 
Delaware Marsh.  Let's hope for a sunny day.  Lots of waterfowl are on the 
move, and I hope we see a nice variety.
 
    The original destination for this trip was the Topeka Audubon Sanctuary 
at Lake Perry, but we are going to skip that for now.  We are still seeking 
a volunteer to mow trails there.  If you would be able to consider this as 
a project, please contact me!
 
Carol Morgan
Field Trip Leader

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Subject: White-winged Dove continues
From: Leon Hicks <chicks12 AT COX.NET>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:14:35 -0600
Curtis Hicks saw the White-winged Dove today that first showed up Saturday in 
our yard. 



Leon Hicks
910 Eastview Dr
Mulvane , Ks

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Subject: House Wren in Manhattan
From: Dan Mulhern <Dan_Mulhern AT FWS.GOV>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:32:21 -0600
Was surprised to see (but not hear) my first House Wren of the season in my
backyard in Manhattan early yesterday evening.  This is at least 4 weeks
earlier than I've ever recorded at this location, and makes me wonder if
there have been other silent scouts before that I just missed.

Also had a single Common Grackle at my feeder the day before.  No sign yet
of the annual flock that shows up around St. Patrick's Day.

Dan Mulhern
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Subject: LaFarge sandpit on Sunday
From: Doris Burnett <burnett AT KSBROADBAND.NET>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:46:16 -0600
I birded LaFarge Sunday afternoon between 1:30 and 3 and was amazed at the 
coming and going of the flocks of birds. I would scan the lake and before I got 
to the far side the type and number of ducks had changed. A flock of 70 or so 
lesser scaup dropped in and proceeded to take a long bath and fall asleep, just 
like they had been on a long trip. 

I saw 3 horned grebes with one in alternate plumage.
Several pied-billed grebes.
20 bufflehead
30 common golden
a few common mergansers
A mixed flock of green-winged teal, mallard and gadwall.
2 American widgeon (no Eurasian)
Greater yellowlegs  (1 heard as a flyover)
only a couple of ring-billed gulls
2 adult bald eagles were sitting in a grove of trees on the NW side of the 
pond. 

It was a fun hour or so of birding.
Doris Burnett
Manhattan, Ks
Pottawatomie County

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Subject: A fun surprise
From: Don and Linda Mallonee <czrtail69 AT COX.NET>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:58:16 -0600
As I was caring for laundry in the bedroom I looked up to see a cock 
Pheasant strolling down the sidewalk that runs around our drainage 
lake.  While I have heard them to the west in what is left of the 
wetlands, I have never seen them here in the development.  With the 
Hooded Mergansers on the lake with the Buffleheads, this has been a good 
morning.
Linda Mallonee
Wichita

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Subject: Re: white morph/Kryder's Red-tailed
From: Sarah Ellis <sb.ellis AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:56:16 -0600
Hi, everyone,

Here is link to a photo of the white and brown hawk I reported on yesterday.
Just a fair photo, but any input on ID would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
much!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8650094 AT N05/4420968203/in/set-72157618558856776/

Sarah Ellis
Olathe, Johnson County

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Subject: Re: Birding goal
From: Henry and Debby Armknecht <armknecht AT RURALTEL.NET>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:05:47 -0600
Thanks to everyone for the great answers.  I will attempt to post my 
thoughts later.  For now, my short term goal is to have a fun trip to south 
FL next week, see some new birds, catch some new fish, see some places I 
have dreamed of since I was a kid (Everglades and Keys), spend time with my 
"chick", and get rejuvenated for the dash to the end of another school year.

Henry A
Osborne KS 

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Subject: Re: Birding goal
From: Chuck & Jaye Otte <otte2 AT COX.NET>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:42:52 -0600
I've spent several days thinking about this question and numerous possible 
answers.  I kind of liked Scott's response - might have even been valid 25 
years ago!

If you any of the wacko corps of county listers and you'll get some answer to 
the effect of 75 in every Kansas county (or maybe 100).  And those goals are 
certainly valid.  They give us a reason to get out and bird - it fuels the 
competitive side that several of us have.

I'm a compulsive list keeper - I know that may come as shock to many of you 
(not!).  I keep lists everywhere I go.  The county checklist project sort of 
grew out of that.  And I have some lofty goals that will stay with me for now.  
If you look in the ABA Annual List report you'll see some pretty amazing 
numbers.  I'm closing in on 1,000 species world wide and some of these folks 
are over 7,000!  (By the way, it takes 1,400 species to make the world list and 
I do see a few Kansans in that category!)  But again, those lists are like a 
scrapbook of memories for me.

I don't view birding as something that has an end goal that marks that I'm 
through.  I do hope to see a new species every year, but so what?  For me, it's 
about the citizen science.  It's about seeing new places and the same old 
birds, but in a new location.  it's about learning more about my state and my 
country as a travel from birding location to birding location.  it's about find 
birds no matter where I go.  It's about sharing my passion for birds and the 
outdoors with someone else.  If all birders could just spark one other person 
per year to pay more attention to birds, it would be a great end result.

I once had a friend who was puzzled by my birding obsession.  He couldn't 
understand why I go out birding so often when I've seen those same birds time 
and time again.  I thought for a moment, and the I looked at him and said, 
"When I go birding, it isn't about what I will see, it's more about what I 
MIGHT see."  Which I guess is ultimately my goal - it's about what I might see!

Chuck

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Subject: FW: March Update, Kansas County Listing
From: Chuck & Jaye Otte <otte2 AT COX.NET>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:25:41 -0600
All, 

Listed below is the March edition of the Kansas County Listing. Please be sure 
to send any updates or changes to Mark Land at kestrelland AT aol.com.

Because of the size of the message, this list is posted to KsBirds via the list 
owners to prevent any virus affecting the list server.

Regards,
Mark Land

Kansas County List	
75 Species or more	
			
County	
Allen	214
117		Carolyn Schwab	
109		Galen Pittman	
108		Henry Armknecht	
102		Marie Plinsky	
101		Pete Janzen	
81		Mick McHugh	
79		Matt Gearheart	
79		Kevin Groeneweg	
			
Anderson	262
140		Carolyn Schwab	
133		Galen Pittman	
126		Mick McHugh	
125		Marie Plinsky	
125		Matt Gearheart	
119		Henry Armknecht	
103		Pete Janzen	
90		Mark Land	
87		Phil Wedge	
84		David Seibel	
76		Nic Allen	
75		Dan Larson	
			
Atchison	227
127		Galen Pittman	
126		Matt Gearheart	
114		Henry Armknecht 	
107		Chuck Otte	
98		Mick McHugh	
93		Jaye Otte	
91		Mike Rader	
89		Scott Seltman	
87		Phil Wedge	
84		Nic Allen	
82		Kevin Groeneweg	
82		Pete Janzen	
80		Mark Land	
79		Jeff Keating	
78		Dan Larson	
76		David Seibel	
			
Barber	164
208		Pete Janzen	
182		Dennis Angle	
181		Gene Young	
152		Tyler Hicks	
150		Kevin Groeneweg	
149		Chet Gresham	
135		Gregg Friesen	
131		Matt Gearheart	
125		Mike Rader	
123		James Barnes	
118		Scott Seltman	
118		Henry Armknecht	
98		Carolyn Schwab	
97		Kerrie Kirkpatrick	
90		Eulalia Lewis	
90		Eugene Lewis	
90		Ben Rogers	
90		Dan Larson	
88		Leon Hicks	
86		Chuck Otte	
85		Bill Beard	
80		Nancy Beard	
76		Galen Pittman	
			
Barton	365
277		Mike Rader	
271		Scott Seltman	
268		Robert Penner	
260		Lloyd Moore	
241		Gene Young	
241		Galen Pittman	
234		Mick McHugh	
233		Robert Fisher	
232		David Seibel	
230		Matt Gearheart	
213		Craig Faanes	
209		Pete Janzen	
207		Tyler Hicks	
197		Mark Land	
195		Chuck Otte	
194		Marie Plinsky	
193		Henry Armknecht 	
192		Aaron Mitchell	
192		Kevin Groeneweg	
190		Gregg Friesen 	
189		Lowell Johnson	
186		Kathy McDowell	
179		Dan Mulhern	
178		Rob Graham	
176		Dan Larson	
166		Jaye Otte	
166		Nic Allen	
165		Dan Gish	
162		Nancy Beard	
162		Bill Beard	
160		Leon Hicks	
158		Charles Anderson	
158		Sam Mannell	
158		Terry Mannell	
156		John Northrup	
154		Chet Gresham	
153		Kerrie Kirkpatrick	
153		Phil Wedge	
147		Glen Caspers	
144		Carolyn Schwab	
133		Ben Rogers	
133		Cheryl Miller	
128		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
122		Carol Morgan	
113		Bill Trelc Jr.	
111		Jon Strong	
106		Edge Wade	
105		Lisa Edwards 	
104		T. J. Walker	
95		Judd Patterson	
95		Mary Pat Haddican	
93		Steven McDaniel	
93		Tom Ewert	
90		Debra McKee	
89		Duane Otto	
87		James Barnes	
84		Judd Patterson	
75		John Row	
			
Bourbon	206
153		Matt Gearheart	
121		Henry Armknecht 	
114		Galen Pittman	
112		Pete Janzen	
109		Ron Tucker	
94		Nic Allen	
93		Mick McHugh	
84		Rick Tucker	
83		Kevin Groeneweg	
79		Mike Rader	
			
Brown	243
208		Rosella Royer	
165		Janet Rebant	
141		Matt Gearheart	
126		Chuck Otte	
125		Galen Pittman	
113		Henry Armknecht	
105		Pete Janzen	
105		Sebastian Patti	
103		Mike Rader	
96		Kevin Groeneweg	
96		Tony Schaar	
95		Duane Otto	
95		Dan Larson	
93		Glen Caspers	
92		Scott Seltman	
86		David Seibel	
77		Nic Allen	
77		Sam Mannell	
77		Terry Mannell	
76		Mick McHugh	
			
Butler	276
203		Pete Janzen	
199		Tyler Hicks	
189		Bob Broyles	
188		Leon Hicks	
185		Gene Young	
180		Jim Wilson	
174		Kevin Groeneweg	
154		David Seibel	
128		Gregg Friesen	
118		Henry Armknecht 	
116		Nancy Beard	
116		Bill Beard	
106		Matt Gearheart	
105		James Barnes	
93		Carolyn Schwab	
90		Chuck Otte	
87		Jeff Calhoun	
85		Dan Larson	
79		Chet Gresham	
77		Robert Penner	
75		Galen Pittman	
			
Chase	259
167		Ross Silcock	
142		Kerrie Kirkpatrick	
131		Kevin Groeneweg	
118		Henry Armknecht	
110		Pete Janzen	
108		Gregg Friesen	
102		Matt Gearheart	
96		Dan Larson	
90		Chuck Otte	
88		Carolyn Schwab	
83		Galen Pittman	
82		Nancy Beard	
81		Bill Beard	
80		Mike Rader	
78		Chet Gresham	
76		Mick McHugh	
			
Chautauqua	203
141		Gene Young	
134		Pete Janzen	
113		Kevin Groeneweg	
104		Henry Armknecht	
99		Scott Seltman	
95		Matt Gearheart	
93		Dan Larson	
91		Leon Hicks	
85		Galen Pittman	
84		Mike Rader	
80		Charles Anderson	
			
Cherokee	265
216		Dave Henness	
184		Mike Rader	
176		Matt Gearheart	
171		Scott Seltman	
167		Gene Young	
157		Jim Rising	
142		Galen Pittman	
137		Pete Janzen	
133		Kevin Groeneweg	
122		Rick Tucker	
120		Henry Armknecht 	
118		Dan Larson	
112		Nic Allen	
106		Chuck Otte	
105		Jaye Otte	
103		Mick McHugh	
100		David Seibel	
98		Tyler Hicks	
94		Gregg Friesen	
92		Aaron Mitchell	
84		Dan Mulhern	
77		Glen Caspers	
75		Edge Wade	
			
Cheyenne	235
196		Henry Armknecht	
141		Scott Seltman	
112		Rick Reeser	
107		Mike Rader	
102		Sam Mannell	
102		Terry Mannell	
83		Kevin Groeneweg	
82		Matt Gearheart	
80		Pete Janzen	
77		Mark Land	
77		Jon Strong	
			
Clark	261
237		Galen Pittman	
115		Scott Seltman	
106		Henry Armknecht 	
103		Pete Janzen	
103		Matt Gearheart	
100		Mick McHugh	
95		David Seibel	
82		Gregg Friesen	
79		Dan Larson	
77		Kevin Groeneweg	
75		Mike Rader	
			
Clay	261
232		Chuck Otte	
205		Jaye Otte	
186		Calvin Wohler	
135		Mike Rader	
132		Glen Caspers	
125		Carol Morgan	
120		Henry Armknecht 	
118		John Row	
112		Jeff Keating	
110		Pete Janzen	
104		Scott Seltman	
95		Dan Thalmann	
95		Dan Larson	
88		Charles Anderson	
84		Kevin Groeneweg	
81		Matt Gearheart	
			
Cloud	235
135		Henry Armknecht 	
113		Pete Janzen	
84		Chuck Otte	
83		Gregg Friesen	
80		Matt Gearheart	
			
Coffey	306
234		Lloyd Moore	
215		Matt Gearheart	
197		Mick McHugh	
192		Galen Pittman	
167		Mark Land	
165		Bill Trelc Jr. 	
147		Tyler Hicks	
146		David Seibel	
134		Dan Gish	
129		Nic Allen	
127		Aaron Mitchell	
127		Marie Plinsky	
117		Dan Larson	
116		Pete Janzen	
115		Glen Caspers	
115		Kevin Groeneweg	
110		Carolyn Schwab	
102		Henry Armknecht 	
98		Chuck Otte	
95		Carol Morgan	
94		Jaye Otte	
92		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
90		Chet Gresham	
89		Scott Seltman	
82		Mike Rader	
			
Comanche	241
175		Gene Young	
141		Scott Seltman	
139		Pete Janzen	
130		Gregg Friesen	
127		Mike Rader	
126		Henry Armknecht 	
115		Galen Pittman	
102		Kevin Groeneweg	
101		Matt Gearheart	
90		Chet Gresham	
83		Edge Wade	
75		Dan Larson	
			
Cowley	337
301		Max Thompson	
279		Gene Young	
258		David Seibel	
214		Tyler Hicks	
213		John Northrup	
212		Kevin Groeneweg	
210		Pete Janzen	
204		James Barnes	
200		Leon Hicks	
193		Mike Rader	
161		Chet Gresham 	
148		Carolyn Schwab	
147		Scott Seltman	
143		Jim Wilson	
124		Galen Pittman	
121		Henry Armknecht 	
118		Nancy Beard	
118		Bill Beard	
109		Matt Gearheart	
105		Dan Larson	
103		Gregg Friesen	
100		Cheryl Miller	
94		Sam Mannell	
94		Terry Mannell	
88		Edge Wade	
84		Mark Land	
78		Aaron Mitchell	
			
Crawford	286
169		Dave Henness	
149		Matt Gearheart	
124		Henry Armknecht	
124		Kevin Groeneweg	
124		Pete Janzen	
122		Mike Rader	
115		Mick McHugh	
108		Carolyn Schwab	
101		Scott Seltman	
100		Galen Pittman	
93		Gregg Friesen	
86		Glen Caspers	
84		Chuck Otte	
82		Jaye Otte	
79		Dan Mulhern	
77		Leon Hicks	
77		Nic Allen	
			
Decatur	215
165		Brian Simonsson	
140		Henry Armknecht 	
75		Scott Seltman	
			
Dickinson	239
185		Chuck Otte	
132		Dan Gish	
123		Jaye Otte	
113		Pete Janzen	
109		Henry Armknecht	
107		Kevin Groeneweg	
105		Jim Mayhew	
105		Chet Gresham	
98		Mike Rader	
96		Robert Kruger	
89		Matt Gearheart	
84		Dan Larson	
81		Galen Pittman	
80		David Haight	
			
Doniphan	239
169		Herb Chance	
169		Donna Chance	
144		John Schukman	
133		Matt Gearheart	
125		Galen Pittman	
114		Henry Armknecht	
104		Kevin Groeneweg	
101		Pete Janzen	
94		David Seibel	
85		Chuck Otte	
77		Mick McHugh	
76		Scott Seltman	
75		Dan Larson	
			
Douglas	358
303		Galen Pittman	
288		David Seibel	
280		Alexis Powell	
280		Phil Wedge	
277		Mick McHugh	
260		Gerry Parkinson	
253		Dave Williams	
252		Lloyd Moore	
251		Matt Gearheart	
236		Kylee Sharp	
214		Dan Gish	
213		Dan Thalmann	
212		Mike Rader	
211		Kathy McDowell	
209		Dave Henness	
195		Dan Larson 	
194		Steve Roels	
181		Aaron Mitchell	
179		Sarah Roels	
178		John Zempel	
176		Mark Land	
174		Linda Vidosh Zempel	
167		Duane Otto	
149		Steven McDaniel	
141		Sam Mannell	
141		Terry Mannell	
140		Glen Caspers	
139		Dan Mulhern	
134		Debra McKee	
133		Nic Allen	
129		Carol Morgan	
126		Marie Plinsky	
118		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
113		Sue Calhoon	
113		Henry Armknecht 	
111		Kevin Groeneweg	
110		Pete Janzen	
109		Chuck Otte	
106		Kat Farres	
106		Dennis Farres	
103		Scott Seltman	
103		Sue Stevenson	
102		Lisa Weeks	
100		Harley Winfrey	
96		Jaye Otte	
94		Nancy Beard	
92		Bill Beard	
86		Edge Wade	
85		Gregg Friesen	
83		Belky Cuevas	
			
Edwards	199
151		Scott Seltman	
114		Pete Janzen	
107		Henry Armknecht	
98		Mike Rader	
97		Galen Pittman	
92		Mary Pat Haddican	
77		Kevin Groeneweg	
76		Gregg Friesen	
			
Elk	229
132		Gene Young	
120		Tyler Hicks	
118		Mike Rader	
113		Pete Janzen	
108		Henry Armknecht	
107		Cheryl Miller	
106		Dan Larson	
92		Gregg Friesen	
90		Kevin Groeneweg	
89		Galen Pittman	
78		Chet Gresham	
			
Ellis	315
210		Sam Mannell	
210		Terry Mannell	
130		Mike Rader	
121		Henry Armknecht 	
120		Scott Seltman	
104		Pete Janzen	
91		Carolyn Schwab	
80		Kevin Groeneweg	
75		Matt Gearheart	
			
Ellsworth	260
238		Mike Rader	
135		Robert Kruger	
128		Henry Armknecht 	
121		Chuck Otte	
121		Scott Seltman	
116		Dan Larson	
115		Matt Gearheart	
111		Dan Gish	
103		Glen Caspers	
100		Pete Janzen	
96		Galen Pittman	
90		Sam Mannell	
90		Terry Mannell	
80		Kevin Groeneweg	
80		Carol Morgan	
			
Finney	336
181		T. J. Walker	
162		Scott Seltman	
161		Mike Rader	
139		Henry Armknecht 	
121		Kevin Groeneweg	
116		Dan Baffa	
116		Pete Janzen	
102		Matt Gearheart	
101		Dan Larson	
91		Galen Pittman	
87		David Seibel	
87		Dan Gish	
85		Terry Mannell	
85		Sam Mannell	
84		Gregg Friesen	
84		Tyler Hicks	
84		Chuck Otte	
80		Bill Beard	
80		Nancy Beard	
			
Ford	262
144		Galen Pittman	
110		Scott Seltman	
105		Henry Armknecht 	
102		Pete Janzen	
81		Mike Rader	
80		Kevin Groeneweg	
77		Matt Gearheart	
			
Franklin	223
141		Richard Johnston	
131		Galen Pittman	
130		Mick McHugh	
113		Matt Gearheart	
102		Henry Armknecht	
100		David Seibel	
100		Pete Janzen	
97		Kevin Groeneweg	
93		Mark Land	
75		Dan Larson	
			
Geary	319
293		Chuck Otte	
277		Jaye Otte	
243		Jeff Keating	
182		Mike Rader	
166		Scott Seltman	
154		Henry Armknecht 	
151		Galen Pittman	
148		Calvin Wohler	
147		Dan Mulhern	
142		Dan Gish	
139		Dan Larson	
125		Robert Kruger	
123		Carolyn Schwab	
121		Matt Gearheart	
120		Cheryl Miller	
119		Pete Janzen	
114		David Seibel	
105		Sam Mannell	
105		Terry Mannell	
94		Kevin Groeneweg	
94		Charles Anderson	
92		Bill Beard	
92		Nancy Beard	
87		Mick McHugh	
80		Gregg Friesen	
			
Gove	176
111		Scott Seltman	
110		Henry Armknecht 	
85		Pete Janzen	
78		Kevin Groeneweg	
76		Matt Gearheart	
			
Graham	180
134		Henry Armknecht	
131		Scott Seltman	
76		Robert Penner	
			
Grant	255
228		Kellye Hart	
127		Mike Rader	
114		Henry Armknecht	
112		Scott Seltman	
111		Pete Janzen	
103		Matt Gearheart	
99		Kevin Groeneweg	
79		Tyler Hicks	
			
Gray	215
119		Scott Seltman	
103		Henry Armknecht	
97		Pete Janzen	
92		Kevin Groeneweg	
87		Gregg Friesen	
78		Mike Rader	
77		Dan Larson	
76		Galen Pittman	
			
Greeley	196
135		Sebastian Patti	
114		Pete Janzen	
113		Henry Armknecht 	
108		Kevin Groeneweg	
97		Matt Gearheart	
76		Scott Seltman	
			
Greenwood	238
150		Pete Janzen	
135		Matt Gearheart	
124		Kevin Groeneweg	
119		Galen Pittman	
118		Henry Armknecht	
110		Gregg Friesen	
109		Scott Seltman	
103		Cheryl Miller	
102		David Seibel	
98		Dan Larson	
93		Mike Rader	
84		Carolyn Schwab	
80		Chet Gresham	
79		Bill Beard	
79		Nancy Beard	
76		Robert Penner	
75		Tony Schaar	
			
Hamilton	252
132		Scott Seltman	
128		Henry Armknecht 	
115		Pete Janzen	
115		Kevin Groeneweg	
98		Tyler Hicks	
93		Mike Rader	
93		Matt Gearheart	
			
Harper	217
167		Pete Janzen	
134		Gene Young	
108		Bill Beard	
108		Henry Armknecht	
105		Nancy Beard	
102		Glen Caspers	
98		Leon Hicks	
85		Kevin Groeneweg	
76		Scott Seltman	
76		Matt Gearheart	
			
Harvey	318
269		Bob Dester	
253		Carolyn Schwab	
248		Gregg Friesen	
241		Rod Wedel	
221		Pete Janzen	
206		Tyler Hicks	
180		Cheryl Miller	
136		Kevin Groeneweg	
134		Kerrie Kirkpatrick	
129		Nancy Beard	
128		Bill Beard	
111		Dan Larson	
109		Henry Armknecht	
102		Tom Ewert	
100		James Barnes	
100		Matt Gearheart	
98		Chet Gresham	
95		Mike Rader	
87		Leon Hicks	
82		Chuck Otte	
78		Jaye Otte	
75		Scott Seltman	
			
Haskell	229
160		Mike Rader	
118		Scott Seltman	
108		Henry Armknecht	
105		Pete Janzen	
88		Kevin Groeneweg	
			
Hodgeman	190
118		Scott Seltman	
107		Henry Armknecht	
89		Pete Janzen	
79		Mary Pat Haddican	
78		Kevin Groeneweg	
77		Mike Rader	
76		Dan Mulhern	
			
Jackson	209
146		Chuck Otte	
127		Galen Pittman	
108		Henry Armknecht	
107		Pete Janzen	
100		John Zempel	
98		Dan Larson	
97		Jaye Otte	
97		Kevin Groeneweg	
95		Mick McHugh	
92		Matt Gearheart	
91		Linda Vidosh Zempel	
90		Glen Caspers	
89		Mike Rader	
81		Tony Schaar	
80		Sam Mannell	
80		Terry Mannell	
			
Jefferson	325
288		Galen Pittman	
262		Mick McHugh	
247		Lloyd Moore	
239		David Seibel	
218		Mike Rader	
193		Dan Gish	
189		Bob Fisher	
179		Matt Gearheart	
172		Dave Henness	
171		Glen Caspers	
161		Dan Larson	
160		Dave Williams	
150		Phil Wedge	
134		Chuck Otte	
131		Mark Land	
130		Kathy McDowell	
129		Jaye Otte	
124		Marie Plinsky	
120		Carol Morgan	
118		Pete Janzen	
112		Kevin Groeneweg	
109		Aaron Mitchell	
109		Henry Armknecht 	
105		Sam Mannell	
105		Terry Mannell	
104		Nic Allen	
102		Dan Mulhern	
94		Scott Seltman	
90		Duane Otto	
85		Debra McKee	
79		Tony Schaar	
			
Jewell	215
152		Henry Armknecht 	
124		Pete Janzen	
103		Mike Rader	
102		Scott Seltman	
92		Gregg Friesen	
86		Kevin Groeneweg	
79		Jon Strong	
78		Phil Wedge	
			
Johnson	328
281		Mark Land	
272		Matt Gearheart	
257		Terry Swope	
247		David Seibel	
245		Aaron Mitchell	
243		Mick McHugh	
236		Galen Pittman	
228		Dave Henness	
225		Nic Allen	
216		Mark Corder	
212		Lloyd Moore	
203		Steven McDaniel	
189		Dave Williams	
178		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
155		Bob Fisher	
141		Nancy Smalldon	
137		Dan Larson	
133		Sue Calhoon	
109		Dan Gish	
106		Henry Armknecht	
103		Lisa Weeks	
100		Bill Beard	
100		Nancy Beard	
100		Pete Janzen	
98		Kevin Groeneweg	
94		Belky Cuevas	
94		Mike Rader	
89		Duane Otto	
86		Scott Seltman	
85		Sue Stevenson	
84		Mark Stafford	
82		Sam Mannell	
82		Terry Mannell	
79		Steve Roels	
77		Chuck Otte	
75		Ashley Laubach	

Kearny	267
125		Scott Seltman	
112		Henry Armknecht 	
103		Pete Janzen	
87		Mick McHugh	
82		Kevin Groeneweg	
81		Mike Rader	
81		Matt Gearheart	
75		Tyler Hicks	

Kingman	278
208		Pete Janzen	
151		Tyler Hicks	
143		Gregg Friesen	
141		Mike Rader	
141		Bill Beard	
141		Nancy Beard	
124		Kevin Groeneweg	
122		Henry Armknecht	
104		Leon Hicks	
101		James Barnes	
101		Scott Seltman	
100		Chet Gresham	
98		Matt Gearheart	
90		Galen Pittman	

Kiowa	213
136		Gregg Friesen	
130		Mike Rader	
127		Scott Seltman	
116		Pete Janzen	
107		Galen Pittman	
106		Henry Armknecht 	
90		Dan Larson	
78		Kevin Groeneweg	
77		Matt Gearheart	

Labette	218
173		Rick Tucker	
104		Henry Armknecht 	
101		Pete Janzen	
97		Scott Seltman	
91		Matt Gearheart	
89		Mike Rader	
82		Galen Pittman	
80		Kevin Groeneweg	
78		Leon Hicks	

Lane	180
102		Henry Armknecht 	
101		Scott Seltman	
86		Pete Janzen	
78		Kevin Groeneweg	

Leavenworth	278
250		John Schukman	
237		Galen Pittman	
206		Dave Williams	
187		David Seibel	
185		Mike Rader	
180		Mick McHugh	
174		Matt Gearheart	
154		Dave Henness	
139		Craig Faanes	
127		Ron Theel	
118		Scott Seltman	
118		Henry Armknecht 	
116		Mark Land	
111		Steve Roels	
111		Sarah Roels	
110		Dan Mulhern	
108		Charles Anderson	
107		Sue Calhoon	
107		Sue Stevenson	
104		Sam Mannell	
104		Terry Mannell	
103		Chuck Otte	
102		Dan Larson	
101		Jaye Otte	
93		Kevin Groeneweg	
92		Phil Wedge	
89		Eugene Lewis	
89		Eulalia Lewis	
88		Pete Janzen	
84		Gerry Parkinson	
81		Cheryl Miller	
77		Aaron Mitchell	

Lincoln	227
177		Mike Rader	
139		Henry Armknecht	
110		Scott Seltman	
103		Pete Janzen	
93		Chuck Otte	
81		Galen Pittman	
79		Matt Gearheart	
77		Nic Allen	
77		Sam Mannell	
77		Terry Mannell	

Linn	327
281		Mick McHugh	
273		Lloyd Moore	
263		Galen Pittman	
262		Mark Corder	
247		Bob Fisher	
228		Matt Gearheart	
224		David Seibel	
220		Dave Henness	
217		Mark Land	
203		Aaron Mitchell	
191		Phil Wedge	
181		Dave Williams	
173		Lowell Johnson	
170		Mike Rader	
154		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
150		Nic Allen	
149		Pete Janzen	
144		Steven McDaniel	
135		Sue Calhoon	
135		Sue Stevenson	
133		Dan Mulhern	
130		Scott Seltman	
122		Tyler Hicks	
121		Henry Armknecht 	
118		Gregg Friesen	
111		Chet Gresham	
110		Dan Larson	
93		Carolyn Schwab	
90		Edge Wade	
89		Kevin Groeneweg	
86		Chuck Otte	
84		Lisa Edwards	
82		Ashley Laubach	
78		Jon Strong	
76		Dan Gish	

Logan	182
105		Henry Armknecht	
84		Scott Seltman	
83		Robert Penner	
76		Dan Mulhern	
75		Matt Gearheart	
75		Pete Janzen	

Lyon	302
171		Matt Gearheart	
153		Galen Pittman	
151		Dan Larson	
130		Bill Trelc Jr.	
128		Dan Mulhern	
125		Mick McHugh	
114		Dan Gish	
115		Mark Land	
113		Pete Janzen	
107		Nic Allen	
106		Henry Armknecht	
104		Kevin Groeneweg	
91		Scott Seltman	
88		David Seibel	
83		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
81		Chuck Otte	
81		Glen Caspers	
78		Jaye Otte	
78		Dan Gish	
76		Mike Rader	
75		Aaron Mitchell	

Marion	267
216		Kerrie Kirkpatrick	
204		Jim Wilson	
199		Chet Gresham	
147		Gregg Friesen 	
145		Tom Ewert	
132		Carolyn Schwab	
130		Pete Janzen	
119		Nancy Beard	
117		Bill Beard	
110		Chuck Otte	
106		Matt Gearheart	
103		Henry Armknecht 	
102		Tyler Hicks	
94		Leon Hicks	
92		Galen Pittman	
92		Rod Wedel	
87		Jaye Otte	
83		Kevin Groeneweg	
78		Scott Seltman	
76		Mick McHugh	
75		Dan Larson	

Marshall	239
211		Tom Parker	
121		Dan Thalmann	
115		Henry Armknecht	
106		Dan Mulhern	
105		Pete Janzen	
102		Chuck Otte	
85		Mike Rader	
80		Scott Seltman	
78		Galen Pittman	
77		Kevin Groeneweg	
76		Nic Allen	

McPherson	271
179		Steve Lansaw	
158		Robert Kruger	
142		Gregg Friesen	
136		Gerry Parkinson	
122		Henry Armknecht	
121		Bill Beard	
121		Nancy Beard	
108		Tyler Hicks	
106		Pete Janzen	
100		Matt Gearheart	
98		Galen Pittman	
95		Rod Wedel	
95		Scott Seltman	
92		Leon Hicks	
91		Kevin Groeneweg	
89		Mike Rader	
84		Sam Mannell	
84		Terry Mannell	
79		Dan Larson	
78		Chuck Otte	
77		Chet Gresham	
77		Tom Ewart	

Meade	306
154		Galen Pittman	
135		Scott Seltman	
134		Lisa Edwards 	
130		Matt Gearheart	
128		Tyler Hicks	
116		Pete Janzen	
113		Gregg Friesen	
107		Mick McHugh	
105		Henry Armknecht 	
102		Bill Beard	
100		Nancy Beard	
82		Kevin Groeneweg	
80		Mark Land	
80		Mike Rader	
75		David Seibel	

Miami	269
211		Matt Gearheart	
210		Lloyd Moore	
197		Mark Land	
196		Mick McHugh	
181		Dave Henness	
179		Aaron Mitchell	
142		Galen Pittman	
123		Nic Allen	
120		David Seibel	
109		Henry Armknecht	
109		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
109		Pete Janzen	
103		Kevin Groeneweg	
99		Dan Larson	

Mitchell	266
227		Henry Armknecht 	
176		Mike Rader	
147		Scott Seltman	
104		Phil Wedge	
104		Pete Janzen	
87		Eulalia Lewis	
87		Eugene Lewis	
86		Chuck Otte	
82		Glen Caspers	
77		Matt Gearheart	
76		McKenzie Wiles	

Montgomery	231
127		Pete Janzen	
113		Kevin Groeneweg	
111		Henry Armknecht 	
105		Dan Larson	
103		Galen Pittman	
92		Gregg Friesen	
88		Mike Rader	
87		Scott Seltman	
87		Matt Gearheart	
78		Carolyn Schwab	
76		Chet Gresham 	
76		Leon Hicks	

Morris	225
145		Chuck Otte	
115		Henry Armknecht	
104		Pete Janzen	
104		Kevin Groeneweg	
101		Matt Gearheart	
91		Dan Larson	
87		Scott Seltman	
85		Jaye Otte	
81		Galen Pittman	
80		Mike Rader	
78		Jane Withee Hebert	
76		Mick McHugh	

Morton	371
331		Sebastian Patti	
308		Mike Rader	
308		Scott Seltman	
284		Galen Pittman	
277		Brandon Percival	
274		Max Thompson	
272		Mick McHugh	
265		Chet Gresham 	
263		Mark Corder	
252		Matt Gearheart	
251		Pete Janzen	
244		Gene Young	
243		Tyler Hicks	
240		Dave Williams	
236		Bob Fisher	
216		Kevin Groeneweg	
208		David Seibel	
204		Gregg Friesen	
200		Lisa Edwards	
189		Leon Hicks	
186		Mark Land	
185		Henry Armknecht	
168		Dan Gish	
165		Carolyn Schwab	
163		Kerrie Kirkpatrick	
154		Dan Mulhern	
145		Kellye Hart	
140		Charles Anderson	
131		Dan Larson	
128		Nic Allen	
119		Craig Faanes	
114		Cheryl Miller	
113		Phil Wedge	
109		Chuck Otte	
108		Edge Wade	
107		Jaye Otte	
106		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
105		Lowell Johnson	
101		Nancy Beard	
100		Bill Beard	
98		Robert Kruger	
97		Aaron Mitchell	
94		Eulalia Lewis	
94		Eugene Lewis	
90		Glen Caspers	
88		Robert Penner	
88		James Barnes	
82		Jim Wilson	
76		Jon Strong	

Nemaha	212
138		Rosella Royer	
137		Galen Pittman	
132		Matt Gearheart	
129		John Schukman	
121		Chuck Otte	
119		Henry Armknecht	
110		Pete Janzen	
96		Mike Rader	
94		Dan Larson	
91		Tony Schaar	
89		Kevin Groeneweg	
86		Nic Allen	
83		Scott Seltman	
81		Ron Marteney	
78		Sam Mannell	
78		Terry Mannell	
75		Jon Strong	
			
Neosho	251
153		Dave Henness	
151		Rick Tucker	
145		Matt Gearheart	
136		Kevin Groeneweg	
127		Pete Janzen	
115		Tyler Hicks	
111		Chet Gresham	
111		Henry Armknecht	
106		Galen Pittman	
103		Mike Rader	
101		Scott Seltman	
95		Mick McHugh	
83		Leon Hicks	
81		Sam Mannell	
81		Terry Mannell	
80		Chuck Otte	
80		Jaye Otte	
75		Dan Larson	
			
Ness	194
137		Scott Seltman	
114		Henry Armknecht 	
100		Pete Janzen	
83		Kevin Groeneweg	
			
Norton	196
154		Scott Seltman	
149		Henry Armknecht 	
87		Pete Janzen	
86		Matt Gearheart	
			
Osage	304
206		Mick McHugh	
182		Robert Fisher	
182		Matt Gearheart	
176		Galen Pittman	
154		Tyler Hicks	
146		Dan Larson	
143		Dan Gish	
139		Mark Land	
122		David Seibel	
118		Henry Armknecht	
118		Nic Allen	
113		Kathy McDowell	
108		Pete Janzen	
105		Kevin Groeneweg	
101		Glen Caspers	
98		Aaron Mitchell	
97		Carol Morgan	
97		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
94		Marie Plinsky	
89		Phil Wedge	
87		Jon Strong	
85		Chuck Otte	
83		Mike Rader	

Osborne	214
195		Henry Armknecht 	
165		Charles Anderson	
140		Mike Rader	
101		Scott Seltman	
78		Sam Mannell	
78		Terry Mannell	
			
Ottawa	209
141		Henry Armknecht 	
119		Chuck Otte	
103		Pete Janzen	
101		Scott Seltman	
100		Mike Rader	
81		Matt Gearheart	
81		Dan Gish	
79		Kevin Groeneweg	
78		Jaye Otte	

Pawnee	279
278		Scott Seltman	
140		Mike Rader	
119		Henry Armknecht 	
113		Galen Pittman	
112		Pete Janzen	
104		Kevin Groeneweg	
96		Sam Mannell	
96		Terry Mannell	
95		Mary Pat Haddican	
81		Matt Gearheart	
			
Phillips	257
199		Mike Rader	
163		Henry Armknecht 	
149		Shannon Rothchild	
138		Scott Seltman	
103		Pete Janzen	
96		Matt Gearheart	
88		Sam Mannell	
88		Terry Mannell	
79		Dan Larson	
78		Kevin Groeneweg	
76		Mark Land	

Pottawatomie	313
272		Ted Cable	
215		Lowell Johnson	
204		Dan Mulhern	
197		Gene Young	
196		Mike Rader	
161		Charles Anderson	
140		Chuck Otte	
137		Henry Armknecht 	
117		Galen Pittman	
118		John Row	
108		T. J. Walker	
108		Pete Janzen	
104		Matt Gearheart	
102		John Zempel	
102		Linda Vidosh Zempel	
100		Jaye Otte	
95		Mick McHugh	
94		Judd Patterson	
85		Dan Larson	
84		Tom Parker	
83		Kevin Groeneweg	
83		Scott Seltman	
81		Carol Morgan	
80		Glen Caspers	
78		Sam Mannell	
78		Terry Mannell	

Pratt	273
217		Mike Rader	
150		Pete Janzen	
140		Linda Loomis	
126		Henry Armknecht 	
121		Kevin Groeneweg	
115		Matt Gearheart	
105		Scott Seltman	
101		Aaron Mitchell	
101		Galen Pittman	
98		Gregg Friesen	
94		Mark Land	
91		Chuck Otte	
88		Jaye Otte	
84		Bill Beard	
84		Sam Mannell	
84		Terry Mannell	
84		Dan Larson	
83		Nancy Beard	
78		Chet Gresham	
77		Mary Pat Haddican	
77		Robert Penner	

Rawlins	200
145		Henry Armknecht 	
93		Matt Gearheart	
90		Pete Janzen	
88		Mark Land	
87		Kevin Groeneweg	
81		Jon Strong	
77		Dan Larson	

Reno	289
221		Pete Janzen	
181		Chet Gresham	
180		Kevin Groeneweg	
178		Kerrie Kirkpatrick	
171		Mike Rader	
168		Bill Beard	
168		Nancy Beard	
156		Tyler Hicks	
155		Matt Gearheart	
145		Cheryl Miller	
144		Scott Seltman	
142		James Barnes	
139		Henry Armknecht 	
138		Carolyn Schwab	
131		Gregg Friesen	
110		Galen Pittman	
107		Leon Hicks	
100		Nic Allen	
96		Chuck Otte	
86		Ben Rogers	
86		Mary Pat Haddican	
86		Rod Wedel	
83		Mark Land	
75		Jeff Calhoun	

Republic	203
118		Henry Armknecht 	
90		Mike Rader	
86		Chuck Otte	
84		Pete Janzen	
78		Gregg Friesen	
76		Scott Seltman	
75		Eulalia Lewis	
75		Eugene Lewis	
			
Rice	226
133		Mike Rader	
120		Henry Armknecht 	
116		Scott Seltman	
107		Galen Pittman	
104		Kevin Groeneweg	
103		Pete Janzen	
91		Gregg Friesen	
91		Matt Gearheart	
			
Riley	343
287		Ted Cable	
281		Lowell Johnson	
266		Dave Rintoul	
220		Mike Rader	
216		Dan Mulhern	
211		John Row	
208		Jeff Keating	
172		Chuck Otte	
161		Tom Parker	
159		Charles Anderson	
158		Judd Patterson	
156		Jaye Otte	
146		Henry Armknecht 	
125		Matt Gearheart	
121		Jane Withee Hebert	
121		Dan Larson	
120		T. J. Walker	
119		Galen Pittman	
108		Pete Janzen	
105		Dan Gish	
103		Scott Seltman	
100		Kevin Groeneweg	
97		Glen Caspers	
94		Sam Mannell	
94		Terry Mannell	
91		Tyler Hicks	
89		Mick McHugh	
87		Glenn Walbek	
81		Steve Roels	
80		Dan Thalmann	
79		Nic Allen	
			
Rooks	254
169		Henry Armknecht 	
164		Scott Seltman	
158		Mike Rader	
111		Sam Mannell	
111		Terry Mannell	
97		Pete Janzen	

Rush	265
250		Scott Seltman	
145		Mike Rader	
115		Henry Armknecht 	
106		Pete Janzen	
85		Matt Gearheart	
82		Sam Mannell	
82		Terry Mannell	
79		Kevin Groeneweg	
76		Gregg Friesen	
			
Russell	325
294		Mike Rader	
162		Scott Seltman	
157		Henry Armknecht 	
136		Sam Mannell	
136		Terry Mannell	
121		Matt Gearheart	
112		Pete Janzen	
110		Chuck Otte	
96		Nic Allen	
96		Gregg Friesen	
89		Kevin Groeneweg	
89		Dan Larson	
80		Mark Land	
80		Jon Strong	
79		Robert Penner	

Saline	255
165		Mike Rader	
155		Bill Trelc Jr. 	
141		Kat Farres	
140		Dennis Farres	
130		Judd Patterson	
113		Henry Armknecht 	
109		Galen Pittman	
109		Scott Seltman	
106		Chuck Otte	
105		David Weible	
101		Pete Janzen	
89		Matt Gearheart	
84		Kevin Groeneweg	
84		Dan Larson	
83		Jaye Otte	
83		Sam Mannell	
83		Terry Mannell	
77		Gregg Friesen	

Scott	271
184		Scott Seltman	
137		Henry Armknecht	
127		Mike Rader	
117		Matt Gearheart	
115		Pete Janzen	
112		Gregg Friesen	
93		Kevin Groeneweg	
80		Galen Pittman	
80		Dan Larson	

Sedgwick	380
339		Pete Janzen	
304		John Northrup	
284		Chet Gresham	
274		Kevin Groeneweg	
266		Bill Beard	
262		Nancy Beard	
259		James Barnes 	
254		Tyler Hicks	
230		Leon Hicks	
218		Jeff Calhoun	
211		Cheryl Miller	
210		Gene Young	
193		Carolyn Schwab	
178		Charles Anderson	
174		Ben Rogers	
155		Kerrie Kirkpatrick	
148		Jim Wilson	
148		Matt Gearheart	
136		Scott Seltman	
135		Gregg Friesen	
135		Henry Armknecht 	
130		Bill Trelc Jr.	
118		Nic Allen	
116		Tony Schaar	
108		Mike Rader	
108		Sam Mannell	
108		Terry Mannell	
106		Dan Larson	
105		Chuck Otte	
103		Galen Pittman	
98		Jaye Otte	
97		Mark Land	
95		Rod Wedel	
92		Tom Ewert	
83		Glen Caspers	
75		David Seibel	

Seward	280
236		Mike Rader	
184		Lisa Edwards 	
156		Mick McHugh	
151		Galen Pittman	
146		Scott Seltman	
130		Henry Armknecht 	
126		Kevin Groeneweg	
104		Pete Janzen	
103		Chet Gresham	
100		Kellye Hart	
98		Tyler Hicks	
97		Matt Gearheart	
93		Gregg Friesen	
81		David Seibel	

Shawnee	322
247		Dan Gish	
234		Dan Larson	
203		Marie Plinsky	
198		Carol Morgan	
196		Glen Caspers	
183		Debra McKee	
169		Kathy McDowell	
163		Galen Pittman	
145		Matt Gearheart	
131		Carolyn Schwab	
125		Mick McHugh	
120		David Seibel	
118		Henry Armknecht 	
117		Randy Kennedy	
114		Bill Trelc Jr. 	
109		Chuck Otte	
102		Sam Mannell	
102		Terry Mannell	
102		Linda Vidosh Zempel	
101		John Zempel	
100		Pete Janzen	
94		Mike Rader	
92		Jaye Otte	
81		Jon Strong	
81		Tony Schaar	
78		Kevin Groeneweg	

Sheridan	222
136		Henry Armknecht 	
81		Scott Seltman	
80		Pete Janzen	
75		Kevin Groeneweg	

Sherman	271
264		John Palmquist	
137		Pete Janzen	
133		Matt Gearheart	
122		Henry Armknecht 	
117		Kevin Groeneweg	
98		Mike Rader	
98		Scott Seltman	
84		Mark Land	
84		Tony Schaar	
82		Sam Mannell	
82		Terry Mannell	
78		Robert Penner	

Smith	184
170		Mike Rader	
151		Henry Armknecht 	
126		Shannon Rothchild	
77		Glen Caspers	
68		Scott Seltman	

Stafford	347
297		Mike Rader	
292		Scott Seltman	
247		Max Thompson	
245		Tyler Hicks	
244		Gene Young	
241		Mick McHugh	
238		Galen Pittman	
234		Bob Fisher	
232		Lloyd Moore	
232		Pete Janzen	
229		David Seibel	
227		Kevin Groeneweg	
225		Matt Gearheart	
223		Robert Penner	
218		Gregg Friesen	
214		Craig Faanes	
214		Chet Gresham	
210		Mary Pat Haddican	
208		Leon Hicks	
208		Bill Beard	
207		Nancy Beard	
206		Kerrie Kirkpatrick	
206		Marie Plinsky	
206		Cheryl Miller	
203		Chuck Otte	
202		John Northrup	
201		Kathy McDowell	
200		Aaron Mitchell	
197		Mark Land	
192		Barry Jones	
191		Henry Armknecht 	
190		Dan Mulhern	
186		Phil Wedge	
184		Dan Gish	
180		Carolyn Schwab	
177		James Barnes	
176		Jaye Otte	
176		Sam Mannell	
176		Terry Mannell	
175		Dan Larson	
159		Rob Graham	
157		Nic Allen	
156		Rod Wedel	
152		Charles Anderson	
150		Ben Rogers	
143		Bill Trelc Jr. 	
140		Edge Wade 	
140		Glen Caspers	
125		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
122		Lowell Johnson	
121		Lisa Edwards 	
116		Jim Wilson	
108		Steven McDaniel	
105		Judd Patterson	
102		Tom Ewert	
96		Carol Morgan	
88		Jon Strong	
81		Debra McKee	

Stanton	213
114		Scott Seltman	
112		Mike Rader	
104		Henry Armknecht	
100		Pete Janzen	
93		Kevin Groeneweg	
77		Matt Gearheart	

Stevens	202
139		Mike Rader	
120		Scott Seltman	
100		Henry Armknecht	
80		Pete Janzen	
80		Kevin Groeneweg	

Sumner	315
292		Max Thompson	
278		Gene Young	
238		Tyler Hicks	
227		Leon Hicks	
212		Kevin Groeneweg	
203		Pete Janzen	
203		David Seibel	
174		Mike Rader	
145		Nancy Beard	
143		Bill Beard	
132		Carolyn Schwab	
131		Chet Gresham	
129		James Barnes	
127		Henry Armknecht	
109		Scott Seltman	
107		Matt Gearheart	
94		Galen Pittman	
77		Jeff Calhoun	
			
Thomas	185
134		Henry Armknecht 	
111		William Piper	
78		Sam Mannell	
78		Terry Mannell	
			
Trego	249
206		Scott Seltman	
145		Mike Rader	
122		Matt Gearheart	
117		Henry Armknecht 	
106		Lloyd Moore	
101		Sam Mannell	
101		Terry Mannell	
100		Gregg Friesen	
86		Pete Janzen	
84		Dan Larson	
83		Eulalia Lewis	
83		Eugene Lewis	
82		Chuck Otte	
			
Wabaunsee	242
135		Galen Pittman	
133		Dan Gish	
131		Henry Armknecht 	
125		Chuck Otte	
124		Matt Gearheart	
122		Dan Larson	
109		Kathy Bandyk	
105		Carol Morgan	
103		Pete Janzen	
101		Mick McHugh	
95		Kevin Groeneweg	
95		Mike Rader	
91		Jaye Otte	
89		Glen Caspers	
79		Robert Penner	
			
Wallace	204
105		Henry Armknecht 	
87		Scott Seltman	
78		Matt Gearheart	
77		Kevin Groeneweg	
77		Pete Janzen	
			
Washington	250
221		Dan Thalmann	
208		Warren Buss	
143		Tom Parker	
137		Matt Gearheart	
118		Kevin Groeneweg	
118		Henry Armknecht	
117		Pete Janzen	
112		Mark Land	
111		Chuck Otte	
107		David Seibel	
104		Mike Rader	
103		Jaye Otte	
101		Scott Seltman	
100		Dan Larson	
93		Lisa Weeks	
88		Sue Calhoon	
88		Galen Pittman	
87		Sam Mannell	
87		Terry Mannell	
83		Calvin Wohler	
75		Jon Strong	
			
Wichita	176
107	 	Sebastian Patti	
103		Henry Armknecht	
101		Scott Seltman	
91		Kevin Groeneweg	
91		Pete Janzen	
82		Matt Gearheart	
			
Wilson	205
155		Pete Janzen	
153		Kevin Groeneweg	
116		Henry Armknecht	
110		Galen Pittman	
106		Ben Rogers	
92		Scott Seltman	
90		David Seibel	
85		Matt Gearheart	
82		Dan Larson	
79		Chuck Otte	
78		Sam Mannell	
78		Terry Mannell	
78		Jaye Otte	
77		Chet Gresham	
76		Tony Schaar	
			
Woodson	258
193		Tyler Hicks	
165		Jim Wilson	
158		Pete Janzen	
136		Kevin Groeneweg	
125		Gregg Friesen	
124		Matt Gearheart	
122		Carolyn Schwab	
118		Leon Hicks	
116		Galen Pittman	
112		Chuck Otte	
109		Rick Tucker	
105		Dan Larson	
101		Henry Armknecht	
99		Scott Seltman	
96		Jaye Otte	
96		David Seibel	
94		Sam Mannell	
94		Terry Mannell	
91		Chet Gresham	
85		Tony Schaar	
77		Mick McHugh	

Wyandotte	291
238		Lloyd Moore	
203		Dave Henness	
192		Mick McHugh	
174		Galen Pittman	
159		David Seibel	
157		Matt Gearheart	
126		Mark Land	
120		Mike Rader	
103		Henry Armknecht	
95		Pete Janzen	
89		Laura Gilchrist	
85		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
85		Dan Larson	
82		Chuck Otte	
81		Sam Mannell	
81		Terry Mannell	
80		Scott Seltman	
78		Nic Allen	
76		Kevin Groeneweg	

Total State Ticks 			

Birders with more than 4000 Total Ticks (March 7, 2010)			
13063		Henry Armknecht	
12190		Pete Janzen	
11032		Mike Rader	
10841		Scott Seltman	
10560		Matt Gearheart	
9786		Kevin Groeneweg	
8924		Galen Pittman	
6090		Dan Larson	
5820		Chuck Otte	
5247		Mick McHugh	
4686		David Seibel	
4625		Gregg Friesen	
4077		Tyler Hicks 	
			
Top Ten Counties-Total Ticks (March 7, 2010)			
Stafford		10770	
Barton		9595	
Morton		8519	
Douglas		8245	
Sedgwick		6055	
Linn			5523	
Johnson		5300	
Jefferson		4609	
Riley		4455	
Cowley		4219	
			
Kansas Lifetime List			
			
437		Sebastian Patti	
431		Mike Rader	
431		Mark Corder	
430		Galen Pittman	
425		JoAnn Garrett	
425		Ted Cable	
424		Mick McHugh	
420		Pete Janzen	
419		Don Vannoy	
407		Lloyd Moore	
404		Chris Hobbs	
402		Max Thompson	
401		Matt Gearheart	
400		Scott Seltman	
400		David Seibel	
391		Kevin Groeneweg	
389		Dan Kilby	
387		Dave Williams	
383		Bob Fisher	
380		Chet Gresham	
378		Mark Land	
375		Dan Gish	
375		Robert Penner	
373		Steven Crawford	
369		Tyler Hicks	
368		John Schukman	
366		Carolyn Schwab
363		Chuck Otte
359		Phil Wedge
359		Henry Armknecht
356		Gregg Friesen
355		Dave Rintoul
354		Richard Rucker
352		Roger Boyd
351		Aaron Mitchell
350		Richard Parker
349		Gene Young
347		Dave Bryan
347		Dan Larson
346		Leon Hicks
346		John Northrup
344		Brandon Percival
344		Craig Faanes	
343		Jaye Otte	
339		Art Swalwell	
339		Bill Beard	
335		Dan Mulhern	
335		Nancy Beard	
332		Kerrie Kirkpatrick	
328		Charles Anderson	
324		Lowell Johnson	
322		Alan Godwin	
320		Chris Wood	
320		Sam Mannell	
320		Terry Mannell	
319		Mel Cooksey	
318		Nic Allen	
317		Jay Newton	
317		Ralph Wiley	
316		Allen Jahn	
313		Paul Lehman	
311		Lisa Edwards	
311		John Rakestraw	
310		James Barnes 	
307		Elizabeth Cole	
306		Kenn Kaufman	
303		Nanette Johnson	
301		Marie Plinsky	
301		Ralph Pike	
300		Ken Hollinga	
300		A. Dean Cole	
295		Jim Wilson	
294		Will Chatfield-Taylor	
294		Glen Caspers	
289		Pat Beckemeyer	
288		Kathy McDowell	
287		Mike Stewart	
284		Guy Smith	
284		Harry Gregory	
282		Jeff Calhoun	
280		Carl Holmes	
279		David W. Holmes	
279		Roy Beckemeyer	
277		Jananne McNitt	
275		Bradley Bergstorm	
274		Edge Wade	
270		Tom Parker	
269		B.J. Rose	
269		Ben Rogers	
266		Byron Berger	
264		John Palmquist	
264		Carol Morgan	
263		Philip Kaul	
263		Dan Thalmann	
261		Eugene R. Lewis	
259		Michael Cooper	
257		Bob Dester	
254		Kellye Hart	
253		J. Pat Valentik	
251		Jean Leonatti	
250		Jimmy Woodward	
249		Harlow Butcher	
249		Hugh Jefferies	
247		Jon Dunn	
247		Jeff Keating	
247		Jeanette Runyan	
247		Bonnie Heidy
246		Steven McDaniel
244		Thomas Heatley
244		Linda Childers
243		Dean Fisher
243		Steve Rhoades
241		Judd Patterson
241		Deuane Hoffman
237		Walter Ross
236		Tommie Rogers
236		Dave Silverman
235		Thomas Hoffman
233		Victor Moss
232		Duane Otto
232		Rob Graham
231		Tony Schaar
230		Steve Roels	
229		Debra McKee	
228		Gerry Parkinson	
228		Richard Rosche	
227		John Row	
224		Margaret Wedge	
221		Sarah Roels	
220		Mary Pat Haddican	
219		Jon Strong	
218		T. J. Walker	
217		Dave Griffiths	
212		Laurence Binford	
212		Robert Kruger	
212		Calvin Wohler	
211		Rod Wedel	
210		Louis Banker	
210		Robert Neill	
209		John Getgood	
209		Tom Ewert	
208		Floyd Lawhon	
205		Steven Den	
200		Raymond Gassel	
182		Dennis Angle	
181		Sue Stevenson	
169		Donna Chance	
169		Herb Chance	
158		Ashley Laubach	
158		Harley Winfrey	
157		Jim Rising	
155		Cheryl Miller	
149		Shannon Rothchild	
147		Randy Kennedy	
141		Richard Johnston
140		Linda Loomis
126		Ross Silcock
121		Jane Withee Hebert
121		Belky Cuevas
116		Dan Baffa
111		William Piper
109		Kathy Bandyk
105		David Weible
94		Eulalia Lewis
94		Eugene Lewis
81		Ron Marteney
80		David Haight
76		McKenzie Wiles

Kansas 2010 year list (March 7, 2010)		
109		Pete Janzen
102		Galen Pittman
101		Kevin Groeneweg
92		Matt Gearheart
91		Dan Larson
88		Glenn Caspers
86		Carol Morgan
82		Sam Mannell
82		Terry Mannell
75		Chuck Otte
74		John Row
69		Mark Land
49		Jaye Otte


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613 Tamerisk
Junction City Kansas USA 66441
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Subject: Re: Birding goals (short)
From: Scott Seltman <sselt AT GBTA.NET>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:54:00 -0600
Henry A. wrote:
>
> My 17 year old nephew asked my wife "What is the ultimate goal of a bird
> watcher?"
>

It's a great way to meet chicks!!

Scott Seltman
1968 155th Ave.
Larned, KS 67550

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Subject: Glaucous at LaFarge sandpit, Wichita
From: Pete Janzen <pete.janzen AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:04:57 -0600
I have been waiting for a Glaucous Gull to show up in Wichita all winter 
and finally one made an appearance at LaFarge this evening as part of 
the daily influx of gulls in the late afternoon.  It was a faded 1st 
winter bird I think, plumage entirely white but with some tan wash on 
some of the plumage.  Large size, classic barrel-chested look, big pink 
bill with a black tip.  Horned Grebe count was 5 including 1 in mostly 
alternate plumage.  1 male Red-breasted Merganser also. 

Others
Common Merganser-still about 15
Common Goldeneye-about 20
Hooded Merganser-2
Bufflehead-12
Ring-necked Duck-30
Gadwall-40

Vagrant dabbling ducks from the eastern hemisphere-zero

Pete Janzen
Wichita

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Subject: white morph/Kryder's Red-tailed
From: sb ellis <sb.ellis AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:14:11 -0800
Hi, 
Sorry for being so slow on this report, but I saw a white with brown hawk that 
I think might be a Kryder's morph red-tailed on my way from Gardner to Globe on 
Sunday. I was driving 56 Hwy west. The hawk was perched in a tree top on the 
north side of 56 about 1/2-1 mile east of the 4-way stop which I think was 
56/59 Hwy intersection to Lawrence. As I passed the hawk, I thought of Osprey 
but figured that wouldn't be right so when I got to the stop sign, I turned 
around in what appeared to be a construction area to the south and drove back 
to get a better look. I think it was with a regular colored red-tailed and it 
flew from the north to the south side of the highway. Unfortunately, there 
wasn't any good place to park so I was just off to the side of the highway and 
didn't stay very long. I did get some pictures, but may not get them online for 
a day or two. It's a very pretty hawk and I hope to be close with ID and 
location. 


Sarah Ellis
Olathe, Johnson County

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Subject: Derby-Belle Plaine 9 March
From: Jeff Calhoun <jecalhoun AT WICHITA.EDU>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:51:51 -0600
I left Haysville this morning in a cloud of singing Great-tailed Grackles
and I was headed towards some of my favorite stomping grounds.  This list
has indicated that the Phoebes should be here, so my first stop was Crane
Park (Sedgwick Co) and like clockwork, my FOY Phoebe was the first thing I
heard after stepping out of the truck. Crane Park was otherwise quiet,
likely because of the three Barred Owls that were rocking their pieces of
Derby paradise while a pair of Cooper’s Hawks were acting amorous and being
conspicuous. In fact, the Cooper’s Hawks were working on a pretty obvious
stick nest that the Crane Park regulars will probably notice quite easily on
their next visit. Next stop was Riley Park where the Junco trilling was
deafening. Two Wood Ducks in big Burr Oaks and a Turkey Vulture flying over
were the signs of spring at that stop. A male Pileated Woodpecker was a huge
surprise, but after hearing the stories of them in town I can finally join
the club!! Additionally at Riley, I found an interesting nest that bears
watching moving forward now that the RSHAs have been observed all up and
down Dry Creek… Assuming that this Kansas heat isn’t playing tricks on me,
it could possibly make that game pretty easy. 

After lunch I headed to Mulvane. I was unannounced so I just quickly drove
around Leon’s neighborhood where an ECDO gave me a scare, but no dice on a
White-winged. I’ll blame my poor effort until proven otherwise. Onward to
Belle Plaine via Shepard Travis’ Mulvane Bald Eagle nest where momma was
sitting tight in that familiar position as papa circled overhead (Sumner
Co). BP lagoons were largely uninteresting (L Scaup, Ringneck Duck,
Killdeer), but I could listen to those Western Meadowlarks and Horned Lark
songs all day long! I enjoyed my FOY basking Slider Turtles there. On the
way home I saw my FOY American Coot at the 87th St Marsh and flushed a real
life adult Red-shouldered Hawk from the sidewalk railing of the Market St
Bridge (SG Co again). I also saw the Rock Rd Great Horned Owlets this 
afternoon. 


So yea, my Tuesday wasn’t too bad.

Jeff Calhoun
Derby, KS

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Subject: Re: Birding goals (long)
From: Jeff Witters <bioguy.witters AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:57:25 -0600
Great question!  My initial reaction was to think, "Well, to see lots of
birds!"  While I stand by that preliminary response, there's the question of
why.

For me the answer is a combination of two things: I find birds captivating
in their own right, and they are my way of maintaining a connection with the
pulse of the broader world beyond the human-dominated one I must inhabit.

I am completely taken with diversity of all kinds, and birds are a
particularly stunning example.  There is the thrill of the chase and hunt
for something less common while also respecting the rules of birding.  But
even a close view of a female cardinal on our feeders in her subtle browns,
oranges, blacks, and reds is breathtaking.

Living in the suburbs, I function in a world dominated by artificial
distinctions, like days of the week, wake-up alarm times, private vs. public
property, and so on.  To be aware of birds is to remember that there is a
"real" world that moves in rhythms that are utterly indifferent to those of
civilization.  Migration is a particularly dazzling example of these pulses
of living organisms, with almost each morning in April bringing in travelers
who simply weren't here the day before.

So, why do I want to see lots of birds?  I suppose it just boils down to the
selfish reason that they bring me joy!  From that enjoyment comes the
motivation to seek ways to help them directly or indirectly to the extent of
my powers, but the motivation remains the simple joy in seeing them and
connecting to the larger world of which they are a particularly enchanting
part.

Jeff Witters



> > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:19:34 -0600
> > From: armknecht AT RURALTEL.NET
> > Subject: Birding goal
> > To: KSBIRD-L AT LISTSERV.KSU.EDU
> >
> > My 17 year old nephew asked my wife "What is the ultimate goal of a bird
> > watcher?"
> >
> > Do any of you have goals you would care to share?  I'm still thinking
> about
> > mine.  I have had - and still have - some intermediate goals, but
> "ultimate
> > goal" has a different weight to it.
> >
> > We had a nice thunderstorm and about .30" of rain last night.  I also had
> my
> > FOY Common Grackle at the feeder yesterday.
> >
> > Henry A
> > Osborne
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Subject: The Ultimate Goal of Birding
From: Robert Penner <rpenner AT TNC.ORG>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:53:50 -0500
My ultimate goal of being a bird watcher has nothing to do with
checklists or numbers seen or states visited.  My goal is simple to
state but impossible to achieve on my own.  "My goal is to keep the
common birds common and the rare birds from disappearing."  As a birder
I hope to learn has much as I can about bird ecology, biology,
population trends and the threats that each species faces.  Then I try
to teach others about these things and try to place a little bit of the
passion that I have for birds into the people I meet.  I guess birding
ultimately has nothing to do about me, but about the birds.  I think my
quote, below my signature helps explain my goal.

 

Robert L. Penner II
Cheyenne Bottoms &

Avian Programs Manager                                   

rpenner AT tnc.org
(620) 564-3351 (Office) 
(620) 786-4745 (Mobile) 

nature.org   

 

 

 

To appreciate the beauty of birds you only have to open your eyes; 

but to care about their future you have to open your heart & soul.

 

   

 

  

The Nature Conservancy
Cheyenne Bottoms Office 
593 NE 130 Avenue
Ellinwood, KS 67526

     

 

 


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Subject: Re: Birding goal (a bit long)
From: Nathan Ofsthun <anseriformes AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:17:36 -0600
In offering my ideas on the ultimate goal(s) for a birdwatcher, I'll
preface this by stating that I'm just a 21-year old, so take this as
you wish.

I have to say that my ultimate goal would not be to see x number of
species in a county, state, region, etc. It may be fun and even
purposeful to keep a list and pursue birds in order to add a tally
mark, but, theoretically, one could reach the end of the list. Would
that ultimate goal be reached? Perhaps. But if that goal were reached,
would one still have a reason to continue birding? It seems as though
if that were the ultimate goal, any other reasons to bird would be
lesser and, largely, anticlimatic.

When I go bird-watching, I can't help but find myself in a world of
amazement. Admittedly, certain birds begin to warrant a lesser degree
of excitement, but each "exciting" find, ranging from a Smew to the
first singing meadowlarks of the season, reminds me of the thrills I
had as a kid (I mean a small kid). Seeing a Peregrine Falcon swoop
across the road or seeing King Eiders and Tufted Puffins were just as
exciting as seeing a Dark-eyed Junco for the first time and being able
to identify it. That "common" junco doesn't receive any manner of
dismissal by a kid who doesn't quite understand that certain birds are
much "better" finds by virtue of their rarity, scarcity,
inaccesibility, or secretive lifestyle. A kid doesn't understand that.
He observes something very different. He observes the incredible
flitting motion of that tiny bird; he considers what it must be like
to have the reflexes of that bird. He hears a Golden-crowned Sparrow
and wonders how such a small bird can make such a great noise. He
watches a pair of Steller's Jays drive away a Cooper's Hawk and is
perplexed. He hears a strange noise in the woods and discovers a
Pileated Woodpecker to be the source. He finds a Bald Eagle perched in
his backyard, and simply says, "that's cool." Does he watch for 3
seconds and then run back inside to make a checkmark before finding
his next species? No, he just sits down and watches. All bird are
equals; all birds are awe-inspiring.

Some memories are so strong, that a camera would have served only to
convince others that this kid really entered into that world. Of
course, this kid has an especial affinity toward waterfowl. He
distinctly remembers his first non-Mallard sightings: a Northern
Pintail followed a few days later by a female Common Merganser and her
brood. Visits to the Puget Sound were rewarded by thousands of Brant,
Harlequin Ducks, Bufflehead, and scoters. A trip to visit grandparents
in Makoti, North Dakota was vividly marked by the travels through the
Prairie Potholes. More than just countless ducks were seen. Trumpeter
Swans, American White Pelicans, Black Terns all left a distinct
impress on this child's memory. Physical proof cannot be found, but
even if it could, it is unnecessary. The resulting awe and, veritably,
life-changing effect is sufficient.

Certain goals may be classified as immediate, which also indicates
temporary. I don't by any means criticize such goals. Such goals make
birding challenging and engaging. That kid we talked about is not
exempt. He remembers his first resource to birding: an Audubon Society
Master Guide to Birding, volume 1 (it's the one with a Barrow's
Goldeneye on the front cover). Aside from the waterfowl that so
captured the child, other groups of birds served to intensify this
kid's amazement with the bird world. One group in particular were the
ibises and spoonbill. Certainly, none were to be found within miles of
his backyard. Did that stop him from searching? Of course not! He
would visit the backyard wetland and wait for an ibis to walk out of
the cattails. The world is so full of possibilities, and as birders
learn, birds truly can come in unexpected places. Nevertheless, it was
not until he is 19 that he sees his first representative of the
Threskiornithidae: a flock of White-faced Ibises at Quivira NWR. That
was certainly a goal fulfilled. Does the kid stop birding and
searching for ibises because one has been found? No, he continues and
still is thrilled with each and every sighting. His goal is now
modified to retain that enthusiasm.

So, why did I take you down Memory Lane? It was simply to state what
my ultimate goal is as a birder. I always want to be able to return to
the state of that kid years ago. I never want to lose that thrill and
amazement with each observation in each passing year. I never want to
feel depressed that I haven't found a lifer for years. I would rather
not make lists if such were to be the result. I simply want to be able
to enjoy the simple pleasures of birding.

Nathan Ofsthun
Bel Aire, Kansas
anseriformes AT gmail.com
http://heartlandbirding.blogspot.com
(316)-617-7171

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Subject: Glaucous Gull at Shawnee Mission Park Johnson County
From: Mark Land <Kestrelland AT AOL.COM>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 21:09:22 EST
As the ice melts it has left a sheet near the marina that hundreds of 
Ring-billed Gulls are resting on most of the day since last week. This morning 
Terry Swope and I saw about 500 Ring-billed, 10 Herring, and one Glaucous 
Gull. The first cycle Glaucous was almost bleached totally white with some 
beige 

speckling only in the coverts and some gray in the tail. I had heard a 
different gull call just before it was spotted that I suspect was it calling. 
It 

feed on trout and other fish too torn up to identify. At one point a crow 
thought it would chase it off a fish for a few seconds until it charged the 
crow. I returned at lunch and it was still there. I followed it's gaze to a 
Bald Eagle flying high over the lake. It watched the eagle until it passed by 
then returned to it's lunch. It was interesting to watch it chasing a 2nd 
winter Herring to get it's fish only to have the Herring return the favor a 
few minutes later. The glaucous could be the same bird that was seen Saturday 
about five miles north posted by Matt Gearheart but I have been unable to 
pin down the coloration of that bird. 

Mark Land
Overland Park, KS 66207

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Subject: Re: Birding goals (long)
From: Steve Roels <steveroels00 AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 18:14:21 -0500
Goal oriented individuals,

Henry poses an interesting question to the birding community ("What is the 
ultimate goal?"). My initial thought was the obvious "see X number of species" 
or even "see them all" but I immediately realized that this kind of goal is 
shallow. Seeing every species on the planet is essentially impossible, but even 
if I did, would I stop birding? Certainly not. So my ultimate goal must 
something beyond the accumulation of lifers. 


I think I am a birder for several reasons. First, it provides me with a mental 
challenge since there is always more to be learned; I'm pretty competitive, but 
birding is a competition with myself more than with anyone else. Second, it 
feeds my natural desire to explore and birds are the lenses (pun intended?) 
through which I understand a new place, locally or on far off travels. Finally, 
like any other hobby, birders seek to become experts on a particular niche of 
information. This allows for camaraderie for the social types and also provides 
experienced birders with something they can be confident (never arrogant, of 
course!) about in an uncertain world. 


In summary, I think my "ultimate goal" is to explore the wonderful world we 
live in and birding gives me an excuse/motivation as well as a fairly unique 
perspective on my outdoor experiences. I plan to be an explorer until the day I 
keel over (with binoculars in hand, God willing) because it gives me joy, no 
matter how much I complain about gull or Empidonax identification. Perhaps this 
is a bit of a nebulous response for Henry's 17 year old nephew, but I'm only 25 
so I'm sure many of the old, er, "more experienced" birders have some wisdom to 
share as well. 


Happy Spring,
Steve Roels
Lawrence, KS

> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:19:34 -0600
> From: armknecht AT RURALTEL.NET
> Subject: Birding goal
> To: KSBIRD-L AT LISTSERV.KSU.EDU
> 
> My 17 year old nephew asked my wife "What is the ultimate goal of a bird 
> watcher?"
> 
> Do any of you have goals you would care to share?  I'm still thinking about 
> mine.  I have had - and still have - some intermediate goals, but "ultimate 
> goal" has a different weight to it.
> 
> We had a nice thunderstorm and about .30" of rain last night.  I also had my 
> FOY Common Grackle at the feeder yesterday.
> 
> Henry A
> Osborne 
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Subject: Doniphan Cty 3/4
From: Silverystreak AT AOL.COM
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:10:51 EST
little open pond water on this date.  By 3/7 had much more open  water.
 
Grtr White-fronted geese
Canada
Ring-necked Duck
Gadwall
N Pintail
Mallards
Am Wigeon
 
C Goldeneye
C Merganzers
 
Snowgeese circling overhead.
 
All in the "Cut" along old Hwy 36 between Elwood and Wathena
 
Immature Bald Eagle on Browning Lake viewed from the Airport Bridge
 
Heard Am Woodcock around 3:30 pm in an area labled Elwood Wildlife  Area.  
Good mudflats, but very few trees of any size along the edges.   Doubt if 
will stay
 
 
helen hewins
overland park, ks  66212
913-221-4944

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Subject: Pott Co Waterfowl
From: Brandon Magette <averbirder AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:57:03 -0600
I checked the water hole at the defunct concrete plant in Belvue late this
morning and saw the following birds

Canada Goose
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead Duck
Am Wigeon
Mallard
Gadwall
Bufflehead
N Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe

-- 
Brandon Magette
St Marys in Pottawatomie Co. KS
785-844-0139

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Subject: White-winged Dove
From: Paul Griffin <pgriffin1 AT COX.NET>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:32:52 -0600
Hi Folks,

For those of you interested I have put a short video of the White-winged Dove I 
videoed here in Riverside, Wichita, yesterday. The video is shot at a distance 
and it was difficult to see what bird was making the strange call, but the song 
can be heard, the dove left the area soon after and I was unable to find it 
again. The White-winged Dove is common in SW Kansas. In October of last year I 
saw my first in Tom Shane's back yard. He has a lot of them, year round. I 
appears it is slowly moving East. Hearing the song of the White-winged, people 
who don't have the White-winged yet in their area, will know what it sounds 
like. I suspect, they are over looked, as they are a similar size as the 
Mourning Dove and from a distance they don't look that much different. The song 
is very different from the Mourning as this video shows. The Eurasian 
Collared-Dove has been seen in Wichita for a few years now, but the 
White-winged is a rarer sight. 


Here is a link:  http://web.me.com/wingedthings

Click on "WHITE-WINGED DOVE"

Happy Birding,

Paul Griffin  

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Subject: Quivira birds 7 March 2010
From: Barry Jones <barjones78 AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:31:23 -0600
A few First of Spring species (at least for me here):
Pied-billed Grebe - 5
Blue-winged Teal - 2
Ruddy Duck - 500+
dowitcher sp (juv.) - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 1

Also a flock (12) of Purple Finches still present, as well as at least 5 
Tundra Swans on Big Salt Marsh (id by yellow lore spot).

Barry Jones
Quivira NWR

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Subject: Quivira CCP public scoping meetings
From: Barry Jones <barjones78 AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:07:42 -0600
Thanks Cheryl for posting the Press Release on the Quivira CCP public 
scoping meetings.  In a nutshell, these meetings are informal, loosely 
structured events where the public can come by any time during the 
scheduled periods.  The public can talk to Refuge personnel, learn 
information about the Refuge, and offer comments on either what they like 
about Quivira or what they would like to see in the future (or both).  
This is one of the early phases of Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) 
process. A draft written plan will be completed later in the process.  

For more detailed information about this process, check Quivira's website 
(www.fws.gov/quivira) and look for the link on the main page to the 
Planning Update.  Listed there are instructions on how to send written 
comments about the process.

Again, here are the dates, times, and locations for the meetings:
  - Monday, March 8, 2010:  Stafford, Kansas; Senior Center, 130 South 
Main.
  - Tuesday, March 9, 2010:  Great Bend, Kansas; Front Door, 1615 Tenth St.
  - Wednesday, March 10, 2010:  Wichita, Kansas; Great Plains Nature 
Center, 6232 East 29th St. North

Thanks for the interest!

Barry Jones
Quivira NWR

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Subject: Re: Great Horned Owl nest
From: Thomas Shane <tom.shane AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:38:00 -0600
Mike Ramsey and I found 3 GHOWs on nests along the Garden City to Lakin
river road Saturday. They seem to be a lot easier to spot out here. We are
having a rare event day here today......RAIN !
ttyl~
t shane

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Manhattan area birders might be interested in knowing that there is an
active Great Horned Owl nest just behind the new bathrooms (the ones
past the beach) in Tuttle Cove Park. - Ted

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Subject: Great Horned Owl nest
From: Ted Cable <tcable AT KSU.EDU>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:25:05 -0600
Manhattan area birders might be interested in knowing that there is an 
active Great Horned Owl nest just behind the new bathrooms (the ones 
past the beach) in Tuttle Cove Park. - Ted

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Subject: Shawnee Mission Park (Johnson County), 7 March
From: David Seibel <dseibel AT JCCC.EDU>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:08:52 -0600
It was a perfect evening for woodcock courtship, and several birds began 
displaying shortly before dark in the usual spot below the dam. One bird in 
particular put on a spectacular show right in front of (and over) Matt and 
Jenny Gearheart and me. I got a few photos of it on the ground 
(http://birdsinfocus.com/new.php) and apparently collected a DNA sample (or at 
least a fecal sample) on my shoulder as it flew over. 




The Great Horned Owl pair is back in the same nest as last year, an Eastern 
Phoebe was feeding by the stream below the dam, Northern Cardinals were singing 
everywhere (and the males were being very cordial to the females), a pair of 
Field Sparrows were flitting around together, and a few Dark-eyed Juncos and 
Fox Sparrows were tuning up their syringes in the trees along the stream. A 
Great Blue Heron and some Killdeer were also in the area, along with a few 
hundred humans, mostly in pairs - all sure signs of spring. 




David Seibel

Lenexa, KS

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Subject: SE Nebraska & Flint Hills
From: Timothy Barksdale <curlew AT 3RIVERSDBS.NET>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 03:28:58 -0600
Hello Folks,

I am certain that by the end of the week, everyone will be in full agreement 
that Spring is making a very good showing. In terms of the birds, I spent 3 1/2 
days in Nebraska and the next two in the Flint Hills. Since I am working in 
prairie areas this summary is highly reflective of this. 


Highlights-

The Platte river on Wednesday had very few Snow Geese. Near Hastings, I found 
two flocks that appeared to have just arrived less than 2000 birds per flock. 
The first 2,000 Sandhills had arrived. I was quite surprised to see such paltry 
numbers on this date. My sense is that numbers of both of these species and 
other waterfowl will explode in this next week. 


On 3/5- Over 30,000 Snow (and Ross' ) Geese all moving WNW from NW Mo toward 
the Rainwater Basin in Nebraska. Later at Squaw Creek NWR, the refuge held 
nearly 100,000 birds in 2 pools- the main pool and what we used to call the 
west pool. 


Greater Prairie Chickens- Attendance at booming grounds ranged from 24 to 36 
males in NE and females are beginning to attend as well. In the Flint Hills 
several booming grounds are being reported as very large. We observed 38 birds 
in one area described as not holding any birds by some. 


2 Merlins- 1 female Richardsoni near Cassoday and 1 dark male columbarius in 
Burlington. 


In the last two days alone- Nearly 30 Rough-legged Hawks, the vast majority of 
these birds were in rather remote sections of the FHs. I was surprised to see 5 
dark phase birds and a couple more that were intermediate that leaned toward 
the dark side. Most of this species in Nebraska seems to have already moved. 


130 Smith's Longspurs- this morning nearly every stop along the Madison road 
before passing Texaco Hill held at least a few birds. We had multiple groups of 
over 30 birds. We entered from the Matfield Green end. 


A few other comments. Huge numbers of Am Robins are in many bottomland areas. 
The first Red-winged Blackbirds are showing up on territory. Migrant Red-tails 
of every morph from fuertes to rufous were seen. But it was interesting to see 
how many territorial attacks were occurring . Additionally, the numbers of 
Red-tails being killed on the highways is quite appalling. 



Timothy R. Barksdale
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& MundoAveLoco! L.L.C.
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Subject: Cackling Goose Migration
From: Thomas Shane <tom.shane AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:42:07 -0600
Sara and I took a little bird drive to Scott Park this afternoon. A one-word
summary is fitting......dismal. However when departing we headed west on the
Pence Road to check out one of the sole surviving Prairie Dog towns for a
possible BUOW, then headed south and back east to US 83. We found a nice
flock of geese around the edge of a pond along with a few pintails and
green-wings on the water, which was out in a pasture with a very interesting
ratio of geese which included: 7 White-fronted Geese, 2 Snow Geese, 5 Ross'
Geese, 3 or 4 Canada Geese and close to 200 Cackling Geese.

The never-ending coo-COO-coos of the ECDOs calling everywhere in Scott City
today are now the new harbinger of spring for most of us on the High Plains;
well.......spring, summer, fall, and winter. They are an enjoyable
bird.......and they certainly help replace all those Passenger Pigeons we
once had.

Goodbirdwatching,
Tom Shane
Garden City

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Subject: E. Phoebe and Killdeer Central HV co. N. Newton.
From: Scott McCloud <samccloud AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:18:17 -0600
Just adding to the list. FOY (for me) Eastern Phoebe along 48th and multiple
Killdeer along K15 north of North Newon.

scott

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Subject: LaFarge/Eur, Wigeon
From: Pete Janzen <pete.janzen AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:09:23 -0600
I was also at LaFarge but arrived later than Larry.  The Franklin's Gull 
was a single bird in alternate plumage.  It flew off to the south with 
some Ring-bills.  I have noticed during my morning commute that many 
gulls are roosting in the big river near the big sandbar at the 25th St. 
exit on I-235 around dawn and this is less than a mile from LaFarge.  
There were also 2 Horned Grebes.  Jay Newton also arrived at about this 
time.  He and I and Larry scanned through the many waterfowl present 
until it was too dark to see but did not see the Eur. Wigeon that Larry 
had seen just 15 minutes before I arrived....oh well.  I have hoped for 
this species in Kansas for many years and this is the right time to hope 
for them.  As always, those trying for this one are best advised to look 
during the last hour of daylight when many birds gather there to roost 
for the night.  Gadwall was by far the most abundant waterfowl species 
this evening but there are still good numbers of Common Merganser and 
Common Goldeneye. 

Pete Janzen
Wichita, KS

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Subject: Eurasian Wigeon!
From: Henry and Debby Armknecht <armknecht AT RURALTEL.NET>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:38:35 -0600
Too bad this wasn't seen on a Friday or Saturday!

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From: "Larry Londagin" 


I'm so stoked over the Eurasian Widgeon I want to get this posted even 
though it is not a lifer for me.

Eurasian Widgeon * ( Male)

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Subject: La Farge Sandpit
From: Larry Londagin <llondagin AT COX.NET>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:04:57 -0600
It was overcast and calm at 5pm when I arrived at La Farge. The waterfowl were 
arriving early due to the overcast conditions and were plentiful when I 
arrived. I'm not going to list quantities. I'm so stoked over the Eurasian 
Widgeon I want to get this posted even though it is not a lifer for me. 


Pied-billed Grebe
Canada Goose ( the majority were Cackling)
Gadwall
Eurasian Widgeon * ( Male)
American Widgeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant (Dry)
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull

Larry Londagin
Wichita, KS

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Subject: car\buirding \periphy of topeka
From: "William L. Falk" <nlwlfalk AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 15:42:23 -0600
I birded perry lonestar, shawnee lk wakarusa watershed march 1,3,6
FOUND:
4ooo snow geese  per bunnie watkins
1200 canadas
750 mallards
2 pintail
com mergs
golden eye
yb sapsuckers
n flicker downy, hairy woodpeckers
5 bald eagles
am goldfinch, purple finch
,cardinal
eastern blue birds
red=tails,
rughleggegged hawk
am crows
many many am robins\harbingers of spring!!
Great to be out in pastoral sceen in warm weather

LATER,
BILL FALK
TOPEKA

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Subject: Cedar Waxings & FOS Common Grackle
From: Marshall Coleman <marshallc22 AT AOL.COM>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:30:30 -0500
  

Hello Everyone,

A flock of Cedar Waxwings nearly collided with me as I walked across the 
Nebraska Furniture Mart parking lot this morning. For a few brief seconds I was 
completely surrounded in a cloud of Waxwings! I'd estimate the size of the 
flock to have been between 180 and 200 birds. They congregated in two separate 
areas about 100 yards a part. The Cedars were attempting to forage in some 
evergreen shrubs located 10 feet from the store entrance but the store patrons 
were unintentionally frightening the birds as they came and went. About 
three-quarters of the flock remaining perched in the trees that lined the 
parking lot, while the remaining birds continued to fly between the trees and 
the evergreen shrubs. Occasionally, larger numbers of birds would fly together, 
leaving fewer birds perched in the safety of the trees. I watched them fly 
back-and-forth for about five minutes before I entered the store. 


I've observed Cedar Waxwings in smaller flocks of fewer than 80 but I've never 
seen this many together in Kansas, so I thought this observation was worth 
mentioning. The store parking lot that I visited is located near the junction 
of 435 & Hwy 70 in Kansas City, KS. 


On another note, a FOS Common Grackle claimed one of the feeders in my backyard 
this morning. 


Happy Birding!
Marshall Coleman
Overland Park, KS 



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Subject: Re: Nelson Island, JoCo
From: MW Stoakes <mstoakes AT JUNO.COM>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 14:15:09 -0600
Greetings,

Here's a link to a photo of the Franklin's Gull and a map to the area where
the FRGU and juvenile/second winter Glaucous Gull were found on Saturday:

http://tinyurl.com/y98qlu4

Also observed my first-of-Spring Turkey Vulture (one bird) and Common
Grackles (small flock) in Johnson County on Saturday. No Eastern Phoebes,
yet. Spring is coming!

Good Birding,

Mike Stoakes
Lee's Summit, MO

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Subject: birds seen 3/6
From: David Clark <daclark AT PLANETKC.COM>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:47:19 -0600
Greetings!

We were fortunate to see some good birds yesterday morning:  Ivory- 
billed Woodpecker, Imperial Woodpecker, Carolina Parakeet, Heath Hen,  
Passenger Pigeon, Laysan Albatross, Red siskin . . . . . . . I kid you  
not!  Can you guess where we were? . . . . .  On a spectacular tour of  
the bird collections at KU in Dyche Natural History Museum, led by  
Mark Robbins!  We learned so much, and I am now ready to go back to  
school as a freshman and learn more.  Thanks to Mark for his expertise  
and the Nature Conservancy Kansas Office for sponsoring the tour!  The  
only regret is that we can only see most of those birds as study skins  
now.

Nancy Clark
Shawnee, Johnson County

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Subject: Grackles Return to Topeka
From: Jeff Hansen <hanjd AT COX.NET>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:03:16 -0600
Half a dozen grackles showedup at the feeders this am.  Makes me glad. Heard
redwings singing yesterday.  All my precious snow has melted!  Spring is
here.
 
Also found a pile of blue bird feathers, probably a hawk ate him. But the
blue birds were checking out their house in the garden...Ready to make more
bluebirds.
 
 

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Subject: White-winged Dove
From: Paul Griffin <pgriffin1 AT COX.NET>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 09:21:03 -0600
Hi Folks,

About 8 am I heard a strange dove call in my back yard, here in Wichita. 
Dropping everything, of course, I proceeded to track down the interesting 
culprit. I was used to the Eurasian-collared Doves song, so I suspected the 
White-winged Dove. Sure enough, is was a White-winged high up in a distant 
tree. I was able to get some good audio and some distant video showing the 
large white mark on the wing edge (perched) and the black mark on the neck. The 
bird has stopped calling and moved on. I will try to find it again. It is a new 
bird for me, in Wichita. 


Happy Birding,

Paul Griffin

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Subject: Jefferson & Douglas Counties
From: Jonathan King <jon6king AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 03:40:49 -0500
Mike Andersen and I birded Perry Lake and Clinton Lake and surrounding areas 
today. Perry had a good assortment of waterfowl with the highlight probably 
being one adult male Red-breasted Merganser. We also had our FOY Eastern Phoebe 
and American Pipits. Below is a list from Perry Lake. Clinton Lake was less 
productive with the waterfowl much further out on the ice but again Snow Geese 
and dabblers with around 8000 Geese. Also 20 Pelicans, 10 Coots, 5 Killdeer, 
and a Pie-billed Grebe of some interest. The Globe Prairie Area produced one 
dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk. This was an immature bird. Lone Star Lake was 
very scarce bird-wise but we did have an immature Red-shouldered Hawk soaring 
above the lake. 



Location:     Perry Lake - South
Observation date:     3/6/10
Notes: With Mike Andersen. 45F I think. Cloudy with strong south winds at 15 to 
20mph perhaps. Lake mostly open. Waterfowl really moving latley. 

Number of species:     50
 
Greater White-fronted Goose     130
Snow Goose     10000
Ross's Goose 1 Probably many more but we did not take time to pick them out. 

Canada Goose     50
Gadwall     145
American Wigeon     2
Mallard     175
Northern Shoveler     15
Northern Pintail     75
Green-winged Teal (American)     30
Canvasback     24
Redhead 56 Female can resemble a Black Scoter very well. Mike and I were 
confused by one. Shows steep forehead with peak on front, dark crown and light 
creamy brown cheek and body. Bill a bit thinner and neck longer than Black 
Scoter though. 

Ring-necked Duck     22
Lesser Scaup     190
Bufflehead     15
Common Goldeneye     600
Hooded Merganser     2
Common Merganser     75
Red-breasted Merganser     1
Ruddy Duck     5
Pied-billed Grebe     2
American White Pelican     2
Bald Eagle     10
Northern Harrier     1
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern)     3
American Kestrel     1
American Coot     8
Killdeer     5
Ring-billed Gull     370
Herring Gull     10
Rock Pigeon     4
Mourning Dove     25     Roosting in trees in area below dam
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2
Eastern Phoebe     1     FOY. Near shoreline foraging in shrubs near rocks. 
Blue Jay     10
American Crow     2
Black-capped Chickadee     3
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)     2
Eastern Bluebird 14 A group of these moving along a treeline. Probably migrant 
birds. 

American Robin     30
European Starling     10
American Pipit     4
Song Sparrow     2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     14     Lots of singing from them. 
Northern Cardinal     5
Red-winged Blackbird     350
meadowlark sp.     2     One flushed off the rock jette. 
House Sparrow     10
 




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Subject: spring yard birds
From: David Rintoul <drintoul AT KSU.EDU>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 21:10:58 -0600
Juncos were singing in the yard this morning. But the exciting news (we 
have low standards for excitement here in Manhattan) was the return of 
the Red-winged Blackbirds to the yard. For the last couple of years we 
have had two pairs of RWBLs all summer long, feeding on the sunflower 
seeds. This is not a common bird in urban (!) Manhattan, but we've 
gotten used to them. Today there were three male RWBL in the yard, and 
one was singing. Spring, for sure.

Dave

David A. Rintoul, Ph.D.
Biology Division - KSU

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Subject: Killdeer, Reno and Saline CO 3/6/10
From: Kat Farres <ozbelgnz AT SWBELL.NET>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:48:08 -0600
Had my personal first killdeer of the year in Reno and Saline COs today. 
Fairgrounds at Hutch and a burned field in NW Saline CO (easily a hundred, 
maybe more_ 


Kat Farres 
OZ BelgianZ Tervuren ~ BSD
Salina KS USA

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Subject: Am Woodcock in LV County
From: David Williams <davewilliams8 AT MAC.COM>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:08:09 -0600
It's a five-minute walk out our door to a grassy patch adjoining a  
pasture at our home in central Leavenworth County that is home to  
displaying American Woodcock.

On the calm, but cold, evenings earlier this week I took the walk to  
try for Woodcock, but no luck on three tries.  Temps then were in the  
30s.

Tonight there were at least three displaying males with the first  
'peeent' heard at 6:23 with our sunset time listed as 6:16.

In 2009 I heard the first Woodcock on Feb 17!  Today's date of March 6  
was much more typical of other years.

A flock of seven Greater White-fronted Goose flew overhead, separate  
from the other geese that were milling around.

Dave Williams
Leavenworth County, KS

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Subject: New yard bird, new county bird, new year bird = Leavenworth CO
From: "Galen L. Pittman" <gpittman AT KU.EDU>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 18:38:41 -0600
Hello,
	After basking in the glory of a great basketball game....I am out in
my yard enjoying the beautiful weather at 4:45 PM this afternoon and also
enjoying the 100s of geese milling around slowly moving north, when what
should appear at the tail end of one of the goose "v"s...........three
Sandhill Cranes calling  and seemingly wanting to land.  They were headed
north coming from the south and flew virtually right over my house in
extreme SW Leavenworth county!!!!!  It didn't take them long to disappear
behind the tall trees, except they made an abrupt "u"-turn just north of my
house (as did the geese they seemed be migrating with) and headed over my
pond and house again but this time they were headed to the SE.  So they
disappear over the horizon again..... this time headed in the direction of
Eudora or maybe Olathe or even Hillsdale Lake. I bet they landed somewhere
along the Kansas River or perhaps the K-10 corridor for the night  
	Final comment,  I don't see any cranes on Chuck's KOS- LV CO list
(!!!!!!) and of course they would be a new county bird for me , as well as a
new yard bird, and even a 2010 Kansas year bird, in spite of the fact that I
have been to Clark county twice this year already!?!?!?!!?  Go figure.
After birding around Lawrence for the last 40 years this is only the 4th or
5th time I have every seen a crane in this area.......but it is the third
county ( including DG and JF) I have seen them in.  There is something to be
said for persistence!?!?

Good birding!!
Galen 
PS:  Heard woodcock displays at 6:30 PM tonight in Leavenworth Co.

Galen L. Pittman
12042 258th street
Lawrence, KS 66044

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Subject: Twin Lakes Eagles
From: Paul Griffin <pgriffin1 AT COX.NET>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 17:04:09 -0600
Hi Folks,

Well. It appears that so far, the Bald Eagle pair at Twin Lakes here in 
Wichita, is still practicing laying eggs. Yesterday morning I made it to Twin 
Lakes about a half hour before sunrise, to see if they had stayed in the nest 
over night. As I arrived (the temperature was 38 F) the nest was silhouetted 
against the first light of the upcoming sunrise and there were the 2 eagles 
standing in the nest. That was good. But, soon after, the pair left the nest 
and disappeared into the darkness. Although the male returned in about 15 
minutes, he landed on the feeding platform and from the commotion of the Crows, 
he must of been eating something. Eventually, he brought a stick to the nest, 
but he didn't sit down in the nest. That was bad. I left the area about 1.5 
hours later and neither of the eagles had sat in the nest. I doubt that a eagle 
would leave a egg uncovered and unguarded for a couple of minutes let alone 1.5 
hours at 38 degrees. So, since yesterday morning I h! 

 ave been assuming the pair are still practicing. The pair are still present in 
the area and when they are, the traffic in the West parking lot gets pretty 
heavy. The female was on the nest at sunset last night. This morning when I 
dropped by, I was told the eagles had just left, the nest was empty. There is 
still plenty of time for the eagles to lay eggs. But, it is going to get real 
interesting in a few weeks, because the Egrets will be returning to the island 
to lay their eggs. Their last year nests are all over the island surrounding 
the eagles nest, mostly underneath. I have no idea how the eagles or the egrets 
will respond to each other. As it stands right now, the other birds don't like 
to be near the eagles. They don't roost or land in the island trees when the 
eagles are present, they do when they are gone for awhile. So, the saga 
continues. 


Today at Oak Park, I heard my first Eastern Phoebe and Killdeer (on the river).

Happy birding,

Paul Griffin           

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Subject: Nelson Island, JoCo
From: Matt Gearheart <mgearheart AT DESIGNWITHINSIGHT.COM>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:04:09 -0600
Hi Kansasbirders,

I tagged along the Wild Bird Center bird hike
at Nelson Island and the Johnson Co. Waste
Water Treatment Plant today 3-6-10.
Birds of note:  a single GLAUCOUS GULL picked
out of the air over the WWTP and a FRANKLIN'S
GULL in alternate plumage (even sporting the
pink belly).  Another highlight was a RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK circling near the WWTP.  We also were 
entertained by a Brown Creeper singing his full
territorial song.  full list below.
Many thanks to Mike Stoakes and Nic Allen for leading.

Good Birding,
Matt Gearheart
Shawnee, KS
mgearheart AT designwithinsight.com


Location:     Nelson Island and JOCO WWTP
Observation date:     3/6/10
Number of species:     50

Greater White-fronted Goose     15
Snow Goose     200
Ross's Goose     1
Cackling Goose     3
Canada Goose     800
Wood Duck     4
Gadwall     40
Mallard     6
Northern Shoveler     5
Northern Pintail     50
Green-winged Teal     1
Ring-necked Duck     8
Bufflehead     2
Common Goldeneye     20
Great Blue Heron     1
Cooper's Hawk     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     6
Red-tailed Hawk (Western)     1
American Coot     3
Killdeer     20
Franklin's Gull     1
Ring-billed Gull     1000
Glaucous Gull     1
Rock Pigeon     2
Mourning Dove     6
Belted Kingfisher     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     4
Downy Woodpecker     3
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     5
Blue Jay     5
American Crow     50
Black-capped Chickadee     8
Tufted Titmouse     1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)     1
Brown Creeper     2
Eastern Bluebird     6
American Robin     500
European Starling     100
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1
American Tree Sparrow     1
Fox Sparrow (Red)     3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     2
Northern Cardinal     12
Red-winged Blackbird     100
Eastern Meadowlark     2
Brown-headed Cowbird     2
American Goldfinch     2
House Sparrow     2

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Subject: White-winged Dove in Mulvane
From: Leon Hicks <chicks12 AT COX.NET>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 15:58:12 -0600
A White-winged Dove has been in my backyard for the last 15 minutes. This is a 
new yard bird as well as new county bird for me. I also had a pair of Bewick's 
Wrens this morning southeast of Mulvane which I haven't seen in that area over 
the past 11 years. A Loggerhead Shrike was also seen in the front yard of a 
rural house southeast of Mulvane and one Bald Eagle was at the 55 bridge over 
the Ark River between Belle Plaine and Udall. 

Leon Hicks 
Mulvane,Ks

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Subject: Birding goal
From: Henry and Debby Armknecht <armknecht AT RURALTEL.NET>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:19:34 -0600
My 17 year old nephew asked my wife "What is the ultimate goal of a bird 
watcher?"

Do any of you have goals you would care to share?  I'm still thinking about 
mine.  I have had - and still have - some intermediate goals, but "ultimate 
goal" has a different weight to it.

We had a nice thunderstorm and about .30" of rain last night.  I also had my 
FOY Common Grackle at the feeder yesterday.

Henry A
Osborne 

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Subject: Sedgwick Co birds, Cowley Co Woodcocks
From: Jeff Calhoun <jecalhoun AT WICHITA.EDU>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:11:14 -0600
I went for a 1.5 hour walk this morning around the parent’s new backyard on
the west edge of Derby to prime me for a weekend of taxes and studying
(Sedgwick Co). No Phoebes for me yet either but an American Pipit on the
river was nice as were the mass arrival of my Common Grackles, with about
200 moving through and stopping by here and there. I also enjoyed the line
of 100 Snow Geese moving north with 1 definite Ross’s in the mix. The Ross’s
Goose was a first record for my birding loop. Other noted northward flocks
included Ring-billed Gulls (40 total in several small flocks), White-fronted
Geese (17), and Wood Ducks (20). A Winter Wren viewed at 4 feet was also
scintillating. A quick drive down south Bluff Street produced 30 Killdeer,
200 Robins, and both species of Meadowlark singing from the same mowed
fields near 95th St S.  
Last night was Chaplin Nature Center’s Woodcock hike and a handful of us
heard the twittering flight of a couple American Woodcocks (Cowley Co). The
big displays haven’t really started there yet, however. We also heard a
couple Least Sandpipers there on the river. Lots of great Woodcock habitat
at the parent’s land and I’m anxious to find out if they utilize it or not. 

May your favorite basketball team win today,

Jeff Calhoun
Derby, KS

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Subject: SAturday morning Milford Lake
From: Chuck & Jaye Otte <otte2 AT COX.NET>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:29:36 -0600
Spent a few hours in the Milford Lake vicinity (all Geary County) Sat. morning. 
 Killdeer were quite noticable - in town as well.  Good waterfowl diversity 
scattered about.  No Turkey Vulture or Eastern Phoebe, but spend several 
minutes enjoying 6 Tree Swallows at the back (east) pond in the outlet area 
below the dam!

Chuck

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Junction City Kansas USA 66441
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Subject: Re: Northeast Kansas wanderings....a few sightings at NESA ( AMWO, KILL, RSHA)
From: "Galen L. Pittman" <gpittman AT KU.EDU>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 08:40:15 -0600
Hello all,
	I took a few extra weeks this year but last night ( friday) after sunset
about 6:30 PM....... I watched 3-4 Woodcock displaying right over the HQ
building at NESA ( NESA HQ is about 1/4 of a mile NW of the corner of DG,
JF, and LV counties). The temperature was still above 50 degrees. And just
like Dan's report  there were many, many geese moving at the end of the day.
Also Killdeer arrived this week as if someone opened a spigot....there must
have a been a very large front of birds all moving at the same time.  But no
Turkey Vulture or Eastern Phoebe for me......yet!?!?
	One last report......for 2-3 days in row last week there was a beautiful
adult Red-shouldered  Hawk that came right up to the HQ building at NESA and
sat in the trees above the bird feeders.  One day it actually flew in and
perched on the END of a shovel handle (!!!!)  that was leaned up against a
bench beside the feeders.  The thing was......it's shovel handle  perch was
only about 3 feet outside of the window.  I snuck up  inside the building
and got to see it from only about 5-6 feet with the glass in between...for
at least a minute before it spooked and flew.

Galen

Galen L. Pittman
12042 258th street
Lawrence, KS 66044

(785) 843-8573: work
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-----Original Message-----
From: Birds & Their Habitats in Kansas
[mailto:KSBIRD-L AT LISTSERV.KSU.EDU]On Behalf Of Dan Larson
Sent: Saturday, 06 March, 2010 7:00 AM
To: KSBIRD-L AT LISTSERV.KSU.EDU
Subject: Northeast Kansas wanderings


On Tuesday I saw  a Killdeer at Milford. On Thursday Dan Gish pointed out a
Killdeer at Tuttle Creek Ponds. On Thursday I saw a Turkey Vulture at Lake
Perry. On Friday I saw a Turkey Vulture at Hillsdale.

At Tuttle with Dan Gish at the spillway area on Thursday we saw all the
regular diving ducks. The dabblers were Gadwall,Mallards and Green-winged
Teal. Our best bird of the day was probably a Red-headed Woodpecker at the
Pottowatomie State Lake.

Thursday and Friday night I was in Douglas County about sundown and at two
different locations huge waves of Snow Geese were coming in. I was able to
pick out some Ross's.

On Friday at Hillsdale I spooked an American Woodcock.

I didnt see or hear any cranes. I dont have an Eastern Phoebe so its not
spring yet here.

When the latt junco leaves is it the end of winter or the beginning of
spring? If a tree falls in a forest....?

Thanks

Dan Larson




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Subject: Northeast Kansas wanderings
From: Dan Larson <birdkansa AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 05:00:17 -0800
On Tuesday I saw  a Killdeer at Milford. On Thursday Dan Gish pointed out a 
Killdeer at Tuttle Creek Ponds. On Thursday I saw a Turkey Vulture at Lake 
Perry. On Friday I saw a Turkey Vulture at Hillsdale. 


At Tuttle with Dan Gish at the spillway area on Thursday we saw all the regular 
diving ducks. The dabblers were Gadwall,Mallards and Green-winged Teal. Our 
best bird of the day was probably a Red-headed Woodpecker at the Pottowatomie 
State Lake. 


Thursday and Friday night I was in Douglas County about sundown and at two 
different locations huge waves of Snow Geese were coming in. I was able to pick 
out some Ross's. 


On Friday at Hillsdale I spooked an American Woodcock.

I didnt see or hear any cranes. I dont have an Eastern Phoebe so its not spring 
yet here. 


When the latt junco leaves is it the end of winter or the beginning of spring? 
If a tree falls in a forest....? 


Thanks 

Dan Larson




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Subject: Re: (Night flying cranes)
From: Thomas Shane <tom.shane AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:52:31 -0600
Thanks Ron; I thought I remembered a line in the Whooping Crane species
account by Bent where he mentioned them migrating up the Mississippi river
at night back in the 19th Century. In another publication I read the
opposite.

You are right, I usually do not go out at night in March. However, I often
go out at night in a January snow storm to listen for Lapland Longspurs.

The wind switched to the north here about 5 pm so I won't go out tonight.
:>) We made it up to 69F today, what a long cold spell.
ts

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Subject: Re: (Night flying cranes)
From: Ron Klataske <prairie AT AUDUBONOFKANSAS.ORG>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:18:47 -0600
Regarding Tom' Shanes speculation regarding Sandhill Cranes flying at  
night, during the 25 years when I spent time every spring along the  
Platte River in Nebraska
I recall instances when the cranes seemed to be dropping out of the  
sky and coming in to roost on the sandbars as late as midnight.  They  
were calling to the other birds in the river and dropping from a  
considerable elevation indicating clearly that they were not simply  
returning to the river from nearby fields.  In these situations my  
recollection
is that the weather was similar to the past two days, a south wind  
and clear overhead.  I speculated that they could have left the Texas  
panhandle in the morning
and arrived late that night.  Unless the playas have water there  
aren't many choice shallow-water roosting sites in central and  
western Kansas.

Generally we do not notice night flying birds unless we happen to be  
out listening. During March most people are not out much at night.  I  
love to walk on our
property at dusk and into early darkness, and that is why I am among  
the first to hear Poor-wills, Whip-poor-wills and Chucks each spring-- 
but we seldom have Sandhill Cranes
over this area in Kansas.

I recall when a number of Whooping Cranes were radio-tagged and being  
followed by USFWS biologists with planes and vehicles.  A family of  
Whooping Cranes
keep flying at night and reportedly landed about 9 or 10 p.m. at a  
farm pond northwest of Eureka, Kansas--in the Flint Hills.

Flying at night, in fog and all kinds of difficult visibility  
(including toward a glaring sun) and wind conditions underscores the  
reason why powerlines are a
great hazard for cranes, and many other birds.

The Snow Geese were moving northeast in great flocks over  
Pottawatomie County late this afternoon.

--Ron

Ron Klataske
Executive Director
Audubon of Kansas
210 Southwind Place
Manhattan  KS 66503
785-537-4385
Ron_Klataske AT audubonofkansas.org

On Mar 5, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Thomas Shane wrote:

> Somehow I feel there were only losers in this exercise and they  
> were the
> Whooping Cranes. If a request was made for the 5 best WHCR stopover  
> sites
> then someone is thinking of a long ranged project. It could be to  
> examine
> these sites one by one as the budget allows and look for potential  
> harmful
> situations for WHCRs. Indeed there are such situations at CB & Q. I  
> think
> there are some high transmission lines south of CB. I saw 3 WHCRs  
> take off
> and fly that direction 25 years ago. All the big oil tanks  
> scattered around
> Q are a ticking time bomb. Someone brought that subject up a few  
> years back
> and it was answered with some legality. The environmental  
> socialists have
> done everything to stop oil drilling in the north shore of Alaska;  
> one of
> their key responses is that there is only 6 months of oil there.  
> Well good
> grief, there is only 6 seconds worth of oil at Quivira. Get those  
> tanks out
> of there before a disaster happens. Plus, there are numerous other
> endangered species that use Quivira. I never could think of a one  
> for north
> shore Alaska except Eskimo Curlew and I think the same crowd that has
> written off the IBWO has also written off the curlews.
>
> I do not believe that CB & Q are coequal; one is better than the  
> other. I
> have no idea which one has the number one spot.  If they are going  
> to start
> a project such as the example I put forward above, then which one  
> do they go
> to first? The same applies to 3rd, 4th and 5th place. If you use  
> numbers of
> observations to determine these ranks then that is fine. But there  
> has to be
> a 3rd, 4th and 5th place among Kirwin, Waconda, Webster, Wilson, Cedar
> Bluff, and Cheney. I would think that if numbers were strictly used  
> then my
> guess is that the majority of the above lake sites would have a  
> hard time
> beating the 19 Whooping Cranes at Red Jaw marsh.
>
> I had 55 FOS Sandhill Cranes fly over the yard about 6:15 pm last  
> evening
> heading NNE. It was pretty late in the day for that. Do some of  
> them ever
> fly at night? They could have been headed up to Dry Lake. It is a  
> great
> stopover site for SACR, and most likely was a good one for the WHCR
> centuries ago. The Native Americans at Scott Lake ate Whooping  
> Cranes. As
> Patti always says.......yum, tastes like chicken. :>)
>
> Goodbirdwatching,
> T Shane
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Subject: Brown County
From: kc98 <kc98 AT MEWLAN.COM>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:44:42 -0600
Hello birders,
Today I saw my first open water in a couple of months. It was the small private 
pond on the west side of Pony Creek Lake. There were Canada Geese, Snow Geese, 
Canvas Backs and a few other ducks that I couldn't see enough to ID. 


In my back yard I have had a Fox Sparrow today for the first time in several 
years. Other visitors included Pine Siskin, a few Juncos, American Goldfinch, 
Bob White Quail, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, dozens of Robins, 
American Tree Sparrows, Black-capped Chickadees, Red-winged Blackbirds, 
Brown-headed Cowbirds, White-breasted Nuthatch, Harris's Sparrow, and of course 
the House Sparrows. I did see an Eastern Bluebird in front. They usually hang 
around for most of the winter but this is the first one I have seen in several 
months. 


The Spotted Towhee, which has been around for several months, has not been seen 
for a couple of days. 


With the warmer temperatures that are forecast I hope Pony Creek Lake starts to 
thaw so more water fowl will stop for a rest. Happy birding to all. Rosella 
Royer, Sabetha, Brown County, kc98 AT mewlan.com 


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Subject: Cheyenne Bottoms Birds
From: Robert Penner <rpenner AT TNC.ORG>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:06:06 -0500
Earlier in the week there was a huge number of Redheads.  KDWP estimated
around 40,000.  Some interesting first of the year birds for me this
week in addition to the Killdeer, Baird's Sandpiper and Greater
Yellowlegs include: Greater Scaup, Horned Grebe, Cinnamon Teal, Eastern
Phoebe and a single Tree Swallow.  Huge numbers of ducks nearly 95,000
and also large numbers of geese.  Species composition is changing daily

 

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Subject: CB and Q NWR and HV County
From: G & J Fenton Friesen <friesen.fenton AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:08:28 -0600
I drove through Cheyenne Bottoms and Quivira Today.  Lots of ducks with
roughly 16 + species.   Redheads, Northern Pintails, and assorted dablers
led the list.  A lone winter plumage Horned Grebe at CB was of interest.  As
I arrived at Quivira 3 swans were leaving the north mud flats.  5 remained
with one clear Trumpeter and one clear Tundra Swan.  All others were tucked
in.  Apart from Killdeer, I saw no shorebirds.

When I got home I had a lone White-winged Dove in the yard (HV County)
along with the usual feeder birds.  We've had one or more in the
neighborhood for a couple years but I rarely see or hear the it/them.  I
looked at the weather today before heading out  It did not specify the day
as "windy" and guess it was only blowing at 18 mph but, had I know the wind
would be at that speed I might have waited till tomorrow to go out.

Gregg

-- 
Gregg & Joanna Fenton Friesen
Newton, KS

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Subject: Re: Top 5 Whooper Sites in KS -- The Winners
From: EUGENE YOUNG <EUGENE.YOUNG AT NORTH-OK.EDU>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:39:08 -0600
The assumption that someone is looking for "long ranged project" may be
an erroneous one.  Periodically, USFWS has to review the status of
listed species under ESA.  Periodically, regions where certain species
occur do this more frequently than other regions.  I don't recall
reading or the inference of a long ranged project, simply a request for
listing 5 important sites.  From a biological perspective, I don't think
ranking 5 important sites is as important as listing 5 important sites,
unless one is talking about potential funding priorities or conservation
priorities.

In the case of CB and Q, I suppose one could look at the data for the
last several decades to ascertain which site has had the most frequent
encounters, which has had the longest/extended stays, etc...but I would
also suggest that such data would have to be evaluated with habitat
availability.  I suspect that habitat availability within each of these
two wetlands plays a crucial role in determining whether they stop
and/or stay.  And as we all know, one may be flooded the other not.
Thus, in a given year, which is #1 or #2 is probably completely
dependent on weather...but over the decades, I suspect one would be only
slightly more important then the other...all factors considered (and I
don't know which one that would be)...thus, I would completely agree
with the Dan's assessment.  

Furthermore, I would make an argument that between CB, Q, and Salt
Plains (OK), that they = a mega wetland complex picture to the birds,
and it each one probably isn't as important by themselves as they are
collectively.  I suspect, collectively, each of these complexes is
required for the cranes to make their N and S journeys, and that the use
of each is dependent on favorable migration patterns, fat storage prior
to migration, ground conditions (flooded vs non-flooded, etc.) etc.  The
likelihood of all three being too wet, or too dry in one year, I suspect
isn't great, which ultimately allows for the birds to continue their
migratory journeys because they can depend on at least one of these
wetlands to fatten up/rest before moving onward.

As for a 3-5th place, "has to be"...I don't think T&E species management
is an Olympic sport (joking here), but seriously, Dan's summary is
in-line with the "best available commercial and scientific"
data/evidence standard used under ESA.  In fact, using Dan's wording,
and depending on what the ultimate source for this requested data
happens to be, I would make the argument that under ESA you could seek
funding to ascertain the status of the Whooping Crane in the
aforementioned areas in KS.

Comments regarding transmission lines, oil etc, are all important
issues, but that addresses another concern, a conservation issue, which
is not necessarily germane to the question of what are important sites
based upon use by the cranes?

Lastly, let me go back to the concept of ESA...if we were to use a 3-5th
site without "good scientific evidence" then we undercut ESA...and that
wouldn't be good for any species.  A species occurring at a site doesn't
always = critical habitat.

Gene

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Northern Oklahoma College
Biology Department
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Tonkawa, OK, 74653-0310
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Fax: 580-628-6209
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Subject: Re: Top 5 Whooper Sites in KS -- The Winners
From: Thomas Shane <tom.shane AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:50:41 -0600
Somehow I feel there were only losers in this exercise and they were the
Whooping Cranes. If a request was made for the 5 best WHCR stopover sites
then someone is thinking of a long ranged project. It could be to examine
these sites one by one as the budget allows and look for potential harmful
situations for WHCRs. Indeed there are such situations at CB & Q. I think
there are some high transmission lines south of CB. I saw 3 WHCRs take off
and fly that direction 25 years ago. All the big oil tanks scattered around
Q are a ticking time bomb. Someone brought that subject up a few years back
and it was answered with some legality. The environmental socialists have
done everything to stop oil drilling in the north shore of Alaska; one of
their key responses is that there is only 6 months of oil there. Well good
grief, there is only 6 seconds worth of oil at Quivira. Get those tanks out
of there before a disaster happens. Plus, there are numerous other
endangered species that use Quivira. I never could think of a one for north
shore Alaska except Eskimo Curlew and I think the same crowd that has
written off the IBWO has also written off the curlews.

I do not believe that CB & Q are coequal; one is better than the other. I
have no idea which one has the number one spot.  If they are going to start
a project such as the example I put forward above, then which one do they go
to first? The same applies to 3rd, 4th and 5th place. If you use numbers of
observations to determine these ranks then that is fine. But there has to be
a 3rd, 4th and 5th place among Kirwin, Waconda, Webster, Wilson, Cedar
Bluff, and Cheney. I would think that if numbers were strictly used then my
guess is that the majority of the above lake sites would have a hard time
beating the 19 Whooping Cranes at Red Jaw marsh.

I had 55 FOS Sandhill Cranes fly over the yard about 6:15 pm last evening
heading NNE. It was pretty late in the day for that. Do some of them ever
fly at night? They could have been headed up to Dry Lake. It is a great
stopover site for SACR, and most likely was a good one for the WHCR
centuries ago. The Native Americans at Scott Lake ate Whooping Cranes. As
Patti always says.......yum, tastes like chicken. :>)

Goodbirdwatching,
T Shane

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Subject: RFI - Long-eared Owls
From: Ted Cable <tcable AT KSU.EDU>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:01:16 -0600
Once again this spring I have a colleague coming up from Texas A&M to 
watch prairie chickens.  He would love to see a Long-eared Owl. Any 
ideas? He will check the pines at the work station on the Cimarron 
Grasslands. Any other ideas?

Also he is interested in Cackling Geese. I know they are widespread and 
fairly common, but any slam dunk can't miss spots for those this spring? 
Thanks in advance. - Ted

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Subject: Re: WATERFOWL BIRD BOXES
From: Michael Pearce <md_pearce AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:57:59 -0600
Ducks Unlimited chapters in Kansas have done this for many years...and many 
members are hunters AND birders. (Sorry, couldn't resist.) 


Some scout troops have also done it as have many landowners.

The Kansas boxes are primarily put up for wood ducks. Not as many seem to be 
around since wood ducks have become so very common along Kansas streams, lakes 
and ponds. 


We've toyed with the idea on our Leavenworth County property but there's no 
shortage of nesting cavities already available. 


> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:28:41 -0600
> From: llondagin AT COX.NET
> Subject: WATERFOWL BIRD BOXES
> To: KSBIRD-L AT LISTSERV.KSU.EDU
> 
> I was visiting with a friend from school days and learned her husband has for 
15 years belonged to the Pioneer Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association. 
They maintain more than 100 duck boxes on 35 lakes and ponds. The most common 
nesting birds are Goldeneye, with Hooded Mergansers and Wood Ducks as well. 
They monitor the boxes twice a year and change out the bedding each season. 
Julie says there has been a 50% success rate in nesting. I don't know how many 
other chapters are doing this but it is common practice for the Oregon Hunters 
Association. And this is being done by hunters not birders. 

> 
> Larry Londagin
>  
> Wichita, KS
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Subject: WATERFOWL BIRD BOXES
From: Larry Londagin <llondagin AT COX.NET>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:28:41 -0600
I was visiting with a friend from school days and learned her husband has for 
15 years belonged to the Pioneer Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association. 
They maintain more than 100 duck boxes on 35 lakes and ponds. The most common 
nesting birds are Goldeneye, with Hooded Mergansers and Wood Ducks as well. 
They monitor the boxes twice a year and change out the bedding each season. 
Julie says there has been a 50% success rate in nesting. I don't know how many 
other chapters are doing this but it is common practice for the Oregon Hunters 
Association. And this is being done by hunters not birders. 


Larry Londagin
 
Wichita, KS

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