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2 Sep Night Hawks [Joyce Rosson ]
2 Sep Hummingbird Migration [Bob Foreman ]
2 Sep Re: Common Nighthawk Migration ["Amy J. Hoffman" ]
1 Sep Fountain Grove CA, Linn/Livingston Co. [Dianne & Steve Kinder ]
1 Sep St Louis area pics 9-1-10 [Bill Rudden ]
1 Sep Need info about Night Hawks [Joyce Rosson ]
1 Sep Little Dixie Lake CA ["Douglas, Ryan" ]
2 Sep Tonight's Common Nighthawk Migration [Scott Laurent ]
2 Sep Re: Common Nighthawks in KC North tonight [Scott Laurent ]
1 Sep Re: Common Nighthawks in KC North tonight [Jennifer Reidy ]
1 Sep Common Nighthawks in KC North tonight [Lisa Owens ]
1 Sep WGNSS 9-2-10/Meet 830am TGP Gaddy Garden [Jackie Chain ]
1 Sep CACHE/SPARKS Input *RESTORED* ["Patrick Harrison (Home)" ]
1 Sep Painted Bunting in Jeff City? [Scott Laurent ]
1 Sep Common Nighthawks Moving [Joshua Uffman ]
1 Sep Eagle Bluffs [Edge ]
1 Sep Good shorebird weather. (?) [Charlene Malone ]
1 Sep No Sighting: What's being seen at Eagle Bluffs [Scott Laurent ]
31 Aug Columbia Bottom, 31 Aug. [Ken Thompson ]
31 Aug CACHE/SPARKS DATA ENTRY (SUSPENDED) ["Patrick Harrison (Home)" ]
31 Aug COLUMBIA AUDUBON SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIPS [Edge ]
30 Aug Mississippi Kite, Grand River, Livingston Co. [Dianne & Steve Kinder ]
30 Aug Talk to Jeremy before going to see the Roseate Spoonbills at Mudhole [Brad Jacobs ]
30 Aug Re: Busch CA, St. Charles County 8/27/10 - 22 species of warbler [Martie Neal ]
29 Aug Re: Stl. Area Sunday Calhoun NWR Wetlands [bryan prather ]
29 Aug StL Area Sunday [Mike Thelen ]
29 Aug Roseate Spoonbills & Buff-Breasted Sandpiper - YES!!!! [Keith Brink ]
29 Aug Shrike - St. Charles Co. 8/29/10 [Al and Lois Smith ]
29 Aug St. Louis area. 8-29-20 [Bill Rudden ]
29 Aug Eagle Bluffs CA ["Douglas, Ryan" ]
29 Aug Re: Spoonbills - Yes 8-29 [Chris Hobbs ]
29 Aug Spoonbills - Yes 8-29 [Matt Gearheart ]
29 Aug Columbia Audubon Nature Sanctuary (CANS) [Edge ]
29 Aug Boone County Round-Trip [Chase Darr ]
28 Aug St. Louis area. Peregrine takes Pec [Bill Rudden ]
28 Aug Roseate spoonbill @ Mudhole Duck Club (Ray Co.) 08/28/10; American avocets @ Eagle Bluffs CA (Boone Co.) [Peter Kondrashov ]
28 Aug ROSEATE SPOONBILLS [Jack Hilsabeck ]
28 Aug Re: 2:30 p.m. Spoonbills NOT [Lisa Owens ]
28 Aug WGNSS Saturday trip [David Becher ]
28 Aug 2:30 p.m. Spoonbills NOT [Bob Fisher ]
28 Aug Re: Mississippi Kites congregating in St. Louis County [D Pierce ]
28 Aug Re: Little Dixie Lake CA [Edge ]
28 Aug Black-necked Stilts Hwy B St.Charles Co. [Al and Lois Smith ]
28 Aug Mississippi Kites congregating in St. Louis County [Peter Richardson ]
28 Aug Little Dixie Lake CA ["Douglas, Ryan" ]
28 Aug roseate spoonbills [Jack Hilsabeck ]
28 Aug Rufous Hummingbird in Iowa [Matthew Torres ]
28 Aug Re: Fw: Spoonbills at duck club [Chris Hobbs ]
28 Aug Fw: Spoonbills at duck club [Bob Fisher ]
28 Aug BBWD [Chris Hobbs ]
27 Aug Pere Marquette SP/ Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Calhoun Co, Ill Wetlands [bryan prather ]
27 Aug Eagle Bluffs CA 08/27/10 PM - Avocets YES [Chase Darr ]
27 Aug WGNSS 8-26-10/TGP/Monroe Cnty IL [Jackie Chain ]
27 Aug Miss.Kite. St. Louis County [Jane C Allen ]
27 Aug Nighthawk Manchester MO [Leslie B Jenkins ]
27 Aug Going to Busch CA..?..Boone Bridge closed [Charlene Malone ]
27 Aug Busch CA, St. Charles County 8/27/10 - 22 species of warbler [Rich Kostecke ]
27 Aug Birding at Tower Grove Park 8/27/10 [Rose McClarren ]
27 Aug AMERICAN AVOCETS Eagle Bluffs [Edge ]
27 Aug ROSEATE SPOONBILLS [Edge ]
27 Aug Eagle Bluffs Avocets [June Newman ]
26 Aug St. Louis area pics. 8-26-10 [Bill Rudden ]
26 Aug BBWD - YES [Bob Fisher ]
26 Aug Re: I Need Your Help [Larry Lade ]
26 Aug Black-crowned Night-Heron - EagleBluffs CA [Eric Wood ]
26 Aug Re: I Need Your Help [Chase Darr ]
26 Aug I Need Your Help [Joyce Rosson ]
26 Aug MIKI's in Joplin [Lawrence Herbert ]
25 Aug Eagle Bluffs 08/25/10 PM - YCNH, GRHE, others [Chase Darr ]
25 Aug Nighthawks at Midnight [Jackie Chain ]
25 Aug black-bellied whistling duck, YES , Fortescue, MO [Jane C Allen ]
25 Aug Camden, Laclede, Dallas counties [Edge ]
25 Aug Tower Grove Park - slow evening - Aug 25th [James Hickner ]
25 Aug Re: old optics [Edge ]
25 Aug Re: Ruddy Ducks, shorebirds at Aldrich [Greg Swick ]
25 Aug KOS Fall meeting in Overland Park, KS [Nancy Leo ]

Subject: Night Hawks
From: Joyce Rosson <motherswift AT MSN.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:39:38 -0500

Thanks for all the info. It will help so much.I will wait to release until Friday when our weather is supposed to be nice for a few days! Joyce RossonHolt, Mo. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Hummingbird Migration
From: Bob Foreman <rforeman AT KCNET.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:10:38 -0500

Today would be the "peak" so far. We can not count the numbers. Well over 100 birds. The feeders are draining as we watch. Males, Females & young-uns. This is why we "put up with" the months of refilling and cleaning. Bob Foreman Smithville, Clay County, Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Re: Common Nighthawk Migration
From: "Amy J. Hoffman" <amyhope_23 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 06:29:32 -0700

I saw roughly a dozen yesterday in west Jefferson City feeding in the rain around noon. This morning on my way to work I saw two or three more about 1/2 a block away from yesterday's location. Amy J. Hoffman Jefferson City Cole County ________________________________ From: Scott Laurent To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Sent: Wed, September 1, 2010 7:47:01 PM Subject: Tonight's Common Nighthawk Migration Add 11 more to the earlier 17 plus Common Nighthawks we saw. Scott Laurent Amy Petersen Kansas City, Mo (Jackson Co.) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Fountain Grove CA, Linn/Livingston Co.
From: Dianne & Steve Kinder <dmkinder AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 21:20:48 -0700

I took Stella the Dog for an outing down to FGCA. Swallows are really starting to gather more now. Saw about a 1000 Am. Trees swallows lining the power lines just north of the area. The annual Big Swallow Spectacle a little farther east in the Locust Creek Bottoms should be happening in a couple weeks. I got into a kind of odd feeding flock of birds in a swampy area along Parson's Creek - Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Wood -Pewee Wood Thrush WB Nuthatch BC Chickadee RB Woodpecker Downey Woodpecker Prothonotary Warbler -2 - getting late for these guys Am. Redstart Black & White Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler RE Vireo Some were feeding on berries, some on caterpillars,and some on flying insects. Interesting little event. And while watching these I was hearing an Olive-sided Flycatcher calling off to the side. Had seen another one earlier at another place. Had 6 Eurasion Collared -Doves feeding in the backyard when I got home. Later, Steve Kinder Chillicothe, Livingston Co. dmkinder AT yahoo.com p.s. don't know why this computer wants to write in red part of the time?? ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: St Louis area pics 9-1-10
From: Bill Rudden <bilrudn AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:18:43 -0700

IL birds. Adult Caspian Tern showing the primary dark tips to P8,7,6:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-31-10a.jpgCorrelate the dark tips on the sitting birds: (P10,9 light)http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-31-10a3.jpg Black Tern first winter:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/9-1-10a3.jpg Filler. Turkey Vulture juvenile:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-30-10b.jpgStilt Sandpiper: juvenilehttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-30-10f.jpg Odd sandpipers. Collard-Pec: adulthttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-31-10d.jpg GRAPHIC TUMOR. juvenile Least with tumor on tibia and malformed bill:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-31-10b.jpg Buff-breasted in water:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-30-10e.jpgwhite under-wings:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-30-10e2.jpg Shorebird Doubles. I'll name one, you ID the other: (it ain't easy, open book)Back bird is a Pectoral Sandpiper:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-29-10d.jpg Left bird is a juvenile Least Sandpiper:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-29-10c.jpg Left bird is a Semipalmated Sandpiper:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-30-10c2.jpg LBIMOBill RuddenSt. Louisbilrudn AT yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Need info about Night Hawks
From: Joyce Rosson <motherswift AT MSN.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:25:15 -0500

I have seen many birders spotting Night Hawks migrating. What times of day or night are you seeing them? I need to release one that I have rehabbed. Joyce RossonHolt, Mo. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Little Dixie Lake CA
From: "Douglas, Ryan" <douglasrn AT MISSOURI.EDU>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:06:20 -0500

I was in the southwest corner of Little Dixie Lake CA in Callaway County this evening. Birds were few and far between, but I encountered my first COMMON NIGHTHAWK at the lake since early June. A quick look at the bar charts under 'View and Explore Data' in eBird ( http://www.ebird.org ) suggests that the first two weeks of September are the prime migration time for this species through Missouri. The eBird bar charts allow one to see which birds might be expected in a given state, county, or specific birding location at a quick glance and can be limited by month, year or both to really narrow down your focus. The bar charts also vary in width to give you an idea of how likely you are to encounter a given species in any part of the year. If you haven't used them before, I highly recommend giving it a try (and while you're there, add your sightings to make the data set more robust!). Good birding, Ryan Douglas Volunteer eBird record reviewer Columbia, Boone County Ryan Douglas DouglasRN AT missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Tonight's Common Nighthawk Migration
From: Scott Laurent <rscottlaurent AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:47:01 +0000

Add 11 more to the earlier 17 plus Common Nighthawks we saw. Scott Laurent Amy Petersen Kansas City, Mo (Jackson Co.) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Re: Common Nighthawks in KC North tonight
From: Scott Laurent <rscottlaurent AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:25:50 +0000

We just saw 17plus Common Nighthawks migrating south over the Plaza in KC MO! Cool! Scott Laurent Kansas City, Mo (Jackson Co.) -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Reidy Sender: Missouri Wild Bird Forum Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:14:17 To: Reply-To: Jennifer Reidy Subject: Re: Common Nighthawks in KC North tonight Randy Cartwright and I counted 27 nighthawks flying over us on our evening walk in Liberty, just north of KC tonight and saw our first several 2 nights ago. Jennifer Reidy > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:45:04 -0500 > From: lowens311 AT GMAIL.COM > Subject: Common Nighthawks in KC North tonight > To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU > > On the subject of nighthawks, just counted 15 fly over low and slow at > my house in KC North, Platte County. Have never seen more than 5 at > once, so quite a treat for me. Also have Baltimore Orioles daily, tons > of hummingbirds and saw a flock of Bluebirds today. Nice day out > there! > Also, for those following the Roseate spoonbill in Orrick, I talked to > Jeremy today and he hasn't seen them since Sunday night....I spoke to > him around 11am today. > Lisa Owens Platte County KC North > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point > http://mobirds.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Re: Common Nighthawks in KC North tonight
From: Jennifer Reidy <grizzlyskye AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:14:17 -0500

Randy Cartwright and I counted 27 nighthawks flying over us on our evening walk in Liberty, just north of KC tonight and saw our first several 2 nights ago. Jennifer Reidy > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:45:04 -0500 > From: lowens311 AT GMAIL.COM > Subject: Common Nighthawks in KC North tonight > To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU > > On the subject of nighthawks, just counted 15 fly over low and slow at > my house in KC North, Platte County. Have never seen more than 5 at > once, so quite a treat for me. Also have Baltimore Orioles daily, tons > of hummingbirds and saw a flock of Bluebirds today. Nice day out > there! > Also, for those following the Roseate spoonbill in Orrick, I talked to > Jeremy today and he hasn't seen them since Sunday night....I spoke to > him around 11am today. > Lisa Owens Platte County KC North > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point > http://mobirds.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Common Nighthawks in KC North tonight
From: Lisa Owens <lowens311 AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:45:04 -0500

On the subject of nighthawks, just counted 15 fly over low and slow at my house in KC North, Platte County. Have never seen more than 5 at once, so quite a treat for me. Also have Baltimore Orioles daily, tons of hummingbirds and saw a flock of Bluebirds today. Nice day out there! Also, for those following the Roseate spoonbill in Orrick, I talked to Jeremy today and he hasn't seen them since Sunday night....I spoke to him around 11am today. Lisa Owens Platte County KC North Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: WGNSS 9-2-10/Meet 830am TGP Gaddy Garden
From: Jackie Chain <chainjac AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:45:41 -0700

This Thursday's trip will meet at Tower Grove Park's Gaddy Garden at 830am. If it is raining heavily when you arrive, look for us sheltering under the pavilion on the other side of the park road a short distance to the east of the Gaddy Garden. Park either on the south side of Magnolia facing east or inside the park on the northwest part of the loop road. As always, no fees. Bring lunch, beverage, binoculars and raingear for tomorrow. Any questions, please contact me at 314-644-5998. Jackie Chain St Louis County chainjac AT sbcglobal.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: CACHE/SPARKS Input *RESTORED*
From: "Patrick Harrison (Home)" <saxman AT MARKTWAIN.NET>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:18:07 -0500

With much help from Bill Rowe the online checklist of Missouri Birds is now up-to-date. This checklist is at the heart of the CACHE/SPARKS input process. DATA ENTRY IS NOW RESTORED. Thank you Bill for your keen eye and thoughtful suggestions. Thank you Edge Wade for your thoughtful suggestions regarding appearance. Patrick :ASM::::ASM::::ASM::::ASM::::ASM::::ASM: * * * Patrick Harrison * * Shelbyville, Shelby County, Missouri * * saxman AT marktwain.net A * pharrison AT hannibal.k12.mo.us S * webmaster AT mobirds.org M * http://mobirds.org * * http://www.patrickdharrison.com A * ,_ S * >' ) M * ( ( \ * * "|\ * * * *****The Audubon Society of Missouri**** ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Painted Bunting in Jeff City?
From: Scott Laurent <rscottlaurent AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 22:55:20 +0000

I assume that the Painted Bunting has left the Steak n Shake in Jeff City? Scott Laurent Kansas City, MO (Jackson) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Common Nighthawks Moving
From: Joshua Uffman <birdsandbugs AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:52:48 -0700

Hello All: Been a while since I have posted (at least I think so), considering my 'birding' is pretty much next to none the last few weeks. Anyways, I have had some pretty nice groups of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS moving through the valley over my house the last couple weeks here in Eureka (St. Louis County) and haven't noticed anyone else posting any large groups: August 22: 8 Common Nighthawks August 30: 48 Common Nighthawks Sept. 1, just a moment ago: 21 Common Nighthawks Also, had an OSPREY over the Legends golfcourse on Aug. 23 (across from 6-Flags), tried to get home quick enough to get it as a yardbird, but it didn't happen. Enjoy migration, Josh Joshua Uffman St. Louis County, MO Birdsandbugs AT sbcglobal.net MO-Records: www.showme-birds.com Bird Photos: http://www.pbase.com/jpuf ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Eagle Bluffs
From: Edge <edgew AT MCHSI.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:55:59 -0500

In light rain most of the time. First day of dove season, but the 26 vehicles of dove hunters were all at the upper end, in one large field--the most recently purchased part of Eagle Bluffs that was for sale for a couple of years--across the road from the Busch "lodge" land. Of note: 1 non-limping Common Moorhen in the back of Pool 11, observed from 2nd one-way loop extension. Terns: Caspian, Black and Forster's. Some were seen flying over other pools, but the congregation was in Pool 14. They were closest to the one-way loop spur, but someone my height could not see them from that vantage point. I saw them from the end of the road across Pool 14. There was a flock of at least 200 mixed shorebirds in the same vicinity, but I could see them only at great distance and only when they spooked. A walk out from the spur might be productive, but wear your muck boots. 1 adult Black-crowned Night-Heron in Pool 11 marsh. Many Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Green Herons. Full list will be on CACHE when data entry resumes. Edge Wade Columbia, MO edgew AT mchsi.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Good shorebird weather. (?)
From: Charlene Malone <2bbirdn AT CHARTER.NET>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:38:48 -0500

This might be a good day for shorebirds. In fall, birds migrate in front of cold fronts. (therefore called wind birds by some birders) Rain could bring some birds down. Certainly has increased the activity of the hummers at the feeders. Saw 10 birds at once for a nothing suburban yard. (all in the back, was not observing side or front of house that also have feeders) So 10 birds seen at once Xs 4 = 40 birds in the area..? Whatever the number, sure a lot of dogfights going on. Even the Monarchs are migrating through. Charlene Malone St. Louis co. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: No Sighting: What's being seen at Eagle Bluffs
From: Scott Laurent <rscottlaurent AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:28:58 +0000

I'll be driving through to Rolla and will be able to stop by Eagle Bluffs to see what there is to see. So what is being seen? Any help would be appreciated. Scott Laurent Kansas City, Mo (Jackson Co.) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Columbia Bottom, 31 Aug.
From: Ken Thompson <kthompsn AT SPRINGMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:42:28 -0500

Out on errands this evening, stopped off at Columbia Bottom. Corn almost ripe, too tall to see over. Saw a small flock of E. kingbirds, still a few swallows & egrets around, coots are in. Has anyone been able to see whether the eagle nest tree on Duck Island survived the flood? Lots of flotsam around the point of the island. I assume that Jones-Confluence SP is still closed? From the confluence overlook on the St Louis side, the educational markers were well above the water, finally. There was a towboat and at least one string of barges tied off around the point -- can see why the eagle nest tree on that side went down. Ken Thompson (kthompsn AT springmail.com) North StLouis county ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1
Subject: CACHE/SPARKS DATA ENTRY (SUSPENDED)
From: "Patrick Harrison (Home)" <saxman AT MARKTWAIN.NET>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:30:40 -0500

I will be suspending the data entry pages for CACHE/SPARKS effective immediately. Nothing is WRONG. Bill Rowe, secretary of our Missouri Bird Records Committee has provided me with the revised order of species and family groups. I will be working over the next couple of days to get this online. Until further notice, bird on... keep records... enter them when I notify you that the process is up and running again! Thank you for your participation in this process. Patrick :ASM::::ASM::::ASM::::ASM::::ASM::::ASM: * * * Patrick Harrison * * Shelbyville, Shelby County, Missouri * * saxman AT marktwain.net A * pharrison AT hannibal.k12.mo.us S * webmaster AT mobirds.org M * http://mobirds.org * * http://www.patrickdharrison.com A * ,_ S * >' ) M * ( ( \ * * "|\ * * * *****The Audubon Society of Missouri**** ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1
Subject: COLUMBIA AUDUBON SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIPS
From: Edge <edgew AT MCHSI.COM>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:41:18 -0500

COLUMBIA AUDUBON SOCIETY FALL FIELD TRIPS All trips are free and open to anyone interested in watching birds. Additional September and October field trips may be announced as they are scheduled. All trips are probably “a go” even in light rain. If in doubt, contact a trip leader the evening before or one hour before the scheduled meeting time. What to bring on a field trip: Binoculars, field guide, water, snack, layered clothing, sunscreen. September 11, Saturday all day TOWER GROVE PARK, St. Louis. Leader: Edge Wade RSVP: edgew AT mchsi.com or 445-6697. This is necessary so we know how many cars/drivers will be needed. Meet: 6:30 a.m. at Patricia's Supermarket parking lot on I-70 Drive Southeast and Keene St. Bring a picnic/brown bag lunch, water, folding stool/chair (optional). This is a trip to look for fall warblers and other migrants. We will walk around Tower Grove Park, especially near the bubbler, and to Gurney Ct. off Magnolia, and will sit at or near the bubbler to enjoy the birds coming to drink and bathe, and perhaps drive to another portion of the park. We will leave Tower Grove about 2:30 p.m. to be back in Columbia well before 5 p.m. September 16, Thursday morning COLUMBIA AUDUBON NATURE SANCTUARY Leaders: Bill Mees, Howard Hinkel & Edge Wade 445-6697 Meet: 8:00 a.m. at the CANS entrance at the stub of Cunningham Dr., off Bray. Bray goes west from Fairview Rd. between Rollins and Chapel Hill. We will walk the new trail, learn about the nature sanctuary, and identify and count the birds seen as the beginning of the CANS checklist. Beginners are especially welcome. Experienced birders will help with i.d., binocular use, and offer birding tips. We anticipate finishing the walk between 9:30 and 10:00. September 21, Tuesday morning COLUMBIA TWIN LAKES Leader: Edge Wade, edgew AT mchsi.com Meet: 8:00 a.m. at the parking lot off Chapel Hill. We will walk from the lot promptly at 8:00, circling the area. Beginners are especially welcome. Experienced birders will help with i.d., binocular use, and offer birding tips. September 30, Thursday morning: EAGLE BLUFFS, CONSERVATION AREA, Boone Co. Leaders: Kathleen Anderson andersonka AT centurytel.net, and Sandy Elbert Meet: 8:30 a.m. at the McBaine Katy Trail parking lot This will be a drive through Eagle Bluffs with stops to view birds. Participants will be encouraged to share rides to reduce the number of vehicles. Bring a scope if you have one (leaders will also have scopes). Bring an FRS radio, if you have one, to keep everyone informed of what is being seen. Additional radios will be available. The group will have the option of eating lunch together after the trip. October 5, Tuesday morning: LITTLE DIXIE LAKE CONSERVATION AREA, Callaway Co. Leader: Edge Wade 445-6697 Meet: 8:00 at the 63/AC commuter lot (southeast corner of US 63 and AC/New Haven Rd. interesection). Or join us at the main Little Dixie lot on the southwest corner of the lake between 8:20 and 8:30. We will drive to the 5 parking lots, walk some on trails (including the asphalt trail on the southeast corner), and learn about the diverse habitats of this area. Bring a scope if you have one. Trips being planned include some short walks designed to familiarize beginning birders and those new to Columbia with some favorite places. The emphasis will be on how to bird the site and what to expect in what season. Additional trips "in the works" include a LeConte's Sparrow walk at Bradford Farm, a Hawk Watch, a jaunt to Howard County to visit Peters and D.C. Rogers lakes (and PossumHaw bookstore), and November excursions to the University of Missouri Horticultural Farm in New Franklin, and to Thomas Hill Reservoir. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1
Subject: Mississippi Kite, Grand River, Livingston Co.
From: Dianne & Steve Kinder <dmkinder AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:32:08 -0700

This morning I stopped and watched an immature MIKI for several minutes while paddling down the Grand River west of Chillicothe. This is the farthest up the Grand I have ever seen one. Such impressive and graceful birds! We rarely get to see them in North Mo. While camped on a sandbar last night I again heard Eastern Screech Owl and Barred Owls calling. Only one of each this time, and the Barred was only giving the one note call. This morning right after I put the boat in I heard a bunch of Crows fiercely mobbing something near where I had heard the Barred Owl. Then a Red-shouldered Hawk joined in and started screeching extremely loud and violently! I don't know what was going on there as I couldn't see anything through all the trees except an occasional Crow when one flew out, but it was pretty exciting listening to the ruckus! I also saw a Bald Eagle, a Great Horned Owl a Pileated Woodpecker, Wood Ducks, Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Kingfishers, Killdeer , Spotted Sandpipers, and other more of the usuals while going down the river today. I watched a group of 5 Wild Turkeys run and fly up the bank at one place. I was able to pluck a feather one had lost, from off the top of the water as I floated by. Nice, but Windy, day to be out on the River! Later, Steve Kinder dmkinder AT yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu
Subject: Talk to Jeremy before going to see the Roseate Spoonbills at Mudhole
From: Brad Jacobs <Brad.Jacobs AT MDC.MO.GOV>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:21:08 -0500

There has been a little confusion on this posting. Jeremy just called me this morning and asked me again to have people call before showing up at the Mudhole. If you want to visit the Mudhole Duck Club in Orrick MO to see the Roseate Spoonbills and other birds, you MUST call beforehand to Jeremy Lindsay. Do not show up unexpectedly and hope he is there and will let you in. Jeremy's boss, the owner, is running a hunting opportunities business for all sorts of critters. This is a working hunt club and he may have clients at any time that have made appointments. Dove season client will be showing up as the season opens on Sept 1. So call to be sure of a time when you can get in. Jeremy is the manager for the hunt club and has made it possible for birders to get access. Jeremy Lindsay 314-565-3045 The manager, Jeremy, lives on the place most of the time but is from St. Louis. He is off to Kansas today for a while, but will answer calls as soon as he can. It is usually less than an hour when he returns calls. The birds are doing still present and doing neat stuff Jeremy says and a few birders were able to get in to see the birds. Brad Brad Jacobs Missouri Department of Conservation P.O.Box 180 Jefferson City , MO 65102 573-751-4115 ext 3648 From: Missouri Wild Bird Forum [mailto:MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU] On Behalf Of Edge Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 4:41 PM To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Subject: ROSEATE SPOONBILLS Brad Jacobs has been contacted by Jeremy Lindsey, caretaker of the Mudhole Duck Club, 4827 Buist Rd., Orrick, MO. Two ROSEATE SPOONBILLS have been on the duck club property for a few days. This is a private, profit-seeking organization, but they will be pleased to host birders looking for the spoonbills. Mr. Lindsey will guide birders to the site for $5.00 a person. (Duck hunting on the club's land is $400.00 a day.) Below is the website and address of the club. www.mudholeduckclub.com/about.html Mudhole Duck Club 4827 Buist Road Orrick, MO 64077 info AT mudholeduckclub.com Directions to: From Kansas City, MO take I-435 east toward St. Louis to Hwy 210. Take Hwy 210 east to Richmond. Drive approximately 25 miles to Hwy T about 1 mile past the town of Orrick, MO. Turn right onto Hwy T and drive 3.4 miles to Buist Road. Turn right. You will cross 3 sets of railroad tracks and continue driving 1 mile to the entrance of the property on the east side of the road. Edge Wade Columbia, MO edgew AT mchsi.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu
Subject: Re: Busch CA, St. Charles County 8/27/10 - 22 species of warbler
From: Martie Neal <m.neal AT MCHSI.COM>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:56:54 -0500

Hi Rich, It was pretty cool although startling to open up my email and see a post to "my" local birding listserv from someone I associated with birding in Texas (Ft Hood, May 2010, with my son Geoff just back from Afgh.) Glad you had a good trip. Hope to catch up with you again someday in Texas or Missouri! Take care, Martie Neal -- Sent from my Palm Pre On Aug 27, 2010 5:45 PM, Rich Kostecke <rkost73 AT YAHOO.COM> wrote: I spent the whole morning (just after sunrise until just after noon) of 8/27/10 at Busch Conservation Area in St. Charles Co, driving a 10 mile loop with many stops. I observed 77, maybe 78, species, the highlight being 21-22 species of warbler. Just about every wooded area I stopped at had a few birds and some areas had some fairly large, if loosely aggregated, mixed-species foraging flocks. I don't know exact locations off the top of my head (I only visit the place a few times a year now-a-days), but if anyone wants more specific locations, just ask, and I'll do my best to pull them off a map. My list for the morning: Wood Duck 9 Northern Bobwhite 2 Wild Turkey 3 Green Heron 6 Turkey Vulture 17 Bald Eagle 1 adult overhead Red-shouldered Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Mourning Dove 5 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Barred Owl 1 Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 8 Downy Woodpecker 12 Pileated Woodpecker 5 Eastern Wood-Pewee 20 Acadian Flycatcher 2 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 6 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 8 White-eyed Vireo 23 Bell's Vireo 3 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 17 Blue Jay 7 American Crow 8 Barn Swallow 11 Cliff Swallow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 28 - I assume Black-capped, but I am not sure which side of of the Black-capped-Carolina chickadee line places are falling on now-a-days and I didn't pay that close attention to the chickadees I saw. Tufted Titmouse 23 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 Carolina Wren 14 House Wren 3 Sedge Wren 3 singing Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 19 Swainson's Thrush 3 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 86 Gray Catbird 8 Brown Thrasher 2 Cedar Waxwing 22 Blue-winged Warbler 3 Golden-winged Warbler 3 Tennessee Warbler 17 Nashville Warbler 1 Northern Parula 9 Chestnut-sided Warbler 11 Magnolia Warbler 12 Blackburnian Warbler 3 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 (maybe 2) - Seems a bit early based on the minimal info I was able to dig up on line for the area; anyway I guess I am not 100% on this one, but I am not sure what else it would have been. Black-and-white Warbler 10 American Redstart 6 Prothonotary Warbler 1 Worm-eating Warbler 8 Ovenbird 6 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Kentucky Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 7 Hooded Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 male Canada Warbler 1 male Yellow-breasted Chat 4 Eastern Towhee 19 Field Sparrow 25 Henslow's Sparrow 2 Summer Tanager 1 Scarlet Tanager 3 Northern Cardinal 42 Indigo Bunting 29 Common Grackle 8 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 19 As an aside, I had 1 alder/willow flycatcher, 1 Golden-winged Warbler, 2 Tennessee Warbler, 2 Northern Parula, 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 3 Magnolia Warbler, 2 Black-and-white Warbler, 2 American Redstart, 1 Mourning Warbler, and 1 male Canada Warbler at Queeny Park in Ballwin (St. Louis Co.) on 8/26/10. Richard Kostecke, Ph.D. The Nature Conservancy P.O. Box 5190, Fort Hood, Texas 76544-0190 Phone: 254-288-2088 Fax: 254-288-5039 E-mail: rkost73 AT yahoo.com or rkostecke AT tnc.org ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu
Subject: Re: Stl. Area Sunday Calhoun NWR Wetlands
From: bryan prather <brynprth AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:06:16 -0700

Thank You Mike Thelen for your great report. And for confirming the Shovelers! I was there (Calhoun Wetlands) in the morning and would like to add Pergrine Falcon roosting in the stand alone dead tree (same place as Friday), and Forester's Tern. Many thanks to Connie Allwood for giving me the heads up with the Black-bellied Plovers and the Tern. The latter was not easily seen as it was sitting most of the time. If one is in the area, I would encourage them to also drive through the public access something or another. I can't recall the signage, but it is the first left along the road after leaving the ferry. Great mudflats were there, just nothing there today. That may change! I saw an Ospery cruising over the river as the ferry was heading out. Bryan Prather brynprth AT yahoo.com St.Louis,Co.Mo. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/
Subject: StL Area Sunday
From: Mike Thelen <mikethelen AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:55:47 -0500

IL birds / 2 Rivers NWR -- Both teal + shovelers -- Night-Heron, sp., 1 -- Northern Waterthrush, 1, volcano road -- Black-bellied Plover, 3, Calhoun Wetlands -- Ring-billed Gull, 100, numbers increasing MO birds / Riverlands -- Osprey, 1, Ellis Is. -- Caspian Tern, 1 -- Mixed shorebird flock at one spot along Riverlands Way included 4 LEAST SANDPIPERs, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 60+ KILLDEER, 20 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERs. Spent some time looking at the sandpipers which mainly hid behind rocks or settled on the mud, like chickens on the nest; several threw me for a loop, each having greenish legs and non-unform appearances. Paulson writes about juveniles: "...can have buffy breast, yellow or even olive legs." Mike Thelen Univ City, StL Cnty, MO mikethelen AT sbcglobal.net P.S. Non-birding photo of interest: Spotted this vessel moving upriver on the Mississippi, near Grafton, IL. Made me feel 330 years- old. http://mike-thelen.smugmug.com/Travel/Misc-1/8398003_n3kBt#987437676_YWebA-O-LB ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Roseate Spoonbills & Buff-Breasted Sandpiper - YES!!!!
From: Keith Brink <brinkteam AT REALTOR.COM>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:46:21 -0500

Saw my first Roseate Spoonbills in Missouri today. Great location for shorebirds, ducks and everything else, just ask for permission to walk around. Mudhole Duck Club has a very nice manager, Jeremy, who for a few bucks will drive you around the area and even let you walk around the area to see the birds. Even got to see the male Spoonbill pick up a stick (courtship) and try to hand it to the female as they were spooning (hee hee) on the mudflats. Wish I had a great telephoto to get some shots. Very open area on the mudflats with the sun at our backs, and no telephoto. Oh well, maybe next time. Saw 31 species today with the 2 highlights being the Spoonbills and a Buff- Breasted Sandpiper. The following is the list of what we saw. Location: Mudhole Duck Club Observation date: 8/29/10 Number of species: 32 Canada Goose 75 Wood Duck 35 Mallard 2 Blue-winged Teal 125 American White Pelican 350 Double-crested Cormorant 8 Great Blue Heron 15 Great Egret 2 Cattle Egret 2 Green Heron 2 Roseate Spoonbill 2 Turkey Vulture 15 American Kestrel 1 Black-bellied Plover 1 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 50 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 8 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Western Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 20 Pectoral Sandpiper 3 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 Wilson's Snipe 4 Caspian Tern 9 Black Tern 6 Mourning Dove 1 Horned Lark 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 3 Red-winged Blackbird 15 American Goldfinch 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Good Birding, Keith Brink Liberty, MO ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Shrike - St. Charles Co. 8/29/10
From: Al and Lois Smith <alandlois AT CHARTER.NET>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:30:41 -0500

While glassing the sod area on Peruque Creek Road just short of where the gravel begins in St. Charles County I spotted a Shrike on the wires. With the large/hooked bill I believe it is a Northern Shrike but could be wrong. http://www.photosbyat.com/photos/987370868_Sn2sM-XL.jpg http://www.photosbyat.com/photos/987385327_BspVp-XL.jpg Plovers found a along Dalbow Road. Young Semipalmated? http://www.photosbyat.com/photos/987421095_S6w3T-XL.jpg http://www.photosbyat.com/photos/987425061_VhKEw-XL.jpg Al Smith Bridgeton, St. Louis County http://www.photosbyat.com http://MoBirds.smugmug.com (admin) Blog http://blog.photosbyat.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/
Subject: St. Louis area. 8-29-20
From: Bill Rudden <bilrudn AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:26:59 -0700

Old business. Some folks over thunk this You Make The Call:juvenile (front) and adult Pectoral Sandpipers. http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-26-10d.jpg Here Fish Crows showing long wings and tail.http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-19-10b.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-19-10b2.jpg "PEEP"http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-27-10c.jpg Lorrie V. noticed the semipalmated toes on this Plover:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-27-10b.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-27-10b2.jpg The Dave & Tom show found Buff-breasted Sandpipers on the flat:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10a.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10d.jpgKind of Golden Plover like in flight: long wingshttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10d2.jpg Avocets remain:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10b5.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10b.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10b3.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10b4.jpg LBIMOBill RuddenSt. Louisbilrudn AT yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Eagle Bluffs CA
From: "Douglas, Ryan" <douglasrn AT MISSOURI.EDU>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:38:39 -0500

Diana and I briefly visited Eagle Bluffs CA in Boone County from about 10:00am-10:45am this morning. The highlight, by far, was watching a Red Fox dart across the road as we were leaving the Pool 14/15 turn around. I carefully counted 317 GREAT EGRETS, 211 GREAT BLUE HERONS and 1 CASPIAN TERN between those two pools. I did not see any avocets. On the south side of Pool 10 I found several KILLDEER, LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, plus singles of PECTORAL, STILT and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS. Two SORA, a lone WILSON'S SNIPE, a few of both YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPERS and SPOTTED SANDPIPERS rounded out the morning. If I had had more time I would have like to venture away from the road into the better habitat. I'm always left wondering just how many birds I miss when I have to stick with the car at Eagle Bluffs. eBird tells me that we encountered 34 species on our quick jaunt to satisfy my need for shorebirds. Good birding, Ryan Columbia, Boone County Ryan Douglas DouglasRN AT missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Re: Spoonbills - Yes 8-29
From: Chris Hobbs <chobbs AT EVERESTKC.NET>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:22:27 -0500

Subject: Spoonbills - Yes 8-29
From: Matt Gearheart <gearheart.matt AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:56:57 -0500

Hello- Aaron Mitchell and I observed the 2 Roseate Spoonbills this morning at 6:45am. We were on the road South of the Mudhole Duck Club (W 43rd / Co Rd 325). We picked the birds out in flight as they arose from the Duck Club, circled around in the air for about 10 minutes, before descending somewhere to the Southeast. Looking to the Southeast, big flocks of Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets and Double-Crested Cormorants were getting up for the day. Perhaps a good roosting site for large waders by the river? We also saw a few Least Sandpipers, Pectoral Sandpipers and a pair of Semi-Palmated Plovers. A nice way to start the day. Good Birding, Matt Gearheart Shawnee, KS gearheart.matt AT gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Columbia Audubon Nature Sanctuary (CANS)
From: Edge <edgew AT MCHSI.COM>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:32:00 -0500

On Aug 29, 2010, at 12:49 AM, Chase Darr wrote: > but I think > CAS permission must be sought or given. Still, I hope this > advertisement is > well-received and more attention is given to the park. It's a > beautiful > unspoiled wilderness in the middle of what would otherwise be a > regular ole > neighborhood. NO! No permission is needed. Columbia Audubon Society (CAS) welcomes all birders to the nature sanctuary (CANS). This is a 23-acre site owned by Columbia Audubon Society, with entrance off Bray at Cunningham, or through Fairview Park. It is the southwest portion of an approximately 100-acre piece of undeveloped land that includes Bonnie View and Fairview parks, operated by the City of Columbia. The trail in the CANS portion is very new, developed by CAS members. Benches and 2 planned small bridges are Eagle Scout projects. It is the intention of Columbia Audubon to keep this land as a natural area to provide a sanctuary for birds in an increasingly urban setting. CAS is working with the Columbia Parks and Recreation Dept. to develop and implement a plan for Bonnie View that treats the entire bloc of land as a natural area with minimal development consistent with its use for nature enjoyment and environmental education. CAS members are working toward having a nature center built on the city's portion. No part of the CAS land is appropriate for the building. CAS is planning to develop a checklist for the site, but we do not have a mechanism in place to do that. Until we do, please post your species finds to: edgew AT mchsi.com I will keep the file until we have a better system in place. Edge Wade Columbia, MO edgew AT mchsi.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Boone County Round-Trip
From: Chase Darr <cmdp77 AT MAIL.MISSOURI.EDU>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:49:11 -0500

Hey all, Got up early this morning planning to go hiking with the wife at Three Creeks CA since the last time we went she wasn't expecting hiking and wore sandals. As I said in my post last night, yesterday we met Howard Hinkel (President of CAS) and he suggested we bird the Columbia Audubon Nature Area, a barely-marked 20-ish acre tract of forest in the middle of Columbian suburbia. He mentioned that CAS is trying to build a list up for that area, so I thought we'd check it out. First things first...if you go there, take bug spray and wear long pants. There is a trail that is relatively well-mowed, but I still got covered in seed ticks (first larval, very nasty...). Now for the good part: this place was a bird haven. A large majority of the trail consists of (big word) riparian forest. In all, we saw 41 species just giving the park a once-over in a little over 2 hours. It was pretty incredible. There were warblers (Yellow, Northern Parula, and Black-and-White), Red- and White-eyed Vireo, flycatchers everywhere (Least, Acadian, Eastern Wood-Pewee, and Eastern Phoebe, possible Willow), and even a sizable flock of Cedar Waxwings, which is one of my absolute favorite species (2nd to Tufted Titmouse). The best spots by far were FOY Black-and-white Warbler and lifer Least Flycatcher. The best part was these birds basically flew right in front of me. The LEFL startled me, flying in from behind me and landing on a thin branch about 3 feet from my head, letting out several irritated reports and flying about 10 feet down the trail and lighting again. The miniscule size and huge white eye ring were a dead give-away. He was impressively cooperative. The BAWW was a bit tricky. My wife and I sat down on one of the many well-placed benches along the trail to see what may come as things were hopping at the time. I happened to look back and see a little zebra-striped bird flitting around the tree behind the bench. Again...not 3 feet from my head. It's as if they were begging to be found. I would recommend it to others, but I think CAS permission must be sought or given. Still, I hope this advertisement is well-received and more attention is given to the park. It's a beautiful unspoiled wilderness in the middle of what would otherwise be a regular ole neighborhood. Next, we went to Three Creeks CA. Entering through Tomlin Hill Rd rather than Deer Park (where my father-in-law and I saw many many birds in early July), we hiked down to the creek, expecting a few miles of trail. When we got down there, we were disappointed to find the trail basically dead-ends into the creek. On examining the map more closely, we found that the trail does continue on the other side, but there's no way to safely cross the creek without a swim suit and water shoes or waders. Kind of a let-down, but I did get good looks at a pair of Yellow Warbler and added a Black-billed Cuckoo (heard, not seen) to the day list. Also found a flock of 'party birds' (Chickadees and Titmice) at the top of the hill, which is always fun to watch, Titmice being my favorite species. To round out the afternoon in hopes of a "Boone County Big Day", we drove through Sonic to get refreshments and headed out to Eagle Bluffs for the 2nd time in 24 hours in hopes of relocating the American Avocets and other shorebirds seen yesterday. As Peter Kondrashov already posted, the Avocets seem to have taken up temporary residence at the back of Pool 14, finding it replete with food supplies and safety in numbers. Numbers were down relative to yesterday evening, to be expected at mid-day. The Avocets were busy swishy fishing on the same island I saw them last night; as Peter said, best viewed from the turn-around at the back of the Sapp Tract. Pool 10 is drying up rapidly, which is probably why the Moorhens and Sora are gone from there, probably deeper in the reeds where the water is still deep. Their loss is the shorebirds gain, and the one-way loop along Pool 10 was still the best place for viewing shorebirds at short distances. I got great looks at Least, Spotted, Pectoral, Semi-palmated, and 1 Baird's Sandpiper (lifer) as well as a pair of Lesser Yellowlegs and several Killdeer. The Killdeer have taken to shepherding the Least Sandpipers around Pool 10 and even chased off a snacking Blue-Winged Teal to make way for the little guys. It was all pretty amusing at face value and fascinating if you really think about it. I saw similar behavior of Ring-billed Gulls seemingly shepherding a sizable flock of Sanderlings on the coast last summer. Really interesting stuff! On the way back out, we saw the pair of Caspian Terns also reported by Peter sitting on a mudflat in the Distribution Channel. In all, we saw 65 species today, including 2 lifers, an FOY, and some really cool spots of a variety of different bird species. Anyone *not* out enjoying this weather needs to take 5 minutes tomorrow morning/afternoon/evening and just stand/sit outside and take it all in. Cheers and good birding, Chase & Katie Darr Columbia, Boone Co., MO cmdp77 AT mail.missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/
Subject: St. Louis area. Peregrine takes Pec
From: Bill Rudden <bilrudn AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:57:10 -0700

Monroe county IL. A Peregrine strafed the shoreline:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e.jpg Somehow separating a sandpiper: lower lefthttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e2.jpg Falcon circles...http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e3.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e4.jpg .. returns and misses as the sandpiper dives:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e5.jpg circles again: sandpiper lower lefthttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e6.jpg another miss: sandpiper lower lefthttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e7.jpg circles:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e8.jpg and snatches the tired Pec:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e9.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e10.jpg Coup de grace:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e11.jpg flies off, bill bloody, to a snag:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-28-10e14.jpg LBIMOBill RuddenSt. Louisbilrudn AT yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Roseate spoonbill @ Mudhole Duck Club (Ray Co.) 08/28/10; American avocets @ Eagle Bluffs CA (Boone Co.)
From: Peter Kondrashov <pkondrash AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:35:41 -0500

Thanks to Jack for posting the signting for me as I just got back... I got to the Mudhole Duck Club (Ray Co.) today at 10:30 am (see directions in the original e-mail by Edge Wade). There was a birder from KS (Sarah ??? Sorry I am bad with names). There was nobody there from the management. We waited for about an hour, but nobody showed up. I scanned all the surroundings from the parking lot, but did not want to go any further without permission. THere were lots of birds including American white pelicans, black terns, least, semipalmated, and pectoral sandpipers, double-crested cormorants and great egrets plus other regular suspects. After an hour waiting I took off and drove south on Buist Rd. to a T intersection. From there I drove east on a gravel road (public road - no signs on it) for about 1/2-2/3 mile and scanned the willows ~1/2 mile north of the road. I saw two whitish-pinkish birds perched atop a willow tree. I set up my scope and bingo! there were two ROSEATE SPOONBILLS preening perched on thin branches on top of a willow tree. I got VERY distant phots which are not very helpfull,but all show pinkish color of the birds and one shows very distant head shape. I hope this will help with documentation. I drove back to the club building and told the lady from KS about the birds. Hopefully she got to see them as well. I heard Bell's vireo near the railroad (clsoe to Hwy T) on the way out. From there via the BDR to home I went to Eagle Bluffs CA (Boone Co.). Highlights: Two AMERICAN AVOCETS seen first from a spur off the second one-way loop and then much closer from the back of pool 14. Also seen two immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS (trees between the back of pools 14 & 15), 2 Caspian terns, gobs of solitary sandpipers plus least, semipalamted, and pectoral sandpipers and other species reported yesterday. Got my FOS WILSON'S SNIPE. I have never seen so many green herons in one place! Eagle Bluffs is a little gem! Columbia people, I envy you! It is good to do some birding after almost a three-month break! Later, -- Peter Kondrashov Kirksville, MO ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: ROSEATE SPOONBILLS
From: Jack Hilsabeck <jbeck AT STJOELIVE.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:16:31 -0500

Birders: My earlier post from Peter was in reference to Edge's post below. Hope this clears up any confusion. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Edge To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 4:40 PM Subject: ROSEATE SPOONBILLS Brad Jacobs has been contacted by Jeremy Lindsey, caretaker of the Mudhole Duck Club, 4827 Buist Rd., Orrick, MO. Two ROSEATE SPOONBILLS have been on the duck club property for a few days. This is a private, profit-seeking organization, but they will be pleased to host birders looking for the spoonbills. Mr. Lindsey will guide birders to the site for $5.00 a person. (Duck hunting on the club's land is $400.00 a day.) Below is the website and address of the club. www.mudholeduckclub.com/about.html Mudhole Duck Club 4827 Buist Road Orrick, MO 64077 info AT mudholeduckclub.com Directions to: From Kansas City, MO take I-435 east toward St. Louis to Hwy 210. Take Hwy 210 east to Richmond. Drive approximately 25 miles to Hwy T about 1 mile past the town of Orrick, MO. Turn right onto Hwy T and drive 3.4 miles to Buist Road. Turn right. You will cross 3 sets of railroad tracks and continue driving 1 mile to the entrance of the property on the east side of the road. Edge Wade Columbia, MO edgew AT mchsi.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.441 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3097 - Release Date: 08/27/10 06:34:00 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Re: 2:30 p.m. Spoonbills NOT
From: Lisa Owens <lowens311 AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:37:58 -0500

I went out and drove around after Bob and Gary it appears, and no luck for me either. I scanned the willow spot and the roads around there. Please post if anyone does see them. Thanks! Lisa Sent from my iPhone On Aug 28, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Bob Fisher wrote: Gary Johnson and I chased the spoonbills this afternoon. We scoped all of the willows in which we thought the birds had been reported earlier, and could not find them. Better luck next time! Bob Fisher Independence, MO bobgfisher AT comcast.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: WGNSS Saturday trip
From: David Becher <davidbecher AT MSN.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:32:40 -0500

TGP was very quite this morning. We had one Parula, a Baltimore Oriole, a White-breasted Nuthatch, a Red-tailed Hawk and a few of the resident birds. Even they were not very obvious. From there we went to REDA, where there are now extensive mudflats. Unforunately there is not yet much in the way of shorebirds. We had a few Baird's and Least Sandipipers, a Spotted or two and a few Semipalmated Plovers. There were lots of Ring-billed Gulls, DC Cormorants, and White Pelicans and at least two Caspian Terns. There was an Osprey perched in the trees and most of the group got good looks at a Sedge Wren. Columbia Bottom was also quiet, but we did have Misssissippi Kite and Cooper's Hawk. Perhaps it was just too nice a day for much bird activity. David Becher Saint Louis ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: 2:30 p.m. Spoonbills NOT
From: Bob Fisher <bobgfisher AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:02:19 -0500

Gary Johnson and I chased the spoonbills this afternoon. We scoped all of the willows in which we thought the birds had been reported earlier, and could not find them. Better luck next time! Bob Fisher Independence, MO bobgfisher AT comcast.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Re: Mississippi Kites congregating in St. Louis County
From: D Pierce <dpredrobin AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:57:18 -0500

I observed a similar situation on one day earlier this week when I counted at least 6 Mississippi Kites circling the grassy areas of Spirit of St. Louis airport in Chesterfield. Dave Pierce St. Louis County On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Peter Richardson wrote: > At 3:30 p.m. today, there were about 20 Mississippi Kites at the > junction of Gravois Road (Rte 30) and Grants Farm. I saw one catch a > dragonfly. They were there for at least 20 minutes and made rather a > spectacular display. Several were molting flight feathers. The sun did not > allow me to ascertain the number of adults and immatures. > Mick RIchardson > St Louis Co. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html > > -- D. Pierce Senior Dogs 4 Seniors dpredrobin AT gmail.com home: 636.458.1892 work: 636.532.0600 x3552 Bringing senior dogs and people together “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its *animals* are treated.” -Ghandi ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Re: Little Dixie Lake CA
From: Edge <edgew AT MCHSI.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:39:37 -0500

A quick look at CACHE records shows that Osprey has been reported twice in recent weeks: Osprey sighings at Little Dixie Lake CA Little Dixie Lake CA 8/14/2010 1 Kathleen Anderson Little Dixie Lake CA 7/30/2010 1 Edge Wade (observed catching a fish) Last fall, one was reported on multiple visits from Nov. 1 through Nov. 19. Little Dixie Lake CA 11/19/2009 1 Kathleen Anderson Little Dixie Lake CA 11/17/2009 1 Edge Wade Little Dixie Lake CA 11/11/2009 1 Eric Wood Little Dixie Lake CA 11/9/2009 1 Sandra Elbert Little Dixie Lake CA 11/1/2009 1 Eric Wood One value/use of the CACHE records is to learn where and when to look for species of interest. Good Birding! Edge Wade ASM Conservation Partnership Coordinator On Aug 28, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Douglas, Ryan wrote: > An OSPREY was hunting successfully at Little Dixie Lake CA in > Callaway County this morning. At one point it caught a fish only 50 > ft. from our kayak! > > I've been visiting Little Dixie Lake multiple times per week for > the past month, and with a Sora a few weeks ago, this is only my > second definite migrant of the 'fall'. Can't wait for things to > pick up! > > BARRED OWLS, CEDAR WAXWINGS, GREAT BLUE and GREEN HERONS, BALTIMORE > ORIOLES, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES, EASTERN KINGBIRDS, SPOTTED SANDPIPERS > and RED-SHOULDERED HAWK are all still commonly heard at Little > Dixie. Most of the swallows and Chimney Swifts have departed. > > Good birding, > Ryan > Columbia, Boone County > > > Ryan Douglas > DouglasRN AT missouri.edu > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Black-necked Stilts Hwy B St.Charles Co.
From: Al and Lois Smith <alandlois AT CHARTER.NET>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:37:46 -0500

Just East of the Golden Eagle Ferry turn off on Hwy B on the north side there were four Black-necked Stilts in one pool and two in next. This is just West of the big bridge. Nothing else but a couples ducks and Killdeer. Hayford Road still flooded about half way in, same for months. Al Smith Bridgeton, St. Louis County http://www.photosbyat.com http://MoBirds.smugmug.com (admin) Blog http://blog.photosbyat.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Mississippi Kites congregating in St. Louis County
From: Peter Richardson <pmickr AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:36:56 -0700

At 3:30 p.m. today, there were about 20 Mississippi Kites at the junction of Gravois Road (Rte 30) and Grants Farm. I saw one catch a dragonfly. They were there for at least 20 minutes and made rather a spectacular display. Several were molting flight feathers. The sun did not allow me to ascertain the number of adults and immatures. Mick RIchardson St Louis Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Little Dixie Lake CA
From: "Douglas, Ryan" <douglasrn AT MISSOURI.EDU>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:42:00 -0500

An OSPREY was hunting successfully at Little Dixie Lake CA in Callaway County this morning. At one point it caught a fish only 50 ft. from our kayak! I've been visiting Little Dixie Lake multiple times per week for the past month, and with a Sora a few weeks ago, this is only my second definite migrant of the 'fall'. Can't wait for things to pick up! BARRED OWLS, CEDAR WAXWINGS, GREAT BLUE and GREEN HERONS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES, EASTERN KINGBIRDS, SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and RED-SHOULDERED HAWK are all still commonly heard at Little Dixie. Most of the swallows and Chimney Swifts have departed. Good birding, Ryan Columbia, Boone County Ryan Douglas DouglasRN AT missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: roseate spoonbills
From: Jack Hilsabeck <jbeck AT STJOELIVE.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:05:28 -0500

I just spoke to Peter Kondrashov and he was looking at two roseate spoonbills. He said they were not visible today from the club building. Go further on Buist Street (or road) until you come to a T interection and make a left turn. Travel about .5 miles and look back north and they are sitting at the top of some willows. good luck, Jack Hilsabeck ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Rufous Hummingbird in Iowa
From: Matthew Torres <matthewt34 AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:32:18 -0500

Hey all, A friend of mine has a Rufous Hummingbird visiting his feeder about half a mile north of the Missouri/Iowa line quite close to I-35. Here are some pics I took of it this morning: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=76593&id=1325222605&saved Matthew Torres Leon, IA ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: Re: Fw: Spoonbills at duck club
From: Chris Hobbs <chobbs AT EVERESTKC.NET>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:08:04 -0500

Subject: Fw: Spoonbills at duck club
From: Bob Fisher <bobgfisher AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:29:49 -0500

I'm forwarding an email received from someone named Todd in response to my email to the duck club about the spoonbills. Evidently, an email to the duck club reaches Todd, not the manager, Jeremy Lindsey. According to Todd (who is in Colorado hunting elk), the spoonbills left after 2 days. However, they may have come back. I'll post any further news to the list. Bob Fisher Independence, MO bobgfisher AT comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Mudhole Duck Club To: Bob Fisher Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 7:24 AM Subject: Re: Spoonbills at duck club Bob. I'm in co elk hunting but as of a few days ago the spoonbills were gone. They were only there 2 days. I will call the farm manager today to see if they came back and if so will drop u the email and jeremys tele number to connect. Take care Todd Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2010, at 6:57 PM, "Bob Fisher" wrote: Hi Mr. Lindsey: I'm interested to see the spoonbills at the duck club, probably on Monday, August 30th, if they are still there then. However, I am physically handicapped and cannot walk any significant distance. If more than a short distances from a vehicle is necessary, I'm afraid that will rule me out. Please let me know if the birds can be seen from or near a vehicle. I will also will need to make arrangements for someone to go with me. Is it possible to be in communication with you by phone to discuss available times? Obviously, I will not want to go if the birds depart before Monday. Incidentally, there was a spoonbill at Swan Lake NWR some years back, which hung around for quite a while. My phone number is 816-358-0208. If you will send me yours, I'll give you a call. Thanks. Bob Fisher Independence, MO bobgfisher AT comcast.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Subject: BBWD
From: Chris Hobbs <chobbs AT EVERESTKC.NET>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:21:51 -0500

Subject: Pere Marquette SP/ Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Calhoun Co, Ill Wetlands
From: bryan prather <brynprth AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:59:44 -0700

Yes, both of these are in Illinois, but they are listed in Birds of St.Louis. I birded these areas today with my friend, Andrea Crabtree. An awesome experience!! Pere Marquette State Park- Rattlesnake Trail birds of note: Golden-winged warbler(f) Chestnut-sided warbler Wormeating warbler(M,f) Ovenbird Yellow-billed Cuckoo(heard-cluck cluck call) Summer Tanager(Juvie or ruffed up female) Red-eyed Vireo-Low level, great looks Yellow-throated Vireo-Same AND my favorite descending witch like 'hey, hey hey' call. White-eyed Vireo-starting and ending its own conversation. Eastern-wood Pewee-All over, most vocal Great-crested Flycatcher Rubt-throated Hummingbird American Goldfinch Chickadee Tufted Titrimouse Northern Flicker Hairy Woodpecker Downy woodpecker We took the ferry over the river and saw: Adult Bald Eagle 2! Mississippi Kites(M,F) FOL for Andrea 6 Turkey Vultures We then turned into the Two Rivers National Refuge Wetlands Area (Calhoun county, Ill.) Wow!! Birds of note: Hundreds of shorebirds including: Pectoral Least Both Yellow Legs Stilt Quite a few unidentified Many Great Egrets 2 DC Cormorants Dozen or so of Great Blue Heron Juvenile Little Blue-2 Blue-winged Teal VERY possiblly 2 Northern Shovelers. Huge bills but lacked any mature plumage-did paddle around w/necks hunched in. Again, not for certain. Dozen or so of Ring-billed Gulls Bald Eagle adult-missing some obvious primaries on both wings 4 Caspian Terns Osprey with fish! Peregrine Falcon-both the Peregrine and Osprey were in the same dead tree for a while. The Osprey eating its catch, the Peregrine hoping for one AT 5:23 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZYqnymejW0 After working 16 days in a row, these two areas proved to be quite tranquil. I would highly recommend the Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Calhoun Division Wetlands! Bryan Prather brynprth AT yahoo.com St. Louis, Co. Mo ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Eagle Bluffs CA 08/27/10 PM - Avocets YES
From: Chase Darr <cmdp77 AT MAIL.MISSOURI.EDU>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:31:15 -0500

Hey all, As soon as I saw Edge and June's posts about the American Avocets at Eagle Bluffs, I jumped on the phone and called my wife to see if she would 'let' me go, since she was planning to cook fajita/tacos tonight. When she heard the level of excitement in my voice, she capitulated and I raced home through late rush-hour traffic to pick up my gear and my wife. On getting to Eagle Bluffs, we made short work of the first 2/3 of the park...nothing doing. We heard a Northern Cardinal, saw a few Mourning Doves on the power line, a Red-Tailed Hawk perched on a power pole, and some Red-Winged Blackbirds flying over the soybean fields. The pond at the first 90* turn sported a pair of Killdeer and a Solitary Sandpiper. The American Goldfinch flock I reported earlier this week was not relocated just past the first 90* turn. We also did not see any Moorhens or Sora. Herons (Great Blue and Green), Egrets, and shorebirds abound in Pool 10/14/15 area. We saw Killdeer, Semi-palmated Plovers, Solitary, Least, Semi-palmated, and possibly some Spotted Sandpipers. As the title suggests we did find the American Avocets. Unlike Edge and June who saw them from the front of Pool 14, we didn't see them until we went to the turn-around in the back, which given their poor luck seeing them from back there made me very nervous and disappointed at first. I made a quick scan at first and didn't see them, but then noticed a bird dip its head into the water and swish it back and forth, at which point I realized why the Avocet's bill is upturned and that I had, indeed, just found them. They were busy swishy fishing a 'short' 200-300 yards from us near one of the many mudflat 'islands' formed by the receding waters. At first, there were two, but a third flew in briefly along with a trio of Short-billed Dowitchers. The third Avocet quickly flew away to the west and into the glimmer of the setting Sun, but the Dowitchers stayed behind, obviously finding something interesting in the water that the other Avocet did not. The Avocets cooperated for probably 30 minutes. Long enough for Howard Hinkel to come up behind us, meet & greet us (always nice to meet fellow birders), and also get a good look through our scope. Additionally, we were all able to see 9 or 10 Yellow-Crowned Night Herons come out one by one from the tree 'island' at the back of Pool 14/15 to feed on some of the mudflat islands at dusk. In all, we saw 24 species in this 'surgical strike' to get the Avocets. I'm sooo glad I saw them and very thankful to Edge and June for ending their birding trips early to tell the rest of us what they'd seen. It's much appreciated! So, in short, we had to eat dinner late, but the tacos were delicious! Cheers and good birding, Chase & Katie Darr Columbia, Boone Co., MO cmdp77 AT mail.missouri.edu P.S. For those interested in seeing my Yellow-Crowned Night Heron pictures from earlier this week, follow the two links. The first one is the original picture. The second one is the same picture with all of the Herons circled (the green circle = a Green Heron). You can think of it as a "Where's Waldo?" challenge. http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/ninjaphobos/YCNH2.png http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/ninjaphobos/YCNH2-50p.png All of the photo-uploading sites are shrinking the images. There are much larger versions (between 1 - 12 MB) if you would like to see them. They're free provided you agree to mention my name if you post it on another site. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: WGNSS 8-26-10/TGP/Monroe Cnty IL
From: Jackie Chain <chainjac AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:43:39 -0700

Birds of note: Mississippi Kite at each site - circling at Tower Grove Park, perched low for photo-op across from Emerald View sod farm in Illinois, Chimney Swift, Red-eyed Vireo, N Parula, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Green, Black-and-White Warbler, Am Redstart From Des Peres Park lot we drove to Tower Grove Park, St Louis City. Partial List TGP: Mourning Dove, Owl species in flight glimpsed by Jean, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummer, E Wood Pewee, Downy WP, N Flicker, E Phoebe, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, WB Nuthatch, Am Robin, E Starling, Mississippi in flight, Cedar Waxwings heard by Richard, N Parula, Magnolia Warbler, poss. Blk-throated Green, Am Redstart, N Cardinal, Am Goldfinch, House Sparrow Next came Monroe County Illinois where we headed first for the sod farm on Steppig Rd. Killdeer greeted us, a few Horned Larks, some Canada Geese, an Indigo Bunting on a wire, but no Upland SP or Buffie. Great consolation prize was the Mississippi Kite we saw perched high on a small tree; it remained around to pose for photographs. After lunch stop at the Old Valmyer fairgrounds pavilion (the contents of the swallow nest were on the floor so we assumed fledging had taken place since the week before) we continued down the levee road toward Mitchie, seeing the Pied-billed Grebes in a shallow pool on the way. Partial list of other birds including Mitchie Rd: Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, DC Cormorants, GB Herons, Great Egrets, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Herons,Cattle Egrets, Turkey Vultures, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Am Kestrel, Black-necked Stilts, Yellowlegs species, Semi-palmated SP, Baird's Sandpiper (thanks Bill R for alerting us), Pectoral SP's, Rock Pigeons, more Mourning Doves, another Ruby-Throated Hummer, Am Crow, Tree Cliff and Barn Swallows, Dickcissel heard, Red-winged Blackbird, Am Goldfinch. It was a beautiful day after a month in the 90's with new year birds for some and old favorites repeats for the rest. Jackie Chain St Louis County chainjac AT sbcglobal.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Miss.Kite. St. Louis County
From: Jane C Allen <allen.janec2 AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:57:46 -0500

One lone mississippi kite soared over my neighborhood this afternoon. What a treat it has been to see them this summer. Jane Allen allen.janec2 AT gmail.com St. Louis Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Nighthawk Manchester MO
From: Leslie B Jenkins <m1n1lover AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:49:51 -0500

A nice surprise greeted me as I came out of work this evening at 8pm.Walking to my car in the Dierbergs Car Park I saw a couple of foy C Nighthawks catching the large bugs flying around the Car Park lights.Very nice. Also saw the Green Heron over at Glan tai lake this afternoon, he didn't seem to have a mate this year and disappeared for a couple of months but returned in early Aug.Les Jenkins.Manchester Mo. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Going to Busch CA..?..Boone Bridge closed
From: Charlene Malone <2bbirdn AT CHARTER.NET>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:39:03 -0500

St. Louis area birders: Boone Bridge closed in Chesterfield Valley this weekend so if going to Busch CA or up Hwy K to get to Hwy 79, gotta' take other routes. Parts of other interstates closed that are going to birding spots as well. See article: http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=213549 Good fall birding, Charlene Malone St. Louis co. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Busch CA, St. Charles County 8/27/10 - 22 species of warbler
From: Rich Kostecke <rkost73 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:45:19 -0700

I spent the whole morning (just after sunrise until just after noon) of 8/27/10 at Busch Conservation Area in St. Charles Co, driving a 10 mile loop with many stops. I observed 77, maybe 78, species, the highlight being 21-22 species of warbler. Just about every wooded area I stopped at had a few birds and some areas had some fairly large, if loosely aggregated, mixed-species foraging flocks. I don't know exact locations off the top of my head (I only visit the place a few times a year now-a-days), but if anyone wants more specific locations, just ask, and I'll do my best to pull them off a map. My list for the morning: Wood Duck 9 Northern Bobwhite 2 Wild Turkey 3 Green Heron 6 Turkey Vulture 17 Bald Eagle 1 adult overhead Red-shouldered Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Mourning Dove 5 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Barred Owl 1 Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 8 Downy Woodpecker 12 Pileated Woodpecker 5 Eastern Wood-Pewee 20 Acadian Flycatcher 2 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 6 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 8 White-eyed Vireo 23 Bell's Vireo 3 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 17 Blue Jay 7 American Crow 8 Barn Swallow 11 Cliff Swallow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 28 - I assume Black-capped, but I am not sure which side of of the Black-capped-Carolina chickadee line places are falling on now-a-days and I didn't pay that close attention to the chickadees I saw. Tufted Titmouse 23 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 Carolina Wren 14 House Wren 3 Sedge Wren 3 singing Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 19 Swainson's Thrush 3 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 86 Gray Catbird 8 Brown Thrasher 2 Cedar Waxwing 22 Blue-winged Warbler 3 Golden-winged Warbler 3 Tennessee Warbler 17 Nashville Warbler 1 Northern Parula 9 Chestnut-sided Warbler 11 Magnolia Warbler 12 Blackburnian Warbler 3 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 (maybe 2) - Seems a bit early based on the minimal info I was able to dig up on line for the area; anyway I guess I am not 100% on this one, but I am not sure what else it would have been. Black-and-white Warbler 10 American Redstart 6 Prothonotary Warbler 1 Worm-eating Warbler 8 Ovenbird 6 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Kentucky Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 7 Hooded Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 male Canada Warbler 1 male Yellow-breasted Chat 4 Eastern Towhee 19 Field Sparrow 25 Henslow's Sparrow 2 Summer Tanager 1 Scarlet Tanager 3 Northern Cardinal 42 Indigo Bunting 29 Common Grackle 8 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 19 As an aside, I had 1 alder/willow flycatcher, 1 Golden-winged Warbler, 2 Tennessee Warbler, 2 Northern Parula, 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 3 Magnolia Warbler, 2 Black-and-white Warbler, 2 American Redstart, 1 Mourning Warbler, and 1 male Canada Warbler at Queeny Park in Ballwin (St. Louis Co.) on 8/26/10. Richard Kostecke, Ph.D. The Nature Conservancy P.O. Box 5190, Fort Hood, Texas 76544-0190 Phone: 254-288-2088 Fax: 254-288-5039 E-mail: rkost73 AT yahoo.com or rkostecke AT tnc.org ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Birding at Tower Grove Park 8/27/10
From: Rose McClarren <mccrose AT AOL.COM>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:30:21 -0400

I had a great day of birding with my daughter Chris McClarren. We meandered throughout various areas of Tower Grove Park. This is my first time out this season searching for fall migrants. We had a great time. Here's my list: Warblers: Golden-winged Canada Mourning Blackburnian Magnolia Chestnut-sided Black and White Black-throated Green Northern Parula American Redstart Ovenbird Vireos: Philadelphia Red-eyed Flycatchers et al: Great-crested Eastern Wood Pewee Least Olive-sided Woodpeckers: Northern Flicker Red-bellied Red-headed Downy Owls & Raptors: Barred Red-tailed Hawk Others: Blue-gray Gnatcatchers White-breasted Nuthatch Common Nighthawk Chimney Swifts Chickadees Tufted Titmice Cardinals Robins Starlings American Goldfinch House Finch Carolina Wren Ruby-throated Hummingbirds Blue Jays Common Grackles Chipping Sparrows Mourning Doves Rose McClarren St. Louis Missouri mccrose AT aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: AMERICAN AVOCETS Eagle Bluffs
From: Edge <edgew AT MCHSI.COM>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:44:14 -0500

As June Newman reported: Viewed from spur off turnaround off second oneway loop looking toward pool 14 two avocets in narrow vegetation strip in line with most downstream bluff. Distance 5 or 6 hundred yds. We watched the two (one with some apricot wash, the other black and white) for several minutes. Heat waves are a problem. We could not see them from the far side (end of the road) of Pool 14. Edge Wade Columbia, MO edgew AT mchsi.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: ROSEATE SPOONBILLS
From: Edge <edgew AT MCHSI.COM>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:40:43 -0500

Brad Jacobs has been contacted by Jeremy Lindsey, caretaker of the Mudhole Duck Club, 4827 Buist Rd., Orrick, MO. Two ROSEATE SPOONBILLS have been on the duck club property for a few days. This is a private, profit-seeking organization, but they will be pleased to host birders looking for the spoonbills. Mr. Lindsey will guide birders to the site for $5.00 a person. (Duck hunting on the club's land is $400.00 a day.) Below is the website and address of the club. www.mudholeduckclub.com/about.html Mudhole Duck Club 4827 Buist Road Orrick, MO 64077 info AT mudholeduckclub.com Directions to: From Kansas City, MO take I-435 east toward St. Louis to Hwy 210. Take Hwy 210 east to Richmond. Drive approximately 25 miles to Hwy T about 1 mile past the town of Orrick, MO. Turn right onto Hwy T and drive 3.4 miles to Buist Road. Turn right. You will cross 3 sets of railroad tracks and continue driving 1 mile to the entrance of the property on the east side of the road. Edge Wade Columbia, MO edgew AT mchsi.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: Eagle Bluffs Avocets
From: June Newman <june AT BINMAIL.NET>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:29:57 -0500

Viewed from spur off turnaround off second oneway loop looking toward pool 14 two avocets in narrow vegetation strip in line with most downstream bluff. Distance 5 or 6 hundred yds. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Fall Meeting: September 24-26 at Camp Clover Point http://mobirds.org/
Subject: St. Louis area pics. 8-26-10
From: Bill Rudden <bilrudn AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:26:25 -0700

Fillers. Little Blue Heron:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-24-10cc.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-23-10c.jpg First year male Northern Oriole:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-24-10a.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-24-10a2.jpg Jack C. found 2 Avocets on IL mudflat:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-25-10f.jpgWestern and SemiP Sandpipers:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-25-10a3.jpgLong-billed Pec:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-25-10b3.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-25-10b2.jpg There's a Baird's:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-26-10b3.jpgWhere?http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-26-10b.jpgWith the long wings crossed:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-26-10b4.jpgOh yeah:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-25-10c2.jpg You make the call:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/july2010/8-26-10d.jpg LBIMOBill RuddenSt. Louisbilrudn AT yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1
Subject: BBWD - YES
From: Bob Fisher <bobgfisher AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:10:06 -0500

Gary Johnson and I found the Black-bellied Whistling Duck on P a mile north of Fortescue (and a short distance north of the cemetery) today c. 11:00 a.m. Prior to that, we went to Platte Falls CA and found the usual suspects, plus two migrants: 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher and 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler. We drove Squaw Creek between Rte. 118 and the entrance and went on to Bob Brown, where we found several Sedge Wrens singing. We did not do the entire Squaw Creek NWR loop and found a substantial portion of Bob Brown barricaded. Otherwise, the day was bereft of the migrant passerines we expected and lacking in shore bird habitat. (The outlet channel at Bob Brown is full of water.) Details on CACHE. Bob Fisher Independence, MO bobgfisher AT comcast.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1
Subject: Re: I Need Your Help
From: Larry Lade <gcrownkinglet AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:13:25 -0700

This happened to me about a year ago. Very bad SPAM! LLL Saint Joseph --- On Thu, 8/26/10, Chase Darr wrote: From: Chase Darr Subject: Re: I Need Your Help To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 9:47 AM I hope everyone knows this is not real. Do not respond to the poster's e-mail in any way! This is serious badness. -Chase Columbia, Boone Co., MO cmdp77 AT mail.missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1
Subject: Black-crowned Night-Heron - EagleBluffs CA
From: Eric Wood <ewood802 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:47:53 -0700

This morning my Mom and I made it to Eagle Bluffs. It was a great morning for birding despite being seriously foggy when we got there. Pool 10 - 5 Sora, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 1 Snowy Egret, 2 American Coots, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, Spotted Sandpipers, Soliitary Sandpipers, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs, and many Green Herons. Pool 15 - Back side near end of tree line 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron (Adult), 3 Double-crested Cormorants Pool 14 - 4 Yellow-crowned Night-Herons (Juveniles), Bells Vireo (Heard), 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Juvenile), several Belted Kingfishers, and many Green Herons Pool 8 - 2 Sandhill Cranes, seen from the levee on the back of pool 8 In the large tree at the corner where Pools 8,10,& 15 meet - 1 Black and White Warbler, 10 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 8 Black-capped Chickadees, 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee, 2 Downy Woodpeckers Eric Wood Colmbia MO. ewood802 at yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1
Subject: Re: I Need Your Help
From: Chase Darr <cmdp77 AT MAIL.MISSOURI.EDU>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:47:00 -0500

I hope everyone knows this is not real. Do not respond to the poster's e-mail in any way! This is serious badness. -Chase Columbia, Boone Co., MO cmdp77 AT mail.missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1
Subject: I Need Your Help
From: Joyce Rosson <motherswift AT MSN.COM>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:07:47 -0500

How are you doing? You may find it difficult to believe this but I dont have a choice than to tell you,I'm sorry I didn't inform you about my traveling to United Kingdom for a Seminar,I need you to do me a favor as soon as you receive this e-mail because I misplaced my wallet where my money and other valuable stuff were kept while coming back to the hotel from a function,I need you to assist me with a loan urgently i will be needing the sum of $2,800 to sort out my hotel bills and get myself back home,I will appreciate whatever you can afford to help me with and I will pay you back as soon as I return,please let me know if you can assist so that I can send you the details,your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Joyce Rosson ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1
Subject: MIKI's in Joplin
From: Lawrence Herbert <certhia AT ATT.NET>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:03:20 -0500

I looked for Mississippi Kite yesterday here in Joplin, from 11 AM to 1 PM. I observed two: one overhead at Newman Rd. and Florida Ave. a second one overhead 1.3 miles nne of this one at Zora and Range Line Rd. Two reports from near 23rd & Wisconsin last week. So they are around again this summer. We just didn't have any luck finding a nest this season. Good birding, Larry Herbert, Joplin, Jasper Co., MO. certhiaATatt.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1
Subject: Eagle Bluffs 08/25/10 PM - YCNH, GRHE, others
From: Chase Darr <cmdp77 AT MAIL.MISSOURI.EDU>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:15:37 -0500

Hey all, Went out to Eagle Bluffs from 6-8 pm today to partake in the wonderful weather we've been having the past few days. It was a pretty slow day by my recent standards, but it was by no means a bad day! There were lots of fishermen out, but also a few birders. I met the Donnells (from CAS) and a pair of women who I believe I startled and didn't get their names, but I did tell them about the Yellow-Crowned Night Herons, so hopefully they will forgive me! Absent: Sora and Moorhens were no-shows AT Pool 10 (much to the disappointment of my birding companions I picked up along the way), any warblers (including Common Yellowthroat), any Dickcissel, and hardly any Indigo Bunting (still saw about a dozen). Abundant: Great Blue Heron (180+), Great Egret (150+), American Goldfinch (30+), Red-Winged Blackbirds (400-1000+, saw at least 400, heard many more calling at sunset from beyond the levee on the Distribution Channel), Solitary Sandpipers (4-6 total in different spots, which is abundant for them). Cool: Two Vesper Sparrows in the fields around Pool 1 calling back to each other. Pools 10 and 14/15 are where it's happening right now. At least 16 different Green Herons (I say different because there could have been more, but they were moving around a lot, so I didn't count possible recounts) were spotted or heard between Pool 10 and 14/15. At the back of Pool 14/15, spotted first one, then 4, and eventually 12 immature Yellow-Crowned Night Herons. They flew out one at a time around sunset to feed off an island in Pool 14. I got a really cool pair of pictures that show all 12 at once. I'm going to splice them together and post it here later. Too tired right now. FOY: Sedge Wren calling from Pool 4 near the restroom parking area. I could not spot it and had to ID it by voice when I got home. A group of 7 or 8 Semipalmated Plovers were flitting around Pool 10 viewed from the 2nd One-Way Loop. Hope everyone is getting out and enjoying this weather! It's supposed to heat up again next week (boo!). Cheers and good birding, Chase Darr Columbia, Boone Co., MO cmd77 AT mail.missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu
Subject: Nighthawks at Midnight
From: Jackie Chain <chainjac AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:46:48 -0700

Tuesday at midnight ventured out on a Full Sturgeon Moon-light ramble (by car) to the Hi-Pointe corner with the Hi-Pointe Theater and the AMOCO station at Skinker and Clayton Road. I was curious to see if some C Nighthawks were still around; there they were swooping around in the lights above the station, at least three, possibly more. Only a few minutes later I was back home content. Jackie Chain St Louis County chainjac AT sbcglobal.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu
Subject: black-bellied whistling duck, YES , Fortescue, MO
From: Jane C Allen <allen.janec2 AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:59:32 -0500

Jon Motquin and his wife (Wisconsin birders) reported seeing one black-bellied whistling duck where it has been seen previously yesterday afternoon about 5 p.m. reporting for them. Jane Allen allen.janec2 AT gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu
Subject: Camden, Laclede, Dallas counties
From: Edge <edgew AT MCHSI.COM>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:37:30 -0500

Five ASM birders spent two nights at Bennett Spring SP. We birded Ha Ha Tonka SP en route, Bennett Spring SP in different time frames over the three days, visited several accesses in eastern Laclede Co., and went to the pond described by Lester Pannell (it is on Finch Rd., immediately off of Normandy Rd., just after the school on Rt. KK, one- half mile south of MO 64.) At the pond we saw Killdeer, Solitary Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper. At the parks we had a smattering of warblers, including Redstart, Canada, Ovenbird, Kentucky, Louisiana Waterthrush and Northern Parula. Vireos included White-eyed, Bell's, Red-eyed, and many Warbling. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were plentiful. Swainson's Thrush was present at Bennett. There is good habitat variety at the two parks and good trails to bird. If you're looking for a new place to go, or thinking about revisiting old haunts, we recommend Ha Ha Tonka and Bennett Spring. Both are focus parks for the SPARKS project, so trip reports would be an important contribution. Edge Wade Columbia, MO edgew AT mchsi.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu
Subject: Tower Grove Park - slow evening - Aug 25th
From: James Hickner <hickner AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:26:08 -0500

I birded Tower Grove Park , both sides - west and east, after work this evening. Fall migrants were few and far apart. I got to see one American Redstart (female), an immature Chestnut-sided Warbler, and one Ruby- throated Hummingbird south of the pond along the ditch, and another female American Redstart, a Canada Warbler, and one or two Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in the Wild Bird Gaddy. There were a few other warblers which I was unable to get a good look of. You may get a better result if you go there in the morning. The park was particularily not very birdy tonight. Good birding, Jim Hickner hickner AT sbcglobal.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu
Subject: Re: old optics
From: Edge <edgew AT MCHSI.COM>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:19:24 -0500

I donated a pair of Swarovski binoculars through Birder's Exchange. Before taking them to Costa Rica, even though they were in good condition, I sent them in to the free repair services for Swarovski and had them tightened and thoroughly cleaned. Edge Wade Columbia, MO edgew AT mchsi.com On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Brad Jacobs wrote: > http://www.opticsforthetropics.org Optics for the tropics > > http://www.aba.org/bex Birder’s Exchange > > These are at least two places I can think of that accept and > courier binocs and other items to folks that want them. They are > delivering them to folks who need really good binocs to handle the > rain and humidity of the tropics so, and they don’t fix binocs that > are out of line or have issues. So, when you retire your > Swarovski or Leitz after a few years to upgrade, those are the ones > that are greatly needed. I sometimes courier binocs down when I go > to the SMBC meetings. We will often have 40 pairs of good binocs > donated by am optic company or government agency that has just > surplused some and bought new ones. > > Optics for the tropics doesn’t fix binocs any more to my > knowledge. So, really only good binocs that work and don’t cloud > up inside will be useful. > > Click on the websites, send them a message asking what they want > these days. They are usually very specific. > > brad > > Brad Jacobs > Missouri Department of Conservation > P.O.Box 180 > Jefferson City , MO 65102 > 573-751-4115 ext 3648 > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > Questions or comments? Email the list owners: > mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu
Subject: Re: Ruddy Ducks, shorebirds at Aldrich
From: Greg Swick <grswick AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:53:58 -0500

With red face, I'm withdrawing the Ruddy Duck sighting.... Ah.... distant digiscoped photos are revealing.... and that is good..... Greg Swick Ozark On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Greg Swick wrote: > Hi all, > Highlights of my trip to Aldrich this morning included 4 Ruddy Ducks and 10 > species of shorebirds. One flock of Blue winged teal that flew in had 400+ > individuals with around 10 Shovelors and a single Dowitcher! > > Location: Stockton Lake--Aldrich Arm > Observation date: 8/25/10 > Notes: Observer: Greg Swick (photos of Ruddy Duck if necessary) > Number of species: 40 > Canada Goose 225 > Wood Duck 23 > Mallard 7 > Blue-winged Teal 550 > Northern Shoveler 10 > Ruddy Duck 4 > Great Blue Heron 35 > Great Egret 6 > Green Heron 5 > Turkey Vulture 12 > Bald Eagle 1 > Red-tailed Hawk 1 > Semipalmated Plover 5 > Killdeer 125 > Spotted Sandpiper 4 > Solitary Sandpiper 1 > Lesser Yellowlegs 1 > Semipalmated Sandpiper 8 > Least Sandpiper 32 > Pectoral Sandpiper 7 > Stilt Sandpiper 1 > Short-billed Dowitcher 1 > Ring-billed Gull 15 > Forster's Tern 3 > Mourning Dove 40 > Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 > Pileated Woodpecker 2 > Eastern Phoebe 5 > Eastern Kingbird 2 > Red-eyed Vireo 1 > American Crow 20 > Barn Swallow 25 > Cliff Swallow 1 > Eastern Bluebird 2 > Yellow Warbler 1 > Common Yellowthroat 1 > Grasshopper Sparrow 1 > Northern Cardinal 2 > Indigo Bunting 1 > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) > > Good birding, > Greg Swick > Ozark, MO > > -- > *I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we > unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright*. ~Henry David Thoreau > -- *I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright*. ~Henry David Thoreau ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu
Subject: KOS Fall meeting in Overland Park, KS
From: Nancy Leo <njleo AT EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:05:02 -0500

Hi all, I would like to invite you to come to (Kansas Ornithological Society) our fall 2010 meeting October 8th-10th being held in Overland Park, KS. Please see our website for complete details. http://ksbirds.org/ Our guest speaker will be Tim Barksdale who will show us a tease on his new film coming out on Greater Prairie Chickens and some new footage he has on the Boreal Forest. We would love to have you join us for this very informative and fun birding weekend! If you are coming from out of town and need motels, we have 3 different motels booked under our name for special rates, but be aware they all have release dates for the rooms starting on September 8th, 2010. So make your reservations soon! nancy Nancy Leo President, KOS Prairie Village, KS njeo AT earthlink.net "It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. - H. L. Mencken" ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu

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