Missouri Birds

5th Annual KHS Vertebrate Pentathlon

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:35:44 -0500

The 5th Annual Kearney HS Vertebrate Pentathlon occurred yesterday and, as usual, a great day was had by all participants!! Mike Niles and I both took 3 students each (2 seniors and 1 junior) and spent 15 hours in nature searching for as many species of fish, amphibians, reptiles,

Eagle bluffs - Friday, May 25

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:54:49 -0500

I saw several birders at Eagle Bluffs this morning, but don't see a report yet on Mobirds. I left there 11:30AM, but just got home.
Here's what I saw that was notable:
Ruddy Turnstones - Distribution Channel across from Pool 8 - scan the far side to the North
Greater Scaup

Eagle Bluffs today

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:07:14 -0500

First, my apologies for not posting that the Whimbrel seen in the distribution channel a little below the Pool 8 parking lot was gone before I left Eagle Bluffs yesterday evening as darkness fell.

This morning I had the joy of talking and birding with Carl Gerhardt and Paul Bauer as

Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Yes!

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:14:49 -0500

I, as well as several other people, saw the two BBWDs again this morning.

Get latest update from Ivana Colhoun (Lake Contrary area, Saint Joseph, MO:

Phone:
816-238-6426

Larry Lade
Saint Joseph, MO

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Re: ID Wren

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:10:07 -0500

Good ?'s Ann.
Type in "all about birds" then type in Bewick's Wren, scroll down and
click on listen to song. See if that is what you have.
By the way, I enjoyed a Brown Thrasher taking a bath just now. Here's
my question:
I wonder if I

ID Wren

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:28:31 -0500

There's a wren nesting here & I think it must be a Carolina, but it certainly doesn't have the rich, buffy color underneath that I associate with the Carolina. It's more the drab greyish of the Bewick's but the tail isn't long enough, nor is the tail flipped sideways.

whimbrel at Eagle Bluffs

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:28:00 -0500

Just got a call from Edge Wade at 7:25pm.. There is a Whimbrel on the near side of the distribution channel just below the pool parking lot.

Jerry Wade
Boone County

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Two Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, Lake Contrary, St. Joe

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:57:07 -0500

I received a phone call about 5 PM from a lady who had a couple of ducks the type of which she had never seen before. She described them to me and I thought that they might be Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. I told her I would be over and check

Bird Quiz

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:01:43 -0500

A friend recently loaned me the book his family used to identify birds when he (younger than I by at least 10 years) was a child.

The book is THE BOOK OF BIRDS, published by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., copyright 1914, 1918 edition.

What a trove! Plates by Louis

Re: swallow nest / tail pipe of bus

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:34:39 -0500

Cindy's observation most definitely reflects and confirms a couple observations I've made in the past two years of "Black-Swallows".

The black swallows must have been soot covered.

Too cool!

Chris Barrigar

Stoddard Co.
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Saline Valley CA today

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:41:41 -0500

Clare Wheeler showed me Saline Valley CA this morning, and it is a delightful and productive birding area. The complete list will be entered on CACHE, but highlights include Wood Duck pair with ducklings, Blue-winged Warbler Prairie Warbler, Yellow-throated Vireo and Louisiana Waterthrush. Great day!
Marge Lumpe

Marge Lumpe

P. O.

Re: South Farm R-1 Lake/Kite update

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:54:58 -0500

Susan and I were at Jesse Hall just 10 minutes ago and no sign of the
Mississippi
Kites this evening. I'm glad we got to see them Saturday!

Kevin Wehner

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Douglas, Ryan <(email address filtered)>wrote:

> While checking on my little corn plants this evening I found

Scarlet Tanager, Male, Troy, Lincoln County

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:35:18 -0500

Recieved a phone call from my parents this afternoon. A stunning fully mature
male Scarlet Tanager was visiting their bubbler and stream. I was not there
(oh how I wish I were as this is on my bucket list to photograph) but enjoyed
hearing their excitement while viewing

South Farm R-1 Lake/Kite update

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:34:27 -0500

While checking on my little corn plants this evening I found a WESTERN KINGBIRD on the wire around the field. I believe this was the first Western Kingbird I've seen in Missouri away from power substations/power lines!

There was also a singing/calling WESTERN MEADOWLARK a little further east of the lake.

Photo

Re: swallow nest / tail pipe of bus

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:16:12 -0500

I think that qualifies as a funky nest in a funky place. There's a contest
for that.

>From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundrobin/2012/05/23/your-funky-nest-could-win-a-prize-submit-by-july-15/

With breeding season in full swing, birds are in a flurry of nestingthat
means its time for anotherFunky Nests in Funky
Places<http://www.birds.cornell.edu/celebration/challenge/funky-nests-2012/funky-nests-2012>
contest
held by ourCelebrate Urban Birds
<http://www.birds.cornell.edu/celebration>projectand
you could win prizes for yours.

June

swallow nest / tail pipe of bus

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:59:07 -0500

I am working out of Ripley County office today and there is a pair of Northern Rough Winged Swallows building a nest in the tail pipe of our Head Start School bus. I thought I was seeing things at first.....but they are busy going in and out with nesting material. Normally they

Gaddy Garden TGP

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:04:04 -0500

Chrissy M. just called and said Morning or possible Conn in Gaddy Garden.

Al Smith
Bridgeton, St. Louis County
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Lost Valley Trail and Riverlands

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:27:17 -0500

Yesterday (May 22) I birded Lost Valley Trail (two other birders were there at
that time), a small part of Busch CA, Riverlands, and finally Columbia Bottom.
Birds I saw were:
Lost Valley Trail:
Yellow-throated Warbler (my FOY in MO - I already saw one in Bahamas in
March)
Acadian

SLAS Fieldtrip to the Blue Grosbeak Trail and Lost Valley - May 26

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:21:22 -0500

This Saturday, May 26, 2012, I will lead a field trip sponsored by
the St. Louis Audubon Society to the Blue Grosbeak and Lost Valley Trails in
St. Charles Co.

WHO CAN COME: Members or Non-Members, experienced or beginners.

MEET: 6:30 AM at the BLUE GROSBEAK TRAIL Lot near Busch

Golden Swamp Warbler NS

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:44:09 -0500

Curiosity about the Prothonotary Warbler's name led me to this colorful
excerpt from Arthur Cleveland Bent. Then I looked for a life history of the
man, and ironically, there seems not to be one. *The Auk* published a
memorium, to which I do not have access, and I could find reference to no
book

Re: Northern Flicker Hatchlings, Dexter City Lake, 5/22

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:11:43 -0500

Busy indeed! Today I saw three broods of turkey poults in New Madrid County. Two times I observed a single hen with at least 5 poults and the third observation consisted of 3 hens and 13 poults. All poults appeared to be 1-2 weeks old. I also observed

And on a lighter note, Mockingbird's life list

Tue, 22 May 2012 21:21:22 -0500

MOBirders, Over the past week I have started to pay attention to the Mockingbird screaming at the top of his bill on the light pole across the street. It's always fun to listen to the sounds they pick up, i.e. cat meow, car alarm, etc. But I started

Hawaii birds

Tue, 22 May 2012 21:04:25 -0500

MOBirders, Recently I was lucky enough through some frequent flyer miles and family with available housing to spend 12 days in Hawaii, and we birded all of those days. We added 54 life birds, many of them endemics, but also many foreigners who have established breeding populations. Hawaii

My Prothonotary breakfast

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:13:45 -0500

Breakfast was entertaining this morning with a pair Prothonotary Warblers feeding just 15 feet from the deck. They have chosen a Purple Martin gourd hanging from the flag yardarm. At this point the babies are too small to come to the hole.

In competition for my attention was

Gift item for birder friends who have everything

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:20:38 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8twCvJJtT0A

...and, what species of hummingbird is that? I think I know.

More serious item. West Nile virus hit St. Louis 10 years ago this
summer. It's my impression that a number of species still have not
recovered as breeding species inside the I-270 loop - Blue Jay, Am.
Crows, C. Chickadee,

Re: Northern Flicker Hatchlings, Dexter City Lake, 5/22

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:20:15 -0500

It's a busy time of year. Today I had fledglings of both downy and red-bellied woodpeckers at my feeders, still being fed. Also have cardinals and bluejays carrying away peanut suet and sunflower seeds constantly. Keeps me busy restocking the shelves.

Jo Strange

Branson, MO

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Northern Flicker Hatchlings, Dexter City Lake, 5/22

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:08:45 -0500

Greetings,

Still spring here in the Bootheel regardless of the 80+ degree weather.

The Northern Flicker cavity I've been monitoring while at lunch break each day was busy today with activity as the parents were busy going to and from the cavity with little ones carrying on something fierce.

The

Bushwhacker

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:08:25 -0500

I birded Bushwhacker CA late this morning.
Favorite birds were:

Northern Harrier 1 gray one south road to the east
Loggerhead Shrike 1 north/south road by the pines
Painted Bunting 1 adult male just west

J.C.MO Scissor-tail NEST

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:01:42 -0500

Yesterday evening (7:30-8:15), my husband Jeff, and I, watched the male Scissor-tailed flycatcher that was reported last week, next to the Walgreens store on Truman Blvd. At about 8 PM, the male was joined by a female Scissor-tail. They landed on the tallest (center) utility pole to the

camera question NO SIGHTING

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:04:22 -0500

I'm looking at two "super zoom" digital cameras, Panasonic DMC-FZ150 and
Canon SX 40. I've read hundreds of reviews and am still wavering. I want
to be able to take bird photos that are useful for id and documentation.
I do understand how the image quality will compare to DSLR, and I

Eagle Bluffs - Little Blue Heron, Black-bellied Plover plus others

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:10:51 -0500

Mom and I went down to Eagle Bluffs to see what we could see after work yesterday. There was an ton of sandpipers but most were to far away or had bad back lighting, so we couldn't,t identify them. We did have a good trip but failed to find the

WEKI Nest, StL Cnty

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:53:47 -0500

On my lunch-time walk Monday at work, in Berkeley, MO, I found the new
nest of the WESTERN KINGBIRDs I spotted recently. One of the two adults
present blasted in from its off-nest perch to drive away a female
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD invading the nest. And there was a

South Farm R-1 Lake

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:46:30 -0500

I had to head out to the corn field this evening to water my transplants, and I encountered some decent birds. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW seems intent on finding a mate in a less than optimal location, as he's been singing his heart out in the same area for over 10

Squaw Creek NWR

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:27:22 -0500

Mark and I birded Squaw Creek today 5-21, we ended the day with a total of 117 species. We began the day at approximately 7:00am with a few warblers in the cedars and willows at the entrance.

We spent the next 31/2 hours sorting through the 1000+ shorebirds in

Lost Valley Trail-Weldon Spring Sunday

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:21:49 -0500

Dave Garcia, Rad Widmer and I birded Lost Valley Sunday morning.
We saw and/or heard same species as Bryan mentioned, but we did not hear or see a Hooded Warbler.
We did get a couple of migrants passing through: Canada Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, and Olive-sided Flycatcher
Also additional locals but not

May MO bird photos

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:26:06 -0500

May has been pretty exciting and I shot more pics than usual and put
them in a separate album:
https://picasaweb.google.com/Pkondrash/MissouriMay2012?authuser=0&feat=directlink
Some of the highlights:
Chuck-will's-widow:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Y2sJ_O8DbNpycLysoGP8UNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Common loon: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VqQthfODkxdFlmggS2qcjNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Greater scaup: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZhoUfAB0_J91uSily5sJTdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Whimbrel: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rIDnaIGoHkdq1XT9PucaOtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Hudsonian Godwit:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZyP0WtqDctm0GY5R6AlehdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Cliff Swallow (which I had to glue to the wall... kidding:):
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BFp3VE-HL9PCL2S0GBvtt9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Yellow-throated Warbler:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CHjqpiRii8n3WYDbzJLU8NMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Yellow Warbler:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pUzdHnLA6AmmO5E0W_nC-tMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Worm-eating Warbler:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1WgSfHliiKhHJ1Kn-teQ1dMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Kentucky Warbler:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XsIiyv3tRAe7wqukcwlsRdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Dickcissel: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RxFqRHZTJre4C9ra1Zx-CtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Much more in the gallery...
Enjoy!
--
Peter Kondrashov
Kirksville, MO
(email address

BOHEMIAN WAXWING at Lost Valley

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:54:40 -0500

My wife, Chrissy McClarren, saw a BOHEMIAN WAXWING from the parking lot
of Lost Valley (Weldon Springs) this afternoon. The bird had very
obvious white markings on the wings (as well as yellow tips on the wing
feathers) that distinquish it from the Cedar Waxwing The bird also had

Were the Whimbrels seen today at Eagle Bluffs CA? eom

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:22:54 -0500

Robert Brundage

Jefferson City, MO

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Re: In our Shady Oaks yard, 5/20 migrants, etc.

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:53:35 -0500

I apologize, somehow this reply went to the list.

Margy Terpstra
Kirkwood, St. Louis CO, MO
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Re: In our Shady Oaks yard, 5/20 migrants, etc.

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:02:39 -0500

I think I've gotten used to it but this downy was held down and still alive, 'pleading' with the hawk it seemed. Of course, the hawk's answer was nonverbal. It was one of those moments when I thought, wow, the hawk was young and hadn't really learned yet to kill

Eagle Bluffs CA Whimbrels Sunday

Mon, 21 May 2012 11:59:00 -0500

Photos and videos of the four Whimbrel's from yesterday. Also 3 Great-tailed
Grackle, American Wigeon and a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.

http://smu.gs/JrM1y9

Al Smith
Bridgeton, St. Louis County
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Wknd Birds North Central Mo.

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:16:24 -0500

I had a nice variety of Birds in the area last couple days including -

Lesser Scaup - several Swan Lake maybe should have checked closer for Greater?
-but none were flying
White-faced Ibis - 2 at Swan Lake NWR - Godwits and Red Knot were not seen
yesterday
Least Bittern

Shorebirds (+Whimbrel) at Eagle Bluufs (Boone) and Common Loon at Thousand Hills SP (Adair)

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:06:06 -0500

I took the boat out to Thousand Hills SP Forest Lake today (05/20/12)
and found a COMMON LOON in basic plumage in the center of the lake.
Then I read my e-mails and hurried down to Eagle Bluffs. Al Smith and
I hiked through the vegetation and some mud from the spur at

More Boone Co. Kites

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:07:06 -0500

I just photographed a pair of Mississippi Kites over our yard in eastern Boone County, about 4-5 miles from Jesse Hall. Keep your eyes open around Columbia this Spring/Summer!
Cheers,
Ryan Douglas

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Scissor-tailed in JC

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:10:41 -0500

I spotted the previously reported Scissor-tailed Flycatcher near the west end Walgreens this afternoon. It was on the one line that actually runs between Walgreens and the motor bank. Just a quick look as I drove past.

Amy J. Hoffman

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Re: In our Shady Oaks yard, 5/20 migrants, etc.

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:57:19 -0500

Hi Margy and Wally,

When I was a young boy scout, a rather old blustery scoutmaster told us
young'uns: "Boys in the animal world many of the babies are just plain food.
Get over the sight of them being eaten because, if they weren't, there
wouldn't be very many species." I

Mid Missouri Warbler Wrap up (long)

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:28:59 -0500

Here are the warblers I found this spring relatively close to Jefferson City.

Binder Lake, Jefferson City:

Blackpoll (several)
Yellow-rumped (several)
Yellow
Palm (couple)
Tennesse (several)
Kentucky
Parula (heard)

Scrivner CA (River Bluffs AS trip):

Chestnut-sided
Tennessee (several heard)
Chat
Common yellowthroat (heard)
Ovenbirds (several heard)

Rock Bridge SP:

Blackpoll
Tennessee (several)
Kentucky (several)
Louisiana Waterthrush
Parula

Eagle Bluffs CA:

Blackpoll (numerous)
Cape May
Common yellowthroat (numerous)
Yellow (several)
Prothonotary
Chat

Pine Ridge CA and MDC Headquarters:

Pine

Thanks also

Eagle Bluffs, Whimbrel: YES

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:14:25 -0500

On my way in i also saw a LEAST TERN, OSPREY, GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE, and 4 WHIMBREL. I relocated them on the west side of the pool on the flats, didn't seem like the first place you'd expect them, but there they were! Accompanying them were two black-bellied plovers and a

Eagle Bluffs

Sun, 20 May 2012 15:38:33 -0500

I went to Eagle Bluffs looking for the Whimbrels. I could not locate them by scoping from the Pool 14 cul-de-sac. I did find 2 species that I don't think Ryan mentioned:

Black-crowned Night Herons - 2 immatures in Pool 10 from the 2nd 1-way loop
Great-tailed Grackle - 1

Re: Jesse Hall kites

Sun, 20 May 2012 15:36:50 -0500

They do the same thing over the buildings at Southeast Missouri State, and
there are at least 2 pairs that nest just off campus. I suspect it is either
just a big open area, or else we can just view them better "on the hill."

----Bill Eddleman, Cape Girardeau

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