* Kansas
* Statewide
* March 10, 1999
* KSST9903.10
- Birds Mentioned
Double-crested Cormorant
Cattle Egret
Blue-winged Teal
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Sandhill Crane
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Baird's Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Common Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Short-eared Owl
Eurasian Collared Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Eastern Phoebe
Purple Martin
Grasshopper Sparrow
Smith's Longspur
- Locations Mentioned
Cheyenne Bottons Wildlife Management Area
Colwich
El Dorado Lake
Emporia
Flint Hills NWR
Girard
Harvey County
Hillsdale Lake
Hollister Wildlife Area
La Cygne Lake
Lawrence
Lone Star Lake
Lyon County State Lake
Melvern Reservoir
Neosho Waterfowl Refuge
New Strawn
Maize
Marais Des Cygnes Wildlife Area
Olathe
Pawnee County
Seward County
Wichita
- Transcript
hotline: Kansas Ornithological Society
Rare Bird Alert
date: February 26, 1999
number: 316-229-2777
to report: the same
compiler: Gene Young
youngg@jinx.sckans.edu
coverage: statewide
Transcriber: Pete Janzen
prarybrd@southwind.net
Welcome to the Kansas Rare Bird Alert sponsored by the
Kansas Ornithological Society and Southwestern College updated
the 10th of March, 1999. If you have information to report about
birds in your area, please leave a message, as well as your name and
phone number at the end of the report by pressing 1 or you can
leave the report at any time to leave a message by pressing 1.
Transcribers note:
(Information in brackets, after place names indicate page number and grid
location in the DeLorme Kansas
Atlas & Gazetteer)
Counties, DeLorme Gazetteer page numbers, and grid locations of
some of the most frequently mentioned locations on the Kansas Rare
Bird Alert:
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area: Barton County, 46 F5
Marais Des Cygness Wildlife Area: Linn County, 66 A4
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge: Stafford County, 60 A1
Slate Creek Wetlands: Sumner County, 75 F4
Wichita: Sedgwick County, 62, H2
Wilson Reservoir: Russell County, 34 I1
Welcome to the Kansas Rare Bird Alert, sponsored by the Kansas
Ornithological Society and and Southwestern College, updated March 10, 1999.
If you have information to report about birds in your area, please leave a
message, as well as your name and phone number, at the end of the report.
Coffey County:
Mick McHugh reported a GRASSHPPER SPARROW just north of New Strawn (64 A5)
on March 6. Bill Trelk reported 20-30 Bonaparte's Gulls at Flint Hills NWR
on the same date.
Crawford County:
Robert Mangile reported a EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE in Girard (79 B8) on March
7. He also observed 20 CATTLE EGRETS just west of the intersection of
Highways 69 and 96 on March 1.
Linn County:
Mike Gearhart observed 60+ COMMON SNIPE, 2 EASTERN PHOEBES, and a PRAIRIE
FALCON at Marais des Cygnes on March 6.
Bourbon and Neosho Counties:
Jim Ausemens observed a SHORT-EARED OWL and an EASTERN PHOEBE at the
Hollister Wildlife Area (66 G3) on March 5. He also reported a PRAIRIE
FALCON from the Neosho Wildlife Refuge (78 B5) on February 28.
Pawnee County:
Scott Seltman observed a MERLIN on March 3 from Pawnee County (58 ??). On
March 2 he observed a single SMITH's LONGSPUR in Pawnee Co.
Russell County:
Mike Rader observed 6 or more MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS at the Otoe Park Area of
Wilson Reservoir, and a LECONTE'S SPARROW and a few DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANTS on March 3.
Sedgwick and Butler Counties:
Pete Janzen observed 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL just east of Maize on March 2
(Sedgwick Co. 61 G9). On February 28 he reported a flock of SMITH'S
LONGSPURS just south of El Dorado Lake, about .5 mile south of the
intersection of K-177 and Shady Access Rd. The longspurs had been reported
a week earlier by Don Vannoy.
Barton County:
Lisa Edwards observed 10 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS at Cheyenne Bottoms on
March 1.
Harvey County:
Cheryl Miller reported an EASTERN PHOEBE FROM Harvey County (61 C9) on Feb. 27.
Douglas County:
Aaron Mitchell and Matt Gearhardt observed the GREATER ROADRUNNER at the
Smith's residence near Lawrence on February 27.
Linn County:
McHugh and Galen Pittman observed 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL and 6 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS, and hundreds of HOODED MERGANSERS at Marais des Cynes on
February 27. They also found a PRAIRIE FALCON 3 miles south of La Cygne
Lake on February 27.
Lyon County:
Dan Larson reported an EASTERN PHOEBE at Pomona Lake (52 D2), and SMITH'S
LONGSPURS at Lyon County State Lake ( 51 E7) on February 27.
Seward County:
Lisa Edwards observed a MERLIN in Seward Co. (68 ??) on February 26.
PURPLE MARTINS:
Bert McLard observed a male PURPLE MARTIN at his residence in Wichita on
March 8. Ken Bradstreet observed a male and female on March 9 in Emporia.
SHOREBIRDS:
Seltman reported 35 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 2
LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Cheyenne Bottoms on March 8. Janzen observed a
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 9 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER at a small
wetland 2 miles north of Colwich on 167 th St. West on March 8. Marie
Plinsky and Kathy McDowell observed a YELLOWLEGS sp. on March 7 at Lone Star
Lake (52 A3). McHugh reported a LEAST SANDPIPER at Melvern Lake (51 F9) on
March 6. Phil Wedge reported AMERICAN WOODCOCKS peenting on March 5 at Lone
Star. Steve Rhoades reported 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS from Hillsdale Lake (53
D7) on February 27. Brad Williamson reported as many as 10 AMERICAN
WOODCOCKS peenting on February 28 near Olathe.
SANDHILL CRANES have been reported in large numbers from the western half of
the state.
Thank you for calling the Kansas RBA. If you have a message to leave,
please press 1.
[transcribers note: Birders are encouraged to file a report with the
Kansas Rare Bird Records Committee of any rare birds that you
see. You can request forms from Dave Rintoul, KBRC Secretary
at 1124 Woodland, Manhattan, KS 66502, drintoul@ksu.edu or a
copy of the report form can be downloaded from the KOS website
at: http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~drintoul/kos/kos_kbrc.htm
You may also file a rare bird report electronically. If your browser
allows you to read HTML forms, you may do this from the following URL:
http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/rarebirdform.html
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Pete Janzen e-mail: prarybrd@southwind.net
3137 Mascot
Wichita, Ks. 67204
316-832-0182
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3137 Mascot
Wichita, Ks 67204-4407
prarybrd@southwind.net
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