* Eastern Kansas, Western Missouri
* Kansas City
* March 22, 1999
* MOKC9903.22
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Tundra Swan
Cooper's Hawk
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Greater Yellowlegs
Glaucous Gull
Short-eared Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Tree Swallow
Field Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
- Locations mentioned
Clinton Lake, KS
Shawnee Mission Lake, KS
Four Rivers Conservation Area, MO
James A. Reed Conservation Area, MO
Lake Jacomo, MO
Schell-Osage Conservation Area, MO
Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, MO
Taberville Prairie, MO
- Transcript
hotline: Burroughs Audubon Rare Bird Alert of Kansas City
date: March 22, 1999
number: 913-342-2473
to report: the same
compiler: Lloyd Moore, ictinia@swbell.net
coverage: Eastern Kansas, Western Missouri
transcriber: Dave Williams, DaveWmsKS@aol.com
Welcome to the Bird Alert of Kansas City, a service of Burroughs Audubon
updated Monday, March 22nd.
Alexis Powell reported an immature GLAUCOUS GULL as well as several
TREE SWALLOWS at Clinton Lake (Douglas County, KS) on March 20th.
The GLAUCOUS GULL was seen flying along the dam.
Nan Johnson and JoAnn Garrett birded Lake Jacomo and James A. Reed
Conservation Area in Jackson County, MO on March 20th and found
3 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES, 30 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 1 TURKEY VULTURE,
and 1 EASTERN PHOEBE.
Also on March 20th Don Arney was at Taberville Prairie (St. Clair County, MO),
and reports 1 SHORT-EARED OWL as well as GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS
booming on the lek. At Schell-Osage Conservation Area (St. Clair County, MO),
Don reports 1 COOPER'S HAWK, singing FIELD SPARROWS, TREE SWALLOW,
and BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS. At Four Rivers Conservation Area in Vernon
County, MO, a TURKEY VULTURE was seen as well as COOPER'S HAWK,
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, EASTERN PHOEBE, and TREE SWALLOWS.
The TUNDRA SWAN that has been present for several weeks at Squaw Creek
National Wildlife Refuge (Holt County, MO) was still present on Sunday the
21st, reports Harry Gregory. 6 TREE SWALLOWS were reported at Squaw
Creek on March 19th by Mark Ruck. 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen there,
also on the 19th, by Jim Rathert.
Mark Land was at Shawnee Mission Lake (Johnson County, KS) on March 22nd
and reports 2 breeding plumaged COMMON LOONS.
If you have information on birds in the area, please leave your message,
name and number after the tone. Thanks for calling.
- End transcript