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Oops.  I saw an Orange-crowned Warbler in Harvey County this
afternoon, not an Orange-crowned Sparrow.

(Thanks Gregg).

-- 
Cheryl

Wichita, Kansas
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Hi folks.  What a lovely fall day!  I spent most of it in Marion
County, visiting the reservoir and the lake.  I limited my time to
Hillsboro Cove and the Cottonwood Campground areas, so I didn't spend
a lot of time on the shoreline. The highlights were a third year Bald
Eagle, four Sandhill Cranes, a FOS Brown Creeper, and my favorites:
three migrating flocks of Barn Swallows a few miles southwest of the
reservoir. I was surprised by the scarcity of ducks and shorebirds.

Here's the complete list for Marion County today:

Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
American White Pelican (150)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle (third year)
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
American Coot
Sandhill Crane (Four, flying high over the north edge of the
reservoir.  Good thing I heard them!)
Killdeer (Several groups around and at the reservoir)
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (juvenile)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted)
Blue Jay (a few flocks of 10 or more)
American Crow
Horned Lark
Barn Swallow (One group of 100 seemed to be warming up on the
blacktop; the other two groups--one of 200 and the other, 50--were
active and quite vocal.)
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin (several large, foraging flocks)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored ssp)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

I also had a Orange-crowned Sparrow in Harvey County and a
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Sedgwick County.


-- 
Cheryl

Wichita, Kansas
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And there you have it....yard bird of the month honors for 
sure!!

PJ


Subject: POTT CO. EVENING GROSBEAK!


> Finished mowing the yard and was enjoying a beer in the 
> kitchen when I
> looked out the sliding glass doors to watch the RBNU, 
> instead I spied a
> female Evening Grosbeak at the feeder. I has since left 
> the feeder for the
> trees. Feel free to call...
>
> -- 
> Brandon Magette
> 

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I as a bit surprised to find a small flock of 7 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers 
along Meridian Ave. a few miles north of Valley Center this afternoon. Not a 
late date for the county by any means but worth mentioning anyhow. 


Looks like the "A's" have it on the t-shirts. I had 34 votes for A (art on the 
front) vs 29 for B (art on the back). Close but simple majority wins this one. 
Might still have pockets on them though :). 


One more t-shirt question.......if anyone can find the perfect quote that 
expresses the subtle charm of the sparrow family in 15 words or less, send it 
along. I've got a few candidates but not fully satisfied with any of them. I 
need to have it by the end of the weekend though. 



best regards to all 

PJ in Wichita
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Finished mowing the yard and was enjoying a beer in the kitchen when I
looked out the sliding glass doors to watch the RBNU, instead I spied a
female Evening Grosbeak at the feeder. I has since left the feeder for the
trees. Feel free to call...

-- 
Brandon Magette
St Marys in Pottawatomie Co.
Alltel  AT 

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Short notice but want to let folks know that we'll have our monthly 
Milford Lake bird walk tomorrow (Saturday, October 20).  We meet at 
the parking lot at the south end of the Milford Lake dam at 8:00 a.m.  
Tomorrow will be our annual "Sparrow Walk".  We will obviously be 
focusing on sparrows!  If the weather cooperates we will have a good 
shot at LeConte's Sparrows.  I stopped at one reliable, easy access 
spot this morning at 8 a.m. and had 2 LeConte's jump up into view in 
very short order.  They've dropped the wind speed forecasts for 
tomorrow, which is a good thing, so that should help.  We'll visit some 
other areas around Milford Lake hoping for as many sparrow species 
as possible in our two hour walk.

Contact me for more information.

Chuck

-- 
Chuck Otte                      cotte AT oznet.ksu.edu
Past President, National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Geary County Extension Office, PO BOX 28        
Junction City, Kansas              FAX 
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Just twenty minutes ago (about 2:40) a flock of 56 (I could make an exact
count off a poor quality photo) high-flying Sandhill Cranes flew directly
over our home. A rare sight in this part of the state!

Bob Regier
North Newton, Harvey County

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Morning all,
Yesterday a stop at Pony Creek Lake produced no surprises. There were 
Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, an Osprey and about half a dozen Turkey 
Vultures. The most interesting of all was that one of the TV's had a tag on 
its' wing. When I first saw it from a distance I thought the bird was injured. 
When I got my scope on it I could see the tag and the number on it. The lake 
has been at a very high level since May of this year and I haven't seen any 
shore birds there this fall and so far not many ducks. Happy birding. 

Rosella Royer, Sabetha, Brown County, kc98 AT jbntelco.com.

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Judd will be giving a photographic program tonight, in Salina at the Carver 
Center, social time is 7 pm, program starts at 7:30 pm. 

Free to the public.
Questions? call me on my cell and I'll do my best to answer () 
There will be door prizes too :)
Judd's web site is: www.juddpatterson.com 

Kat Farres
Salina KS USA

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This evening Sam and I saw a Northern Mockingbird in the backyard.  
This is a first for us.  That species is not that common in the 
county.

Terry

*********************************************
Terry Mannell
Ellis County Extension Agent-Horticulture
601 Main Street, Suite A
Hays, KS  67601   

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This appeared on the Oklahoma Bird listserv and is interesting.

Steve Sorensen
Valley Center, KS
webforbs AT cox.net

> http://www.abcbirds.org/climatechange/statepage.htm
> 
> 
> Jerry W. Davis
> Forest Wildlife Program Manager
> Ouachita National Forest
> PO Box 1270
> Hot Springs, AR 
> Voice

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Roger Plankhorn reported his first Junco of the season, and he's still getting 
some Red breasted Nuthatches also. 

Kat in Salinaville

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Dear All,
 The list seems strangely quiet today, especially for this time of year. 
Anyway, I just found that it was reported that three adult whooping cranes were 
reported in North Dakota last Wednesday (almost a week ago). I wonder if any 
whoopers might have reached Nebraska by now. Or perhaps even Kansas given 
yesterday's cool temperatures. If not, perhaps we might have to wait until the 
next cool down on Sunday and Monday. Guess that I'm getting a little antsy for 
their arrival. 

   ----Ken Kinman
       Hays, Kansas  

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The Wichita Audubon October program meeting will feature Ron Klataske,
Executive Director of Audubon of Kansas.  Ron's presentation is "Prairie
Dogs, Burrowing Owls and Black-footed Ferrets in Kansas", a topic of some
discussion on this listserv.  The meeting is Tuesday, October 16, 7:30 pm at
the Great Plains Nature Center.

Also, the Tallgrass Film Festival (http://www.tallgrassfilmfest.com/) in
Wichita this weekend is showing the film "River Ways", a documentary feature
concerning the proposed removal of four dams on the Snake River in Eastern
Washington to improve the salmon population. (okay, not about birds, but.)

Kevin Groeneweg
Wichita

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The gull in Colorado wasn't re-found today, so don't come, unless it can be 
re-found. People looked all day I think, and it didn't show up as far as I 
know. 

 
Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO



----- Original Message ----
From: Sebastian Patti 
To: KSBIRD-L AT LISTSERV.KSU.EDU
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:56:52 PM
Subject: Re: Travel tip for gull-chasers


Oh . . . . and the airport code for LAMAR, if you need to make PLANE 
reservations, is 



LAA . . .


thought you might like to know . . .

:~)



sebastianpatti AT hotmail.com
Sebastian T. Patti
(Lincoln Park)
Chicago, ILLINOIS 
PHONE: 312/ (o) 773/ (h)
FAX: 312/ (o) 773/ (h)

> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:28:
> From: pete.janzen AT SBCGLOBAL.NET
> Subject: Travel tip for gull-chasers
> To: KSBIRD-L AT LISTSERV.KSU.EDU
>
> I won't be chasing the Ross's Gull near Lamar, but have some off-beat advice 
for those considering a chase. I stumbled onto the peculiar charm of Amtrak 
travel this summer. If anyone is chasing the Ross's Gull, here is a thought. 
The Southwest Chief travels from KC, through Lawrence, to Newton, Dodge, Garden 
City, and Lamar. The train arrives in Lamar at about 7 or 8 am. On the return 
trip you board near sundown. You don't have to drive all night, you even can 
have food and drink in the club car. And it's cheap. I"m sure they have rental 
cars available in Lamar although I don't KNOW that. 

>
> Anyway just thought I'd mention it. I really enjoyed traveling Amtrak and 
even scored a few county birds from the train (GPS helps if you try this). And 
it's cheap, did I mention that? 

>
>
> Pete Janzen
> Wichita, Ks. 67204
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Oh . . . . and the airport code for LAMAR, if you need to make PLANE 
reservations, is 



LAA . . .


thought you might like to know . . .

:~)



sebastianpatti AT hotmail.com
Sebastian T. Patti
(Lincoln Park)
Chicago, ILLINOIS 
PHONE: 312/ (o) 773/ (h)
FAX: 312/ (o) 773/ (h)

> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:28:
> From: pete.janzen AT SBCGLOBAL.NET
> Subject: Travel tip for gull-chasers
> To: KSBIRD-L AT LISTSERV.KSU.EDU
>
> I won't be chasing the Ross's Gull near Lamar, but have some off-beat advice 
for those considering a chase. I stumbled onto the peculiar charm of Amtrak 
travel this summer. If anyone is chasing the Ross's Gull, here is a thought. 
The Southwest Chief travels from KC, through Lawrence, to Newton, Dodge, Garden 
City, and Lamar. The train arrives in Lamar at about 7 or 8 am. On the return 
trip you board near sundown. You don't have to drive all night, you even can 
have food and drink in the club car. And it's cheap. I"m sure they have rental 
cars available in Lamar although I don't KNOW that. 

>
> Anyway just thought I'd mention it. I really enjoyed traveling Amtrak and 
even scored a few county birds from the train (GPS helps if you try this). And 
it's cheap, did I mention that? 

>
>
> Pete Janzen
> Wichita, Ks. 67204
> e-mail: pete.janzen AT sbcglobal.net
>
>
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I won't be chasing the Ross's Gull near Lamar, but have some off-beat advice 
for those considering a chase. I stumbled onto the peculiar charm of Amtrak 
travel this summer. If anyone is chasing the Ross's Gull, here is a thought. 
The Southwest Chief travels from KC, through Lawrence, to Newton, Dodge, Garden 
City, and Lamar. The train arrives in Lamar at about 7 or 8 am. On the return 
trip you board near sundown. You don't have to drive all night, you even can 
have food and drink in the club car. And it's cheap. I"m sure they have rental 
cars available in Lamar although I don't KNOW that. 


Anyway just thought I'd mention it. I really enjoyed traveling Amtrak and even 
scored a few county birds from the train (GPS helps if you try this). And it's 
cheap, did I mention that? 



Pete Janzen
Wichita, Ks.  67204
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In order to resolve a minor difference of opinion between people (all of whose 
opinion I respect), I am condemning myself to an onslaught of e-mail from all 
you lurkers out there. Majority vote wins this one. 


Question: Soon there will be a new KOS t-shirt. It will have superb artwork by 
Dan Kilby showing "portraits" of six colorful sparrows found in Kansas. If you 
are someone who is likely to purchase same, you are qualified to answer the 
poll. If you won't buy one then don't answer. Please answer the following 
multiple choice question which has two possible answers. All indecisive replies 
which lack an A or B answer will be discarded. Answers with any sort of 
qualified responses will also be tossed. I just want A or B answers. 


A) I prefer a t-shirt with the artwork on the front of the shirt, the KOS logo 
on one sleeve, and no pocket. 


B) I prefer a t-shirt with the artwork on the back of the shirt, with a front 
pocket, and the KOS logo on the pocket.. 


All answers are due by Friday. Thanks for your support. I can't think of any 
better way to make this decision than by polling the entire customer base. 



Pete Janzen
Wichita, Ks.  67204
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Kat-
Those geese were neck-collared by Kansas Wildlife and Parks in order to 
monitor their movements.  The geese originally were trapped in June in 
Kansas City, Wichita, and Topeka where they were considered a nuisance 
by the public because of their high concentrations in housing 
developments.  Then the adults were transported to Cedar Bluff Reservoir 
and held there until early October.  Then they were banded (leg bands 
and neck collars) and released at reservoirs in northwest Kansas, where 
resident Canada goose densities are not as high as in some urban and 
suburban areas.  You can report collar numbers to the Breeding Bird Lab 
on its website http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/homepage/recwobnd.cfm or to 
Kansas Wildlife and Parks in Emporia ().  The purpose of 
this trap and transplant effort is to respond in a meaningful way to 
complaints of nuisance resident Canada geese.  If we just trapped the 
adults and moved them 50, 100, or even 200+ miles away, most will return 
to where they were a nuisance.  Transplanting and holding them for a 
longer period of time, reduces the proportion of the geese that return.
Helen

ozbelgnz wrote:

>Bunch of Canada Geese off of Eagle point, eating grasshoppers or SOMETHING  
most had green neckbands, I know most had 000 on the side but didn't get close 
enough for other #'s. 

>Just reporting in case anyone is interested.
>Kat in Salinaville
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Here's a FWD of a message just in from Colorado that I'm sure some KS 
birders will find very interesting!!!!.  John Martin is about 20 miles 
west of Lamar in SE Colorado.  Release the hounds!!!

Scott Seltman
1968 155th Ave.
Larned, KS  67550
sselt AT gbta.net

"You can observe a lot just by watching." - - Yogi Berra

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joey Kellner" 
To: "COBIRDS Discussion List" 
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:14 PM
Subject: [cobirds] ROSS'S GULL at John Martin Reservoir!!


>
> I just got a call from Brandon Percival and Mark Peterson (there still
> driving home).  They had a 15 minute look at an adult basic ROSS'S 
> GULL!!
> This would be a second state record for this species.  I believe the 
> first
> state record was a bird found at Jumbo Reservoir back in April of 1980 
> (I
> think).
>
> Brandon said that he'd post details late tonight.
>
> Chasers, get ready, get set...
>
>
>
> Joey Kellner
> Littleton, CO
> 

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October 14, 2007 - Saw a few Chimney Swifts flying over our residence in 
Pittsburg, Crawford Co., KS.  They should be disappearing soon.

Finally, after all the reports, we had a Red-breasted Nuthatch visiting 
our sunflower seed feeder yesterday.  It was not seen today.

Bob Mangile

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I spent the weekend on the Ninnescah River in Kingman County this weekend. Not 
much out of the ordinary but an immature Bald Eagle on the Ninnescah SW of 
Murdock was odd and I thought early (seen the 13th and 14th). A local person 
told me the birds nest up river about a mile. I didn't have time to look for 
the nest (beyond a short search in an area I was told did not actually have the 
nest). Allegedly the adults have been seen off and on this summer. 


Two Osprey were noted at Lakin Lake (south of US 54 about two miles east of 
Kingman) circling the lake. 


Barred Owls called at night even with the strong winds. Overall the winds 
really kept things down as far as birds went. One scrubby patch had a group of 
18 Orange-crowned Warbers with only one being a bright yellow individual (all 
others celata I assume). I had another patch of 12 Yellow-rumped Warblers (all 
Myrtle) this morning. No western migrants noted. 

 
Gregg


Gregg & Joanna Fenton Friesen
Newton, KS (Harvey County)
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Hi Folks,

New today in Oak Park, here in Wichita:  Brown Creeper.

Also, I had 2 different warblers that I can't ID.  One looks like a 
nice yellow breasted Nashville male, but it has large black spots on 
its neck, with lighter dark marks on its side just forward of the tail.
The 2nd bird is mostly white underneath with a light yellow wash on the 
chest.  The face is a light brown with a yellowish split eye ring, with 
a light eye line.  It has a medium brown crown, which is much darker 
than the face.  The upper back is light brown, with the wings a darker 
gray color.  The under-tail is white with black edging near the end of 
the tail.  My guess is, its a "something" immature female.

There were a lot of birds in Oak Park today.  Strangely, only on the 
East side.  Flocks of Black-birds and a lot of Robins.  The most 
numerous small bird was the Ruby-crowned Kinglet.  Warblers ID'ed:  
Orange-crowned (dozens), Nashville's (many), Yellow-rumped (some).  
Still, a lot of Red-breasted Nuthatches.  Also, still 2 Barred Owl's.

Happy Birding,

Paul Griffin 
    

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Lots of birds moved through the park each morning this week. 

Monday 8th I saw a very yellow bellied Eastern Phoebe that gave really close 
looks. A Cooper's Hawk was circling with a Turkey Vulture making a great 
comparison. A few, less than 10, Yellow-rumped Warblers were seen. 

Tuesday the 9th Yellow-rump numbers increased to the numerous level which 
means about 35. Nashville and Orange-crowned, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Indigo, a 
brown male, Chimney Swifts my last so far, and Gadwalls arrived.

Wednesday the 10th The Yellow-rumped number jumped off the scale with 
hundreds everywhere, Horned (4) and Pied-billed Grebe (6), Ring-necked Duck (a 
pair), 

Green-winged 25 and Blue-winged Teal 15, Dark-eyed Junco 3 (my fos), Chipping 
Sparrows still lingering. and one Brown Thrasher chucking.

Thursday the 11 Yellow-rumps scarce. Maybe 10. A Barred Owl drinking at 
Antioch Park was my highlight of the day.

Friday the 12 Numerous Killdeer, one Pectoral Sandpiper, Yellow-rumps 18, a 
young streaked Chipping Sparrow with the adults, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
which flew over my head, turned around, and was chased into a tree by something 

much smaller and then hid on the backside of the trunk from it before allowing 
a very nice view, and 20 Dark-eyed Junco with one Oregon female. At one point 
I was surrounded by 350 or more raucous Common Grackles which was interesting.

Speaking of Junco's I went back through my own records since 1998 and Junco's 
arrive where I bird in Johnson County from October 6th to October 17th. 

Mark Land
Overland Park, KS 66207


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Bunch of Canada Geese off of Eagle point, eating grasshoppers or SOMETHING  
most had green neckbands, I know most had 000 on the side but didn't get close 
enough for other #'s. 

Just reporting in case anyone is interested.
Kat in Salinaville

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While in Frontier Park at the south edge of Hays this morning I saw a 
mixed flock including at least one Eastern Bluebird and two Easthern 
Phoebes.  Didn't have binocs so not sure what else was present.

In the yard late this afternoon, saw a R-T Hummingbird, Red-breasted 
Nuthatch, and Orange-crowned Warbler.

Terry

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Hays, KS  67601   

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Two Dark-eyed Juncos, One Slate, one Oregon where seen in Prairie Village 
by my Employer. They were seen eating below feeders.  They were seen 
Wednesday 10th and haven't been seen since.

Nic Allen
Overland Park, KS
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Starting to notice fall activity amongst the birds in Washington County.

FOS Northern Harrier - Oct. 5
FOS Rough-legged Hawk � Oct. 12

--Dan


Dan Thalmann
Publisher/editor
Washington County News
Clifton-Clyde Tribune
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This morning the lake is extremely quiet. This is the first morning in over a 
month that the Franklin's have not glistened in the sun. Redheads and Am. 
widgeon were new arrivals in the rafts of ducks. There were at least 800 coots 
on the point below the house on Tuesday. The winter resident screech owl has 
returned from summer vacation. Other than red and white- breasted nuthatches, 
bluejays and titmouse the feeders the yard is silent. 


A neighbor reported FOS Harris's Sparrow on Tuesday and 2 hummingbirds are 
still present. 

 
Doris Burnett
Manhattan, Ks
Pottawatomie County

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Ahhhhh...

  Fall is now officially here, for me anyway, due to the overnite arrival 
of Harris' Sparrows!!!!  Heard at dawn while doing chores.  These guys 
hold a special place in my heart, as their cheery song and dapper 
appearance melts the melancholy manifested by the migration of the summer 
residents.

  Life is GOOD!!!

  Bob - Rural Butler County

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I believe I've had them in Sept in Morton but never that early in the more 
eastern part of the state. (Junco's, that is). 


Gregg
 
Gregg & Joanna Fenton Friesen
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From: Ken Kinman 
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:02:13 PM
Subject: Re: Sprague's Juncos

Dear All,
 Is it my imagination or it is increasing uncommon to see juncos arriving in 
Kansas in September? I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule, but just seems 
like they tend to arrive later than they used to. I wonder if whooping crane 
migration is also getting later as well (on average). 

    -----Ken Kinman
         Hays, Kansas

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This evening (6:15) Don called to tell me that the Ritchie (or whoever) lake 
was black with Cormorants. This is along Ridge Road just south of 29th. They 
had arrived sometime after 4:30pm when he had brought our granddaughter from 
school. I wonder how many years they have been coming to the area. 

Linda Mallonee

Wichita

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Dear All,
 Is it my imagination or it is increasing uncommon to see juncos arriving in 
Kansas in September? I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule, but just seems 
like they tend to arrive later than they used to. I wonder if whooping crane 
migration is also getting later as well (on average). 

    -----Ken Kinman
         Hays, Kansas

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First thing this AM there were 5 FOS SC Juncos checking out the bird 
feeder.  I've been seeing a few scattered Sprague's Pipits for 2 weeks, 
but today they were common in two fields I was working NW of Larned.  I 
believe the last Swainson's Hawk I saw was last Saturday in eastern Pott. 
County.  Since then, nada.  Did have a couple Red-tailed Hawk adults 
following my tractor today.  Also a flock of Pine Siskins this AM, except 
instead of the standard 15 I think this flock had 16!!!

Scott Seltman
1968 155th Ave.
Larned, KS  67550
sselt AT gbta.net

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Today, I noticed a flock of small birds flying around the house which 
landed in a weedy patch of sunflowers.  They proved to be a flock of 
approximately 15 Pine Siskins.  Not a common sight for me in Harvey county.

Carolyn Schwab
Newton, KS

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Greetings...

  FWIW had a flock of 15 Pine Siskins on the Butler County Community 
College campus yesterday.

  Bob - El Dorado, Kansas

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I happen by an area of standing water in the corner of a green wheat 
field this afternoon and there were several Wilson's Snipe in 
addition to a dozen or so Killdeer.

Terry

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The large number of Chimney Swifts in downtown Lawrence were gone last
night.

Bob Antonio
Lawrence

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I saw my first junco of the season two days ago. Also saw a dickcissel the same 
day, which is the first time I have ever seen both species on the same day. 
Probably not all that unusual, but it surprised me (especially since we don't 
see many dickcissels in my neighborhood). 

  ----Ken Kinman
      Hays, Kansas

  

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Hi all.  Just a few brief notes.

I saw a Barn Swallow on October 8 on the WSU campus.  Pete's handy-dandy
book indicates this is a late date.*

A Common Nighthawk flew over my yard that evening.

I had two Dark-eyed Juncos on my neighborhood walk this evening.

I already miss the Barn Swallows. :-(

-- 
Cheryl

*PSSST, Pete.  Nick needs some more books for the Wild Bird Center.

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Hi Folks,

What a nice morning.  New for me in Oak Park, here in Wichita, 
Yellow-rumped Warblers and Field Sparrows.  Also, Black-throated Green, 
Nashville and Orange-crowned Warblers.  Swainson's Thrush, Brown 
Thrasher, House Wrens, Towhees (spotted), Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 
Eastern Phoebe and Red-breasted Nuthatch (very few today).

Happy Birding,

Paul Griffin 

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Yesterday afternoon while conducting some field work in ne CL County I
came across several flocks of Pine Siskins, and while I don't have the
data at hand, I probably had between 50 and 75.  Sparrows while not
common, were represented by Lincoln, Savannah, LeConte's (2), Vesper,
and Lark.  Savannah was by far the most abundance followed by Lincoln
and Vesper.

 

Gene

 

Eugene A. Young

Science Instructor

 

Northern Oklahoma College

Crowder Science Hall Rm  E Grand, PO Box 310

Tonkawa, OK 

Phone:

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I walked in the Baker Wetlands for about two hours this morning - I
listed 25 species. It was surprisingly quite. It appears that the Common
Yellowthroats and the Indigo Buntings have finally exited. I did not see
the influx of sparrows I expected and the wood edges were quiet.

MERLIN - An adult with prey; I believe a mouse or some other unfortunate
little creature. It flew up suddenly from the edge of the Marsh about
twenty yards in front of me and disappeared in trees a few hundred yards
west of the center N/S path to eat its prey. Walked out to a get a
another look but the bird disappeared.    

Blue-wing Teal (8)
N. Shovelver (2)
A Coot (2)

Wilson's Snipe (3- on the wing and vocalizing; nice sight in morning
light)
Sedge Wren (1)
Marsh Wren (3)

Lincoln's Sparrow (1)
Chipping Sparrow (2)
Song Sparrow (5)
Swamp Sparrow (2)

As usual missed a good number of sparrows moving in the sedge and bush;
but their number seemed reduced.

Bob Antonio
Lawrence


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Out in BirdChat land there exists a discussion group called ID Frontiers.  It's 
a rather intriguing group that grapples with all sorts of fun and sometimes 
esotericbird ID questions.  So I decided to forward the URL of the page with 
Kat's Kanopolis Gull and ask for thoughts from this ecelectic group.  I sent 
the message out early this afternoon, and as of early evening I had received a 
handful of comments.  I have pasted those below, names have been withheld to 
protect the innocent.

*****
If we had that Kansas bird among the large numbers of LBBGs we get here,
we'd be jumping up and down wondering what it was!

Sorry, I don't, however, have any more positive ideas about what it
might be.

xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx
Wheathampstead, Herts, England
*****
Since I know very little of Lesser Black-backed Gull and am therefore
beyond embarrassment, let me suggest that it is too big, the bill is too
big and the wrong shape and the head is too massive.  I'd toss this off as
a darker Western if I saw it in coastal Oregon.

If it really had yellow legs, why isn't it a Yellow-footed Gull (a bird I
have never seen at all)?
*****
Man that bird looks very reminiscent of the Colorado Kelp Gull...
*****
Not a Lesser- too large and structurally incorrect- I looked at leg color
and cleaned up the 3rd shot (no correction/change of colors)and I see
mostly pink here; the yellowish tint may be due to the overall warm
lighting- seems like a pretty typical adult marinus-bill, eye and tert
crescent ok- they are breeding rarely in the western gr lakes and have been
wintering farther west.
*****
This bird does not look like a Western/Yellow-footed to me.  The back looks
to pale for a Yellow-footed and it does not have a bulbous enough
tip/storng enough gonydeal angle.  Also lack of a secondary skirt which
both Western and Yellow-footed tend to have rules it out.  I wonder about a
large male LBBG/Heuglin's Gull or a Kelp x Herring Gull.    
******

So what does all this mean?  It means that unless the bird shows back up, we 
may very well never know what it is.  I will keep everyone posted on other 
responses of value!

Chuck


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On my lunch hour today I birded a bit around El Dorado Lake. Bird were few 
except for an abundant number of Franklin's Gull. I did have one pocked of two 
Ruby-crowned Warblers, one Lincoln' Sparrow, and a group of 6 Orange Crowned 
Warblers (5 Vermivora celata celata and one very bright yellow Vermivora celata 
lurescen). At time I could find no bird for quite some time. One sandpiper 
(Greater Yellowlegs) was in the pond at work. 


Gregg

 
Gregg & Joanna Fenton Friesen
Newton, KS (Harvey County)
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Greetings...

  Forgt to mention that we had a lone Pine Siskin yesterday.  I wasn't 
hanging out with the Goldfinches either, just sitting atop a drought-bare 
Hackberry Tree calling away.

  Bob - Rural Butler County

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Hi Folks,

Today, a new bird for the fall, Junco's.  Also, many Orange-crowned and 
Nashville Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Western (spotted) Towhee's, 
a lone Blue-headed Vireo and a few House Wrens.  Still lots of 
Red-breasted Nuthatches mainly on the East side.  The Brown Thrashers 
are still there, but their numbers are much smaller.  There is also a 
adult male Sharp-shinned Hawk hanging around the East side.  He better 
watch out for the Coopers.

Happy  Birding,

Paul Griffin 

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Here's a couple pages that discuss the Old World flamingo that escaped 
from the Sedgwick Co. Zoo a couple years ago and its new buddy!

http://www.wichitaeagle.com/news/story/195750.html

http://www.losbird.org/bulletin/flamingos.html

Not much happening birdwise.  I drove around Pottawatomie and Waubaunsee 
counties on Saturday during the football game and saw little of interest. 
No big push of Sprague's Pipits has occurred in this area yet, just a few 
scattered here and there in Pawnee and Barton counties.  Pine Siskins 
continue to dribble in.

Scott Seltman
1968 155th Ave.
Larned, KS  67550
sselt AT gbta.net

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I no longer feel left out. Today I, too, had the steady traffic of two
Red-breasted Nuthatches visiting two of our black-oil sunflower seed
feeders.

Bob Regier
North Newton

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A truly wild sight caught our attention this morning as we could see wheeling 
and diving of 2 big birds over the "Middle" lake. Eventually, a Grt Blue Heron 
flew over and sat at water's edge behind our house while the Osprey continued 
to cruise over Middle lake. I guess it was a tiff over feeding territory, but 
the osprey, while seeming to win probably lost, because I think the fish over 
there are too large for him. Quite a sight, though. 

 This afternoon I was watching a beautiful black swallowtail butterfly feed on 
some red salvia when much to my surprise a new yard bird sat right in front of 
me, an Eastern Phoebe. It had a lot of yellow on it, so I suppose it was a 
juvenile. It flew into the weeping willow out of sight. 

Linda Mallonee

Wichita

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While reading the paper on my deck tonight, I had a Ruby-crowned Kinglet up 
close for a good look and a first ever (for me) Red-breasted Nuthatch in my 
back yard. Not only a good look but I got to hear his call first hand. I still 
have the big flock of Flickers. There are still lots of Scissor-tailed 
Flycatchers around. 


Rick Tucker
Parsons

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NBC New's segment 'The Fleecing of America' tonight was the proposed 
expenditure of $27 million over the next 5 years on a Recovery Plan for the 
Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 'The chasing of a ghost' was the core of their 
presentation. 


Steve Sorensen
Valley Center, KS
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