MoBirders,
I took the afternoon off and walked the Howell Island trail.  I found some EATO, all had white base of primaries.

The interesting part was the numbers of Fox Sparrow:  easily 35, maybe 50 in a short stretch of the trail.  Pishing would raise a dozen or more birds at a time; I had 4/5 in individual trees on several occasions.  I had the same number of white-throated, or even more, including one bird that was singing.

4 Pileated, 8/10 Downy, Red-bellied, 2 flicker, 75 cardinals, 30 each (min) titmouse and chickadee, 3 swamp sparrow, a barred owl.  Nuthatch  of course.  Probably leaving a few off.

Saturday at B.K. Leach (north unit, near headquarters): 45 or more white-fronted geese, plus 75 gadwall, 12 bluebirds--point being this area is looking good--kudos to Mo. Department of Conservation and to Ducks Unlimited, who donated money to the project.  I will put this area on the regular shorebird route and the sparrow route.

David Rogles
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 --- On Sun 01/30, Mary Anne Auer < [log in to unmask] > wrote:
From: Mary Anne Auer [mailto: [log in to unmask]]
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Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:39:20 -0600
Subject: Re: Howell Island-Chesterfield Valley

a SPOTTED TOWHEE was seen today on Howell Island. It was with a group of<br>Eastern Towhees about 1/4 mile from the low water bridge onto the island,<br>when walking straight on the mail trail.<br><br>It was seen a little ways past the first clearing/field at the base of a<br>large blackeded burnt tree that is about 30 feet in, off the right side of<br>the trail. The tree is in the middle of some dark green cane type<br>vegetation.<br><br>I am not surprised to see a Spotted Towhee here. There are many Towhees on<br>the island year round. In the spring there are hundreds.<br><br><br>Mary Anne Auer<br>Richmond Heights, MO<br><br>__________________________________________________<br>*        Audubon Society of Missouri's           *<br>*         Wild Bird Discussion Forum             *<br>*------------------------------------------------*<br>* To unsubscribe send the message                *<br>*    SIGNOFF MOBIRDS-L                           *<br>* to [log in to unmask]                    *<br>* To subscribe send the message                  *<br>* SUBSCRIBE MOBIRDS-L your name                  *<br>* to [log in to unmask]                    *<br>*------------------------------------------------*<br>* To access the list archives from July 2002 on: *<br>* http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html *<br>*                                                *<br>* To access the Audubon Society of Missouri Web  *<br>* Site:  http://www.mobirds.org                  *<br>##################################################<br>

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