Doris Fitchett and I took a quick late afternoon run down to Silver Lake which is part of Swan Lake Refuge in Chariton Co.  Were pleased to see that a lot of birds had come in since last week.  Saw the following waterfowl:
Ducks:  mallard, pintail, gadwall, wigeon, scaup sp., redhead, CANVASBACK, ruddy, bufflehead, shoveler, wood duck, both green and blue-winged teal were in a flooded cornfield on private land on the north edge of Silver.
Geese: both snows and Canadas (small numbers of each)  
Coots, coots and more coots, huge rafts both on shore and out in the lake. 
Bald eagles, sharp-shinned hawk, red-shouldered hawk (south end of Pershing Park), lots of red-tailed and several kestrels. 
Sparrows: song (Silver), swamp (north Pershing)
Warblers: yellow rumped all over the place (north Pershing)
Shore birds: gr. yellow legs, pecs, snipe (lots), peeps, killdeer (both places)

Ended up with 46 species.....not bad for us on a 3 l/2 hour run.  Great day to be out!

Myrna Carlton
Chillicothe, Livingston Co.
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