I concentrated on the east side of Smithville Lake (Clay Co.) this
morning from about 8:30 to noon. When I arrived, I found the lake 90%
frozen. About an hour and a half later, as the strong, warm, south
wind blew in, the lake was 90% open. Small shards of ice were blowing
through the air, glinting in the bright sunlight.

A few new arrivals included a single TURKEY VULTURE, KILLDEER at
almost every stop, and a small flock of WOOD DUCKS.

Nothing terribly exciting that I could track down... A more complete
list of birds on/around the lake:

Snow Goose - 113
Canada Goose - 112
Wood Duck - 8
Gadwall - 22
Mallard - 37
Northern Pintail - 10
Northern Shoveler - 3
Canvasback - 1
Redhead - 20
Ring-necked Duck - 42
Greater Scaup - 4
Lesser Scaup - 15
Scaup sp. - 20
Common Goldeneye - 64
Bufflehead - 17
Hooded Merganser - 7
Common Merganser - 40
Double-crested Cormorant - 10
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Killdeer - 5
Ring-billed Gull - 144
Herring Gull - 9

Kristi Mayo
Kearney MO (Clay Co.)
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