I spent ~ 7 hours driving today to enjoy ~1.5 minutes of watching the
greater roadrunner (GRRO) and ~ 7 sec. watching the brown pelican
(BRPE). The GRRO was present at the site in Jefferson City (Cole Co.)
just north of the intersection of Hwy. C and Country Club Rd. along
Country Club Rd. When I arrived at ~10 am the bird was picking through
the grass near the curb. Pretty soon a huge truck came by and the bird
got very nervous and started retreating towards the cedars and quickly
disappeared. If I were 2 min. late I would not have seen it.
From there I headed to Camdenton and following the directions posted
earlier got to the Big Island Rd. I made a loop around the Big Island,
but did not see the pelican. As I completed the loop and came back to
the narrow neck between the mainland and the "island" I saw a large
brown bird flying. Bingo! It was the brown pelican flying south into a
larger cove. Despite 2.5 hours of searching and driving around I was
not able to relocate the bird. The area is VERY difficult to bird
because of all the development and trees and hilly terrain. I was just
real lucky to look in the direction where the bird was flying.
I got some shots of the GRRO, but unfortunately none of the brown
pelican (too quick and too far away). PIctures can be seen here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Pkondrash/MissouriSpring2009?feat=directlink
Some FOY birds:
Eastern phoebe along the Big Island Rd.
2 black vultures @ Larry R. Gale Access CA (Camden Co.)
1 golden-crowned kinglet @ Larry R. Gale Access (Camden Co.)
1 ruby-crowned kinglet @ Bagnell Dam Acess (Miller Co.)
Tired..., but feel good. Thanks to everybody who posted info on these
two cool birds.
Later,

-- 
Peter Kondrashov
Kirksville, MO

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