Had a great day, but didn't make my goal of 100 species.  Came close, just 
couldn't get over the hump.

Still great weather and wonderful birds.

Highlights.
Piping Plover
Least Sandpipers
Semi-palmated sandpipers
Semi-palmated Plovers
Solitary Sandpipers
Warbling Vireo
Wilsons Warblers
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Flycatchers


the totals are below.

Location:     Smithville Lake
Observation date:     5/8/10
Notes:     North American Migratory Bird Count
Number of species:     89

Canada Goose     25
Gadwall     6
Blue-winged Teal     29
Northern Shoveler     17
Wild Turkey     1
Double-crested Cormorant     35
Great Blue Heron     25
Turkey Vulture     25
Bald Eagle     1
Red-tailed Hawk     3
Semipalmated Plover     8
Piping Plover     1
Killdeer     15
Spotted Sandpiper     7
Solitary Sandpiper     3
Greater Yellowlegs     2
Lesser Yellowlegs     12
Semipalmated Sandpiper     3
Least Sandpiper     28
Ring-billed Gull     15
Caspian Tern     1
Forster's Tern     4
Rock Pigeon     5
Mourning Dove     45
Chimney Swift     2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1
Red-headed Woodpecker     4
Red-bellied Woodpecker     5
Downy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     6
Least Flycatcher     9
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Eastern Kingbird     60
Warbling Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo     3
Blue Jay     6
American Crow     14
Purple Martin     10
Tree Swallow     35
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     1
Cliff Swallow     100
Barn Swallow     23
Black-capped Chickadee     5
Tufted Titmouse     4
White-breasted Nuthatch     4
Carolina Wren     2
House Wren     2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     45
Eastern Bluebird     33
Swainson's Thrush     8
American Robin     4
Gray Catbird     1
Northern Mockingbird     4
Brown Thrasher     10
European Starling     45
Cedar Waxwing     4
Tennessee Warbler     25
Nashville Warbler     10
Northern Parula     4
Yellow Warbler     23
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     5
Prothonotary Warbler     3
Ovenbird     1
Northern Waterthrush     1
Louisiana Waterthrush     2
Common Yellowthroat     12
Wilson's Warbler     2
Eastern Towhee     1
Chipping Sparrow     66
Clay-colored Sparrow     4
Field Sparrow     10
Lark Sparrow     6
Savannah Sparrow     14
Grasshopper Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     2
White-crowned Sparrow     18
Northern Cardinal     46
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     3
Indigo Bunting     34
Dickcissel     25
Bobolink     2
Red-winged Blackbird     89
Eastern Meadowlark     23
Common Grackle     33
Brown-headed Cowbird     45
Orchard Oriole     3
Baltimore Oriole     14
American Goldfinch     21
House Sparrow     34

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Off to Pittsburgh in the 8 hours and yes the binoculars are going too.

Thanks,
Keith Brink
Liberty, MO

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