Hit the lake bright and early, but Doug was already out there.  Scouted the 
lake from numerous vantage points, but couldn't relocate the Little Gull.  I had 
to leave around noon, but Doug is still doggedly hunting the gull and anything 
else he can find.

Still had a couple of Common Loons and a Western Grebe on the main body.

Here is the list of what I saw today.  Doug did tell me he heard an Eastern 
Screech Owl this morning.

Smithville Lake, Clay, US-MO
Oct 28, 2011 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
12.0 mile(s)
39 species

Greater White-fronted Goose  x no count just heard them
Canada Goose  50
Gadwall  6
Mallard  1
Northern Pintail  12
Green-winged Teal  6
Ring-necked Duck  6
Lesser Scaup  5
Ruddy Duck  9
Common Loon  2
Pied-billed Grebe  7
Horned Grebe  5
Western Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Kestrel  1
American Coot  300
Killdeer  4
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Bonaparte's Gull  15
Franklin's Gull  400
Ring-billed Gull  75
Rock Pigeon  15
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  17
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Eastern Bluebird  3
American Robin  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  100
American Pipit  15
White-throated Sparrow  1
White-crowned Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  11
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  75
Eastern Meadowlark  14

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Good Birding,
Keith Brink
Liberty, MO

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