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Aint Spring Fun ?!?!?! Birded around the bootheel from Charleston to East Prairie to New Madrid today and totaled 69 species, including several year-birds, and 2 great new state-birds. There is a lot of water at 10 Mile Pond, but the Richard T. Reed unit had some nice shorebird habitat BIRD OF THE DAY by far was my first state-bird of the day, the ANHINGA seen soaring over the "mote" around the lake at Big Oak Tree State Park. Trying hard not to be outdone was my state-first BLUE GROSBEAK seen on the levee trail around the same lake. BLACK-NECKED STILT (4 birds) were a nice addition to my 2003 COMAL list at 10 MILE POND. . Species seen, in the order they were added to the trip-list, follows.... MY HOUSE IN SIKESTON American Robin Mourning Dove White-throated Sparrow Common Grackle Eastern Meadowlark Northern Cardinal House Sparrow European Starling Northern Mockingbird Red-winged Blackbird TEN MILE POND Killdeer Blue-winged Teal Savannah Sparrow Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Cliff Swallow Wilson's Snipe (2 birds) Great Blue Heron Pectoral Sandpiper American Coot Solitairy Sandpiper (3 birds) Northern Shoveler Black-necked Stilt (4 birds) Gadwall Dowitcher spp. (30-40 birds, probably Long-billed?) Least Sandpiper (at least 4 birds) Common Crow BIG OAK TREE STATE PARK Eastern Kingbird Horned Lark Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Red-bellied Woodpecker Carolina Wren Parula Warbler White-eyed Vireo Gray Catbird Barred Owl Brown-headed Cowbird Tufted Titmouse Prothonotary Warbler Empidonax Flycatcher (I hate these birds!) Wood Duck Northern Flicker Great-crested Flycatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warbler Anhinga Belted Kingfisher Palm Warbler Chipping Sparrow Blue Grosbeak Spotted Sandpiper (3 birds) DONALDSON'S POINT STATE FOREST American Goldfinch Swamp Sparrow Common Yellowthroat Indigo Bunting Double-crested Cormorant Carolina Chickadee Blue Jay Osprey Mississippi Kite Pileated Woodpecker Red-shouldered Hawk American Goldfinch Bald Eagle NEW MADRID RIVER ACCESS Barn Swallow Purple Martin American Kestrel Rock Dove HOME IN SIKESTON AGAIN Great Egret __________________________________________________ * Audubon Society of Missouri's * * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * *------------------------------------------------* * To unsubscribe send the message * * SIGNOFF MOBIRDS-L * * to [log in to unmask] * * To subscribe send the message * * SUBSCRIBE MOBIRDS-L your name * * to [log in to unmask] * *------------------------------------------------* * To access the list archives from July 2002 on: * * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * ##################################################