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Birds found at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Mound City, MO The predominate birds at the refuge at this time are the waterfowl. One lone Trumpeter Swan continues to be around the "Cattail Pool" area on the east side of the refuge. Four species of geese were seen, Canada, Snow, Ross's and Greater White-fronted. Also seventeen species of ducks were observed: Mallard, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Common Goldeneye, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Redhead, Canvasback, Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal, Ruddy Duck, Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser and Common Merganser. Besides the usual suspects I also saw two Pine Siskins high in a tree on the west side of the refuge. After visiting the refuge I drove over to Big Lake State Park. The lake is "ringed" with dead fish. There were a lot of Ring-billed Gulls, many blackbirds (Red-winged, "Brewer's" and Common Grackles) and quite a few Killdeer. I did not see any shorebirds other than the Killdeer. Larry Lade Saint Joseph, Buchanan County __________________________________________________ * 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 * * * * To access the Audubon Society of Missouri Web * * Site: http://www.mobirds.org * ##################################################