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After watching March of the Penguins (awesome movie!) in Columbia, Maxine Walker and I went to Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area in Boone County. Lots of Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Pectoral Sandpiper, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds, European Starlings, American Crow, 2 Green Heron, and 1 Red-headed Woodpecker. Also, 1 Carolina Wren and several Indigo Buntings singing. After going around the second, newer one-way loop, we started to head out of the area. In the Distribution Channel, just southeast of the levee with the gate barring unauthorized vehicles, on the gray metal railings, stood 3 Little Blue Heron. They were all white with greenish-yellow legs and a two-toned bill. All three had gray facial skin at the base of the bill - none of them had the bright yellow of a Snowy Egret. Fortunately for us, they sat very patiently while we set up a spotting scope and consulted four different field guides in order to make that determination! They were still there when we left. Just before getting back to Jefferson City, we stopped at the sod farm along Highway 63 in Callaway County. Lots of European Starlings, Common Grackle, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbird, American Crow and Mourning Dove but no Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Good Birding! Barb Duncan Jefferson City, MO __________________________________________________ ########################################################### * Audubon Society of Missouri's * * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To subscribe or unsubscribe, click here: * * https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To access the list archives, click here: * * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * * * * To access the Audubon Society of Missouri Web * * Site: http://mobirds.org * ###########################################################