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Went to Thousand Hills State Park today (12/1) to check the pine grove where Long-eared Owls have been seen by others in past years. Did not see any today... I did have a few Golden-crowned Kinglets, some chickadees and some titmice, and a few Red-Bellied Woodpeckers. I also had a good candidate for a Northern Goshawk, but the look I got was not good enough to say for sure. I could not check the lake for waterfowl because the gates to the road were closed (I presume because the roads were pretty slick). Afterwards I went to a field on Highway P outside of Kirksville to look for Short-eared Owls. I had one off in the distance about 20 minutes before sunset, and waited around for a while hoping for a better look. Right as I was about to head home, one flew about thirty feet in front of me. Neat birds. Phil Wire Kirksville, Adair County [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________ ########################################################### * 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 * ###########################################################