I birded Riverlands this morning with Ken Hollinga, a visiting birder from California. The water level has come up a bit, but there are still lots of sand bars and mudflats exposed - and fair numbers of shorebirds. Highlights Red-necked Phalarope - 1 in Ellis Bay on a far out shallow mudflat about 1/2 way between Heron Pond and the observation tower. Black-bellied Plovers - 2 in same place as Red-necked Phalarope Wilson's Phalarope - 2- male and female - in the new duck club water off the Confluence Park Rd Lark Sparrow - 1 on a wire while walking from the Gate at the Confluence Park Rd to the new duck club water on Red School Rd Semi-palmated Plovers - 10 in the almost dry slough above the Stonehenge parking lot Surf Scoter - 1 way out off Lincoln Shields. Thanks to Ken for this one. Other migrants of interest: lots of both types of yellowlegs, solitary and spotted sandpipers, least and pectoral sandpipers. __________________________________________________ ########################################################### * 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 * ###########################################################