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I went to Sunshine Lake today and was disappointed to find shore birding relatively poor. The lake has dried out considerably since I was there about a week ago, and it looks like good shore bird habitat. However, there were only a few shore birds at the west end and even less by the Sportsman's Park. (I did not pay $5 to go into the park, as it did not appear that shore birds were using the lake opposite the park.) Perhaps shore birds do not like walking on hot mud or wading in hot sheet water. There were a lot of Horned Larks on the mud at the west end, many more than I have seen together in one place at this time of year. I found a Eurasian Collared Dove in downtown Orrick and another along Highway Z about 1.5 miles to the south (where I had several last week). It appears that there may be two populations in the Orrick area. Grain elevators seem to attract ECDOs, and there are lots of them in Orrick and its surrounding farms. Bob Fisher Independence, Missouri [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 * ###########################################################