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Conditions looked good at Sunshine Lake (Ray/Lafayette Co.) this evening. The area received about 1.5 - 2 inches of rain last night, and the area in front of the Sunshine Sportsman's Club (north end of the oxbow) has nice sheet water. Much of this has grown up with short vegetation -- and this is where I counted at least 16 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS. From inside the camp I had drop-dead fantastic views of these guys at less than 30 yards. Most of the shorebirds at the north end were PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and KILLDEER, of course, plus one WESTERN SANDPIPER, a handful of LEAST SANDPIPERS, and a few BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS. There are good mudflats in addition to the short vegetation in front of the Sportsman's Club. I probably should have spent more time there, but I moved on when a thundershower passed over the north end of the lake. At the southwest end, viewing is distant and difficult, but this is where the largest concentration of shorebirds was found. Several SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS ... one possible SANDERLING (too distant for positive ID) ... STILT, SOLITARY, and SPOTTED SANDPIPERS ... two DOWITCHER SP. ... about four more BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS ... several FORSTER'S TERNS and about 20 BLACK TERNS. Kristi Mayo Kearney MO (Clay Co.) [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 * ###########################################################