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For St. Louis area birders: Report from Two Rivers Refuge on Saturday, 9/2. Spent a couple of hours in the area with my fall birding class on Sat. afternoon. Swan Lake has continued to dry up. Shorebirds are fewer, though still in the 100's, and are even farther away at the main viewing points. Majority are still Pectorals, with some Leasts and Semis discernible; we also noted three Sanderlings, which stand out at a great distance by their whiteness. Terns seemed to be absent except for a single Caspian. Large numbers of teal continue. Along the road to the pump station, the wetland cells on the left have had some water pumped into them after nearly drying up. They are thick with vegetation but now have a bit of standing water underneath. Walking in along the low dike to the left eventually produced two Soras and a Marsh Wren. This area deserves further checking through September and October for rails, etc. Earlier in the morning, a single Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Teal Pond, Riverlands, was unexpected, and a few Broad-winged Hawks (total 11) passed over the Olin Preserve. Very few neotropical migrants were noted (only four warbler spp.). Bill Rowe St. Louis __________________________________________________ ########################################################### * 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 * ###########################################################