A quick post church drive by the Boardwalk in Winghaven with grumpy husband and hyper children turned into a mandatory bird walk when I saw the air filled with "ducks" that were not present when I visited last Sunday. Today (10/15/06): 60 - 3 groups of Mallards at approx 20 each 100 - large spread of what I think is American Wigeon 100ish they kept their distance and were easily spooked I am going to take a shot at it again in the morning to be certain. A different feeling in the air today in general - (Am Robin, Starling, ETS,) backyard birds in much greater numbers and much noisier than usuall. Last Sunday (10/8/06) I saw: a couple thousand Grackles in the swampy area 100ish Yellow Rumped Warblers 2 Wood Ducks (down from the usuall 20 - 30 pairs) No Mallards 1 great egret Not a Cedar Wax Wing in sight! I have not noticed anyone mention visiting the boardwalk. It is my favorite place to go because it is so close and feels so safe and open and I can appease my children with a trip to the library as a bribe. I have had some amazing close ups with the birds there. Becca Secor O'Fallon, MO __________________________________________________ ########################################################### * 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 * ###########################################################