Brad Jacobs, Phil Wire, and myself joined Josh Cussimanio (the area's
wildlife biologist) for a day of birding and exploring around Four Rivers
Conservation Area. Of course the highlight of the day was observing the
juvenile Wood Stork still in the same location it has been for a couple
days. Specifically along the "creek" or more accurately drainage ditch
which runs north-to-south just behind the water-control structure at the
northeast corner of Pool 2A. Simply follow the central rut where the water
flowed to reach the still standing water behind the low levee and then look
left like has been described.
Beyond the Stork we had a number of good birds though nothing to knock
your socks off. A few of the better birds included:
500+ Great Blue Herons, 1000+ Great Egrets, 2 Little Blue Herons, and 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Osprey and 2 Mississippi Kites
1 Black-bellied Plover, 4 Upland Sandpipers, 90+ BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS,
and 15 Wilson's Snipes
1 Caspian, 4 Forster's, 1 Least, and 4 Black Terns
thousands upon thousands of swallows and cowbirds
Just to give a few hints to those who may be traveling out there later
this summer here are a few observations we saw or things that were told to
us while we were out today.
For Shorebirds:
Currently there are birds in the south-central part of Pool 4 (mainly
Pectorals and Buff-breasted Sandpipers), northeast corner of Pool 4
(Black-bellied Plover and others), eastern part of Pool 3 (the largest
grouping in a wet grassy area), the southern boundary of Pools 11 and 12,
the east-central part of Pool 7S (a grassy field with Pectorals and
Buff-breasteds), and the western edge of Pool 19. These areas should all
have birds for awhile but as the water level continues to drop from the
flooding Pool 16, especially the area around the intersection of Pool 15,
16, and 17, should get pretty good.
For Waders:
Besides the smaller groupings of birds which are in Unit 1 near the
headquarters the main concentration of waders is in the southeast corner of
the DU Presidents' Marsh. There are well over a thousand egrets and herons
in there that could produce something good if checked often.
For other waterbirds:
As far as other waterbirds goes the best area was the intersection of
Pools 15, 16, and 17. There were numerous pelicans and cormorants in the
area along with some geese and ducks. This is also the area where all of
the terns besides the Least Tern (it was in Pool 3) were along with a number
of waders and some shorebirds.
We also made a quick run through Schell-Osage CA this afternoon where
the best birds were a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in the flooded woods near
the Osage River and a small grouping of shorebirds a little east of the
Evelyn Johnson Shorebird Marsh sign which had some Stilt Sandpipers and
another Least Tern.
Scott Schuette
Troy, MO
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Subject: eBird Report - Four Rivers CA , 8/7/07
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 22:25:54 -0400 (EDT)
Location: Four Rivers CA
Observation date: 8/7/07
Number of species: 75
Canada Goose 100
Wood Duck 15
Mallard 25
Blue-winged Teal 9
Wild Turkey 1
American White Pelican 75
Double-crested Cormorant 50
Great Blue Heron 500
Great Egret 1000
Little Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 10
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Wood Stork 1
Turkey Vulture 30
Osprey 1
Mississippi Kite 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Swainson's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 15
Killdeer 250
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 25
Solitary Sandpiper 20
Spotted Sandpiper 15
Upland Sandpiper 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 25
Least Sandpiper 200
Baird's Sandpiper 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 400
Stilt Sandpiper 50
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 90
Short-billed Dowitcher 5
Wilson's Snipe 15
Wilson's Phalarope 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 1
Forster's Tern 4
Least Tern 1
Black Tern 4
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 15
Horned Lark 10
Purple Martin 50
Tree Swallow 100
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 500
Bank Swallow 5
Cliff Swallow 1000
Barn Swallow 250
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 50
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Lark Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 5
Dickcissel 5
Red-winged Blackbird 500
Eastern Meadowlark 10
Common Grackle 50
Brown-headed Cowbird 3000
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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