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The Truman State ornithology class (I serve as a TA for the field portion) had a great day today at some local spots. The highlight was a single SANDHILL CRANE flyover at Thousand Hills State Park. This bird is probably long gone, as it simply flew over and never looked back. There were also 10 WILLETS at the swimming beach (may stick longer). A brilliant BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (seems early for these northern parts?) was hanging around in the pines near the petroglyphs. There was a BEWICK's WREN in some brush near the lake shore near the point. There was also 1 Bonaparte's Gull and 1 Franklin's Gull at the lake--this was actually my first FRGU for Adair co. Other new arrivals were Warbling and White-eyed Vireos. We also had 1 Bobolink in some pasture north of town and a single Horned Grebe (also a first for Adair co. for me) near the dam at the north end of Hazel Creek reservoir. All the data will be on CACHE later. Phil Wire Kirksville, Adair co. [log in to unmask] ----------------------- Phil Wire Truman State University ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/