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It's that time of year again - Sora Time at Swan Lake! Must be about peak time for them like I expected, they were thick in many places. I kept a running count as I went around and ended up with 125, mostly heard. This is actually about 100 less than my high count several years ago. I tried to count them by location heard as a couple of Sora calling at the same time can easily sound like half a dozen. I'm sure there were many more I did not detect. They are pretty vocal in the Fall and may respond to about any loud noise. Some of the other birds at the reuge today; White Pelican - 200+ Great Egret - 65+ Blue-winged Teal - 100's , plus other brown fall Ducks 10 species of Shorebirds, nothing unusual Cooper's Hawk - 2 at same place Bald Eagle - 1 adult near nest Black Tern - a few Great Horned Owl - out early at 5:30 pm Marsh Wren - 5 Red-headed Woodpecker - noisy flocks here too Savannah Sparrow - 2 Red-winged Blackbirds - big numbers coming in to roost in Swan lake Pool at dusk other usual suspects. Hopefully will be other rails coming in before long - and will soon be Swallow Time and Sparrow Time! later, Steve Kinder Chillicothe, Livingston Co. [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto:[log in to unmask]