This morning, Mark McKellar of the Backyard Bird Center in Kansas City, North, led a small group of birders on an outing at Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary in Liberty. The morning was chilly with drizzle, but we saw quite a variety of birds in the wooded and prairie edge areas. The species we saw are as follows:
   Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
   Franklin's Gulls ~ 25 overhead
   Rock Doves - 7
   Chimney Swifts - 5
   Belted Kingfishers - 2
   Red-bellied Woodpeckers - 3
   Northern Flickers - 14
   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 imm.
   Downy Woodpeckers - 9
   Blue Jays - 20
   American Crows -2
   Tufted Titmouse - 3
   Black-capped Chickadees - 6
   White-breasted Nuthatch -1
   Brown Creeper -1
   Carolina Wren - 5
   Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
   Hermit Thrush -1
   American Robins - 26
   Cedar Waxwings - 5
   Orange-crowned Warbler -1
   Yellow-rumped Warbler -1
   Summer Tanager -1
   Northern Cardinals - 3

Another good morning of birding!

Susan Seyboth
Kansas City, MO
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