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Went to RMBS this morning with some out-of-towners for whom I had found an ETS flock on Wiedey Rd off Hwy 94. Heron Pond had nine Trumpeters. Also present were 5 Long-billed Dowitchers and 1 Dunlin plus numerous ducks including 2 Redheads, some Green Wings and mobs of Mallards. Heron Pond is being filled for the winter waterfowl refuge and shore bird habitat is disappearing quickly. Out in Ellis Bay was a flock of a few hundred birds: Horned Grebes 8 Red-headed Ducks 4 Blue-winged Teal 6 Northern Shoveler - 4 and Ruddy Ducks, Ring-necked Ducks, Scaup, Gadwall all too numerous to count, plus a zillion Coots. John Solodar University City St. Louis County, MO [log in to unmask] On 11/4/11 2:02 PM, "Pat Lueders" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Received a message this morning from the RMBS staff that there were 6 > Trumpeter Swans at RMBS, 4 in Ellis Bay and 2 in Heron Pond. This date is > about one week later than last year. > > Saw the same birds that Bryan did at Creve Coeur Lake this morning including > Canvasback, Red-breasted Mergansers, and at least 6 Bonabarte's Gulls, but did > not see the Common Loons. There was one Greater White-fronted Goose sitting > in the middle of the 2000+ duck raft (not counting hundreds of coots). Also > had a Horned Lark at the soccer fields and 2 Tree Swallows over the lake. > > Went to Busch and found Al Smith's Common Gallinule still at Hampton Lake. > Also saw 4 Snipe on the shore behind the Gallinule and an Eastern Phoebe. > Went on to Lake 33 and many of the same ducks at Creve Coeur were there > including Horned Grebes, one Bonaparte's Gull, and D-C Cormorants. Had a > Greater Yellow-legs on the S/W end of the lake. > > Pat Lueders, Webster Groves, MO > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l=1 > ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1