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Gee, Chris! I also had a good experience at Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson, AZ. I got my lifer Cinnamon Teal there in 2011. Also saw Abert's Towhees there and Black Phoebe and Gambel's Quail, plus other species. Sedalia, MO, sewage lagoons are accessible because the city dog pound is inside the fence and you can drive on back. I got lifer Black Terns there years ago and often see good birds and lots of them - shore birds, including Western Sandpiper, many others. Last spring there were about 35 Wilson's Phalaropes spinning around in the water. Farmington Sewage Lagoons are visible from one's car. You never know what you might see there. Good Birding! Judy Bergmann Rural Bonne Terre, MO St. Francois Co. ________________________________ From: Chris Barrigar <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 3:36 PM Subject: Re: No sighting: Public listings, private locales, and sewage lagoons Greetings! Wow! Bill's mention of Viera Wetlands really rung my bell as I had just this morning been researching that location as a potential spot to visit this December . . . just this very morning. Crazy coincidence, or providence? I guess this location is OFF the "potential" list and now on the "must visit" list. To piggyback on this discussion. My first public waste water experience outside of Berrien Springs County, Three-Oaks, MI where we birders were allowed to view the lagoons from outside the 7 feet tall fencing was the summer of 2006 in Tucson, AZ at the Sweetwater Wetlands Area. We had just landed at the airport and upon renting our vehicle, the Sweetwater Wetlands was immediately our first stop after leaving the rental lot. There, we were "privy" to many awesome species including Least Grebe, White-faced Ibis, Purple & Common Gallinules, etc. http://cms3.tucsonaz.gov/water/sweetwater Another place we visited later in the week was Sierra Vista Wastewater Wetlands where we heard a calling Virginia Rail and saw a Yellow-headed Blackbird. http://www.sierravistaaz.gov/water/eop/content.php?fDD=22-244 Bird on! Chris Barrigar Cole Co. Russellville, MO [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] "I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." JOHN MUIR ________________________________ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:44:28 -0800 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: No sighting: Public listings, private locales, and sewage lagoons To: [log in to unmask] All, If you haven't experienced Viera Wetlands in Florida I highly recommend it on your next trip south. It serves as a shining example of how one county in Florida figured out that birders and nature photographers are not the enemy. Instead, they see us as a valuable source of tax revenue which every city and county needs in order to operate their water reclamation facilities. They have made Viera Wetlands free and open to the public and all they ask is that you please sign in so that they can keep track of how many visitors they receive. As a result, it has become a birding hotspot in the state and the envy of many other counties. Here's just a few of the links on this unique sewage treatment facility. http://www.wildlifesouth.com/Locations/Florida/VieraWetlands.html http://www.brevardcounty.us/NaturalResources/EnvironmentalResources/Wetlands http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wastewater/dom/wetviera.htm Bill Blackledge Plattsburg (Smithville Lake), MO On Thursday, November 14, 2013 2:02 PM, Edge Wade <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Just goes to show: Give a birder and inch and he'll take a scope view! Bodacious lawabiding birding, Edge Wade Columbia, MO [log in to unmask] On Nov 14, 2013, at 1:20 PM, Allen Gathman wrote: > My home village of Pocahontas has a set of three small sewage ponds that are definitely not open to the public -- but since they're right across the road from me, I sneak over from time to time. I don't actually know who to contact for permission, so I just try to be inconspicuous. Not something I'd recommend to anyone else, of course. > > -Allen > ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Spring Meeting: May 2-4, 2014 in Jefferson City Details and online registration at: http://www.mobirds.org/ASM/Meetings.aspx ABA Birding Code of Ethics http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html ________________________________ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Archives / Subscription options / ASM Website / Email the list owners ABA Birding Code of Ethics ASM Spring Meeting: May 2-4, 2014 in Jefferson City Details and Online Registration ________________________________ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Archives / Subscription options / ASM Website / Email the list owners ABA Birding Code of Ethics ASM Spring Meeting: May 2-4, 2014 in Jefferson City Details and Online Registration ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Spring Meeting: May 2-4, 2014 in Jefferson City Details and online registration at: http://www.mobirds.org/ASM/Meetings.aspx ABA Birding Code of Ethics http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html