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Birded Riverlands Mig. Bird Sanctuary (St. Charles County, MO and Madison County, IL) with Bill Rowe this morning, 9 Feb, from 7:00 to 11:30 AM. Not a whole lot of open water, but still a lot to pick through. Melvin Price Lock and Dam (IL): - adult Lesser Black-backed Gull - adult Pergrine Falcon Open water in Ellis Bay, next to Ellis Island, behind Visitor's Center (MO): - 3rd-cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1st-cycle Great Black-backed Gull Here are the eBird checklists: RMBS (MO): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16855675 Melvin Price L & D (IL): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16855773 From there, I headed over to Columbia Bottom CA (St. Louis County): The male SPOTTED TOWHEE continued at the visitor's center feeders and well over 1000 LAPLAND LONGSPURS - ~1200 by my count - are in the area where the gravel road splits to the right from the main road - This would be the first road on right, past the left turn to the visitor's center. eBird checklist with a few photos: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16857615 Josh Joshua Uffman St. Louis County, MO [log in to unmask] Missouri Bird Records: http://www.showme-birds.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ ABA Birding Code of Ethics http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html