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This morning 22 enthusiastic birders with spring fever birded Castlewood State Park in west St. Louis County. We were pleased with our looks at target early warblers Northern Parula, Louisiana Waterthrush and Yellow-throated Warbler, but we didn't hear or see Prothonotary in the usual bottomland spots. Other species for the morning: Wood Duck Mallard Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Mississippi Kite Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Barred Owl Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe White-eyed Vireo American Crow Fish Crow Chickadee sp. Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper House Wren Winter Wren Carolina Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Robin Brown Thrasher European Starling Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal, and more Cardinals... Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird If I forgot anything, chime in! We had a great group of excellent spotters including Mike Grant (scope boy), Mike Thelen, John Solodar, Dick Palmer, Kent Lannert. We especially enjoyed our first time particpants! Thanks for a great morning. for the St. Louis Audubon Society, Sue Gustafson 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&A=1 ABA Birding Code of Ethics http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html