Arkansas (Statewide) RBA
November 20, 2008
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Subject: RBA--Arkansas-November 20, 2008
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-RBA
*Arkansas
*Statewide
*November 20, 2008
*ARST08.11.20
-Species Mentioned
Great-tailed Grackle
Brewer's Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Loggerhead Shrike
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
American Pipits
Horned Larks
Lapland Longspur
Black Scoter
-Transcript
Welcome to the Arkansas Rare Bird Alert for November 20, 2008, sponsored by the
Audubon Society of Central Arkansas (ASCA). ASCA meets at 7:00pm on the second
Thursday of each month. Check our website at www.ascabird.org for details on
meetings!
Christmas Bird Counts from around the state are now scheduled. Check our
website or www.ARBirds.org for details.
From around the state recent sightings are:
About half way between Dardanelle and the entrance to Holla Bend NWR is a large
cattle farm. A female Great-tailed Grackle was found in this areaalong with
several Brewer's Blackbirds, 2 singing Western Meadowlarks, 3 Loggerhead Shrikes
and 2 very late Scissor-tailed Flycatchers.
In Benton County, just NE of Maysville, there is a field with American Pipits,
Horned Larks, Lapland Longspurs, Western Meadowlark and Brewer's Blackbirds.
A single female Brewer's Blackbird has been seen in a feedlot just north of
Chesney Prairie Natural Area (Siloam Springs).
A Black Scoter on Mallard Lake in Mississippi county. Hooded Mergansers and
Buffleheads were also plentiful.
Thanks for calling the Arkansas Rare Bird Alert. Your contributions make the
Rare Bird Alert possible. If you would like to leave a message, please wait for
the chirp. Good Birding!
Hotline: Arkansas
Date: November 20, 2008
Phone number: (501)753-5853
To Report: (501)753-5853, ARBird email discussion list, BRC forms available at
ARBirds.org
Compiler/Transcriber: DeLynn Hearn
Coverage: Statewide
-End transcript
DeLynn Hearn
Senior Consultant, Mary Kay Cosmetics
317 West K St.
N. Little Rock, AR 72116
(501)771-4686
www.marykay.com/dhearn1
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