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Subject: Quivera and CB on Sunday
From: Don & Fran Vannoy <dvannoy(AT)COX.NET>
Date: 29 Jul 2002 4:09pm
Sandra Tholen, Dan Kilby, Wally Champeny and I had a trip to Quivera NWR =
and Cheyenne Bottoms on Sunday, July 28, 2002. We tallied 96 species, =
including 23 species of shorebirds. A Dunlin in alternate plumage at =
Quivera was most surprising. Also, there were five Long-billed Curlews =
and one Marbled Godwit at Quivera. South of Cheyenne Bottoms a male =
Lark Bunting flew by us, making two consecutive trips for Wally and I to =
have seen this species as we saw two females on July 19.
Don Vannoy
2458 Coolidge=20
Wichita, KS 67204
316/838-4062
dvannoy(AT)cox.com
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Subject: Posting- Don Vannov- Q/CB
From: DANIEL KILBY <ddkilby(AT)PRODIGY.NET>
Date: 29 Jul 2002 7:44pm
7-29-02
Footnote to Don's report on trip to Quivira/Cheyenne Bott. 7-28-02----
Fluffy young of Avocet,B.N.Stilt, Killdeer& S.Plover ran around us
Like little cotton balls on sticks! Mother Natures nursery in session !
Dan Kilby
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Subject: Re: Posting- Don Vannov- Q/CB
From: Thomas & Sara Shane <shane(AT)PLD.COM>
Date: 29 Jul 2002 8:02pm
What was the report on the success of the Least Tern colony this year?
and
What was the highest count anyone got on Bobolinks this season at Q?
Tom Shane
-----Original Message-----
7-29-02
Footnote to Don's report on trip to Quivira/Cheyenne Bott. 7-28-02----
Fluffy young of Avocet,B.N.Stilt, Killdeer& S.Plover ran around us
Like little cotton balls on sticks! Mother Natures nursery in session !
Dan Kilby
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Subject: Re: BETTER, better directions to Stint; Red-necked vs Little
From: Robert Fisher <bobgfisher(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 29 Jul 2002 8:34pm
Take Mo 752 to the bottom of the hill. It turns south there. Go straight
west on U. Take U to Nelson. Go right on Nelson and follow it North, NW. It
eventually turns North (and may merge with 36th) and ends in a "T". Go right
at the T to the end, where there is a blue-gray house with the name
"Eggleston" on the mailbox. The owner, Minnie Eggleston, is quite friendly.
Her son-in-law owns the vacant property immediately to the east of Minnie's
home. Go north on that property past a willow tree to the edge of the water.
The swimming beach is on the other side (north side) of Lake Contrary
roughly opposite the Eggleston home. When you get to the water's edge, set
up the scope and look east to an area of shallow water along the south shore
of L. Contrary, where some Pectorals, Killdeers, A Spotted Sandpiper and a
Solitary Sandpiper have been hanging out with some smaller peeps, which
include a couple of Leasts, a couple of semis andthe stint.
The stint WAS VISIBLE FOR ONLY A SHORT PORTION OF THE TIME WHILE I WAS
THERE. It apparently spends a fair amount of time feeding behind some
vegetation. I waited about 15 minutes before I saw it. It was then visible
for four or five minutes, after which it disappeared. Mick McHugh, who was
there when I arrived, said he had also waited about 15 minutes before it
came out into the open for him. I gather Roger McNeil had a similar
experience earlier.
Note that the are a couple of small, sandy points to the west and that there
was a Piping Plover on one of them, along with some Pectorals, etc. It is
possible that the stint will fly over there, although it apparently spent
the afternoon at the location to the east, which I have described. I last
saw it at about 6:00 p.m.
Now for the question, which stint is it?
The following features favor Red-necked Stint:
Size: Significantly larger than Least, which I saw in direct comparison.
(But still in the "small peep" category; not close to Sanderling size)
Bill: Significantly thicker than Least's. Closer to Semi's, but lacking
bulbous tip. (At one point, the stint was standing with a Least on one side
and a Semi on the other!)
Throat: Throat and neck were rufous. A Little Stint should have had a white
throat, which this stint lacked.
Wings: Had long-winged look of R-N Stint.
Mantle: I did not notice any "braces". The scapulars and mantle generally
had significant amounts of rufous. I did not notice the orange wing coverts
and tertials the Little Stint is supposed to have.
Color: Although the head and neck color were somewhat faded compared to the
Sibley illustration, I definitely thought the color was rufous, not orange.
Behavior: The bird fed slowly and deliberately. It did not dart around, as
the Little Stint is supposed to do.
The following feature may favor Little Stint:
Leg length: I was expecting shorter legs.
For me the two most persuasive marks are the bird's size (Little would be
close to Least, not larger) and completely rufous neck.
BTW: Mobirds list members may recall that I asked for this bird a week ago.
The NW Missouri birders came through, but a week late! A week ago, Edge Wade
suggested that I sign on with a Japanese fishing boat if I wanted R-N Stint.
She made amends this week, however. She was the first to call me. But for
Edge, I would have kept going in the opposite direction, to Sunshine Lake.
Thanks, Tommie, for getting me to put the bird on my wish list!
Thanks, Larry Lade, for finding the bird!
Thanks, Edge Wade, for calling me!
Thanks, Susan, for calling me and getting me to turn around and go back! (I
got to the place whiler Roger's car was there, did not know it and left w/o
seeing the bird then).
Thanks, Roger, for your directions!
With the power of positive thinking and friends like this, it was a sure
bet!
Bob Fisher
Independence, MO
bobgfisher(AT)comcast.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edge Wade" <edgew(AT)SOCKET.NET>
To: <MOBIRDS-L(AT)PO.MISSOURI.EDU>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 5:26 PM
Subject: better directions to Stint
> ********************************
> * AUDUBON SOCIETY OF MISSOURI's*
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> Take 752 towards Lake Contrary (sw of St. Joe in Buchanon County). Go
> right on Nelson. At a T, go right (or north). Road deadends at a gray
> house. We have permission to park and walk to the left towards a sandy
> peninsula between the willow trees. When on the sandy peninsula, look
> to the left fo nud flats and reeds to the right. The bird has been
> feeding on the mud flats but retreats to the reeds when jet skis go
> past. You may have to wait for it to return if it is not visible.
>
> Roger McNeill has confirmed it is a Stint BUT has not determined if it
> is a little or a red-necked.
>
> Jerry for Edge (on her way to Lake Contrary).
>
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Subject: Juv. Yellow-Throated Warbler
From: Earl McHugh <e.s.mchugh(AT)WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: 29 Jul 2002 8:36pm
Hi All,
A foot-note to all my effort to check on the Yellow-Throated
Warblers at MDC Refuge in Linn Co. I finally located a Juv.
Yellow-Throated Warbler Sat. in area "G". The bird had a large
amount of buff color on the sides, was indistinctly streaked on
the throat and sides, and the tail was not completely grown in.
The face pattern was smudged, as the black and white areas
did not meet cleanly. In other words, an obviously young bird.
This, I believe, is the first record of a juv. bird in the state.
(are you there, Max?)
Mick McHugh
Kansas City
P. S.- The Cerulean Warbler was not re-located in that same
area.
Mick McHugh
" Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea,
Joy to you and me"
Three Dog Night
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Subject: Rufous Hummers in Larned/ 29 July
From: Scott & Diane Seltman <sselt(AT)GBTA.NET>
Date: 29 Jul 2002 8:40pm
The Kazmaiers are chasing hummers in the mountains, so I've been asked to
check their hummingbird garden whenever possible. This afternoon, 29 July,
there were 2 Rufous Hummingbirds having quite a battle. One was an immature
male that was very well marked and the other an imm. female 'selasphorous'.
The male had a few 'coppery' feathers at the base of the gorget and was
already [for a juvenile] quite red on its back. As for the other bird . . .
. I just got the new hummer guide by Sheri Williamson; lots of good info in
there, but still not much to go on for separating non-adult-male
Rufous/Allen's. The Kazmaiers, Don and Kathy, live at 1111 Main in Larned
[south of the McDonald's restaurant] and birders are always welcome.
The Seltmans spent the weekend in Wichita, but on the way home on Sunday we
drove through Quivira. Nothing much to add to the previous lists from
others except that we did see the adult Tricolored Heron that has been
present sporadically all summer along the Marsh Rd. This time we saw it on
the south side of the road just west of the little bridge.
I spend Saturday afternoon in east Wichita near 13th and Webb. Lots of
Mississippi Kites are in that area [Foliage subdivision] plus I saw a couple
Swainson's Hawk drifting over. Do Swainson's nest anywhere near that
location, or were they just passing through??
Scott Seltman
RR 1 Box 36
Nekoma, KS 67559
sselt(AT)gbta.net
"If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?"
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